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Usage

A detailed Help article for this template is available here.

Empty Syntax (Standard Options)

{{DC Database:Image Template
| License                 = 
| ImageType               = 
| ImageType2              = 
| Description             = 

| PreviousCover           = 
| NextCover               = 

| Source                  = 
| Issue                   = 

| Universe                = 
| Subject1                = 
| Subject2                = 
| Subject3                = 
| Subject4                = 
| Subject5                = 

| CoverArtist1            = 
| Penciler1               = 
| Inker1                  = 
| Colourist1              = 
| Letterer1               = 

| Notes                   = 
| Trivia                  = 
}}


Always Present Fields

| License                 = Comic Cover, Comic Scene, Comic Single Panel, 
                            GFDL, Fair Use, Trading Card, Movie Box Art,
                            Video Game Box Art

| ImageType               = Character, Cover Art, Textless Cover, Variant Cover, 
                            Fan Art, Item, Location, Map, DC Staff, Merchandise, 
                            Miscellaneous, Movie Posters, Movie Screenshots, 
                            Race, Site, TV Screenshots, Team, User, 
                            Trading Card, Logo, Promo Material, Signature

| Description             = Fair use information regarding the subject.
                            Using this format: {{F|Subject}}

| Source                  = The Source from which the image was obtained.
                            This is usually an issue or a website. 
                            Primary Sources only. (Not Comicvine).

| Permission              = Do you have permission to upload the image?
                            Yes or No. Not necessary for Fair Use. 

| Subject1                = Character, Object, Location, Event, etc. in Image
                            (Up to 100, using Subject2, Subject3, Subject4...)


Optional Fields

| ImageType2              = Same as ImageType, primarily for tagging Character
                            or Team images that are also Textless covers.

| GalleryDescription      = Description that will appear in dynamic galleries.

| Issue                   = The issue the image comes from, if applicable.
                            This field categorizes to the issue's image category.

| Movie                   = Same as issue, but for movies.
| Game                    = Same as issue, but for games.
| Episode                 = Same as issue, but for TV episodes.

| Universe                = Universe or Reality of the image subject.
                            Can be left blank, if inapplicable, 
                            such as in photos.

| Medium                  = The media used in the image.
                            eg. Waterlcolour, Photograph, etc. 
                            (leave blank for comics)

| Photographer            = Photographer, if applicable.

| CoverArtist1            = Cover Artist, if applicable. (Up to 10)
| Penciler1               = Penciler, if applicable. (Up to 10)
| Inker1                  = Inker, if applicable. (Up to 10)
| Colourist1              = Colourist, if applicable. (Up to 3)
| Letterer1               = Letterer, if applicable. (Up to 3)

| Notes                   = Special Notes
| Trivia                  = Trivia about the image.


Manual Overrides

| Title                   = DEFAULT : PAGENAME
| ImageSize               = DEFAULT : 200
| ImageText               = DEFAULT : PAGENAME

| DescriptionHeader       = DEFAULT : Description
| SeeAlsoHeader           = DEFAULT : See Also
| NotesHeader             = DEFAULT : Notes
| TriviaHeader            = DEFAULT : Trivia


Category Magic

This template automatically categorizes articles that use it. The following is a list of categories handled:

* Always:
** Category:Images

* If Defined:
** Category:{{{Issue}}}/Images
** Category:{{{Issue}}}without Issue Number/Images
** Category:{{{Universe}}}/Images
** Category:{{{Subject1}}}/Images
** Category:{{{Photographer}}}/Photographer Images
** Category:{{StaffCorrection|{{{Penciler1}}}}}/Penciler Images
** Category:{{StaffCorrection|{{{Inker1}}}}}/Inker Images
** Category:{{StaffCorrection|{{{CoverArtist1}}}}}/Cover Artist Images
** Category:{{StaffCorrection|{{{Colourist1}}}}}/Colourist Images
** Category:{{StaffCorrection|{{{Letterer1}}}}}/Letterer Images

* If Not Defined:
** Category:Image Subject Needed                       (if {{{Subject1}}} is undefined) 

* If Doesn't Exist:
** None.

* Special Cases:
** None.


Notes

* Current cover art types: Frame, Decade, Homage, Wrap-Around, Fold Out, Variant, Textless, Hologram, Die-Cut
* GalleryDescription cannot contain any special wiki markup.
* TODO : Add more license-switch logic.
* TODO : Finish documenting category magic.
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