3. Art Standards
What to preserve and what files to submit.

Original vs Recreated
Original vs recreated artwork
Recovered original Millsberry files are our best references. Some files are only referenced but not recovered. Some live pages use Millsberry Reborn placeholders.
Whenever possible base new work on recovered originals, not our placeholders.
Never overwrite anything inside 
official-recovered-assets. Those files are archival material and stay exactly as recovered.

File Formats and Layering
File formats and layering
Use whatever software you are comfortable with. Nobody needs Photoshop.
Finished PNG — required
Full quality/lossless, transparent where appropriate, RGB/sRGB, and keep a high-resolution master.
Original layered source — required when applicable
Submit the native layered file you actually worked in: 
.kra, 
.clip, 
.xcf, 
.procreate, 
.afdesign, 
.afphoto, 
.psd, or whatever your software uses.
Open/interchange copy — optional
OpenRaster 
.ora is useful when supported. A layered TIFF or PSD export is welcome as an extra but is not required.
Vector art
For logos, icons, buttons and UI, include 
.svg when possible.
Keep useful parts on sensible layers and work larger than the tiny legacy asset when practical. Engineering can handle SWF/game integration.

Resolution, Layers and File Naming
Resolution, layers and file naming
Work larger than the tiny original
Many Millsberry assets are very small by modern standards. Work at a clean larger master size whenever practical.
We can always shrink a good master down. We cannot turn a tiny flattened 80px image back into a clean editable asset later.
If the original/native size is known, it is great to also export a version at that size.
Keep useful layers
For a character, sensible layers might be:
body
eyes
mouth
hair
clothing
accessories
shadows/highlights
For buttons/logos/UI:
background
border
text
icon
shadows/highlights
We do not need hundreds of microscopic layers. The goal is simply to let somebody change a shirt, expression, label, or highlight later without repainting everything.
Simple file names
Use descriptive lowercase names with hyphens when practical:
mayor-trumble.png
mayor-trumble.kra
fitness-stat-icon.png
millsberry-reborn-logo.svg
For states:
nav-arcade-normal.png
nav-arcade-hover.png
nav-arcade-pressed.png
No SWF authoring required
The art team does not need to rebuild Flash packaging. Submit the finished art and editable source; development/recovery can handle integration.