The Graphics Lab helps improve all graphical content stored on Wikimedia Commons and the English Wikipedia.

Wikigraphists work to improve the quality of the images that have been proposed by the community. This involves work such as extracting key elements from photos, improving the color of images or emphasizing the main subject, 'stitching' multiple images together and often vectorizing images (converting to SVG). We also create new drawings, diagrams and maps when requests are made to do so.

Interested in helping out? Check out the uploading standards, then go to one of the workshops you are skilled at, and lend a hand. You can also add your entry to Wikigraphist abilities and yourself to Category:Wikigraphist you can also add {{User Wikigraphist}} to your userpage.

Can't draw a thing? You can still help us: We need people to find images that need improvement and to submit them. Anyone can make requests, even unregistered users.

For examples of work done by the Graphic Lab, see the archives of past work.

Notices for volunteers Update

May 3: a Tutorials sub-page is under construction. Creation of new graphic tutorials as well as translations are welcome! 2: The Map workshop is in need of cartographic editors! January 2009 27: six major map conventions have been collected across the different Wikipedias, and are now displayed in Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions (Currently still being developed) 22: start of major clean up of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps. A map workshop has been established October 2008 3:Volunteers who are interested in attracting more requesters to Image Workshop can add {{Wikipedia ads|ad=156}} to their userpage. September 2008 21:Help shape the Graphic Lab by reviewing the facelift idea and posting your comments here! Archive April 2008 28: Important : in preparation to the Wikimania 2008 (Alexandria, Egypt), it will be welcome to update the Summer 2007 presentation of the Graphic Labs, noticing the raise of the English lab (BIG success ! Too much !) to the current 50pics/month average. Ideas and analysis welcome ! March 2008 21 : The increased # of requests mean more graphic users would be useful. People with graphic or artistic skills are encouraged. February 2008 1: when you create a graphic tool which will be use several times, please categorize it as [[Category:Graphic Tool]] on commons. The script mentioned below is dead : For the legislature diagrams, a script to create standardized SVGs has been created. Bug reports may be reported here and new ideas here. January 2008 OG : Internal maintenance: A new system and bot for request archiving is being set up and is waiting on the bot implementers. 14 : A frequently-asked questions page has been started, so people can ask questions concerning the graphics lab, work done, images, etc. 12 : A new recommendation for display of legislatures' compositions is being worked on. 11 : A page for standards has been started, so that pertinent standards may be suggested and developed.

Whitening or cleaning the background

Removal of objects and color improvement

Image restoration

Vectorization of raster graphics

Images will be improved on request of a user/IP who submits a request on any of the three image workshops. An explanation of how to do that is shown at the top of the page.

For a better view of the capabilities of the Graphics Lab, see the archives.

Other Wikipedias (And Commons) have their own graphics labs::

(Arabic): ورشة الصور
(German): Bilderwerkstatt
(Spanish): Taller gráfico
(French): Atelier graphique
(Hebrew): סדנה לגרפיקה
(Italian): Laboratorio grafico
(Luxembourgish): Billeratelier
(Russian): Графическая мастерская
(Turkish): Grafik Laboratuvarı

And Commons: Graphic Lab

• WikiProject Illustration
• WikiProject Maps
• WikiProject Photography
• WikiProject Images and Media
• WikiProject Free images
• Category:WikiProject Graphics
• Wikimedia Commons, place to upload all free images.
• Wikinews:Photographs
• Image reviewers
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/Image review
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Image Review

[edit] Image improvement categories

• Category:Images for cleanup, categorization of images which need improving. {{Cleanup-image}}
• Category:Images that should be in SVG format, a category of images that should be vectorized. {{SVG}}
• Category:SVGs for cleanup, a category of SVGs needing modifications for improvement. {{CleanSVG}}