Topic: How to swap out image for higher quality version

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Hello! I am somewhat new to adding art here so sorry if this is stated somewhere and I missed it. I've commissioned some artists before and uploaded the images here but recently after posting an image the artist emailed me a sharper/ higher quality version of the image and I was wondering if it's possible to change the pictures out. The picture in question isn't any different except some parts are sharper and less blurry - probably as a result of some compression on the original version I received - so tags and everything will all stay the same.

drragon said:
Hello! I am somewhat new to adding art here so sorry if this is stated somewhere and I missed it. I've commissioned some artists before and uploaded the images here but recently after posting an image the artist emailed me a sharper/ higher quality version of the image and I was wondering if it's possible to change the pictures out. The picture in question isn't any different except some parts are sharper and less blurry - probably as a result of some compression on the original version I received - so tags and everything will all stay the same.

There are two ways of replacing posts:

  • A) Upload the higher quality version with the exact same tags, then flag the older post as being "inferior"; or
  • B) Directly message an admin/mod/janitor for a post replacement, and provide the post ID and a link to the higher quality version.

The traditional method is A and would replace the post entirely with the new one, and as a result, also remove any existing score or comments.
The newer (experimental) method is B and would require contacting a mod, but it will retain any existing score or comments on the post.

Just upload the new one -> copy the ID of the new post (on the left of the post) -> go to the inferior version -> click on flag (also on the left) -> click the checkbox for "Duplicate or inferior version of another post" -> paste in the ID of the old post -> submit -> done ^^

The traditional method is A and would replace the post entirely with the new one, and as a result, also remove any existing score or comments.
The newer (experimental) method is B and would require contacting a mod, but it will retain any existing score or comments on the post.

Awesome thanks! Didn't know the replace functionality was under flagging

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