Article(s): Hadji Ali, Professional regurgitator
Request: Please give this a good restoration. I'd give it a go myself, but I lost Photoshop when my harddisk drive died and the disk is scratched. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:04, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Crisco, this was already "restored" once before. And it's really not that bad. Sure, it can always be improved upon. But why? So you can nominate it as a featured picture? Even if every single spot and scratch were repaired, it's still not featured picture material. I notice you keep finding images, often trying to get them tweaked and then stuff them into a featured picture nomination and a good number of them never make it. Seriously, don't you think that starts to become a bit of wasted effort all the way around and a classic case of make work? And by the way, one phrase I absolutely despise is "I'd do it myself, but...."<end of rant> – JBarta ( talk) 00:28, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Howell M. Estes II
Request: Remove watermark and upload. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 02:58, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
We already have a fine image of this General. Why would we want to bother with with this heavily watermarked ebay image? (Maybe I should add, I'm not trying to be rude(on purpose), I'm just curious.) – JBarta ( talk) 19:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Connormah... again, you should get this image uploaded, put a {{watermark}}
tag on it and maybe someone at some time will get it fixed up. –
JBarta (
talk) 02:16, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): James Campbell (industrialist), Numangatini Ariki
Request: Oval crop... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 00:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 10:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Meryl Fernandes
Request: Please can this be cropped to the subject and maybe something be done with the lighting or colour to make it look a little better. Only if you think it will look better mind. Rain the 1 09:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 10:26, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Canals of Amsterdam
Request: On the right-hand side there is a bridge. Above this bridge there is a large patch of light-blue colouring which (I assume) was introduced by Hugin on stitch. I've had no luck removing it, however... Nik the stoned 11:12, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by nagualdesign.: Assuming that you want the sky all white/one colour...
By "light blue coloring", you're referring to the sky? The sky on the right side of the photo is slightly blue and you don't want that?
I'm no fan of many of these panoramas by the way. Too many take in too much arc (like this one), and are of things that are not naturally "panoramic" (like this one) and most seem rather pointless to me. Reminds me of a dog licking his balls. Why does a dog lick his balls you ask? Because he can... – JBarta ( talk) 11:37, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about the belated reply, I've been scratching my head wondering how this image can be 'improved'. ..Well I soon realized that the blue patch you mentioned was probably the discolouration against the buildings, which wasn't too difficult to fix, however I'd already spent some time poncing around with the sky and gawping at other glaring errors (the broken bridge being the most obvious so far). Whilst I have finished playing around with it I was in two minds whether to upload it, so I came back here first. Frankly I'm not sure that I appreciate the association! I too love panoramas but, as JB has politely pointed out, this one's just not that good. Sorry. nagualdesign ( talk) 12:47, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): James Atherton, Craig Vye
Request: James Atherton and Craig Vye are the two males in the left hand corner. Please can this image be cropped down to them. Can the watermark be removed. Is it possible to adjust the lighting etc - to make the actors look better. If you know any tricks to salvage this, please do. Rain the 1 21:47, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: – JBarta ( talk) 22:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Enjoy. Materialscientist ( talk) 10:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Fredensborg Palace
Request: Please can you reduce the brightness of the image and sharpen the detail of the building. Peter ( Talk page) 00:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 01:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Abel-Nicolas Bergasse Dupetit Thouars, Fanny Kekelaokalani, Thomas Charles Byde Rooke, Pōmare I
Request: Can someone clean this two images up and create a transparent version for the third and fourth and fifth?-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 10:52, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): * Done: #1 & #2 done. PawełMM ( talk) 23:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC) * Done: #3 #4 & #5 done. Terminator ( talk) 04:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Daniel Spry
Request: Trim out Daniel Spry, 2nd from right, and name the new file, appropriately, File:Daniel Spry.jpg or .png... Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 13:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 02:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Andrew Kehoe
Request: fix washboarding... Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 13:32, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 19:28, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Request: Clean original and crop a version of Crown Prince Taufa’ahau, preferably not full body... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 02:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by nagualdesign. Done Partially restored original. Could do with further cleaning (and making cropped version). I'll continue tomorrow unless somebody else wishes to take a crack at it... nagualdesign ( talk) 04:05, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Michael Piccirilli
Request: Is there anyone who can crop this to Michael and make it look like the reporter lady was never there? Rain the 1 03:48, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 04:24, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Danny O'Donoghue.
Request: Can you crop out the man on the left? Also it made need adjustment of lighting. Mayhem Mario 19:35, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 22:22, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Afar people
Request: Crop away the line on the left and clean up... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 03:24, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Terminator ( talk) 07:25, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Emily Dickinson
Request: Remove the marks left by the frame. It seems to be photograph that was originally in a frame that has been taken out of it, but the markings are still around it. Leave original, upload a derivative work. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 04:17, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 06:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Suresh Raina
Request: Can you crop the trees above? Extra999 ( talk) 12:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done – JBarta ( talk) 13:43, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Reggie Yates and Holly Willoughby
Request: Could the image of Reggie Yates be cropped to the man in the image and the image of Holly Willoughby to the blonde woman in the picture. Thanks D4nnyw14 ( talk) 14:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 17:46, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): John Papa Īī
Request: Make version with transparent background... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 23:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Jenith ( talk) 04:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Freya Stafford
Request: Could a separate crop be made, which is a little more zoomed in on her face (for use in an infobox)? JuneGloom Talk 15:24, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Article(s): Hermann A. Widemann, Miscegenation
Request: Clean the scratches, dust and holes like this picture. Don't change the color or tone or anything drastic. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 04:07, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): partially done. Prominent dots are removed. Given to experts to tweak more on that. Terminator ( talk) 08:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Kapil Sibal, Sachin Pilot and Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Request: All 3 images: Remove excess materials and ensure that the face appears bigger in their biography.-- Kkm010* ۩ ۞ 04:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: The last done. PawełMM ( talk) 17:20, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Henry Nicholas Greenwell
Request: Please oval crop and make a transparent png version as well. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 10:10, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 11:39, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Nick Cohen
Request: Please remove the reflection in the eyes of the man in the centre. January ( talk) 19:59, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 21:43, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Buster Glosson
Request: Can anyone remove the autograph and play around with the levels/brightness and contrast? Thanks – Connormah ( talk) 02:57, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done
Centpacrr (
talk) 04:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
"Play around with the levels/brightness and contrast" ... Centpacrr, I'll bet that sent shivers up and down your spine ;-) It's nice work, but there are now a few spots on his jacket you'd probably like to touch up. – JBarta ( talk) 04:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Okay, I realise that some people might get annoyed at this but there's been quite a few versions of this image uploaded today so I'm going to say it anyway. And please don't think that I'm annoyed at having my version reverted either - it was a rather large leap in terms of contrast from the original (which is subjectively right or wrong) and it only took me a few minutes in Photoshop. Colour, however, is not so subjective. Whilst our perception of colour is relative, and tabbing between 2 images we see only the difference between the 2, tools like Photoshop give us a method of measuring absolutes. (Yes, I know that real light consists of discrete wavelengths and that RBG values only stimulate the cone cells to produce the tristimulus values that approximate real world colours, blah blah blah.. The point is that these values are absolutes.) So here's a quick lesson in colour correction. Hey, I'm not saying I'm the leading expert on colour grading but these methods are pretty standard and they seem to have bypassed some of you.
