Wikipedia:Graphic Lab
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Graphics Lab!
The Graphics Lab Project improves Wikipedia's illustrations. The Project relies on members of the community to request assistance and to help by creating and improving images. If you wish to request a picture to be taken, please see Wikipedia:Requested pictures.
Though the French version, upon which this project is based, is quite active, the Graphics Lab is just getting off the ground and needs users experienced in image manipulation and creation. Please volunteer!
To request creation or improvement of an image, please see Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Images to improve.
Images to improve or create [working] | 
Maps to improve or create [not working yet]
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).
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 :
- Often active : Vanderdecken and all others...
- Less active : Fir0002 (can't do SVG but good at photo editing), Wgsimon (I can do anything), Larry V, and others.
See also the list of Wikigraphists
Maintenance
- Project map of the Graphics Workshop
- Purge the cache of this page
- Common Graphic Village Pump - to meet other graphist comunities
Advice
Write step by step your protocols; |
Photograph your objects on monochromatic backgrounds; |
The GIMP, for JPG-GIF-PNG images; |
| For more explanations, see : Graphic Lab/Conseils. |
Links
Templates used
- {{User Wikigraphist}}, userbox for Wikigraphists ;
- {{Wikigraphism}}, template making a summary of the project, main rules;
- {{Cleanup-image}}, Category:Images for cleanup, categorization of images which need improvement;
- {{Redraw}}, Category:Images for redraw, categorization of images which need to be redrawn
On Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons, place to share your images with Wikipedia (need to be logged in) ;
- Project:Photographs : house of the Wikiphotographs.
- Wikinews' Wikiphotographs.
