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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

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Emblems of Connacht[edit]

Article(s): Any articles these already appear on.

Request
Alright, I know this may seem like a tall order, but could someone please modify as many as possible of the above files containing the Connacht emblem (except the first two of course) so that the design of both the eagle and the sword-arm match those on the version of the Connacht arms in the second provided file. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:16, 13 August 2023 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 09:27, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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House flags of Italian companies 1[edit]

Article(s): it:Transatlantica Italiana Società Anonima di Navigazione, fr:La Veloce, it:Sicula Americana, it:Lloyd Italiano

Request
Could somebody add the vectorized versions of these flags, please?
  1. Transatlantica Italiana [1]
  2. La Veloce [2] (St George killing the dragon and the St George's Cross, flag of Genoa)
  3. Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore [3]
  4. Sicula Americana [4]
  5. Lloyd Italiano [5] [6]
Thanks in advance --Edera1970 (talk) 17:36, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Edera1970: Hi, I've split your request into smaller ones and added my notes. I am also working on this topic and if you have any more materials I would love to see them. I gave OL and IGN completely separately because they are the 2 most complicated flags I know and therefore require a lot of work in vectorization. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Proposed flags of Worcestershire (2013)[edit]

Article(s): Flag of Worcestershire

Request
Could someone please create SVG files for the other three finalists from the 2013 contest organised (by BBC Hereford & Worcester) to create a flag for Worcestershire, as seen here. I'd recommend labelling them "Design 1", "Design 2" and "Design 4" respectively. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:01, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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 ⅔ done @Snow Lion Fenian: I've made Design 1 and Design 2. I'm not sure how to get the swirls for Design 4, so I'll leave that to another graphist. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talkcontribs) 02:38, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@CalendulaAsteraceae: That's okay, and many thanks for creating the first two files! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:22, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Snow Lion Fenian: Do you have evidence to show that these designs are below UK's threshold of originality? --Designism (talk) 03:32, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@: Well, I have done a few reverse-image searches on these flags, and yet I wasn't able to find any relevant information on them (none of the other three seem to appear on the web anymore, outside of that Reddit link). But if anything relevant does come to light, I'll provide an update. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 03:45, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Snow Lion Fenian: You may want to check whether you can upload design 4 to enwiki under fair use. I have created the design 4 here, but I didn't upload it to Commons, because I found the shape too "creative" under UK's copyright law. --Designism (talk) 14:38, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@: Fair enough. Although, given all the uncertainty about its status, how would you feel about uploading it to WC as an "intentionally faked flag" instead? Specifically by using the type of wavy lines from this file here (bottom-left) as templates? As I really do think that, while they bear a reasonable resemblance to the wavy shapes on "Design 4", they couldn't be mistaken for exact duplicates of them either. What do you think? Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Snow Lion Fenian, I think the resemblance to the original design file is better. I regret making "intentionally faked flags" in the past... I think faked flags should be used in non article namespaces (e.g., in a user box on a user page). Designism (talk) 20:06, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Article(s): Heb's (draft)

Request
Could someone please convert the logo at the following link into an .svg file with the white background cut out for use on the draft Wikipedia page named above? When done, saving it as 'Heb's logo.svg' and uploading it onto Wikimedia would also be great. Many thanks and much appreciation if at all possible. Link: https://scontent.flhr4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/391692699_792745446191836_4832740091541276242_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=tZQOQqcy_DIAX8Y_YqM&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-3.fna&oh=00_AfCj6h1FvfF_vAuBcIeGa_DR17-Zl0YrB9KC5HX1bZJbyA&oe=652F3651 --ArbDardh (talk) 03:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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@User:ArbDardh: The link is broken. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talkcontribs) 18:20, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

To @CalendulaAsteraceae: thank you for spotting that - I've updated it now. ArbDardh (talk) 20:24, 14 October 2023 (UTC)ArbDardhReply[reply]

Change colour[edit]

Make File:WikiProject Barnstar Hires Bronze.png more bronze, take bronze colour from this version. Eurohunter (talk) 19:57, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Change colour of lines[edit]

Request
Make File:WikiProject Barnstar Hires.png outer two brown curved lines golden like it is in the centre of star. Eurohunter (talk) 20:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Proposed flags of Northamptonshire (2014)[edit]