First thing to note on this image is that the blacks are far from black. This would normally necessitate a Levels correction (bringing the black point in a bit) but the histogram shows a 'tail' leading almost to pure black, so a 'hockey stick' Curves adjustment is in order (blackening the blacks but keeping the black point, midtones and highlights intact). That provides an optimal tonal range for assessing colour (but can be pared back later if desired - something I neglected to do having gotten used to the contrast). Colour, as I have said, is highly subjective, so we use the Eyedropper/Sample tool. First of all we check that the whites are white (low saturation, high value), then we compare the deepest shadows to the lighter areas. A blue jacket under dark conditions should be dark blue. In almost all versions of this image the shadows are orange! Yes, it's hard to believe when you see it with your own oh-so-fallible eyes, but check for yourself. Here's a HSV comparison of the current image compared to my own version. (Again, my version's a bit too contrasty, admittedly, but the colour is correct.)
A little bit of sampling here and there reveals that the problem with the colour lies in the shadows, much less so in the midtones and the highlights are fine. To correct for this we use the Color Balance tool. Focussing purely on the shadows (and preserving luminosity) we carefully reduce the redness. Again the change is easier to percieve than the result, so we again use the Eyedropper to probe the image and affect more changes incrementally until we get the result we were aiming for. We don't then flip-flop between the new and old image to admire our adjustments, because our eyes will lie to us about how great a change we have made - we do it by the numbers! The final image must stand up on it's own, not as a comparison to the original.
I'm sorry to anyone that already knows this stuff and perhaps thinks that I'm being patronising. Obviously this isn't meant for you. ;-) To anyone that might have learned something from this, try using the Eyedropper tool to analyse your own upload(s) and see if you agree. Well that's quite enough from me. Sorry to go on about it! Kind regards, nagualdesign ( talk) 05:47, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Raja Ravi Varma
Request: Remove background. Redtigerxyz Talk 06:05, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done. I made a transparent background version as I think that that's the done thing with signatures. You may wish to try the Illustration Workshop where they do a lot of signatures. I think they may make svg versions. nagualdesign ( talk) 06:49, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): John Adams (mutineer)
Request: Please make black and white... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 01:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 02:34, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Kuakini
Request: Clean up first image with minimal cropping. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 21:38, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done First: Jenith ( talk) 03:12, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Done: The second. PawełMM ( talk) 08:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
#FEFEFE
. It's difficult to see because it's so light and when you tilt the screen to see it it looks dotty, oh well. This isn't likely to be a compression problem, judging by the
pattern. More likely just a simple error on your part (you probably thought you were working in #FFFFFF
). Never mind.
nagualdesign (
talk) 03:50, 13 February 2012 (UTC)Article(s): John Pollard (Royal Navy officer)
Request: Oval crop... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 03:00, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 03:41, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Hermann A. Widemann, Miscegenation
Request: FFT filter to remove haftone pattern. nagualdesign ( talk) 17:58, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 09:01, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Sjumandjaja
Request: Remove watermark, downsample to 300px wide. Overwrite. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Rather than just saying there is no reason to downsample, I'll ask first... why do you wish it downsampled? – JBarta ( talk) 02:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Watermark removed. – JBarta ( talk) 02:44, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Keir Hardie
Request: Please can you remove all of the writing and white marks from the photograph; or just the writing over his jacket will do if the top writing is too much. Peter ( Talk page) 12:31, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 14:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Snake handling, George Went Hensley.
Request: I was wondering if someone could improve this image at all? It's a great picture but it's pretty old and I think you might be able to improve it a bit with some image editing software? (I apologize for my cluelessness here, feel free to ignore this/mock me.) Mark Arsten ( talk) 01:47, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Request taken by Jbarta. -- Sure it can be cleaned up a little. But can we mock you anyway? – JBarta ( talk) 02:08, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Done -- Cleaned up the most obvious spots, etc. There were some wierd woodgrain type swirls that I left because trying to remove them looked worse than leaving them in. Also, I'm not real happy with the contrast, but trying to reduce it also made the image look worse to me. So, what you see is the end of my effort. If anyone else feels they can improve upon it, be my guest. – JBarta ( talk) 03:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Fanny Van de Grift
Request: Could someone clean this up? Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 17:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):(I guess I just wasted my time again.
