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The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps.
This specific page is the requests page for the photography workshop. Anyone can make a request for a photograph to be improved for a Wikipedia article. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed.

Advice to requesters

All requests:

  • Please make sure your request is "legitimate" by copyright. If the image(s) are in the public domain or freely licensed, you are fine. If the image(s) are "Fair use", there are only certain things we can do with them without falling afoul of Wikipedia's fair-use policies.
    • If you are requesting assistance with a copyright or fair-use image, don't display it on this page; place {{GLNF|Example.png|caption|align=left}} to create a link to it. Do not add the File: extension. Our fair-use policy does not allow displaying fair-use images out of their articles on ANY account.
  • Please check back regularly to see if progress has been made or if any additional questions need to be answered before the request can be completed.
  • If a request is done to your satisfaction, please mark it with {{resolved}}.

SVG requests:

  • Make sure your request can actually BE vectorized. Note that vector drawings are not suitable for certain applications. We generally use SVG format for icons, logos, drawings, maps, flags, and such. Certain things, photographs especially, are totally impossible to vectorize.
  • Per our non-free content policy, vectorization of copyrighted images is not permitted. If a vectorized non-free image is desired, seek out such an image from the copyright holder.
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Wyndham Deedes image extraction

Resolved
  • The arrival at the 1920 Cario Conference of Sir Herbert Samuel, H.B.M. high commissioner, etc. Col. Lawrence, Emir Abdullah, Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and Sir Wyndham Deedes.
    The arrival at the 1920 Cario Conference of Sir Herbert Samuel, H.B.M. high commissioner, etc. Col. Lawrence, Emir Abdullah, Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and Sir Wyndham Deedes.
  • Sir Wyndham Deedes potrait.
    Sir Wyndham Deedes potrait.
  • Sir Wyndham Deedes full.
    Sir Wyndham Deedes full.

Article(s): Wyndham Deedes

Request: Could someone extract Wyndham Deedes (far right) from the image? Would be most appreciated. Thank you, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 16:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

You say "far right". There appear to be 4 people specifically named in the photo, the last being Sir Wyndham Deedes. By the photo's description I take him to be the man in the black suit with the gold chain around his middle. But he is not on the "far right". The chap with the cap is on the far right. Would you please clarify? JBarta (talk) 22:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for being late getting back to you. Deedes is the army officer on the far right of the image. I know it isn't the best picture but it is the only one I can find. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 11:55, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image's request under progression Request taken by Wine Guy.. Since he's so far toward the edge a full body image is going to be an odd aspect ratio, so I'll do both a full body and a head shot. Wine Guy~Talk 17:14, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done: On both images I blurred the man behind Deedes right shoulder to better focus on Deedes. The blur is noticeable at full resolution, but should be fine at the size used in articles. A bit of general cleanup was done as well. Hope one of these works for you. Wine Guy~Talk 18:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant! Thank you so much. I think I will use the head shot in his article. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 19:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kate Greenaway image

Stale
 – DyceBot (talk) 07:02, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kate Greenaway illustration
    Kate Greenaway illustration
  • crop
    crop

Article(s): Edmund Evans

Request: Improve resolution and crop out text and side illustration of flowers leaving only the illustration of the girl in the garden. Thanks. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 03:10, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: -Andrew c [talk] 14:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Looks much better. When taking screenshots, is it best to save as .png or .jpg? Truthkeeper88 (talk) 20:51, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Image use policy#Rules of thumb #7 discusses that. I guess I should have stayed with PNG, but the optimization wizard in photoshop was making the PNG twice as large as the "high quality" JPG, so that is what I based my choice on. I'd be glad to redo this as a PNG if you, or anyone else, prefers. -Andrew c [talk] 00:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's lovely as is and makes the other images in the article look murky. Was just curious when/if I download similar images. Thanks again. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 02:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image crop

  • cropped
    cropped

Article(s): Ontario general election, 2011

Request: Hi, I was wondering if you could re-upload and crop this photo of Tim Hudak, can you please crop it so that the only thing left would just be him in his suit with everything else would be cropped out.

