Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Images to improve/Archive/Dec 2007

This page, part of the Graphics Lab Wikiproject, is an archive of requests for December 2007.
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Done Stitching Hogarth scans together

First image

Article(s):Marriage a-la-mode and the 6 subpages.

Request: I scanned the most massive and detailed reproductions of the engravings of Hogarth's Marriage a-la-mode series I could find, but I had to do them in two images per engraving, so I am requesting that someone "stitch" the images together and upload them (to here or Commons). The licenses would be PD-100/PD-Art, they are all located at [1]. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 23:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion: This looks like a job for Hugin, but I won't do it today. Maybe over the weekend. --Slashme (talk) 06:22, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, its not urgent, so that's fine. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 17:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've downloaded the images, but there doesn't seem to be much overlap. That pretty much rules out the use of hugin. :( Also, "H6-1.png" seems to be missing from the list. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I had a look at the files, and they're a bit fat for my 56k modem. Sorry, I'll have to pass on this one. --Slashme (talk) 18:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If I were to scan an "overlap" down the middle of the divide, would that work? 68.39.174.238 (talk) 23:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep! > Rugby471 ^talk ⚔ 17:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does it have to be the entire overlap? My scanner isn't big enough to get the entire overlap, but I got a scan of ~¾ of the divide. Will that work? 68.39.174.238 (talk) 18:12, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind that, I've got new scans that have the entire overlap. They're in the above directory, as photoshop files. I'll convert them to PNGs later. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 00:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've uploaded the first image to Commons as Image:Hogarth Marriage-a-la-mode reproduction 1.png. Could you please check the image description and update it as appropriate? (In particular, the author and date of the engraving would be useful to know.) —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 22:43, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, I've added the author (It was Hogarth), I don't have the date, since this was something he (Hogarth) postponed doing, finishing and publishing several times. 68.39.174.238 00:30, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done SVGify a map (Croatian electoral)

The image in question

The image in question
An svg version with pretty colours.

Article(s):Croatian parliamentary election, 2007

Request: Create a new SVG map of the electoral divisions. The current numbering scheme and layout aren't necessarily required, especially since the copyright status of this image is evidently questionable. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 21:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion: I'll do this one --Slashme (talk) 13:06, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I colour coded the districts, but I don't know where the islands belong. It should be easy for someone who knows Croatia to fix this. Also, maybe some districts have traditional colours? Also, the non-geographical voting regions are not on my new map. --Slashme (talk) 13:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a bit strange: see Counties of Croatia - the counties don't seem to divide along the same lines as the voting districts. --Slashme (talk) 15:16, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One other thing, can you include the other two nongeographical districts as the previous image did, or would that be no good? 68.39.174.238 00:36, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Slashme 06:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect; added in place of the copyrighted JPG. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 00:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help! --Slashme (talk) 23:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Uzbek SSR

File:Uzbekistanposter.jpg
edit

edit

Article(s): Uzbek SSR

Request: fix a little of the distortion, as has so beautifully been done of late. -- Chris (talk) 22:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion: This ok? --mikaul^talk 23:35, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very good! Thank you! There does seem to be an image break, visible in the text, in the left hand side of the third column made by the folds. Is anyone else seeing that? Chris (talk) 02:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(that may just be an effect of the manipulation software) Chris (talk) 02:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thank you, and please feel free to overwrite the original image! Chris 16:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Superlink Map

Sagredo svg
Sagredo png

Article(s): Superlink

Request: Hi, this is a replaceable copyrighted map. Would it be possible for someone to create a replacement? It is exactly the same request as the London Midland maps done a while back. They have been done. They had exactly the same copyright problem. A simplified drawing (using straight lines etc.) would be fine. The colours can be changed, the layout can be slightly changed and simplified. The fonts can be changed. Many maps (including those above) like this have been done before with no problem. Dewarw 13:12, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist Opinion:

OK, if it's still here in two days, I'll get onto it (lack of time...) --Slashme 18:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or maybe not. Sorry: "Real life"™. --Slashme 10:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PRIORITY: If this image is not done soon, it will be deleted as it is orphaned/non-free/replaceable etc. etc. Dewarw 11:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC) [reply]

I gave it a start.—Cronholm¹⁴⁴ 22:20, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, look good so far. Dewarw 22:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't just copy it from here. Since it is subject to copyright, if I just make a copy of it as an svg then it will still be subject to that copyright. I'm actually not sure how different it has to be to be free of the copyright, but the point is that this is as far as I'll go for now. I'm sure someone round here has a suggestion as to how to proceed, or perhaps I am mistaken in my notion of copyrights. —Cronholm¹⁴⁴ 00:15, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just too busy to help out here, but I could save someone loads of time. There seems to be no need to include all the gray "existing" lines, or the yellow ones for that matter, and a straight-lined topographical diagram would be miles neater and simpler. There, I've just reduced the job to a 20-minute sketch ;) --mikaul^talk 09:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to make it okay for copyright:

Just simplify everything: use straight lines, for example.
Use a slightly different colour scheme.
Use a different font for any letters.

