Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Media Restoration

Choosing the right file
So much to say...enough to fill its own subpage? Durova Charge! 05:45, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Consolidated with the Wikibooks module. Durova Charge! 06:29, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Project barnstar
I tried to give the impression of a rusty barnstar getting polished to a shine. Think it's a good idea? Other inspirations are welcome. Durova Charge! 01:23, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I made a slightly more complicated version (see left). Basically, someone's drawing it, there's an audio jigsaw in the bottom left, and I'm showing the tools of our trade. Den dodge | Talk Contribs 17:04, 8 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The wrench is a really good visual symbol. How about simplifying it with just the barnstar and the wrench?  Durova Charge! 17:42, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * How's this one? Image:Media restoration barnstar 2.png [[Image:Media restoration barnstar 2.png|right|thumb|250px|Another one]] --Den dodge  Talk Contribs 16:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Finding high-resolution images
The somewhat-new (i just discovered it at least) website http://tineye.com offers a fantastic way to find high-res versions of good photos. It is a visual search engine (the first I have seen--is it actually the first?). Where I have been looking for high-res versions of photos already in wikipedia, it has helped me out several times. Just paste in the URL of the photo, and it shows other places the same picture appears on the internet. It requires registration, and their database isn't exhaustive, but it's a cool tool. Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link. :) Durova Charge! 17:47, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Restoring a sound file
Would anyone here be able to restore Image:Toreador song.ogg, namely by removing the background noise and static that is in the file? N.B. if you want to coach me and tell me how to do that myself, you should be aware that I only have access to Audacity. It Is Me Here (talk) 18:42, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry you haven't gotten a response sooner. We usually discuss audio restoration in Skype (which offers free text and aucio chat and is a good format for media transfers).  E-mail me for my Skype ID and I'll help you get started.  Takes about 10-15 minutes to set up; well worth the effort.  Durova Charge! 19:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't have a microphone, I'm afraid! It Is Me Here (talk) 07:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I use audacity myself, and have had good results with this method:


 * 1) Find a patch of "silence" - that is, a few seconds that have no sound except for the hiss or crackle you want to remove. If necessary, create a patch of at least a second at the end by copying shorter gaps in the music. Be careful to only include silence in here - not the fading notes of the last chord, etc.
 * 2) Hit cntrl-2, Cntrl-1, Cntrl-1.  This will get you at a good zoom level for the next part.
 * 3) Go through, listening to the song, and, except in your patch of "silence", remove as many pops as you can by highlighting and deleting them. Don't highlight too much, or you change the tempo. Check after you removed them, because sometimes this can make things worse. If there's a large amount of crackle, just get the really, really obvious ones, maybe try the "click removal" tool (generally I find this useless, but it can help when things are really bad. and go to step 4.
 * 4) Under edit, choose Select->All, then go back to the edit menu and choose "duplicate". You now have two identical tracks.
 * 5) Select the patch of silence on one of these tracks (you may want to zoom back out using Cntrl-2), then go to the effect menu and choose Noise removal. Hit the "Get Noise Profile" button.
 * 6) Select all of one of your two identical tracks. Home, followed by Shift+End will do this for you. Go to Effect->Noise removal and, using the default settings, remove the noise.
 * 7) You now have a cleaned track and an uncleaned track. This is because noise removal removes information, so you don't want to remove the noise completely. Instead, using the slider bars on the left of each track window, adjust the relative volumes. I find that no change or -3dB to the cleaned track, and -6db or -9dB (depending on how noisy the original was) to the uncleaned is generally a good choice.

Give me a poke if you need more help with the Toreador song. =) I can also point you in the direction of some good sites to get public domain songs. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 20:34, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Could you have a look at this?
Yo, restorers. I have an image I'd like looked at, but I couldn't find the requests page so I'm asking here. Can you do anything with Image:Citizen Know Nothing.jpg? It's historic, striking, high-res, but could perhaps be improved, non? Merci, the skomorokh  15:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * With a 158MB original and some other factors in its favor, this is definitely a candidate for restoration. We don't offer restorations upon request here (the labor is just too time consuming and we'd get swamped), but I might just try my hand at this bit of nineteenth century political history.  Durova Charge! 17:21, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Why thank you. I don't have any vested interest in the image or its articles, just thought it would be up your alley. Gracias, the skomorokh  17:44, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Image editing guidelines?
Currently there are no guidelines or 'best practices' recommendations for editing images at Wikipedia or at Commons. So we have unknown numbers of images like the one linked here: attempted restorations or other major changes with little or no documentation, supplanting the original version because the edit is uploaded with the same filename. Most of the editors who do this probably mean well. Let's draft a set of best practices recommendations for image editing. Durova Charge! 19:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Iraq-m1_abrams.jpg Not that this is a bad edit, but it isn't even noted as an edit--much less what actions were performed--and it's uploaded over the same filename. The source notes still attribute it entirely to the U.S. Army website.  Durova Charge! 22:01, 24 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Commons has the Template:RetouchedPicture it has the parameters for details on who,how,what etc suggest that this be added to restored images. Gnangarra 00:20, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Great news for war image collectors
The US army has just released 147 images from the Korean war into the public domain. The images are available here.

They have also released 40 videos (see this link).

← Spidern  →  16:56, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

British Guiana 1c magenta stamp image
More than 6 months ago I left a post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Media Restoration/Landmark images but no one has addressed this image error. Perhaps a post here will encourage someone to act on it. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 16:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Help?
I uploaded this image a while back, after finding it while doing some research at the local historical society... I really like it, and it has a good deal of regional history included... not only the flag pole, which is gone now, but the clocktower in the background is still to this day a regional landmark... I put it up for a peer review after uploading it, and the comments I recieved ended with contacting someone here to assist in restoring it... I doubt it would ever be FP material, but maybe VPC if someone more knowledgeable than I took a look at it and cleaned it up a little... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:23, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Similarly to Adolphus, I have an image here, File:James Boyd.jpg, that could probably use some help. It's the only image I have of James E. Boyd (scientist) (until I magically find another) and it was suggested in the GA review that I come to you guys for help. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 07:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Userbox?
Is there a userbox for this project? I can't seem to find it. I clutter my user page with userboxes so I can remember which Wikiprojects I'm interested in :). --Jp07 (talk) 11:15, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Anyone still follow this page?
There hasn't been any activity in quite some time. I'm wondering if "He's dead Jim"* or not.


 * (Star Trek reference, i.e. I'm curious as to the current status of this page.) --Kevjonesin (talk) 17:45, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

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