Thanks -Qaqwewew (talk) 08:00, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion:  Done. -Andrew c [talk] 15:08, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Silver Wolf Award

Article(s): Silver Wolf Award

Request: Not sure, it just seems fuzzy, can it be sharpened? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 12:26, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

  • I've smoothed the pixels throughout the cloth part so as to create a smoother feel, as well as sharpened the edges a bit and retouched some of the coloring to make it more realistic and less faded in appearance. -CamT|C 23:24, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
After some closer examination, it seemed that what this image needed (besides some retouching) was a lite shadow to help bring out the color, so I've gone ahead and added that in as well, and done a small amount of burning to bring out some of the shadows a bit more. -CamT|C 23:41, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your attempt, I appreciate it. Kinda going the other direction, without shading, if we can. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 13:16, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scouting in Yugoslavia

  • retouched
    retouched

Article(s): Scouting in Yugoslavia

Request: Trim a little off the left hand side, maybe fix staining? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 12:33, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

I don't know what the original color was, may have been more sepia, but you did great on fixing the staining! --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 00:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1967 Marine General Officers Symposium photo

Resolved

Article(s): 15 biographies

Request: Since I've converted the typed caption into a wiki-formatted table on the file description page, that red text can be cropped out (though it may be worth uploading as a new image to preserve the original?). There are also some scratches and dust marks that could be cleanup up a bit, as well as an odd reflective blur on the far left side. bahamut0013wordsdeeds 16:27, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

There's a lot of work that needs to be done if you're looking to remove all of the blemishes. I've done what I can, as well as retouched the image so as to provide some better color and detail and try to obscure the dust particles a bit more by blending them into the background (more or less). Let me know what you think. -Regards, -CamT|C 05:25, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also as a note, the man on the left (who was in the glare) was retouched by simply replicating the right side of his face and blending it in. I know that it isn't an exact copy on that part, and it's going to take more time for me to get that down better. -CamT|C 05:27, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it looks good thus far. The only remaining thing that I'm overly concerned with is that horizontal line going across the knees of the front row on the left. bahamut0013wordsdeeds 13:41, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Right, that is a weird one, and I tried working with it, but I'm not really sure what I can do. Someone else may want to take a look at it. I was thinking about just cloning but I'm afraid that too much detail would be lost.-CamT|C 14:08, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Are there any takers on this? bahamut0013wordsdeeds 00:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll have a look and see if I can clean it up. Wine Guy~Talk 19:17, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done: Cleaned up the line and blotches in the bottom left, and also the worst of the discoloration in the upper left and a couple other spots. I think this is as good as it's going to get without going through the entire image pixel by pixel. Could you please try to track down the source from the original uploader, it would be nice if this doesn't get deleted. Wine Guy~Talk 21:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks great. I've taken care of the source issue. bahamut0013wordsdeeds 12:35, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Marion Barry

  • Marion Barry
    Marion Barry

Article(s): Marion Barry

Request: Requesting to change the background to a more neutral color. The current background is kind of "loud", and quite distracting. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:10, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Desaturated the background. Original file overwritten but revertable.--Fred the Oyster (talk) 14:34, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Image's request under progression Request taken by Fred the Oyster.  Done

Passport

Article(s): Passport

Request: Cleanup, straighten, fix perspective, transparent and/or remove backgrounds and borders... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 11:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

Image's request under progression Request taken by various Wikipedians :).

Great, just a few more to go! --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 12:50, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

St. Patrick's Catholic Church (St. Patrick, Ohio)

  • St. Michael's Catholic Church
    St. Michael's Catholic Church

Article(s): St. Patrick's Catholic Church (St. Patrick, Ohio)

Request: I believe that I'm using this image properly under fair use; if so, is it permissible to join the two images and treat the combined image as nonfree? As you can see at the article, one is below the other; I'd prefer to have the two images converted into a single image that shows the two churches side-by-side. By the way, if you don't believe it to be permissible, could you help me figure out the coding for showing the two separate files side-by-side? Nyttend (talk) 05:29, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