Centpacrr (
talk) 02:23, 13 February 2012 (UTC))
I dare say that a large part of the problem here is that the starting point for this "project" is a relatively low resolution compressed jpeg of unknown origin into which many artifacts have doubtless already been introduced. That being said, however, even if the image were "perfect", there are still no "absolutes" in photography or any of the many other visual media. Each image is perceived and interpreted differently (i.e. subjectively) by each individual beholder as this discussion clearly demonstrates. That being the case, there can be no "absolutes", "rights", or "wrongs" -- just differences -- in perception and interpretation of images. Some differences may be great and others very small, but "none" are the same. Centpacrr ( talk) 06:49, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Donn A. Starry
Request: Remove signature, crop, play with levels/brightness and contrast. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 04:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Did #1. Limited myself to just cleaning & cropping. I suspect the color might be off, but I'm not sure what the correct color of his jacket should be. Probably brown? Brown as it is now? Maybe even green? Don't know. Also, while I was careful around the medals(correct terminology?), the writing was all over them. Hopefully I didn't mess them up too much. – JBarta ( talk) 06:47, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Done #2 The colour of the jacket looks okay to me, JB. Though I'm no military expert I have seen uniforms that colour (with lighter khaki pants?) There's one small change you could make: See where his tie dips into deep shadow, and also under his right shoulder epilette, it looks a bit reddish to my eye (possibly magenta/not green enough). You could try a subtle Color Balance adjustment affecting just the shadows (preserving luminosity). nagualdesign ( talk) 07:16, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): George Washington Carver
Request: Download the original tif file from here and upload it to commons over the compressed version. Crop the edges, straighten, and if necessary clean-up. Upload either over File:George Washington Carver by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg or separately . Crisco 1492 ( talk) 07:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 13:46, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Paul F. Gorman
Request: Any clue what is up with the rendering of this image? – Connormah ( talk) 00:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
I don't use Photoshop, but I use Irfanview as an image viewer. When I open it in Irfanview (and it opens fine by the way) and check image information, it notes compression as "JPEG, CMYK". Other jpgs I have laying around just note "JPEG". Maybe that has something to do with it. I'm afraid I can't be of any further help than that. – JBarta ( talk) 00:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I started to reduce the overexposed face in #3 when I noticed his hair is green. And there is a lot of green throughout. I can't help but wonder if that jacket is supposed to be blue. I don't understand... the U.S. Army can hit can hit a gnat in the ass from 1000 miles away, yet can't seem to take a decent picture. Go figure. – JBarta ( talk) 05:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): John Macadam
Request: Leave original just make transparent png oval cropped version. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 00:45, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 01:34, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Jacob E. Smart
Request: Remove watermark/signature. (for those wondering, this is a portrait of Smart as a 4 star general, the current one in his article is a 3 star portrait) Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 04:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Just a little micro-quibble here... is there any reason why you wouldn't upload the image and take care of that part yourself? (And yes, I'm just not happy unless I'm complaining about something. ;-) – JBarta ( talk) 04:36, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): National Rail
Request: Remove background colour 92.14.187.60 ( talk) 14:56, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 15:23, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
THIS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP -- Gauravjuvekar ( talk) 15:08, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Methodism, Francis Asbury
Request: Please can you brighten and sharpen the image and remove the text and crest from background (or just the text). -- Peter ( Talk page) 13:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 16:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nagualdesign, sure. It's a good idea. Thanks. -- Jenith ( talk) 02:07, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Third voyage of James Cook, Kealakekua Bay, Heiau
Request: Please "crop the white space" from the image, "don't crop the borders" with the title and description, you can make out the distinction between the white space and the bordering. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:36, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 10:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
No problem Nagualdesign. Good now. Jenith ( talk) 02:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): House of Kamehameha
Request: Create a new version by cleaning up and harmonizing the background, remove some of the traces of the frame but try to restore the blurriness on the bottom part. Thanks in advance. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:43, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: I tried do that. PawełMM ( talk) 08:24, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Rachael Beck Request: Can you make a crop of Rachael, the adult, suitable for an infobox. I only really want a upperhalf of her body bordering on a headshot - for what I need it for. Rain the 1 00:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 02:06, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Reinhard Heydrich
Request: If the black lines across the bottom could be removed, that would be great. Thanks Dianna ( talk) 03:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 03:46, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Quotations from Chairman Mao
Request: Please can you reduce the blur on the image and clean it up. Thanks! -- Peter ( Talk page) 03:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 09:11, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Grace Kamaikui
Request: Remove the minor line that I noted on her dress. Do not do anything else to image beyond that! Thanks KAVEBEAR ( talk) 01:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Are you serious?? That doesn't even rise to the remotest realm of picky. It's just plain ridiculous. (I'm reminded again why I (almost) never edit images for you.) – JBarta ( talk) 01:15, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
What line? nagualdesign ( talk) 03:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Azim Premji
Request: Remove excess materials and ensure that the face appears bigger in their biography.-- Kkm010* ۩ ۞ 04:54, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): ..20% enough? ;-) nagualdesign ( talk) 05:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I didn't remove the white writing on the wall behind #2 for two reasons, 1) general laziness and 2) when I started getting into it I wasn't liking the result. All in all I think it looks just fine as it is. – JBarta ( talk) 00:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Radama II
Request: Tidy up background... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 19:11, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Howzat? I know that you only asked for the background to be tidied but I couldn't help myself. His jacket's a lot lighter than his trousers in La Trobe Picture Collection, so I 'fixed' it. nagualdesign ( talk) 20:54, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Satish Ranjan Das and possibly The Doon School
Request: Can someone remove the white border around the image? This should be a super easy crop job (and yes, I could probably do it myself except that I have no idea how to upload a new version of the image and what the protocol for that is - anyone feel like explaining?). Nolelover Talk· Contribs 23:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion: Go to the image page. If the image resided at the Commons (this one doesn't) there would be a small Commons logo near the top right of the page, which you could click to go to the image page there. Scroll down the page. Below the thumbnails showing previous versions there should be a link which says 'Upload a new version of this file'. If there isn't a link you may need to sign in - go back to the page top. The rest should be pretty straightforward. nagualdesign ( talk) 00:08, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Request: Found this book cover. Thought someone might like to clean this up. And as the requester, my only request is to resist the mighty temptation to mess with colors, contrast, gamma, etc, etc and just focus on a quality and thorough job of cleaning up the age-related wear marks and other minor imperfections. – JBarta ( talk) 11:07, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 18:00, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Marianne Cope
Request: Clean up these images. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 03:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): (With the second image) Why not simply use the other version? If it's due to the distortion, colour and framing of the original I've provided an alternative. If not just revert. Yes, the 'dirty' image has more detail, but it's not as hi-res as it looks and it's unuseably dirty. If anybody can clean that up I'll be impressed (nay, astounded). I'd say the request is pretty pointless. Sorry. nagualdesign ( talk) 06:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Done: Done #1. PawełMM ( talk) 09:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Lunalilo, Ranavalona III
Request: Remove watermark at the top right... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 04:13, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done all 3. nagualdesign ( talk) 04:57, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Bryce Poe II
