Commons:Graphic Lab

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Graphic Lab

The Graphics Lab helps improve all graphical content used by Wikimedia projects stored on the Wikimedia Commons.

The work to improve the quality and clarity of images that are proposed to them by the community. This work most often involves extracting key elements from photos, removing distracting elements, and improving the general appearance of images. Creation of drawings, diagrams and maps is also within the scope of this project if the requests are clear and the work is feasible (less than one hour).

The Graphic Lab and the Graphics village pump aim to transform Commons from an uploaders' community to a true working graphist community, based on the four graphic skills and interests categories.

This project is in the beginning stages: please talk everywhere about it. Feel free to request image improvements as well. Active contributors are also really needed to lead the project too. We need all this to start!

Commons photographers ｜ Bitmap graphics editors ｜ Animation editors ｜ Vector graphics editors

Types of work done

Whitening or cleaning the background

Removal of objects and colour improvement

Image restoration

Vector graphics

For a better view of the capabilities of the Graphics Workshop, see examples of prior work.

Instructions

Requests for the Graphics Workshop are placed on the images to improve page with explanation of the work requested, following the instructions in the template. A Wikigraphist will sign up for the work, perform the requested actions, and, after approval, replace the original image with the improved one.

All help is welcome!

Requesting work

When requesting work to be done, please do so in the right place:

Images to improve: For improvement of images, creation of graphics, etc.
Maps: For work on maps (translations, coloration from data, etc.)

Wikigraphists

Graphists who volunteer to improve images (add your name):

Often active : Editor at Large (talk · contributions), Vanderdecken (talk · contributions), Mmxx (talk · contributions) …
Less active : Jak (talk · contributions), Greyskull (talk · contributions), Ivan Akira (talk · contributions), Chech Explorer (talk · contributions), Jackl (talk · contributions), Morgan_Phoenix (talk · contributions) …

See also the list of Active Wikigraphists

Maintenance

Purge the cache of this page
Common Graphic Village Pump - to meet other graphists

Advice

Wikigraphists :

Encouraged formats : PNG, GIF (animations only), SVG, Theora (.ogg)
Transparent backgrounds;
Cleaned up images: upload over the original
Derivative works: should be uploaded to a new name.

Wikiphotographers:

Photograph your objects on monochromatic backgrounds;
Share your pictures on Commons;
Propose important images to improve.

Software (advice):

The GIMP, for JPG-GIF-PNG images;
The GIMP, for animations GIF;
Inkscape, for PNG-SVG images;

Software

Here is where the are the Graphics Programmes, recommended by the Wikigraphists and Graphics Lab, are kept. These programs have been labelled the 'Stars' of cleaning up, editing and creation of images, illustrations, maps, photograph and animations on Wikipedia.

Installing these on your computer will allow you to get more assistance and advice from other experienced Wikigraphists, several of them, having improved their skills on the Graphic Lab itself. Below are the 4 most useable and free, graphic programs, ordered according to their importance :

	Name and Function	Operating System	Download
1	Inkscape, Specialising in the creation of vector images (SVG)	Linux ; Windows ; Mac OS X	All
2	GIMP, similar to Photoshop. Used for the retouching of images, and creating of raster graphics (PNG, JPG, GIF). Can also be used to create animations when the GIMP Animation Package (GAP) is installed.	Linux; BSD ; Solaris ; Windows ; Mac OS X	Windows, Linux/BSD/Solaris Mac OSX
OR	Gimpshop, A version of GIMP, modified to be more familiar to users of Photoshop, and said to have a less steep learning curve. (PNG, JPG, GIF)	Windows ; Linux ; Mac OS X ; Solaris	All
3	hugin, For the stitching of panorama images, correction of perspective and various other things.	Windows; Linux ;BSD ; Mac OS X; Other Unix Systems	All
4	Blender, For the creation and editing of 3D images.	Windows; Linux x86/PPC ; Solaris ; Irix ; BSD ; Mac OS X	All