Article(s): Flag of Northamptonshire

Request
Could someone please create SVG files for the other three finalists from the 2014 competition organised to design a flag for Northamptonshire, as seen here (I'd recommend labelling them "Design 1", "Design 2" and "Design 3" respectively). Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Snow Lion Fenian: I've created design 1, extracted the rose and added a recolored version. I couldn't figure out how to split the rose for designs 2 and 3, but hopefully someone else will be able to. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talkcontribs) 19:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@CalendulaAsteraceae: No problem, and thanks for your contribution! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 21:47, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Brown University Coat of Arms[edit]

Article(s): en:Brown University and the equivalent in other languages

Request
A Commons-suitable rendering of the coat of arms of Brown University, whose Blazon can be found here:

Argent, a cross gules between four open books of the first, bound of the second. Crest: a demi-sun issuant radiant or through clouds argent.

--Felix QW (talk) 15:02, 8 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Japanese Spider Crab[edit]

Article(s): [[]]

Request
(I would appreciate a modern image of the crab with a human to act as a size comparison.) --UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 15:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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@UnexpectedSmoreInquisition:
Do you request:
  • a full vector drawing: spider crab + man at scale
  • a mixed photo: real spider crab (color) photo + man drawing, at scale
  • a full photo: real spider crab + real man (as your second B/W sample photo, but in color I suppose)
yours, En rouge (talk) 02:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
A full vector for a more direct comparison, possibly showing the crab from a separate front and top POV. Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 03:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@UnexpectedSmoreInquisition You haven't added any article so I just would like to know what your intentions are for this vector image? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:02, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello, Goran. I intend to replace this image on this page which I believe doesn't convey the size properly and could be in color. If you believe this is unnecessary, I fully understand. Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 21:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@UnexpectedSmoreInquisition To create a svg of this type includes quite a lot of work and for the reason you say I'm not willing to do that. Don't you think you can find a better free image online for this purpose. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:04, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Unfortunately, I could not find another free image that accurately compares size. However, I believe the existing image will suffice. Best regards, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 13:22, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

text in SVG (sheet index)[edit]

Request
How could I improve the readability of the text in the SVG for lower sizes (for comparison, a jpeg with similar text). --Enhancing999 (talk) 08:54, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)

Use bigger fonts. The SVG font size is 1/6 the box height (20 px / 120 px). The JPEG fonts are relatively larger. Larger fonts means some names will not fit the width; the JPEG uses two lines for some names (see 1185) and abbreviations for others (see 1126). The JPEG also uses a even larger font for the map number. Glrx (talk) 17:24, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Glrx: Thanks for your advice. I increased font-sizes and added classes for longer names (>12 chars) and sheet numbers.
I hesitate to add more abbreviations. I split the "bis"-numbers on two lines, but left the name of 1185 on 1 line. Enhancing999 (talk) 20:08, 11 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I split text in 2 lines where possible and added a different text size for short names.
Font-sizes are now (in v 0.51): 35px (sheet number), 23px (longer names, 12 and more characters), 40px (short names, up to 6 characters), 30px (others). Enhancing999 (talk) 19:55, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Enhancing999:
I think you have a reasonable index. Congratulations on using classes. I would have kept the names at a single font size (like the JPEG version) to avoid making Basel appear more important than Sissach, but that is a personal preference. Also, the lines at the margins are 1/2 width; that can be fixed by offsetting and enlarging the size by a few pixels.
You can add a feature to the red dots. Instead of
<circle cy="1020" cx="1200" fill="red" r="8" id="Bern_Swiss_grid_initial_point_zero" />
do
<circle cy="1020" cx="1200" fill="red" r="8" id="Bern_Swiss_grid_initial_point_zero">
  <title>Bern Swiss grid initial point zero</title>
</circle>
It will not show up on WP, but it will show up when the SVG is viewed directly
Glrx (talk) 20:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks. I noticed my preferred font-size varies based on the png size. I tried to improve the positioning, fixed the borders and added the title feature. Enhancing999 (talk) 07:52, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
FYI, I made a request for this on COM:GL/M#Create a SVG version of File:Topo 25 sheets orig.jpg. It would be useful to add a background map, as mentioned there. And to have a version with the numbers only. Yann (talk) 21:01, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Will do a number only one later. Also one without the (partial) digital-only tiles (some barely cover anything at all, currently we only have "Samnaun Ost"). Enhancing999 (talk) 07:52, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Added it above. Also one for 1:50'000. Somehow the font looks better locally than rendered as png. Enhancing999 (talk) 14:35, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Emblem of the of the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind).[edit]

