Step 1: Setting up your NFT
When creating a new NFT, you will start by setting up the general information including:
Name of your NFT - the name of your NFT shows as the token name on Hedera, and the name of your serial number in the metadata
Description - this description will show on the NFT itself in a wallet. So that it shows nicely in a wallet, we recommend keeping this to a short paragraph.
Creator Name - this defaults to your DPub name setup in your profile. But you can change it here.
As you add information, a preview is seen on the bottom right of your screen.
The next section defines the max supply and royalty information
Max Supply
Max Supply is the total amount of NFTs that CAN BE MINTED.
Why is this important? Let's say you put a story out there that talks about this One of One unique NFT that you will auction off to the highest bidder. How do you know it is one of one? By setting a Max Supply of 1 on Hedera, this lets the buyer know that this token can not be minted again and again and that is truly unique and immutable.
For one of many NFTs, setting a Max Supply tells buyers that the NFT they are buying is one of X. Again, building trust with your community.
Royalty
The Royalty is a percentage paid to you the creator every time the NFT sells. Let me say that again - every time your NFT sells.
Fallback
Fallback is a minimum paid to you the creator whenever an NFT is transferred without a fee between two accounts. Examples may be:
someone transferring from their main account to their hardware wallet account for safe keeping
a seller who wants to try and avoid paying the royalty % . They would ask the seller to first send them HBAR in one transaction and then separately, they would then send over the NFT for free in another transaction. Thi risky since the buyer would need to trust the seller would actually send the NFT after transferring their HBARs!
We'll take a look at the 2nd example in a practise…
Uploading your NFT image!
We are using Image here generically to define any file that you want to upload. This could be an image, video, animated GIF, or even a file like a PDF.
Currently, only files of type PNG, JPG, GIF, GLB (3D) and MP4 (video) render on DPub, but if you don't care about rendering you can add any type of file you wish!
To upload your image, simply click on the empty image box, and browse to find your image.
This immediately uploads your image to our IPFS gateway. In the box below the image, you can see the file type and file format. In addition, the link to IPFS is provided.
To upload a different image, click the replace photo and upload again.
Example of an image upload
Example of a Video upload. We provide a video renderer that downloads the MP4 and gives you the ability to play the video. We also recommend that you provide a Video Link if you have a large video. A video link is a YouTube URL that enables your buyers to see a large video without downloading the whole file. This makes rendering large video files easy on mobile devices.
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