Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Nov 2016

E-cig and chargers

 * Draft:
 * User:QuackGuru/Sand3


 * Request:
 * A white background for the first image, please. It is a bit off-white. I request the second image be like the first image with both chargers behind the e-cig. The second image with a USB charger has an e-cig in it. It may be better to remove the e-cig that is sticking out of the USB charger. I haven't decided which image works best for the e-cig page. I am using them for a draft for future consideration. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 19:00, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

The background isn't very off-white in the first one, but the image seems to have a yellow-red colour cast. Looking at http://www.vapourlites.com/cigalikes.html I think it should probably look more like the version linked above. -- Begoon 04:32, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * The first image is aligned and improved with a bright white background. For the second image you might want to start with using this image because it is white and has a better reflection. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 14:51, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, then I guess that image could simply be rotated and cropped, retaining the shadows and relative positions, but it still looks quite unnatural to me at that angle - I wouldn't really use the image rotated like that myself, because the perspective seems wrong, and to attempt to correct it would unacceptably distort, imo. See also the additional comments in the discussion above. -- Begoon 02:25, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * This retouched image was added to article space. The image next to it is slightly off-white. This image needs a white background.
 * I deleted both rotated images from Sand3. The distortion does look unnatural.
 * This image has reflections. Is it possible to add reflections to this image? I noticed that the 6th and 8th e-cig are slightly slanted to the right. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 17:06, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The reflections on that other image come from the original because that photograph was taken on a reflective background, but are adjusted for the white background, so are "natural", not "added". That scenario doesn't apply to this image, unless you know of a different original. I straightened the 2 items you mentioned, though. -- Begoon 11:29, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * We are almost done. It looks like the second e-cig is slightly leaning towards the right and the third e-cig is slightly leaning towards the left. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 18:15, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The second element was fine, I rotated any that weren't. ✅ - Offnfopt (talk) 19:27, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep. All e-cig images done. QuackGuru  ( talk ) 02:29, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Japanese - Tankard with Dutch Silver Lid of 1690

 * Article(s):
 * Japanese export porcelain


 * Request:
 * I tried creating the gif, but need help. The dimensions of each image are different. Also the centre focus of the object is unfortunately off with each image. Ideally the gif should show the image from the three sides but without it moving off centre when switching. It would probably mean that in the middle image the background would have to be expanded before combining the gif. Please keep the distance of the object to the frame as in the first picture. The final image should have the aspect radio of 4:3. -- Gryffindor (talk) 13:32, 7 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * (Not a graphist, just a passer-by.) I am not a fan of these kinds of animated pictures in articles. I find them distracting and annoying. I think it would be better to make separate pictures of the different aspects. Mypix (talk) 00:26, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Concur with the above view. Centpacrr (talk) 20:16, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Could we still give it a try to see how it looks? Gryffindor (talk) 13:00, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I generally agree with the sentiments above - but here's this. Mediawiki was doing something odd to the frames with shadows (check the file history), although they all preview fine in Photoshop and display ok in Firefox locally. At time of posting the image on the Commons file page is broken, but thumbs seem to work ok - I'll leave it alone and hope the servers settle down... -- Begoon 09:13, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok - I think I finally worked out what was going on with this. If I use decent shadows, they are ok when the image is viewed full size on Mediawiki, but when it makes thumbnails it corrupts the shadows - probably something to do with ImageMagick on the server and its settings for compressing animated gifs and frame transitions. The frames are set to "dispose", which means each frame should completely replace the last, but somehow Mediawiki "mixes them in" when thumbnailing. For instance, this version works ok at full size, but the shadows corrupt when it gets thumbnailed. So, at the moment, it's working ok with a static, false shadow, which is not ideal. What might work is if you tell me the size you want to use the image in the article, I'll generate a reduced size gif at that size with better shadows and you can use that without thumbnailing - we can only try... Or we can leave it as is, and it seems to work at any size, but is very big for an animated gif, which might not be good for slow connections. -- Begoon 04:37, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * - adding, since you probably won't notice this in this old request. -- Begoon 12:39, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * - pinging once more, before closing this.  Offnfopt (talk) 05:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That's great, thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 10:02, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Vehicle registration plate

 * Article(s):
 * Vehicle registration plate


 * Request:
 * please fix for perspective, shading, and trim… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:53, 3 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

Removal of numbers etc. (cont.)

 * Article(s):
 * Used in several Wikipedia articles.