Article(s): ru:Азад Хинд, en:State Emblem of India, as:ভাৰতৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় প্ৰতীক

Request
Please, make an svg-version of this emblem. Unfortunately, the quality of the original png-version is not very good. --صلاح الأوكراني (talk) 23:31, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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North Korea just changed its military and police flags[edit]


Article(s): List of North Korean flags

Request
The title speaks for itself. Also, most new flags that were uploaded were not good looking. --SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 05:29, 14 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Atlantic Telegraph Company flags[edit]

Article(s): w:Atlantic Telegraph Company

Request
Please make these two flags used by a 19th century company laying undersea telegraph cables. Both companies are discussed in the same article, but technically they were separate entities.
  1. Atlantic Telegraph Company [7], make an inscription "Atlantic Telegraph" in blue, although this is speculation
  2. Anglo-American Telegraph Company [8]

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 16:48, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Samsung wordmark logos remaining[edit]

Article(s): en:Samsung Notebook 9

Request
Create SVG vectors of these wordmark logos, thanks. --Cfsprt (talk) 19:11, 3 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Change background colors of Basshunter logos[edit]

Article(s): en:Basshunter

Request
  1. Create white variant with transparent background. Eurohunter (talk) 17:45, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Create white variant with black background. Eurohunter (talk) 17:45, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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@Eurohunter: ✓ Done --Mrmw (talk) 19:32, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mrmw: Thanks. Could you increase size of images "preview"? It's default size of image at file page. Eurohunter (talk) 21:43, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Eurohunter: dont know what you are talking about - svg-files are scalable, why should i change resolution of files? 440px x 400px seems to be nice at filepage --Mrmw (talk) 21:48, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mrmw: I know they are scalable and the full size is 2048x2048, but Swedish Post logo has 600x600 at file page preview or Haas has 922×814. Looks like Williams has even its maximum size of 3356×2543 same as it's maximum size possible to render. Eurohunter (talk) 19:40, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Eurohunter: dont get it, you mix png and svg-files, the question about image-size and resolution is completely different - pls explain exactly what is your problem or what you want to do - perhaps have a look at COM:SVG --Mrmw (talk) 20:35, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Eurohunter: SVG files are infinitely resizable. That means when you use it, you can specify its size to be arbitrarily small or arbitrarily large, and Wikipedia can still render everything nice and clean. Here is an example. --Designism (talk) 15:03, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mrmw: @: No. I mean something else and it doesn't matter if it's svg or png file. Anyway I will show you example of Swedish Post trademark. The file has full 2048×2048 at [9] but if if you look at page File:Swedish Post trademark.svg there is just 600x600 preview, and you can increase this value to 900x900 etc. I don't know how to change it. Eurohunter (talk) 21:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Generally, SVG files will be displayed on the File: page at the size specified in the width and height attributes. The File:Swedish Post trademark.svg specifies those values to be 600 by 600 pixels, and that is what is displayed on the File page. SVG files that do not specify the width and height will be displayed at a width of 512 pixels. That means that some files are displayed at a small size. For example, some SVG icon files may be displayed at 64 by 64 pixels. See, for example, File:Crystal128-player-play.svg.
If the width is large, then the File page will scale the image down. For example, File:2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.svg is 2,199 × 1,478 pixels, but it is displayed at a width of 800 pixels.
If you click through to display the SVG directly in a browser, then the browser will display the image at the size specified by the width and height attributes. If those attributes are not set but there is a viewBox attribute, then the browser will scale the image to fit on the screen. That is a nice feature in many situations, but it often means the image will not pan and zoom. There is not a clear best practice.
The Commons File page will be reasonable if the width is in the 400 to 800 pixel range. I would not edit an SVG file merely to change its displayed image size. The Bass Hunter logos have a width of 400 pixels and are large enough for a reasonable display. The logos do not have much detail, so even a display size of 160 pixels is OK.
Glrx (talk) 00:02, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Eurohunter: Perhaps you can also tell us what exactly you want to do with these files, rather than what you want? After all, if you try to use the file on any Wikimedia website, the preview size of the file shouldn't matter — you can always specify the thumbnail/image size. --Designism (talk) 23:28, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@: "The File:Swedish Post trademark.svg specifies those values to be 600 by 600 pixels, and that is what is displayed on the File page" - I mean this. Eurohunter (talk) 14:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sorry. That's still "what you want", not "why you want" or "what you plan to do with these files". Designism (talk) 18:05, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@: I think 400 x 400 - that is small size for file preview in comparison to others. Eurohunter (talk) 20:40, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Eurohunter: I hope I am understanding you correctly — you want the preview size to be roughly the same, so that they all look more or less consistent, but this is only so that the preview page can look pretty, and this has nothing to do with the Wikipedia article Basshunter you are trying to improve. Designism (talk) 20:01, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

