Request: A commenter at the FAC for Fantastic has requested that the background be cleaned up so that only the logos can be seen -- the goal of this image is to illustrate the various formats and fonts that were used for the magazine's cover title over the years. I'm uncertain what should be used for a background because some fonts are quite pale while a couple are black, so a common colour for all of them is unlikely to work. Any way that the presentation of these can be improved would be welcome. Two other points: the titles are all to the same scale, so please don't rescale anything to fit across the page -- I think they should be presented actual size; and please leave in place the smaller subtitles -- I'd like to preserve all the text in each title. Thanks for any assistance.Mike Christie (talk – library) 16:40, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
This would probably require vectorizing all of them, since the logos are in different colors and some of them are on rather complicated backgrounds. (Not accepting, just commenting.) Kaldari (talk) 09:00, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I gave it I try, but were unable to separate the ancillary text. I think I would be able to do it if a file in higher resolution could be provided. P. S. Burton (talk)10:00, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've uploaded a higher resolution version -- see above. I cropped less closely on these since this is not intended to be the final version. Let me know if this is good enough to work with. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk – library) 15:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is what I could come up with. I see now that I didn't read/follow your instructions very well. Someone else with more photoshop skills should probably give it a go. The backgrounds and the ancillary text makes it hard. P. S. Burton (talk)23:25, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I do think the logos look better on a blank background, it allows them to be directly contrasted. I like the light blue one. I think it's a shame they're a little crooked- could they possibly be lined up? J Milburn (talk) 22:45, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This has been done by an editor at FAC, with a slightly different background; I have marked this as resolved. The first image above now shows the new version since he uploaded it over the original. Thanks to P.S. Burton for working on this. Mike Christie (talk – library) 02:29, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I cann't make this better. The source file with small resolution and to contrasting. The enlarging the fragment of source worsens the result considerably. When the source is bad, then result... PawełMM (talk) 09:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): Done: I've cropped the border and lightened the dark areas. The new file is also a JPEG which is better suited for photographs. Regards, Fallschirmjäger✉23:04, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much! Disagree with that last point (jpeg has issues with displaying gradients in thumbnails (at least on wiki) and is terrible for shots that show a clear sky), but for this old photo it works - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲτ¢19:09, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request1A: Thanks Photo Lab expert PawełMM. The watermark is gone!!! Now, per THIS, under section titled "Images", could you straighten out the bottom as well? It was in the original request, but maybe I didn't emphasize it enough. Thanks! Mercy11 (talk) 21:26, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request1A: Thanks Photo Lab expert PawełMM. The watermark is gone!!! Now, per THIS, under section titled "Images", could you straighten out the bottom as well? It was in the original request, but maybe I didn't emphasize it enough. Thanks! Mercy11 (talk) 06:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. I'm not sure if what you meant by "the canvas" was that repeating pattern of fine dots that was visible at higher magnification especially in the darker areas. If so, I'm pretty certain that it was moiré patterning caused by the original scan, not an underlying canvas. —SMALLJIM11:33, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: My apologies for the number of requests here, but I figured if someone was on a roll they'd plow through them in no time. Mostly perspective adjustments; one is brightening work. These requests can be handled seperately.
Martin Grove: Make my whites whiter (specifically, make the letters whiter)
That's exactly what I wanted! They are great! Thank you very much! Could you do the same with this third picture I added? --Lecen (talk) 13:06, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Created a version of the Marshal François Achille Bazaine image with the corners painted over and thus no need for transparency. —Quibik (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Clean the scratches and light artifacts (pic is in the Featured Picture queue right now, but needs cleaning to get an award. You can take credit for the award! TCO (talk) 21:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, just hold "shift" and click the refresh button on your browser. This will clear the browser cache and any changes will appear. -- Orionist ★ talk16:29, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Clean out the watermarks on the pictures the first image has it on the lower left, the second diagonally in the midle and the third it is in the botom left, thank you. Andres rojas22 (talk) 01:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by Orionist.