 * Request:
 * If possible: please remove numbers (photo 2 and 3) or irregularities (1st photo). Vysotsky (talk) 16:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

✅ All three now done. -- Begoon 12:02, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):

Billy Jack

 * Article(s):
 * Billy Jack


 * Request:
 * please fix warp… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:35, 30 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

Hans Christian Steffensen

 * Article(s):
 * Hans Christian Steffensen


 * Request:
 * please png trim to oval, with separate file for his signature… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:13, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ cutting out the oval. I cut the signature out but the quality of the picture of the signature is so poor that I opt'd to delete the signature. Better to wait for a better quality image for the signature image. Offnfopt (talk) 09:55, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Thank you for catching these!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:42, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Ralph Reader

 * Article(s):
 * Ralph Reader


 * Request:
 * please make png trimmed to plate, cut glare… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:11, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - The file has a few different revisions. Offnfopt (talk) 10:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Great, thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:46, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Silver Wolf Award (Scouterna)

 * Article(s):
 * Silver Wolf Award (Scouterna)


 * Request:
 * trim and clean white space please… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:36, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - Offnfopt (talk) 09:50, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Wow, you even went one step beyond, thank you for the png!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:50, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Edward Wentworth Beatty

 * Article(s):
 * Edward Wentworth Beatty


 * Request:
 * png version without border or top text, please… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:54, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - Offnfopt (talk) 06:35, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Fantastic, thanks!!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:55, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

George Herbert Hyde Villiers

 * Article(s):
 * George Herbert Hyde Villiers


 * Request:
 * png version without frame, please… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:46, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - Offnfopt (talk) 06:01, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Thanks yet again! It's like Christmas today!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:58, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

David Boring

 * Article(s):
 * David Boring


 * Request:
 * please remove white sides… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:39, 9 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 14:23, 11 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Hitler Youth Badge

 * Article(s):
 * Hitler Youth Badge


 * Request:
 * can perspective on this be fixed so it sits upright? It doesn't need to be the same file, a derivative is fine, thanks!… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:16, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

It is best to only make small adjustments to perspective. That is too drastic of a change in perspective, it would distort the image. Offnfopt (talk) 21:15, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * To quote Gryffindor, Could we still give it a try to see how it looks? :) --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:49, 20 October 2016 (UTC)


 * It is perfectly possible to adjust the perspective so that the large cloth is a rectangle and the swastika is square. The resolution is high enough to not be a problem.  The trouble is that after such an adjustment some parts of the image don't make sense.  For example, the metal object (belt buckle?) #29 should be seen from above but actually the front side of it is still large and the rear side is still invisible, which makes it look weird and distorted.  The flatter objects are not so bad. Zerotalk 03:28, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * My purpose is actually not the image itself for display in an article, but to extract some of the individual insignia for their articles. Should I have posed it differently?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:34, 20 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Why not just say which objects you would like? The flatter objects can be extracted fairly well. Zerotalk 12:23, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 31, 27, 28, thanks!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:25, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:48, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Send me mail and you'll get them as soon as I have some free memory (running something big just now). Zerotalk 05:09, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * thanks, done!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I done some more. PawełMM (talk) 13:02, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, where are they?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I figured it out, thank you so much!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:51, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

A difficult one

 * Article(s):
 * The photograph is used in 10 Wiki articles, a.o. Florin Gheorghiu


 * Request:
 * This photo has many distortions. Vysotsky (talk) 19:32, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

This is one of those cases where one looks at it, and thinks "Oh my deity, I could never fix that...". There are so many details obscured by the distortion with no easy way to recreate them that one tends to give up. How would you do the white king, or the window views opposite, without just making it up? I'm really just trying to give a response so you don't feel ignored. Perhaps perfect is the enemy of good and so we don't fix the small things we could without addressing the bigger flaws, because we think the resultant image would still be badly marred by those remaining flaws - that's my excuse anyway. -- Begoon 16:53, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):

Strange light effect

 * Article(s):
 * The photograph is used in 12 Wiki articles.


 * Request:
 * The photograph has a strange light effect. Vysotsky (talk) 19:32, 15 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

Kō Yoshida

 * Article(s):
 * Kō Yoshida


 * Request:
 * This one is more for advice than anything… I just uploaded this, I don't know anything about photographic rules for portraits, like you have the aspect ratios and all... Should he be full-torso or cut off below the medal? Thoughts?-- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:22, 17 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

J. Peter Grace

 * Article(s):
 * J. Peter Grace


 * Request:
 * please remove border and straighten… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:55, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - Offnfopt (talk) 16:32, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Theresa May

 * Article(s):
 * List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom


 * Request:
 * Hello. Could someone please crop the photo above to focus solely on Theresa May, i.e. a full-face portrait? Thanks.--Nev&eacute;–selbert 18:45, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - there are some "wider" alternatives in the file history. The pearls are a bit unfortunate... I actually think I prefer the image that is currently on that article, but ymmv. -- Begoon 19:11, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Please could you upload a PNG version of this? The background could also do with being a little darker. Many thanks.--Nev&eacute;–selbert 20:33, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I darkened the background. I still think the face is over-saturated. Why do you want a png? It might be useful as a master if you want to do further edits, but for photographic content to be thumbnailed in articles jpg is the best format for wikipedia. Png is useful if you want transparency, and it's lossless, so good for keeping master files that won't deteriorate through editing and re-saving, but Mediawiki (specifically ImageMagick, I think, on the servers) often blurs png thumbnails noticeably so that they are poorer than thumbs created from jpg files. For a handy example see the images in this thread and the ones directly above and below it, which are identical at full size but the png thumbs are noticeably "blurry". It constantly confuses me that people ask for photographs for wikipedia article use to be converted to png for no apparent reason - perhaps they like the blur? -- Begoon 03:26, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I uploaded a png version anyway - it's from the identical master, and if you look at the 2 file pages on Commons, , the full size images indeed are identical. You can see the thumbnails side by side above. -- Begoon 06:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Anton Bergmann