Request: Cleanup. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 06:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 06:39, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Ranavalona I and others
Request: Request above. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 09:40, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: #4 by Jenith and all others by PawełMM ( talk) 14:15, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Abby Sunderland
Request: Do something with them... 68.120.69.32 ( talk) 06:52, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
This image has already been through here. What specifically did you have in mind? – JBarta ( talk) 08:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Request: FFT filter to remove halftone pattern. Please do not gaussian blur as too much detail is lost. Also, if you could share your technique with us that would be great. ;-) nagualdesign ( talk) 05:17, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Has anybody here used any of these techniques for Cleaning up interference with Fourier analysis, and if so what did you think? nagualdesign ( talk) 05:35, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Samuel Kamakau, Kalanimoku
Request: Make transparent png version, remove thin line on Kamakau's image... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:43, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 08:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Kitty Gordon
Request: A nice old image if anyone would like to give it a nice restoration and a bit of a crop. – JBarta ( talk) 09:58, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 23:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Request: Please can you remove what appears to be light shining on the right of the portrait; the white mark. Thanks Peter ( Talk page) 23:34, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Comment... Tabbing between the version directly after the reflection removal and the latest version (21:09, 23 February 2012 by Centpacrr), I notice a rather substantial difference in shading, brightness, etc. Is anyone else bothered by that? – JBarta ( talk) 01:58, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
<Aside>Centpacrr, you have this peculiar habit of adding to your comments after they have been replied to. I understand the problem with edit conflicts, but when you make a point, then someone responds to it, then you go back and change or add to your points... well, it's just not very good form. Just sayin... – JBarta ( talk) 02:40, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Yes, the current version is way too saturated, to the piont that colour noise is in places more pronounced than genuine colour-contrasts (under the rim of her hat, for example). The pinks are far beyond what any artist would use on somebody's lips, never mind the underside of their nose. And it also looks like a good portion of her dress (or whatever you call that thing draped over her shoulders) has been completely removed. They say you can't polish a turd, but there's no need to make such a mockery of an already ugly woman! Seriously though, have you calibrated your monitor recently, Centpacrr? nagualdesign ( talk) 02:50, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Uploaded an alternate version I found. There's quite a bit more to that furry thing she's wearing. Actually, they might be two versions of the same painting. The necklaces are different. Odd. – JBarta ( talk) 13:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
One more minor item of interest... Nagualdesign, in reference to our dear Caroline you mentioned the word "ugly" and something about polishing "a turd". Well, seems her legacy is quite the opposite. – JBarta ( talk) 03:41, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
And yet another interesting little tidbit... seems some doofus is selling prints of this exact image (with the flash glare) on ebay for $63 (no takers yet, sorry). Even more amusing is that he lists it as a "Handcraft Repro Oil Painting" and watermarks across the image "Please do not copy my work". The only thing worse than being so shameless is being so shameless and funny at the same time. I truly hope he sells a few... he needs all the help he can get. – JBarta ( talk) 04:05, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Keith K. Compton
Request: Remove noise/scanning artifacts. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 02:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Speaking of FFT... at first glance this noise seemed regular enough that FFT would clean it up effortlessly. My results were quite less than stellar. I tried a few different ways at it and got nothing satisfactory. Actually, the only thing that did seem to smooth it acceptably was to blur + sharpen + downsample. At this point in time, I can see no other way other than a combination of the above and some TLC with a cloning brush. Just thinking out loud... – JBarta ( talk) 04:39, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Ted Williams
Request: remove tape stain... Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 12:32, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr 09:04, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Debbie Rush
Request: Please can this be cropped to Debbie. Rain the 1 18:50, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done
Article(s): Richard H. Ellis, Robert E. Huyser
Request: Fix colors/contrast (I can't seem to get anything going). Thanks – Connormah ( talk) 00:56, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):GEN Ellis adjusted.
Took a shot at number 1. I'm not entirely happy with it, but trying to bring out the colors any more was just resulting in splotchy wierdness. If someone else can do a better job, go to it. – JBarta ( talk) 02:41, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Tehaapapa III, Tehaapapa II
Request: Can someone help me do a better job of cropping these two out of the first image for use on the infoboxes on their article pages? And is there any possibility of isolating just the person without any of the arms of the people around them without cropping away the torso like this image and this image? Please don't cut it out and make the background transparent, though. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 07:36, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 12:20, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
redone. Howzat? nagualdesign ( talk) 01:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Victoria Kamāmalu
Request: Crop the top image just like the second image but change it to black and white and clean it up a bit. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 02:44, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done B&W and cropped. The contrast could be improved but I didn't want to make it different from the smaller version. nagualdesign ( talk) 03:11, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Request: Found this. Seems too yellow and too washed out. I haven't found another version for reference though. I played around a little with it, but figured I'd post it here if anyone else wants to give it a look. – JBarta ( talk) 14:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):Three color studies made. (obs) Centpacrr ( talk) 19:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Well boys and girls, after quite a bit of digging, I found the painter was Francis Cotes and I found a couple high quality versions. We can now stop polishing a turd (as Nagualdesign might say). Have a look at this and this. Interestingly, a couple of us were dead wrong about the dark background. Since it's such a nice painting, I think both these versions should be uploaded to commons. I'll get to it sometime soon unless someone else jumps on it first. – JBarta ( talk) 04:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Hadji Ali, Professional regurgitator
Request: Please give this a good restoration. I'd give it a go myself, but I lost Photoshop when my harddisk drive died and the disk is scratched. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:04, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Crisco, this was already "restored" once before. And it's really not that bad. Sure, it can always be improved upon. But why? So you can nominate it as a featured picture? Even if every single spot and scratch were repaired, it's still not featured picture material. I notice you keep finding images, often trying to get them tweaked and then stuff them into a featured picture nomination and a good number of them never make it. Seriously, don't you think that starts to become a bit of wasted effort all the way around and a classic case of make work? And by the way, one phrase I absolutely despise is "I'd do it myself, but...."<end of rant> – JBarta ( talk) 00:28, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Howell M. Estes II
Request: Remove watermark and upload. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 02:58, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
We already have a fine image of this General. Why would we want to bother with with this heavily watermarked ebay image? (Maybe I should add, I'm not trying to be rude(on purpose), I'm just curious.) – JBarta ( talk) 19:01, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Connormah... again, you should get this image uploaded, put a {{watermark}}
tag on it and maybe someone at some time will get it fixed up. –
JBarta (
talk) 02:16, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): James Campbell (industrialist), Numangatini Ariki
Request: Oval crop... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 00:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 10:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Meryl Fernandes
Request: Please can this be cropped to the subject and maybe something be done with the lighting or colour to make it look a little better. Only if you think it will look better mind. Rain the 1 09:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 10:26, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Canals of Amsterdam
Request: On the right-hand side there is a bridge. Above this bridge there is a large patch of light-blue colouring which (I assume) was introduced by Hugin on stitch. I've had no luck removing it, however... Nik the stoned 11:12, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by nagualdesign.: Assuming that you want the sky all white/one colour...