Making these two images into one would be a bad idea simply due to the fact that there is a drastic difference in dimensions, and you would have to diminish the quality of one of the images to make it symmetrical. -CamT|C 05:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So it would be a bad idea to have a version of St. Michael's that is 135px high, the same height as the photo of St. Patrick's? Since the point of my proposed image is to compare the churches — can't imagine what else could legitimately be done with this nonfree image — I don't see why my proposal wouldn't be useful. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough: I'm not proposing that you upload a new version of the original of St. Michael's; all I'm suggesting is that you download both images, reduce the one of St. Michael's to the height of the one of St. Patrick's, create a horizontal montage of the two images, and upload. Nyttend (talk) 06:24, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We're talking about image quality here. The problem with reducing the larger image is that it will loose it's quality by being reduced. My best suggestion is finding another image of the smaller one that is larger. -CamT|C 16:51, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Due to the ability to resize thumbnails, we generally discourage collage images (see the infobox collage at Armenians, where there are 6 individual images). Furthermore, this would be a bit confusing on the licensing front, because the old church image is non-free. I think a coding solution to your issue would be better than making a collage, and then having to delete the original (as we cannot have multiple copies of non-free content where one should suffice).-Andrew c [talk] 18:02, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As Andrew c said – no image montage should be necessary in a case like this (and should generally avoided anyway). Use the template {{multiple image}} to display these two next to each other. —Quibik (talk) 18:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Peter H. Burbett

  • Demo of cleaned up version. 1px median filtering used, right-hand side.
    Demo of cleaned up version. 1px median filtering used, right-hand side.

Article(s): Peter Hardeman Burnett

Request: Remove noise, convert to black and white. Please upload it under a new file, however. Thank you. Connormah (talk | contribs) 02:42, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):
The best time to do this would have been before the crop as to get rid of noise the best way is to use a median filter. Unfortunately that blurs the image and removes detail so you have to sharpen it afterwards to try to get some of the detail back, without,of course, bringing the noise back with it. So the more resolution one has to play with the better. I've downloaded the original pre-cropped version. It's 3am here so I'll leave it for tomorrow unless someone else wants to have a go before I check in tomorrow (today).--Fred the Oyster (talk) 02:55, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've uploaded a demo of noise reduction using the median filter, it is subtle but if you look at the eyes you'll see the difference. Personally I prefer the original half-tone noise as it's more natural to the eye. I did take the liberty of cleaning up the stain/crease on the lower right, as well so some other dirt spots. All of these things are un-doable as I used different layers for each stage and used a 16bit version in Lab mode. Which version do you prefer?--Fred the Oyster (talk) 21:28, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Incidentally, it's much lighter than the Commons version as the original image had a greyscale calibration bar so I was able to get it close to how it should be. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 21:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
May I suggest using Fourier analysis for this task? It will remove most of the interference patterns while preserving the details. (Less-than-perfect JPEG quality will lessen the effectiveness of the method a bit in this case). If you haven't tried this before, Fred, then I recommend giving it a shot; it's a very powerful tool to own, if you're into image restoration! —Quibik (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I didn't know about the FFT filter (which unfortunately doesn't work on a Mac), I have used Colormancer Boundary Noise Reduction filter in the past for the same thing. But if I were doing this restoration for a paying client or for archival purposes I wouldn't use either filter. They're far too drastic. I'm old school, and work on the premise that when restoring the whole idea is to alter as few pixels as possible. Anything more isn't "restoration" but "alteration". It's fine to remove stuff like dirt, scratches, stains, crease etc as they weren't there when the image was created, and of course colour correction. Removing half-tone print patterns is a no-no as far as I'm concerned as that is an original part of the image and is a far too drastic alteration. For me, restoration is the act of getting as close to the original as possible. This is part of the reason I haven't taken part in the Commons restoration projects, apart from it being a 'busman's holiday', I don't agree with the way a lot of it is done. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 10:39, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Cahill

  • Done
    Done

Article(s): Tim Cahill (politician)

Request: Crop to only show Tim Cahill (right) - Tyughjbn (talk) 21:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):
Image's request under progression Request taken by Fred the Oyster.  Done

Japanese yen

  • Done
    Done
  • Done White or transparent didn't look right.
    Done
    White or transparent didn't look right.
  • Done White or transparent didn't look right.
    Done
    White or transparent didn't look right.
  • Done But due to the 'corona' around the lower one this looks awful with white, transparent or the dark grey I've used.-the corona is the plastic coin holder, can you use black and cut that down too?
    Done
    But due to the 'corona' around the lower one this looks awful with white, transparent or the dark grey I've used.-the corona is the plastic coin holder, can you use black and cut that down too?
  • Done
    Done

Article(s): Japanese yen

Request: clear or black backgrounds, fix shading... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:43, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):
Image's request under progression Request taken by Fred the Oyster. Done

File:Angelou19 cropped.jpg

Resolved

Article(s):

Request: Remove border... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):
Cropped, watermark removed, sharpened, histogram tweaked,
Image's request under progression Request taken by Fred the Oyster.  Done

Thank you as always! --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 11:23, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Layton

Resolved
  • Cropped and blurred.
    Cropped and blurred.
  • Cropped with background removed.
    Cropped with background removed.

