User talk:Jbarta

Kamal Abbas (cropped)

I was wondering if you could remove the other people from the background of the image. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 12:08, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm wondering... why? JBarta (talk) 16:05, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

I wonna nominate it be a featured picture here on wikipedia english as well as on commonsك and they will most likely as for the background to be clear/transparent. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 14:38, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, though I'll pass on that. I think it's a fine image as it is and looks a little hokey with the background trimmed away. Personally, I think if you're going to nominate it as a featured picture, it would stand more of a chance with a natural background than a contrived one. JBarta (talk) 15:14, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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The lion of Egyptian revolution

I need your help finishing the clean-up of those images. Finemann have sadly left wikipedia and I need someone to fix the problem with the lion. The loin looks a bit pixelilized and noisy. I think once the lion is done, The image would be featured. Please let me know if you can help. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 00:04, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

I made an attempt... though I started from scratch rather than starting with someone else's work. It is here. JBarta (talk) 17:01, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Jbarta. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop/Eight Requests.
Message added 09:05, 16 September 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hopefully you'll be able to handle my request. It features on the "On this Day" section today so it'll possibly require quick action. Thanks. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 09:05, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks and I understand

I'm sorry man, I appreciate your hard work, this looks better, thank you! I feel the same about the rampant deletionism.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:36, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For all your excelent work done in the Graphic Lab! Thank you very much! Lecen (talk) 12:00, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank-you. JBarta (talk) 18:36, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Congratulations for the excellent work! Tamba52 (talk) 17:57, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks mate. JBarta (talk) 23:36, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Thanks a lot for doing so much work at the graphics lab. It seems like you handle 5 - 10 a day! Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:08, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, thank-you and happy to help out. JBarta (talk) 15:15, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nail-clippers-variety

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Nail-clippers-variety.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Makeemlighter (talk) 09:53, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	You did a great job on transforming the image for Kate Ritchie - You would never know she had someone stood so close by! RaintheOne BAM 17:09, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, that one turned out pretty well, thanks. JBarta (talk) 17:10, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Thermite

Hi. In my recent FPC for thermite, you mentioned a lack of encyclopedic usefulness... I don't have a video camera so can't get a video as requested, however if you've any further ideas for still images, I'm more then willing to give them a go!

I have got planned a photographic comparison of the different types of thermite and their relative brightness / ferocity. (i.e., Iron(II) oxide vs Iron(III) oxide vs Manganese oxide vs Chromium oxide). Am up for trying other stuff though if you've any ideas. Cheers, Nikthestoned 09:11, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

File:Palace Hotel Silver Teapot c1900.jpg

The relevant guideline is here. You did follow it by discussing the issue, but the author disagrees, and if his reasons are solid, the policy asks to upload a separate file. Sure, you can argue further and defend your position as a wikipedian, but as a graphist I would respect the taste and efforts of Centpacrr, who created this image and is a major contributor to Palace Hotel, San Francisco (letters aside, you probably appreciate the background difference). There are not many capable and active editors on wikipedia, not to mention graphists, and I believe it is crucial to live in peace. I see it as a fight between improving one image hidden in a gallery of 20 and alienating a capable editor. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 05:31, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

I applaud your effort to make peace, though I think you're a little misguided in your effort. The correct and most useful outcome is for the image creator to understand and embrace that the description should be on the description page and caption, period. Your solution does not effect that outcome at all. With two images there may be a battle over which image to use. And at some point someone else will probably remove the text anyway. The value of compromise is often overrated. JBarta (talk) 06:02, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

There is no right or wrong here, there are two positions, and there is no indication Centpacrr will change his. (Look at File:PH composite.jpg for example). This is not just a teapot, it is an individual teapot presumably made for the hotel, and we do not know in what setting this teapot was displayed.

If you split the image, there is a chance your version will be used to illustrate a contemporary silver teapot; there is no chance his version will be used anywhere (at least outside the hotel article). Your version won't exist without his. So to me, it is also a courtesy matter. Materialscientist (talk) 06:33, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm done with that image and that article. Do what you wish. JBarta (talk) 07:52, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Ugh .. Materialscientist (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what you're trying to say, but he certainly did do a decent job with that old stadium pic. It didn't even occur to me to replace the sky. JBarta (talk) 08:46, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Laborious isolation of numerous blurred edges with various shapes at the sky part, low-importance image. Kudos. I hope he keeps doing such things for a while - it is helpful to see worthy examples (or just different approaches). Materialscientist (talk) 09:23, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

He does have skills.... no doubt about that. Actually, there's quite a few I've noticed over the years who are remakably skillful around here. Actually, speaking of skillful photoshopping, I found this the other day. I'm sure you'd find it awe inspiring. JBarta (talk) 18:31, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Graphic Lab request

Just a question, but where is the finished product I requested in Graphics Lab? The cone I requested be taken out of the pic....is still there. Am I missing something, or is the site gone wonky somehow?--Cesario (JPN) (talk) 10:34, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

• Nevermind, my browser didn't update. I see it now. Thank You. --Cesario (JPN) (talk) 10:37, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Image touch-up

How did you remove the dots from the scanned image I uploaded to Commons, w:Commons:File:Hedwige Chrétien-03.jpg? I would like to be able to do it myself. I do not have Photoshop but I do have Gimp. Also, is there some way of effectively removing moiré from images already scanned? Gimp has a method of doing this but I can't make it work effectively. It has a tool that requires adjusting the "diameter" but I haven't had much success. What I have been doing is using the "smudge tool" to blend the pattern into itself. This is a slow job but it kind of works. It does require some basic drawing skills though. Mike Hayes (talk) 18:25, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Remove dots, look into the "clone tool" in most graphics apps (GIMP has this). Moire from scanned images, some apps have a "remove moire" filter, or you can look into FFT. Add to that a good dose of practice. JBarta (talk) 00:04, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:GL/P

Re [1]: <3

Sincerely, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 06:31, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

shameless

How is having a frame shameless. You are not a photographer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamescyho (talk • contribs) 20:12, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, it's not shameless and I'm not a photographer. JBarta (talk) 20:37, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry

I'd like to sincerely apologize for my insolence in having the gall to even think about promoting the improvement of wikipedia in good faith. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 12:27, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Whether or not I find it in my heart to forgive your transgression is immaterial. What *is* material is your future behavior. All the apologies and all the forgiveness in the world aren't worth a warm puddle of spit if such blatant affronts to the well-established order graduate from being a fleeting lapse of judgement to a bad case of recidivism. With that in mind, if it pleases you, you have my tentative forgiveness. JBarta (talk) 19:41, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Cropped Picture

Yes I thought the cropped image was good but I think this image fits in well in the article like how the image of Halie Selassie fits in well. Also during the nomination a user has cleaned the image of dust. Spongie555 (talk) 21:03, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Two comments... 1) sometimes one item feels preferrable to a second for no other reason than we are used to the first. And 2) the cropped image can easily be cleaned up as well. Still, your call. JBarta (talk) 22:20, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and cleaned up the cropped image. JBarta (talk) 22:46, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Kalbhairav pinnacle

Hi, Could you please update your vote with regards to the edit? --Cj.samson (talk) 07:34, 29 November 2011 (UTC)