By "light blue coloring", you're referring to the sky? The sky on the right side of the photo is slightly blue and you don't want that?
I'm no fan of many of these panoramas by the way. Too many take in too much arc (like this one), and are of things that are not naturally "panoramic" (like this one) and most seem rather pointless to me. Reminds me of a dog licking his balls. Why does a dog lick his balls you ask? Because he can... – JBarta ( talk) 11:37, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about the belated reply, I've been scratching my head wondering how this image can be 'improved'. ..Well I soon realized that the blue patch you mentioned was probably the discolouration against the buildings, which wasn't too difficult to fix, however I'd already spent some time poncing around with the sky and gawping at other glaring errors (the broken bridge being the most obvious so far). Whilst I have finished playing around with it I was in two minds whether to upload it, so I came back here first. Frankly I'm not sure that I appreciate the association! I too love panoramas but, as JB has politely pointed out, this one's just not that good. Sorry. nagualdesign ( talk) 12:47, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): James Atherton, Craig Vye
Request: James Atherton and Craig Vye are the two males in the left hand corner. Please can this image be cropped down to them. Can the watermark be removed. Is it possible to adjust the lighting etc - to make the actors look better. If you know any tricks to salvage this, please do. Rain the 1 21:47, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: – JBarta ( talk) 22:00, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
Enjoy. Materialscientist ( talk) 10:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Fredensborg Palace
Request: Please can you reduce the brightness of the image and sharpen the detail of the building. Peter ( Talk page) 00:48, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 01:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Abel-Nicolas Bergasse Dupetit Thouars, Fanny Kekelaokalani, Thomas Charles Byde Rooke, Pōmare I
Request: Can someone clean this two images up and create a transparent version for the third and fourth and fifth?-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 10:52, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): * Done: #1 & #2 done. PawełMM ( talk) 23:16, 1 February 2012 (UTC) * Done: #3 #4 & #5 done. Terminator ( talk) 04:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Daniel Spry
Request: Trim out Daniel Spry, 2nd from right, and name the new file, appropriately, File:Daniel Spry.jpg or .png... Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 13:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 02:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Andrew Kehoe
Request: fix washboarding... Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 13:32, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 19:28, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Request: Clean original and crop a version of Crown Prince Taufa’ahau, preferably not full body... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 02:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by nagualdesign. Done Partially restored original. Could do with further cleaning (and making cropped version). I'll continue tomorrow unless somebody else wishes to take a crack at it... nagualdesign ( talk) 04:05, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Michael Piccirilli
Request: Is there anyone who can crop this to Michael and make it look like the reporter lady was never there? Rain the 1 03:48, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 04:24, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Danny O'Donoghue.
Request: Can you crop out the man on the left? Also it made need adjustment of lighting. Mayhem Mario 19:35, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 22:22, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Afar people
Request: Crop away the line on the left and clean up... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 03:24, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Terminator ( talk) 07:25, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Emily Dickinson
Request: Remove the marks left by the frame. It seems to be photograph that was originally in a frame that has been taken out of it, but the markings are still around it. Leave original, upload a derivative work. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 04:17, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 06:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Suresh Raina
Request: Can you crop the trees above? Extra999 ( talk) 12:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done – JBarta ( talk) 13:43, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Reggie Yates and Holly Willoughby
Request: Could the image of Reggie Yates be cropped to the man in the image and the image of Holly Willoughby to the blonde woman in the picture. Thanks D4nnyw14 ( talk) 14:28, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 17:46, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): John Papa Īī
Request: Make version with transparent background... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 23:34, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Jenith ( talk) 04:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Freya Stafford
Request: Could a separate crop be made, which is a little more zoomed in on her face (for use in an infobox)? JuneGloom Talk 15:24, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Article(s): Hermann A. Widemann, Miscegenation
Request: Clean the scratches, dust and holes like this picture. Don't change the color or tone or anything drastic. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 04:07, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): partially done. Prominent dots are removed. Given to experts to tweak more on that. Terminator ( talk) 08:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Kapil Sibal, Sachin Pilot and Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Request: All 3 images: Remove excess materials and ensure that the face appears bigger in their biography.-- Kkm010* ۩ ۞ 04:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: The last done. PawełMM ( talk) 17:20, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Henry Nicholas Greenwell
Request: Please oval crop and make a transparent png version as well. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 10:10, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 11:39, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Nick Cohen
Request: Please remove the reflection in the eyes of the man in the centre. January ( talk) 19:59, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 21:43, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Buster Glosson
Request: Can anyone remove the autograph and play around with the levels/brightness and contrast? Thanks – Connormah ( talk) 02:57, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done
Centpacrr (
talk) 04:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
"Play around with the levels/brightness and contrast" ... Centpacrr, I'll bet that sent shivers up and down your spine ;-) It's nice work, but there are now a few spots on his jacket you'd probably like to touch up. – JBarta ( talk) 04:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Okay, I realise that some people might get annoyed at this but there's been quite a few versions of this image uploaded today so I'm going to say it anyway. And please don't think that I'm annoyed at having my version reverted either - it was a rather large leap in terms of contrast from the original (which is subjectively right or wrong) and it only took me a few minutes in Photoshop. Colour, however, is not so subjective. Whilst our perception of colour is relative, and tabbing between 2 images we see only the difference between the 2, tools like Photoshop give us a method of measuring absolutes. (Yes, I know that real light consists of discrete wavelengths and that RBG values only stimulate the cone cells to produce the tristimulus values that approximate real world colours, blah blah blah.. The point is that these values are absolutes.) So here's a quick lesson in colour correction. Hey, I'm not saying I'm the leading expert on colour grading but these methods are pretty standard and they seem to have bypassed some of you.
