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The Ultimate Quick Scatter Creator Guide

Starting a collection might feel intimidating, but with this simple guide, minting at Scatter will be a piece of cake, whether you're new to NFTs or a seasoned enthusiast!

There are a few different way to get your NFTs on Scatter, for the purposes of this guide, we'll show you how to use Pinata as an IPFS solution for uploading your artwork, images, and metadata.

More in-depth product information can be obtained at their website https://www.pinata.cloud/

So, let's get started!

Requirements​

Images​

The images for your collection must be numbered in the order you want them to appear/mint, each file name should be the corresponding number (e.g. first image is 1.png, second is 2.png, and so on). Please make sure they are numbered correctly 1.png, 2.png, 3.png and don't have custom names like image_1.png, image_2.png, image_3.png. Scatter's index starts at 1 and not 0 - numbering it as 0 will result in it not being "read". We support many media formats, such as PNG, JPG, GLB, VRM, MP4 and MP3.

  • Put them all in images folder (doesn't need to zip it)

Metadata​

For each image file there needs to be a corresponding metadata / JSON file. Please make sure they're numbered correctly (as mentioned with images) and make sure JSON files have no file extensions - they should be named 1, 2, 3 and not 1.json, 2.json, 3.json. We have a variety of scripts and webtools available that you could use.

Step 1 - Contract Creation​

Make sure your wallet is connected.

On the start page https://www.scatter.art/ select Create in the top right corner.

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Follow the easy intuitive steps to name your collection:

  • Enter the full collection name
  • Enter an URL for your collection - this will be the collection address
  • Enter the token symbol - this is the shorthand or "ticker" for your collection, it can be anything but keep it short

Click Continue.

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Select the chain you would like to use by scrolling up and down.

Click Continue.

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Next, select the contract type you would like for your collection.

Click Continue.

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There's a couple of details you have to fill out next:

  • Max Supply: The initial max supply of your collection. Can be changed, but can never be lowered below the current highest ID minted.
  • Token Price: The public price you intend to use. This price is used by Scatter to estimate discounts and is not the actual price that has to be used when minting. Actual mint prices are set when you create your lists.
  • Base URI: Either an HTTPS or IPFS URI is supported. You can leave this field blank when you deploy. We will circle back to it during Step 3. It can be changed. Your base URI should look something like ipfs://CID/.
  • Default Royalty: This value is used by secondary markets which comply with EIP-2981 to set your royalty % on secondary proceeds. Most markets still allow you to update which address and % you want to use on their sites. The general recommend percent for royalties is 5%. Most secondary marketplaces no longer do royalty enforcement so paying the royalty % will be optional when secondary sales happen.
  • Affiliate Fee: You can optionally set an affiliate fee. If you have this enabled at a value higher than 0%, anyone will be able to connect to Scatter, go to the Affiliates tab of your collection, and 1 click join your affiliate program. The max possible affiliate fee is 50%. If you do set a 50% affiliate fee the affiliate will get 50% of the mint price, you will get 45%, and Scatter will get 5%. We recommend setting as high of an affiliate fee as you are comfortable with. Not all projects need the affiliate program enabled, and you can enable it later on if you do not want it enabled initially.
  • Affiliate Discount: You can optionally set an affiliate discount. This gives an incentive to use affiliate links by giving the person who mints with the affiliate link a discount of an amount you set. The max affiliate discount is 50%, which lowers the base price by 50%.
  • Bulk Discounts: You can optionally set bulk discount tiers. This enables minters to get a discount when minting bulk amounts of NFTs. You can set the amount of NFTs required along with the % off is granted for that amount.

Click Continue.

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Finally you will get to the last step - deploying your contract!

Click Deploy Collection.

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Step 2 - Content Pinning Using Pinata​

Create Pinata account.

Upload images and get images CID:

  • Click on the top right highlighted Add button and select folder upload. If you use Pinata mobile app, the folder upload feature is not available, so you should use the desktop or try Filebase app.
  • Select the folder with your images in it
  • Once uploaded you will receive a unique CID of images folder as highlighted at the bottom left. Copy and paste this CID and make sure you save it.

Generate or edit metadata:

  • Once you've uploaded your images, you will have the images CID necessary for creating the JSON files. Each JSON file must have an image link that points to an actual image stored on IPFS (it looks like "image": "ipfs://CID/1.png"). For more about metadata please read this or remember as discussed earlier, our easy webtools https://webtools.scatter.art/.
  • If you already have your metadata generated before, you should edit it with the given images CID, so image links are correct. To update image links use https://webtools.scatter.art/update-image-fields/.

Upload metadata and get metadata CID:

  • Click again on the top right highlighted Add button and select folder upload
  • Select the folder with your completed JSON files in it
  • Once uploaded you will receive a unique CID of metadata folder as highlighted at the bottom left. Copy and paste this CID and make sure you save it.
  • This second CID will be used to set your base URI in your contract.

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Step 3 - Collection Editing​

Return to your Scatter collection page by clicking on the top left Profile icon.

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Select your collection.

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Click Edit.

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Now you can edit your collection!

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To set your base URI click on the Contract tab and enter the CID of the metadata JSON files you pinned using Pinata. Remember the correct format is ipfs://CID/.

Click Write.

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Every time you update a base URI for your collection (fix some mistakes, for example), we auto refresh your collection for both Scatter and OpenSea, other marketplaces usually follow it. But sometimes it may be an issue with Blur when you still see old images or metadata. There are no programmatic way for us to refresh at Blur yet, so if you face this issue, please ask Blur support in their Discord.

Under the Profile tab you will find many fields to complete. The sizes required for the images for your collection profile are important and your collection needs three primary images:

  • Hero - The image displayed near the minting UI. The size can be around 512x512 to 1024x1024. Try to keep the size in MB at or below 1MB. Can be PNG or JPEG.
  • Thumbnail - The small icon shown when looking at the collection in a list view. Size can be from 128x128 to 512x512. Can be a GIF, PNG or JPEG. Try to keep size below 1MB. If you are uploading a file larger than 1MB you are doing it wrong.
  • Banner - This size can be flexible depending on what you want on it. A generally acceptable size is 1024x256 to 2048x512. Try different sizes along with what you put on your banner to see what looks good for your collection. Reference other collections too. Can be PNG or JPEG.
  • Featured BG - If we tell you that we want to feature you we will need an image of the size of 1800x620 this image will be the background of the featured section and a majority of it will be covered up by UI.

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It’s valuable to note that no minting can occur unless there is an invite list.

You can create it under the Invite Lists tab as explained here.

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Step 4 - Your Collection is Live!​

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Important to note is that all new collections are hidden. Once your collection is complete and mint is about to go live it's wise to make sure your collection is not still hidden!

Under the Profile tab turn off the Hide Collection switch.

Click Save Changes.

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