This will make it okay for use. Other egs where this has worked include the London Midland maps & the pdf, the Beeching II map, and the Central Citylink map (see archives). Do not feel that you have to take too long on it. I really appreciate your work, thanks. -- Dewarw (talk) 17:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if this helps much. The station labels do work in Inkscape, but don't show up here. (??) I was able to make a pdf and a png that show them. The station labels should be checked - I'm not familiar with the city. Sagredo^Discussione? 07:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I re-did the text, but there are still some strange black blocks left. Not sure where they come from. Ill take another look if I get time. --Slashme 08:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, couldn't figure it out, so I copied the route paths and labels to a new document, and put in the station markers by hand. Problem solved! --Slashme 08:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Excellent work! Dewarw (talk) 20:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Slashme 05:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, note that the file size is now 11k instead of 67k. Vim is the cat's whiskers! --Slashme 10:53, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Eden Maine logo

File:EdenMaineLogo.png

Article(s): Eden Maine

Request: This is the logo for a band. It's already in .png format, which I did in my infinite naivete, but all that needs doing is converting the white to transparent. I know it's shocking in quality and resolution, but there's no bigger version out there. This is my first request here, sorry if it's a little banal, to say the least. Seegoon (talk) 09:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion: Is this a free image? If yes, it's easy to fix. If not, we won't work on it. --Slashme (talk) 15:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, what the heck, I fixed it; it was less than 1 minute's work ;-) --Slashme (talk) 16:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Hoysala architecture

Article(s): Hoysala architecture, Today's feature article.

Request: -- Several of the images from today's feature article have ugly red text on them placed by the camera used to photograph them. I am requesting for it to be removed. aliasd·U·T 08:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion:

I'm occasionally good for a little clone stamping or etc, and have fixed a couple of these, but can't upload them because they are protected. Sagredo^Discussione? 23:49, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sagredo^Discussione? 03:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is very good work. Pity about the protection, I suppose something could have been done though :( Its all clear now as far as I can see... aliasd·U·T 21:04, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm new to the graphics page, and not quite sure how the process is supposed to work for protected pages/images. I think any admin can upload them or redirect the links from the page. Sagredo^Discussione? 00:34, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have gone ahead and put them across to the page and marked this one as done. They should be probably moved over to commons still though. Thanks for all the help Sagredo, your work is great. aliasd·U·T 08:21, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perspective correction (advice needed)

Article(s): MIT

Request: Hi, I'd basically like to know whether you think that [2] (1.2MB) is an improvement over [3] (800 KB)? Do you think that perspective-correcting the image was a good idea? -- Ddxc 10:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion: Personally, i think that the previous version was fine. The current tree on the right looks a little stretched > Rugby471 ^talk ⚔ 16:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, image quality has degraded in the new version and the rhs looks over-corrected (leaning right) to me, all in all seems a lot to pay for a vertical roadsign and horizontal kerb. That said, a more careful correction from the original file might be worthwhile. --mikaul^talk 18:42, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted. -- Ddxc 12:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Physics graphics

Article(s): Auger electron spectroscopy

Request: Basic SVG-ification. I know nothing about physics and can't check for any misleading addition, so please stick to the graphs as is. -- Circeus (talk) 02:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion: Can't the user who originally supplied the diagrams export them in a vector format? --Slashme (talk) 07:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are very new, and I'm not sure I'd get any reaction if I made a request. Circeus (talk) 23:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I have about 10 minutes now; I'll see how far I get... --Slashme (talk) 15:50, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graph done, will now start on the diagram --Slashme (talk) 16:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Out of time. Feel free to continue with the drawing. --Slashme (talk) 16:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks real nice! Hopefully will scale a bit better. Circeus (talk) 17:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Diagram done. Please check it to see that I didn't leave anything out, then we can sign this one off. --Slashme (talk) 23:57, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They look great, thanks! Circeus (talk) 17:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done Asterias dissection

Article(s): not yet but fit for Asterias and to replace png image in Starfish

Request: I have a problem with the fonts in this file. They show correctly in IExplorer but not Firefox. In the latter numbers are huge. Could a specialist have a look please? The image was made in CorelDraw and then ported to Inkscape. -- Lycaon (talk) 19:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion:I'm on the case. --Slashme (talk) 06:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, please check whether it looks OK now. I changed all the text from "Arial" to "Sans": That should be a safe catch-all font definition. I also removed a couple of paths from the picture: Some of the outlines of the gonads were drawn as separate paths instead of just having the central grey area have an outline. This, and reducing the precision of the position-specifiers in the document itself, reduced the file size by about half, which should make any further editing much easier on memory-limited computers! --Slashme (talk) 07:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. It looks ok now. Lycaon (talk) 08:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A little more Triestery

In
place
of
Image:Trieste-Stemma.png
This!

68.39.174.238 (talk) 00:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion: Done. > Rugby471 ^talk ⚔ 15:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect! 68.39.174.238 (talk) 18:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]