First thing to note on this image is that the blacks are far from black. This would normally necessitate a Levels correction (bringing the black point in a bit) but the histogram shows a 'tail' leading almost to pure black, so a 'hockey stick' Curves adjustment is in order (blackening the blacks but keeping the black point, midtones and highlights intact). That provides an optimal tonal range for assessing colour (but can be pared back later if desired - something I neglected to do having gotten used to the contrast). Colour, as I have said, is highly subjective, so we use the Eyedropper/Sample tool. First of all we check that the whites are white (low saturation, high value), then we compare the deepest shadows to the lighter areas. A blue jacket under dark conditions should be dark blue. In almost all versions of this image the shadows are orange! Yes, it's hard to believe when you see it with your own oh-so-fallible eyes, but check for yourself. Here's a HSV comparison of the current image compared to my own version. (Again, my version's a bit too contrasty, admittedly, but the colour is correct.)
A little bit of sampling here and there reveals that the problem with the colour lies in the shadows, much less so in the midtones and the highlights are fine. To correct for this we use the Color Balance tool. Focussing purely on the shadows (and preserving luminosity) we carefully reduce the redness. Again the change is easier to percieve than the result, so we again use the Eyedropper to probe the image and affect more changes incrementally until we get the result we were aiming for. We don't then flip-flop between the new and old image to admire our adjustments, because our eyes will lie to us about how great a change we have made - we do it by the numbers! The final image must stand up on it's own, not as a comparison to the original.
I'm sorry to anyone that already knows this stuff and perhaps thinks that I'm being patronising. Obviously this isn't meant for you. ;-) To anyone that might have learned something from this, try using the Eyedropper tool to analyse your own upload(s) and see if you agree. Well that's quite enough from me. Sorry to go on about it! Kind regards, nagualdesign ( talk) 05:47, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Raja Ravi Varma
Request: Remove background. Redtigerxyz Talk 06:05, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done. I made a transparent background version as I think that that's the done thing with signatures. You may wish to try the Illustration Workshop where they do a lot of signatures. I think they may make svg versions. nagualdesign ( talk) 06:49, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): John Adams (mutineer)
Request: Please make black and white... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 01:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 02:34, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Kuakini
Request: Clean up first image with minimal cropping. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 21:38, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done First: Jenith ( talk) 03:12, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Done: The second. PawełMM ( talk) 08:45, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
#FEFEFE
. It's difficult to see because it's so light and when you tilt the screen to see it it looks dotty, oh well. This isn't likely to be a compression problem, judging by the
pattern. More likely just a simple error on your part (you probably thought you were working in #FFFFFF
). Never mind.
nagualdesign (
talk) 03:50, 13 February 2012 (UTC)Article(s): John Pollard (Royal Navy officer)
Request: Oval crop... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 03:00, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 03:41, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Hermann A. Widemann, Miscegenation
Request: FFT filter to remove haftone pattern. nagualdesign ( talk) 17:58, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 09:01, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Sjumandjaja
Request: Remove watermark, downsample to 300px wide. Overwrite. Crisco 1492 ( talk) 14:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Rather than just saying there is no reason to downsample, I'll ask first... why do you wish it downsampled? – JBarta ( talk) 02:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Watermark removed. – JBarta ( talk) 02:44, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Keir Hardie
Request: Please can you remove all of the writing and white marks from the photograph; or just the writing over his jacket will do if the top writing is too much. Peter ( Talk page) 12:31, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 14:07, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Snake handling, George Went Hensley.
Request: I was wondering if someone could improve this image at all? It's a great picture but it's pretty old and I think you might be able to improve it a bit with some image editing software? (I apologize for my cluelessness here, feel free to ignore this/mock me.) Mark Arsten ( talk) 01:47, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Request taken by Jbarta. -- Sure it can be cleaned up a little. But can we mock you anyway? – JBarta ( talk) 02:08, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Done -- Cleaned up the most obvious spots, etc. There were some wierd woodgrain type swirls that I left because trying to remove them looked worse than leaving them in. Also, I'm not real happy with the contrast, but trying to reduce it also made the image look worse to me. So, what you see is the end of my effort. If anyone else feels they can improve upon it, be my guest. – JBarta ( talk) 03:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Fanny Van de Grift
Request: Could someone clean this up? Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 17:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):(I guess I just wasted my time again.
