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Graphics Lab/Photography workshop

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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Passport

• please give this a rotate (perspective is all wrong though but not enough pixels to correct properly)
  please give this a rotate
  (perspective is all wrong though but not enough pixels to correct properly)
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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)

Graphist opinion(s):

 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)

Done

• File:Inside of an azerbaijani passport.JPG|Done
• File:Frenchpassportinside.jpg|Done
• File:Pasaporteargentino.jpg|Done
• File:Turkish Passport First Page.jpg|Done
• File:Israel Passport Page.jpg|Done
• File:Albanian Italian biometric Passport.JPG|Done
  Converted to File:Italian biometric passport.jpg and File:Albanian biometric passport (crop).jpg (see right)
• File:Italian biometric passport.jpg|Done
• File:Albanian biometric passport (crop).jpg|Done
• File:Passport card.jpg|Done
• File:Passport of Armenia.jpg
• File:DZpasseport.jpg|Done
• File:Current cover Cuban passport.JPG|Done
• File:Georgian passport.jpg|Done
• File:Guyana Passport.png|Done
• File:Cover of HKSAR e-Passport.jpg|Done
• File:Is vegabréf.jpg|Done
• File:IndianPassportcover.jpg|Done
• File:Passport of Montenegro.jpg|Done
• File:Nepal-passport-cover-old.jpg|Done
• File:PasaporteEspaňol2009.jpg|Done
  Commons wouldn't accept the existing filename so new version at File:PasaporteEspaHol2009.jpg
• File:PasaporteEspaHol2009.jpg|Done
  Commons wouldn't accept the existing filename so this is the new version -I got it to accept the overwrite, can we delete the duplicate?
• File:Taiwan ROC Passport.jpg|Done
• File:Togolese passport.png|Done
• File:TT Passport.jpg|Done
• File:Turkish Passport.jpg|Done
  (repaired rip too)
• File:BiometricVenPassport.jpg|Done
  There's too many distortions in too many planes to get it aligned properly. The top text needed 0.55°, the CoA needs 1.43° and the bottom text needs 1.93°. I went with the top as the others distorted too much.
• File:Vietnam passport 1998.JPG|Done
• File:1. World Passport (Cover).jpg|Done
• File:Passport of Saudi Arabia.jpg
  remove watermark Done
• File:British new style passport.jpg|Done

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

Stale

 – DyceBot (talk) 07:01, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

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  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)

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. -Cam^T|C 05:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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)

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. -Cam^T|C 16:51, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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)

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)

Peter H. Burbett

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  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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Tim Cahill

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  Done

Article(s): Tim Cahill (politician)

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

Graphist opinion(s):
 Request taken by Fred the Oyster.  Done

Japanese yen

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  White or transparent didn't look right.
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  Done
  White or transparent didn't look right.
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  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
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  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)

Graphist opinion(s):
 Request taken by Fred the Oyster.{{Done}}

the corona is the plastic coin holder, can you use black and cut that down too?

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)

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)

Requesting for improving the quality of the following images

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  Lady Gaga on The Monster Ball Tour
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  Lady Gaga on The Monster Ball Tour

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  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)

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)

Thanks for the second one. However, the first one is more difficult I believe. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:44, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Tommy Douglas

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  Cropped

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)

Graphist opinion(s): I gave it a try, it's better but probably not good enough. Wine Guy~Talk 00:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Bennett

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  Cropped

Article(s): Carolyn Bennett

Request: Crop the photo on the left and right sides to focus in on her and also try to increase the brightness level a bit. Thank you - Tyughjbn (talk) 2:23, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Done

Here's my attempt. Not sure if you wanted any other changes. Ruminaglass 15:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I did a quick white balance adjustment and fixed color in lower right corner of crop as well. That should do it. Wine Guy~Talk 16:13, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Scout Association of Hong Kong

Article(s): Scout Association of Hong Kong

Request: remove wooden nickel to focus on central emblem... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 08:27, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Anna Bergendahl

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Article(s): Anna Bergendahl

Request: Change the background to something without the white text (advertisment for an electronics reseller). Don't overwrite the old files. Thank you. Snowflake3 (talk) 10:57, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Scouting and Guiding in Lebanon

Article(s): Scouting and Guiding in Lebanon

Request: opaque background s/b clear... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 13:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Code of Hammurabi

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  Done

Article(s): Code of Hammurabi

Request: clear background... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 06:26, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Request taken by Fred the Oyster. Done

Oval portraits of authors as icons for their WP Portals

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  The inspiration
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  Shakespeare (note the existing oval)
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  Done
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  Dickens (please crop to a close up of the head and shoulders)
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  Done
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  Closer in, but more pixellated.
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  Wilde (The background may have to be extended to the left and right for the oval cropping to work)
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  Done
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  Poe (please ignore the existing oval and crop so that it's uniform with the others)
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  Done

Article(s): Portal:Charles Dickens, Portal:Edgar Allan Poe, Portal:Shakespeare, Portal:Oscar Wilde

Request: As a way of tidying up the appearance of the Related portals sections of these portals, it would be good to create a standard shape of icon. I propose that these portraits of authors be cropped into a uniform oval shape, the proportions of which would be based on the Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare (above, in colour). Ham 11:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Request taken by Fred the Oyster. Done

Thomas Beecham

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Article(s): Thomas Beecham

Request: fix greyscale artifacting... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 15:40, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Lilangeni

• File:629px-Swaziland-1Lilangeni.jpg

Article(s): Lilangeni

Request: crop, straighten... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 15:08, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

H. Roy Cullen photo

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  Black-and-white portrait of H. Roy Cullen

Article(s): Texas Oil Boom

Request: Photo has a little bit of glare to it. Anybody have software that can sharpen the image a little? Mcorazao (talk) 15:22, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Joy Luck Club

Resolved

Article(s): Joy Luck Club

Request: smooth visible folds... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 19:17, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: Fallschirmjäger 01:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Fantastic, thank you! --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 02:46, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Macao

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Article(s): Macao

Request: Trim down to focus on flag... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:46, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: Fallschirmjäger 08:28, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yomud

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Article(s): Yomud

Request: trim off border, fix perspective... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 05:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Request taken by Fred the Oyster. Done

Safura Alizadeh

• File:Safura1.JPG
• File:Safura2.JPG
• File:Safura3.JPG

Article(s): Safura Alizadeh

Request: Improve these images which were taken during dark conditions. Exilim3 (talk) 11:12, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):