Background pack submission guidelines & assets
To successfully complete a pack of 12 backgrounds, you must submit the following items:
A. Background pack name
B. 12 tiles in 2 or 4 sizes
C. 12 thumbnails
D. Icon
E. Promotion banner in 1 size
A. Background pack name
B. 12 tiles in 2 or 4 sizes
C. 12 thumbnails
D. Icon
E. Promotion banner in 1 size
Details
A. Background pack name
-14 characters max
B. 12 tiles in 2 or 4 sizes
- quantity: total 24-48
- format: PNG-8
- sizes: 1x (square or rectangle, no required size)
2x (2 times larger than 1x)
Your background must be a tile-able seamless pattern and will be viewed on both iPhone and iPad, so please test your background and consider whether you need different tile sizes for each screen size. Sometimes a tile can create a great pattern on iPhone, but the same size tile will create a pattern that looks too small on iPad (please see green/yellow pattern example).
In such case you will need to provide 4 tile sizes for that pattern:
- 1x iPhone
- 2x iPhone
- 1x iPad
- 2x iPad
Result:
Depending on how many of your backgrounds need separate tiles for iPad, you should have a total of 24-48 tiles.
-14 characters max
B. 12 tiles in 2 or 4 sizes
- quantity: total 24-48
- format: PNG-8
- sizes: 1x (square or rectangle, no required size)
2x (2 times larger than 1x)
Your background must be a tile-able seamless pattern and will be viewed on both iPhone and iPad, so please test your background and consider whether you need different tile sizes for each screen size. Sometimes a tile can create a great pattern on iPhone, but the same size tile will create a pattern that looks too small on iPad (please see green/yellow pattern example).
In such case you will need to provide 4 tile sizes for that pattern:
- 1x iPhone
- 2x iPhone
- 1x iPad
- 2x iPad
Result:
Depending on how many of your backgrounds need separate tiles for iPad, you should have a total of 24-48 tiles.
C. 12 thumbnails
- quantity: 12
- size: 150 x 150px square
- format: PNG-8
- result: thumbnails must clearly show the pattern
*Tiles and thumbnails must be numbered in the order they appear in the screenshot. Tiles and thumbnails must be in the same order.
D. Icon
- quantity: 1
- size: 300 x 300px square
- format: PNG-8
- result: 4 backgrounds evenly shown
- quantity: 12
- size: 150 x 150px square
- format: PNG-8
- result: thumbnails must clearly show the pattern
*Tiles and thumbnails must be numbered in the order they appear in the screenshot. Tiles and thumbnails must be in the same order.
D. Icon
- quantity: 1
- size: 300 x 300px square
- format: PNG-8
- result: 4 backgrounds evenly shown
E. Promotion banners in 2 sizes
- quantity: 1
- sizes: 936 x 351px
- format: PNG
-result: pack name should show clearly in the middle
- quantity: 1
- sizes: 936 x 351px
- format: PNG
-result: pack name should show clearly in the middle
Submitting Files
To successfully complete the background design process, submit 4 folders containing the images listed below:
1x
- 12-24 tiles at 1x
2x
- 12-24 tiles at 2x
Thumbnails
- 12 thumbnails
Promotion
- all other images
1x
- 12-24 tiles at 1x
2x
- 12-24 tiles at 2x
Thumbnails
- 12 thumbnails
Promotion
- all other images
File Names
1x
- packname_01~ipad.png
- packname_01.png
2x
- packname_01@2x~ipad.png
- [email protected]
Thumbnails
- packname_01.png
Promotion
- icon.png
- packname_promo
- packname_01~ipad.png
- packname_01.png
2x
- packname_01@2x~ipad.png
- [email protected]
Thumbnails
- packname_01.png
Promotion
- icon.png
- packname_promo