Centpacrr (
talk) 02:23, 13 February 2012 (UTC))
I dare say that a large part of the problem here is that the starting point for this "project" is a relatively low resolution compressed jpeg of unknown origin into which many artifacts have doubtless already been introduced. That being said, however, even if the image were "perfect", there are still no "absolutes" in photography or any of the many other visual media. Each image is perceived and interpreted differently (i.e. subjectively) by each individual beholder as this discussion clearly demonstrates. That being the case, there can be no "absolutes", "rights", or "wrongs" -- just differences -- in perception and interpretation of images. Some differences may be great and others very small, but "none" are the same. Centpacrr ( talk) 06:49, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Donn A. Starry
Request: Remove signature, crop, play with levels/brightness and contrast. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 04:40, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Did #1. Limited myself to just cleaning & cropping. I suspect the color might be off, but I'm not sure what the correct color of his jacket should be. Probably brown? Brown as it is now? Maybe even green? Don't know. Also, while I was careful around the medals(correct terminology?), the writing was all over them. Hopefully I didn't mess them up too much. – JBarta ( talk) 06:47, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Done #2 The colour of the jacket looks okay to me, JB. Though I'm no military expert I have seen uniforms that colour (with lighter khaki pants?) There's one small change you could make: See where his tie dips into deep shadow, and also under his right shoulder epilette, it looks a bit reddish to my eye (possibly magenta/not green enough). You could try a subtle Color Balance adjustment affecting just the shadows (preserving luminosity). nagualdesign ( talk) 07:16, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): George Washington Carver
Request: Download the original tif file from here and upload it to commons over the compressed version. Crop the edges, straighten, and if necessary clean-up. Upload either over File:George Washington Carver by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg or separately . Crisco 1492 ( talk) 07:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 13:46, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Paul F. Gorman
Request: Any clue what is up with the rendering of this image? – Connormah ( talk) 00:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
I don't use Photoshop, but I use Irfanview as an image viewer. When I open it in Irfanview (and it opens fine by the way) and check image information, it notes compression as "JPEG, CMYK". Other jpgs I have laying around just note "JPEG". Maybe that has something to do with it. I'm afraid I can't be of any further help than that. – JBarta ( talk) 00:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
I started to reduce the overexposed face in #3 when I noticed his hair is green. And there is a lot of green throughout. I can't help but wonder if that jacket is supposed to be blue. I don't understand... the U.S. Army can hit can hit a gnat in the ass from 1000 miles away, yet can't seem to take a decent picture. Go figure. – JBarta ( talk) 05:18, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): John Macadam
Request: Leave original just make transparent png oval cropped version. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 00:45, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 01:34, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Jacob E. Smart
Request: Remove watermark/signature. (for those wondering, this is a portrait of Smart as a 4 star general, the current one in his article is a 3 star portrait) Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 04:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Just a little micro-quibble here... is there any reason why you wouldn't upload the image and take care of that part yourself? (And yes, I'm just not happy unless I'm complaining about something. ;-) – JBarta ( talk) 04:36, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): National Rail
Request: Remove background colour 92.14.187.60 ( talk) 14:56, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 15:23, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
THIS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP -- Gauravjuvekar ( talk) 15:08, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Methodism, Francis Asbury
Request: Please can you brighten and sharpen the image and remove the text and crest from background (or just the text). -- Peter ( Talk page) 13:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 16:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nagualdesign, sure. It's a good idea. Thanks. -- Jenith ( talk) 02:07, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Third voyage of James Cook, Kealakekua Bay, Heiau
Request: Please "crop the white space" from the image, "don't crop the borders" with the title and description, you can make out the distinction between the white space and the bordering. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:36, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 10:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
No problem Nagualdesign. Good now. Jenith ( talk) 02:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): House of Kamehameha
Request: Create a new version by cleaning up and harmonizing the background, remove some of the traces of the frame but try to restore the blurriness on the bottom part. Thanks in advance. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:43, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: I tried do that. PawełMM ( talk) 08:24, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Rachael Beck Request: Can you make a crop of Rachael, the adult, suitable for an infobox. I only really want a upperhalf of her body bordering on a headshot - for what I need it for. Rain the 1 00:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 02:06, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Reinhard Heydrich
Request: If the black lines across the bottom could be removed, that would be great. Thanks Dianna ( talk) 03:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Jenith ( talk) 03:46, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Quotations from Chairman Mao
Request: Please can you reduce the blur on the image and clean it up. Thanks! -- Peter ( Talk page) 03:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 09:11, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Grace Kamaikui
Request: Remove the minor line that I noted on her dress. Do not do anything else to image beyond that! Thanks KAVEBEAR ( talk) 01:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Are you serious?? That doesn't even rise to the remotest realm of picky. It's just plain ridiculous. (I'm reminded again why I (almost) never edit images for you.) – JBarta ( talk) 01:15, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
What line? nagualdesign ( talk) 03:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Azim Premji
Request: Remove excess materials and ensure that the face appears bigger in their biography.-- Kkm010* ۩ ۞ 04:54, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): ..20% enough? ;-) nagualdesign ( talk) 05:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I didn't remove the white writing on the wall behind #2 for two reasons, 1) general laziness and 2) when I started getting into it I wasn't liking the result. All in all I think it looks just fine as it is. – JBarta ( talk) 00:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Radama II
Request: Tidy up background... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 19:11, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Howzat? I know that you only asked for the background to be tidied but I couldn't help myself. His jacket's a lot lighter than his trousers in La Trobe Picture Collection, so I 'fixed' it. nagualdesign ( talk) 20:54, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Satish Ranjan Das and possibly The Doon School
Request: Can someone remove the white border around the image? This should be a super easy crop job (and yes, I could probably do it myself except that I have no idea how to upload a new version of the image and what the protocol for that is - anyone feel like explaining?). Nolelover Talk· Contribs 23:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion: Go to the image page. If the image resided at the Commons (this one doesn't) there would be a small Commons logo near the top right of the page, which you could click to go to the image page there. Scroll down the page. Below the thumbnails showing previous versions there should be a link which says 'Upload a new version of this file'. If there isn't a link you may need to sign in - go back to the page top. The rest should be pretty straightforward. nagualdesign ( talk) 00:08, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Request: Found this book cover. Thought someone might like to clean this up. And as the requester, my only request is to resist the mighty temptation to mess with colors, contrast, gamma, etc, etc and just focus on a quality and thorough job of cleaning up the age-related wear marks and other minor imperfections. – JBarta ( talk) 11:07, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 18:00, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Marianne Cope