 * Article(s):
 * Anton Bergmann


 * Request:
 * Please remove text, if possible. Vysotsky (talk) 22:03, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - I removed the watermark from the gif - there's also a retouched jpg. -- Begoon 05:36, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * I'm marking this as resolved. Offnfopt (talk) 16:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

cleanup of images brought from other Wikis

 * Article(s):
 * Jack C. K. Teng, Abhai Chandavimol, Bunsom Martin


 * Request:
 * hope I'm doing this right-different cleanups, thank you… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:56, 10 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * First image, nothing to be done about that. Search for his native name on google image and pick a different/better image to use under the fair use terms.
 * Second image, ✅ - I also made the image smaller due to the fair use image size requirements.
 * Third image, ✅ - There is still noise, but I'm limited on what I can do with such a low resolution image.  Offnfopt (talk) 17:20, 15 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks, much better!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:25, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

409

 * Article(s):
 * 409


 * Request:
 * please trim top… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 07:43, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ - Offnfopt (talk) 14:50, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):


 * Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:26, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Helen McCully

 * Article(s):
 * Helen McCully


 * Request:
 * Any chance the image can be cleaned up and made less smudgy? The original can be accessed here and can be enlarged if needed. Thanks! SusunW (talk) 00:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Is this her? https://img1.etsystatic.com/038/0/9076428/il_570xN.656390707_ebgb.jpg We might get a somewhat better result from that. Although she's seemingly much older there, and the eyes in that shot do look a little unnatural, which could be a slight issue. -- Begoon 16:19, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * That could be her. Is the book a cookbook? If so then definitely. I've only found two photos. The one I gave, and another where her face isn't really shown at all Comparing yours to this one in Pépin's book, I'd say definitely the same. SusunW (talk) 17:15, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It's from this page: https://www.etsy.com/listing/204236722/cooking-with-helen-mccully-beside-you (click the arrows) . It looks like it could be the back of the cookbook, but I have no real way to confirm that. I can also see no real reason to doubt it. -- Begoon 17:25, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Woo Hoo! It is from one of her cookbooks! Look at all the tiny "hers" on the front, they are the same as the one on the back. She published this cookbook in 1970. SusunW (talk) 18:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I updated the image with one of the images of her from the back cover of that cookbook. I was able to get a large image, but had to make it smaller due to the fair use requirements. Offnfopt (talk) 16:11, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! It's great., thank you again for finding it. Y'all are awesome and very, very helpful. SusunW (talk) 17:13, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I did something to the eyes, because they scared me ... I probably watched too much 80s sci-fi. Feel very, very, very, free to revert me. -- Begoon 17:32, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Need transparent background

 * Article(s):
 * New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission


 * Request:
 * Please make the white background transparent, for use in an infobox. (And of course do anything else you find appropriate.) -- int21h (talk · contribs · email) 04:01, 13 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):

✅. You may have to delete the original, since only one of them can claim fair-use.  nagual  design   06:03, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Swedish CD single of Spiderwebs

 * Article(s):
 * Spiderwebs (song)


 * Request:
 * This image needs angle improvement and remastering. -- George Ho (talk) 22:25, 13 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * I had a go at restoring it, using another similar image I found online. I also increased the resolution. It could do with more work, or starting from scratch probably.  nagual  design   01:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * No, no. This is better, and I shrunk the digitally restored image to 325px. Someone else might disagree and demand more improvements. However, it's better than the image of the worn-out product. George Ho (talk) 02:22, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I uploaded a alternative version to choose from (uploaded with 316x316 resolution to meet fair-use requirements), feel free to revert if previous version is preferred. Offnfopt (talk) 02:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Tomb guardian File:Xian 2006 6-5.jpg

 * Article(s):
 * Tang dynasty tomb figures, and potentially others

✅.  nagual  design   20:46, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Request: This is a famous figure, in a Chinese museum. The editor who took it has edited it to remove (most of) a red background - you can see the original via the image file. But he has missed the red area inside the figures crooked arm at right. The projection to the right at knee level seems to have taken on a reddish tinge too, and the area below his feet. There should be no actual red in the figure, just browns. Thanks, -- Johnbod (talk) 16:38, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Many thanks! Johnbod (talk) 14:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Crop

 * Article(s):
 * William Austin Whiting


 * Request:
 * Please crop and create as derivative file. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:51, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

✅ PawełMM (talk) 16:01, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Graphist opinion(s):
 * Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:27, 20 November 2016 (UTC)