Upload, Manage and Publish digital assets for VTT

This page is a step-by-step tutorial of the process to make your content available to your supporters (eg. Patrons).

Prerequisites

• Make sure you have prepared your products (packs). Please refer to Prepare your assets for VTT.
• Please review the Terms of Service that apply to the use of Moulinette Cloud. For example, images generated by an AI are not allowed.

1. Upload your packs

• Go to the following page: Manage Assets
• Drag and drop the packs you previously prepared. As alternative, you can also click on the Drop zone to open a file browser and choose the files you want to upload.
• Wait until all uploads are completed. Moulinette only processes 2 files at a time. You can add more files. If you refresh or leave the page before an upload is complete, it will be cancelled.

Screenshot of the upload process.

2. Wait for post-process to complete

• Moulinette post-processes all the packs and optimize them for virtual tabletops (VTT). Depending on the type of content, Moulinette will generate thumbnails, watermark images, extract audio clips, convert images to the WebP format, etc. The process usually takes between 3 and 5 minutes per pack but may require much more time if it contains hundreds or thousands of contents. Also, you may have to wait if other creators have submitted packs.
• Refresh the page after a few minutes until the processing indicator disappears.

Screenshot of a pack waiting to be processed

3. Prepare your pack for publication

• Once the processing is complete, click on the hammer icon.
  
• Check the information in the form and correct/fill it if necessary. Moulinette uses your Patreon page name by default and determines the pack name from the filename or pack metadata.
• Press the "Process" button to complete the preparation.
• Notice that the hammer button has now turned into a modify button. Also, the "Access" column indicates that the content is not visible to anyone.

Screenshot of the preparation form

Screenshot of the prepared pack

4. Publish (make assets visible)

• Your content is now ready. You can test the pack in Foundry VTT as a Game Master (GM/DM) by linking your Patreon account to Moulinette. The next steps are to make the assets visible to your supporters (patrons).
• Click on permissions icon.
  
• Check all desired permissions and click the "Apply" button.
• Congratulations, your digital assets are now visible according to your choices. Note that a new action now lets you view your pack on the Moulinette Marketplace.
  

Screenshot of the permissions form