Request: Clean up these images. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 03:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): (With the second image) Why not simply use the other version? If it's due to the distortion, colour and framing of the original I've provided an alternative. If not just revert. Yes, the 'dirty' image has more detail, but it's not as hi-res as it looks and it's unuseably dirty. If anybody can clean that up I'll be impressed (nay, astounded). I'd say the request is pretty pointless. Sorry. nagualdesign ( talk) 06:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Done: Done #1. PawełMM ( talk) 09:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Lunalilo, Ranavalona III
Request: Remove watermark at the top right... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 04:13, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done all 3. nagualdesign ( talk) 04:57, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Bryce Poe II
Request: Cleanup. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 06:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr ( talk) 06:39, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Ranavalona I and others
Request: Request above. Thanks. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 09:40, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Done: #4 by Jenith and all others by PawełMM ( talk) 14:15, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Abby Sunderland
Request: Do something with them... 68.120.69.32 ( talk) 06:52, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
This image has already been through here. What specifically did you have in mind? – JBarta ( talk) 08:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Request: FFT filter to remove halftone pattern. Please do not gaussian blur as too much detail is lost. Also, if you could share your technique with us that would be great. ;-) nagualdesign ( talk) 05:17, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Has anybody here used any of these techniques for Cleaning up interference with Fourier analysis, and if so what did you think? nagualdesign ( talk) 05:35, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Samuel Kamakau, Kalanimoku
Request: Make transparent png version, remove thin line on Kamakau's image... KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:43, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 08:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Kitty Gordon
Request: A nice old image if anyone would like to give it a nice restoration and a bit of a crop. – JBarta ( talk) 09:58, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 23:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Request: Please can you remove what appears to be light shining on the right of the portrait; the white mark. Thanks Peter ( Talk page) 23:34, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Comment... Tabbing between the version directly after the reflection removal and the latest version (21:09, 23 February 2012 by Centpacrr), I notice a rather substantial difference in shading, brightness, etc. Is anyone else bothered by that? – JBarta ( talk) 01:58, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
<Aside>Centpacrr, you have this peculiar habit of adding to your comments after they have been replied to. I understand the problem with edit conflicts, but when you make a point, then someone responds to it, then you go back and change or add to your points... well, it's just not very good form. Just sayin... – JBarta ( talk) 02:40, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Yes, the current version is way too saturated, to the piont that colour noise is in places more pronounced than genuine colour-contrasts (under the rim of her hat, for example). The pinks are far beyond what any artist would use on somebody's lips, never mind the underside of their nose. And it also looks like a good portion of her dress (or whatever you call that thing draped over her shoulders) has been completely removed. They say you can't polish a turd, but there's no need to make such a mockery of an already ugly woman! Seriously though, have you calibrated your monitor recently, Centpacrr? nagualdesign ( talk) 02:50, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Uploaded an alternate version I found. There's quite a bit more to that furry thing she's wearing. Actually, they might be two versions of the same painting. The necklaces are different. Odd. – JBarta ( talk) 13:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
One more minor item of interest... Nagualdesign, in reference to our dear Caroline you mentioned the word "ugly" and something about polishing "a turd". Well, seems her legacy is quite the opposite. – JBarta ( talk) 03:41, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
And yet another interesting little tidbit... seems some doofus is selling prints of this exact image (with the flash glare) on ebay for $63 (no takers yet, sorry). Even more amusing is that he lists it as a "Handcraft Repro Oil Painting" and watermarks across the image "Please do not copy my work". The only thing worse than being so shameless is being so shameless and funny at the same time. I truly hope he sells a few... he needs all the help he can get. – JBarta ( talk) 04:05, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Keith K. Compton
Request: Remove noise/scanning artifacts. Thanks. – Connormah ( talk) 02:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Speaking of FFT... at first glance this noise seemed regular enough that FFT would clean it up effortlessly. My results were quite less than stellar. I tried a few different ways at it and got nothing satisfactory. Actually, the only thing that did seem to smooth it acceptably was to blur + sharpen + downsample. At this point in time, I can see no other way other than a combination of the above and some TLC with a cloning brush. Just thinking out loud... – JBarta ( talk) 04:39, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Ted Williams
Request: remove tape stain... Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 12:32, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr 09:04, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Debbie Rush
Request: Please can this be cropped to Debbie. Rain the 1 18:50, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done
Article(s): Richard H. Ellis, Robert E. Huyser
Request: Fix colors/contrast (I can't seem to get anything going). Thanks – Connormah ( talk) 00:56, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):GEN Ellis adjusted.
Took a shot at number 1. I'm not entirely happy with it, but trying to bring out the colors any more was just resulting in splotchy wierdness. If someone else can do a better job, go to it. – JBarta ( talk) 02:41, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Tehaapapa III, Tehaapapa II
Request: Can someone help me do a better job of cropping these two out of the first image for use on the infoboxes on their article pages? And is there any possibility of isolating just the person without any of the arms of the people around them without cropping away the torso like this image and this image? Please don't cut it out and make the background transparent, though. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 07:36, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by PawełMM.
Done: Done as requested. PawełMM ( talk) 12:20, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
redone. Howzat? nagualdesign ( talk) 01:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Victoria Kamāmalu
Request: Crop the top image just like the second image but change it to black and white and clean it up a bit. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 02:44, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done B&W and cropped. The contrast could be improved but I didn't want to make it different from the smaller version. nagualdesign ( talk) 03:11, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Article(s): Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Request: Found this. Seems too yellow and too washed out. I haven't found another version for reference though. I played around a little with it, but figured I'd post it here if anyone else wants to give it a look. – JBarta ( talk) 14:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):Three color studies made. (obs) Centpacrr ( talk) 19:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Well boys and girls, after quite a bit of digging, I found the painter was Francis Cotes and I found a couple high quality versions. We can now stop polishing a turd (as Nagualdesign might say). Have a look at this and this. Interestingly, a couple of us were dead wrong about the dark background. Since it's such a nice painting, I think both these versions should be uploaded to commons. I'll get to it sometime soon unless someone else jumps on it first. – JBarta ( talk) 04:59, 29 February 2012 (UTC)