All Done. I always recommend against removing watermarks from works of art, because that will inevitably change or lose some details and it can look very bad if the watermarked area is very complicated. Moreover, other versions with no watermarks are very likely to be found on the web. So, I found clean versions of good resolution for the first two files, while I could only find this cropped version for the third file (which you might want to upload to a separate file). I gave it a shot because the watermarked area was a repeated pattern, and I was able to copy and paste from other parts of the image, although there were some slight differences like all other hand-made art. I tried to make it as faithful as possible to the original. I also cleaned up the edges, applied some levels since colors were washed out. Regards, -- Orionist ★ talk18:16, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Make everything around drink white. Enhance drink as well if possible please. Keep 3x4 proportions of image though, otherwise it looks too slim in article. Gryffindor (talk) 20:40, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by Fallschirmjäger. 21:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Would someone please remove the red "17" in the bottom right side of this image? It's a non-free iamge of a deceased person, so I have just included a link, not a gallery of the image GrapedApe (talk) 06:40, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Please remove the background on both pictures, making them translucid. If possible, also improve the quality of photograph. Thank you very much, Lecen (talk) 20:13, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): Done: Worked on both of them. I wasn't sure how much you wanted removed in terms of the background on the second file so I assumed you wanted it done in the same style as the others. If it needs altering just let me know. Regards, Fallschirmjäger✉21:37, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Took this out of a book and removed the text, but my job is not very good. Can the background be a uniform white and the glare removed? You can also work with the previous version. Gryffindor (talk) 20:56, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Please make background white, keep the 3x4 dimension of image though. Can a light shadow be somehow kept? Also enhance lightness of bottle if possible? Gryffindor (talk) 14:49, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I just crop using the Crop Tool and cleaned up some of the jpeg artefacts by cloning them out. I think the reason your version looked like that was because the resolution was increased to an extent which made it blurry. Fallschirmjäger✉18:18, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Make somekind of miracle and improve the quality of both photos. They look awful, I know. Also, remove the background of the first picture and make it translucid. There is a already a version of it (here: [2]), but the quality of the photo is very bad. If it's not possible to improve it, leave it, then. Thank you very much, Lecen (talk) 21:54, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
I took a stab at both images. Noise makes images look sharper than they actually are, and noise reduction uses different blurring techniques, so you have to expect such effects. I tried to keep processing of the first image to a minimum. I've also cleaned up the most obvious specks. As for the second image, I've done two versions, one with minimal processing, and the other with major enhancements to soften it and try bring out details in the same time. I've uploaded one above the other so that you could revert if you like the first one. This is the best I could do, and fellow Wikigraphists are more than welcome to upload their takes on these. -- Orionist ★ talk11:12, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I took your picture and added a smoothed (but not blurry) background to it. The contrast should be better now, but I hope it does not look like a cardboard cut-out too much. —Quibik (talk) 12:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Request: Please remove the "86"...I realised this has been asked before for the "90", but given that there aren't going to be any others like this... Lanthanum-138 (talk) 07:23, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s):
Please use this image in an article, because if you don't, it's tagged for deletion by Monday. Once we're sure it's not going to be deleted we can start working on your request. I hope you understand. Regards, -- Orionist ★ talk11:57, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Stale
Request withdrawn
Done. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 20:06, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Resolved
Original
Restored
Request taken by Fallschirmjäger. 19:52, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Done - Here you go, sorry for the delay it took a fair while longer than I thought it would. Fallschirmjäger ✉ 18:01, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Stitched together example titles from Fantastic (magazine), a science fiction magazine.
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Power lines removed, perspective enhanced
Construction of Mount Pleasant Road underpass on Bloor Street, 1949
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Ligeti's grave at Zentralfriedhof, Vienna
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Ponce-Adjuntas Road circa 1920.
Sheppard Avenue street sign
Remove dirt (bagel) next to bench
Martin Grove
Queen Street
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Lansdowne
Church Street
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Santiago Vidaurri, Governor of Tamaulipas
Marshal François Achille Bazaine
Corners painted
General Miramón
cropped & perspective enhanced
cleaned up
Puerto Rico Map Topographic.
Cleaned up version
Tom Felton
A Mongol general of the Qing Dynasty
Daisan a Manchu noble of the Qing Dynasty
Dorgon, a powerfull Manchu nobleman
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Abby Sunderland on October 22, 2010
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Mexican General Leonardo Marquez, fought for Emperor Maximiliano I
Dom Afonso, first Duke of Braganza)
Flag in book
Champagne
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Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre
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Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre
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restored version (Quibik)
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