Article(s): Jack Layton

Request: Upload, [1], crop the top of the photo and the left side a bit and blur or remove/blank out the backround. Please and thank you - Tyughjbn (talk) 17:00, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

Would you like us to do the washing up too? --Fred the Oyster (talk) 00:52, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry if the request is rather large but can you complete it? - Tyughjbn (talk) 18:10, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Working on it, I need the practice with GIMP anyway. In the future, it might be nice to upload the original here first before making a request. Wine Guy~Talk 01:11, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And combine it with a "please" and/or "thank you". --Fred the Oyster (talk) 01:27, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That too ;-) --Wine Guy~Talk 01:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Take your pick. Wine Guy~Talk 01:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work and I prefer the photo with the backround blured - Tyughjbn (talk) 18:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The blurred one would be my preference as well. Glad I could help. Wine Guy~Talk 02:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Patrick's Day

Resolved

Article(s): Saint Patrick's Day

Request: Guess... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 02:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):  Done I don't know how this image makes me feel, Chris. -CamT|C 05:25, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Schadenfreude? --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 01:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC) (Thank you by the way)[reply]

Damnatio memoriae

Resolved
  • Done
    Done

Article(s): Damnatio memoriae

Request: Remove background... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 01:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):
Trust you to pick one with no license :P. I'm presuming it's PD anyway. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 01:34, 17 March 2010 (UTC) Image's request under progression Request taken by Fred the Oyster. Done[reply]

Doin' what I can. ;) Thank you! --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 02:43, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Mason

  • Brian Mason
    Brian Mason

Article(s): Brian Mason

Request: Upload, [2], and try to balance the brightness level. Thank you - Tyughjbn (talk) 13:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):Image's request under progression Request taken by Wine Guy., I'll have it shortly. Wine Guy~Talk 00:47, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done There's still a bright spot on his forehead, but that area is completely white (overexposed) in the original, not a lot that can be done with that easily. Wine Guy~Talk 01:17, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You did a good job, thank you - Tyughjbn (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I took the liberty of re-doing the image by colour correcting, sharpening, using a custom mask to alter the over-exposure on the forehead and finally removing some lint from his coat. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 02:40, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nicely done, thanks. Your 'shop-fu is stronger than mine (but I knew that already). Wine Guy~Talk 04:12, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brown

Article(s): Campbell Brown

Request: First crop the out the words on top of the photo and crop out the bottom part of the skirt. Then please upload, http://www.flickr.com/photos/34457952@N00/3112077307/. Thanks - Tyughjbn (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):

 Not done While the flickr uploader put a creative commons tag on it, the image of Brown is a copyright violation of a CNN photo. We can't use it here. Wine Guy~Talk 04:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council

Article(s): Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council

Request: trim top rainbow-looking stripe, some sort of coding error (shows up when you click)... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:18, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s):
It's a combination of digital noise and moire pattern distortion. Basically a mix of the weave, a low quality camera and a lot of jpeg compression all interacting with each other. Virtually impossible to get rid of, especially given the resolution of the image. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 03:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done:I've gotten rid of the rainbow stripe but I agree that nothing can really be done with regards to the noise and moire. Fallschirmjäger 19:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC) (talk)[reply]

Requesting for improving the quality of the following images

  • Retouched
    Retouched

Article(s): Lady Gaga

Request: Please improve the quality of the images, like previously done for File:Gaga on Fame Ball1-edit.jpg. They are recent most images of the artist, but needs the improvement to be included in the infobox. --Legolas (talk2me) 11:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): I've done some work on the second one, someone with more skill can probably enhance it further though. Wine Guy~Talk 18:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy Douglas

Article(s): Tommy Douglas

Request: Crop the photo to focus in on his on him and also try to fix the brightness and exposure level. Thanks - Tyughjbn (talk) 16:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattjiggins/2899776193/
  2. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/thivierr/2266427484/
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