List of Famines[edit]

Article(s): [[]]

Request
(This image: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_famines&gesuggestededit=1#/media/File:Global_famines_history.jpg on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_famines&gesuggestededit=1#List needs to be updated from after Somalia. Best regards, ) --UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk) 04:23, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Bitcoin annualized electricity consumption[edit]

Article(s): de:Bitcoin-Netzwerk, en:Proof of work, fr:Minage de cryptomonnaie, etc.

Request
Hi, Could anyone please update the graphic with recent date from the same source? Historical annualised electricity consumption data is available from July 2010 to today (CSV). Please remove the "country equivalent" from this version, as these "country equivalent" vary from one year to another and make the graph less readable. Thanks a lot! --A455bcd9 (talk) 13:55, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Indian food labels[edit]

Article(s): en:Vegetarian and vegan symbolism, en:Vegetarianism

Request
Convert the image into vectorise SVG format in first two image and also do colour correction from red to brown in third image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soap Boy 1 (talk • contribs) “16:32, 1. Jan 2006 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s)
@Soap Boy 1: ✓ Done --Mrmw (talk) 21:21, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Emblem of Afghanistan (1926-1928)[edit]

Article(s): en:Flag of Afghanistan

Request
The mosque drawings in these files should be listed. I will make a drawing of what it should look like, but it needs to be vectorized. I based my drawing on coins and stamps from that period [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] , I also noticed that since 1926 different versions of the emblem differ much less from each other than before. The first two files show a completely incorrect drawing, identical to the versions from the 1990s and it is best to replace them completely. The third file shows a flag that has been around for about a month and has no detailed sources. I speculate that King Amanullah, who introduced it, used an emblem similar to my drawing, instead of restoring the pre-1926 emblem currently shown. Just don't change the star. The fourth and fifth files show flags from the Civil War, so the details are definitely different. I am also asking you to change the mosques and leave the stars, because the coins from that period have drawings similar to mine. [15] [16]
my draw
my draw

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 13:59, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thinner lines at File:Sigurd.svg[edit]

Article(s): en:Sigurd stones, en:Völsunga saga among others

Request
File:Sigurd.svg is a vectorized version of File:Sigurdr.png, but it has much thicker lines, to the point that the runes become impossible to read in places—this is not in accordance with the original inscription. Could someone make the lines in the vectorized version thinner, to align better with the .png and with the actual carving? Mårtensås (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Article(s): Several articles in Wikisource, and Wikipedia.

Request
I would like to have a SVG or PNG version this logo. --Darafsh Kaviyani (Talk)‍ 13:23, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The falcon is available already: File:Achaemenid Falcon.svg Darafsh Kaviyani (Talk)‍ 13:27, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@Darafsh: ✓ Done --Mrmw (talk) 19:36, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mrmw Thank you so much, it is perfect! Darafsh Kaviyani (Talk)‍ 21:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola[edit]

Article(s):

Request

Hello, I'm looking to see if anyone could remake the emblem used by UNITA's rival government of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola; the emblem is the same as the middle of the one on UNITA's party emblem but with the text SOCIALISMO, NEGRITUDE, DEMOCRACIA NÃO-ALINHAMENTO.
References:

Colors should be all the same as the one on the current logo of UNITA and the rooster & sun should be the same as the colors on the flag.
Thanks a million in advance if anyone takes this request :) --NorthTension (talk) 16:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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float
float

Article(s): all the various Revolutionary Girl Utena articles and WikiData

Request
Please fix the incorrectly transparentified logo. Internal areas of 女 and 革 and 命 are white instead of transparent.
--65.92.247.90 08:27, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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