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A few words about how you would like to see the image improved will also help. </p><p>Images tagged with {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Ifc" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Ifc">ifc</a>}} can be found at <b><a href="/wiki/Category:Image_files_for_cleanup" title="Category:Image files for cleanup">Category:Image files for cleanup</a></b>. </p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding:1em; border:1px solid #A3B1BF; background-color:#E6F2FF"> <p><span style="font-size:14pt">Examples of image technical problems</span> </p> <div style="padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px;vertical-align:top;"> <p><br/> </p> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="OB"></span><span class="anchor" id="ob"></span><b>Bordered</b> - The image has unneeded borders or frames.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="OR"></span><span class="anchor" id="or"></span><b>Watermarks</b> - The image contains captions, dates, or symbols, usually to indicate copyright status and links.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="UE"></span><span class="anchor" id="ue"></span><b>Weak quality</b> - Image may have inappropriate quality such as bad hue, contrast, EV, grained, or saturation.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="LQ"></span><span class="anchor" id="lq"></span><b>Unpreferred formatting</b> - The image may be better if it were in a different format (jpg, png, svg, etc.).</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="CV"></span><span class="anchor" id="cv"></span><b>Description & information</b> - The image may lack description, date, licensing, or author.</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #B1A3BF; padding:1em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:Beige"> <div style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center;"> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Images_with_unnecessary_borders" data-mw-thread-id="h-Images_with_unnecessary_borders"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Images_with_unnecessary_borders"></span>Images with unnecessary borders<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Images_with_unnecessary_borders"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Maintenance/Images_for_cleanup&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Images with unnecessary borders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some images present borders that are not necessary and contain redundant information (such as description texts). These include images with excess white "padding" on the sides.<br/> <br/> <b>Example:</b> --<br/> <b>What to do:</b> trim the image to the relevant area only. If it's a JPEG image, please, perform a <a href="/wiki/JPEG#Lossless_editing" title="JPEG">lossless crop</a> with a tool like <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jpegclub.org/">jpegtran</a>. <br/> </p> <hr/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JPEG_images_that_should_be_PNG" data-mw-thread-id="h-JPEG_images_that_should_be_PNG"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-JPEG_images_that_should_be_PNG"></span><a href="/wiki/JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> images that should be <a href="/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Network Graphics">PNG</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-JPEG_images_that_should_be_PNG"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Maintenance/Images_for_cleanup&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: JPEG images that should be PNG"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(<i>More about <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Format" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy"><i>image formating</i></a>)</i> Certain images (practically anything but photos) look and work better as PNG. These generally include flags, graphics, icons, diagrams and certain screenshots (such as from old video or arcade games.)<br/> <br/> <b>Example:</b> --<br/> <b>What to do:</b> remake the image or retouch it (making it sharp) using image editing software. More information can be found at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_reduce_colors_for_saving_a_JPEG_as_PNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG">Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG</a>. <i>Note: you should not just convert JPEG files into PNG files without doing anything else, since this won't improve quality and will just make a larger file.</i> </p><p><br/> </p> <hr/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PNG_photos_that_should_be_JPEG" data-mw-thread-id="h-PNG_photos_that_should_be_JPEG"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-PNG_photos_that_should_be_JPEG"></span>PNG photos that should be JPEG<span data-mw-comment-end="h-PNG_photos_that_should_be_JPEG"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Maintenance/Images_for_cleanup&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: PNG photos that should be JPEG"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PNG is not an efficient format for photographs. These should be converted to JPEG to save space. <br/><br/><b>What to do:</b> save the PNG on your computer, open it with an image editing program and save or export the file in JPEG format. Try saving with different quality settings and choose the lowest quality (highest compression) that maintains the appearance of the image. </p> <hr/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pictures_that_need_to_be_retouched,_trimmed_and_scaled" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pictures_that_need_to_be_retouched,_trimmed_and_scaled"><span id="Pictures_that_need_to_be_retouched.2C_trimmed_and_scaled"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pictures_that_need_to_be_retouched,_trimmed_and_scaled"></span>Pictures that need to be retouched, trimmed and scaled<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pictures_that_need_to_be_retouched,_trimmed_and_scaled"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Maintenance/Images_for_cleanup&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pictures that need to be retouched, trimmed and scaled"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These include images with captions that are too small to read or photos that contain irrelevant surroundings. Dark and unclear pictures should also be properly modified. Background color of graphics and diagrams should be white or transparent. </p> <hr/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Low_quality_pictures" data-mw-thread-id="h-Low_quality_pictures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Low_quality_pictures"></span>Low quality pictures<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Low_quality_pictures"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Maintenance/Images_for_cleanup&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Low quality pictures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><dl><dd>Some pictures just aren't pretty looking, and new versions with higher quality should be found and used instead.</dd> <dd><b>What to do:</b> make or look for a substitute. 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