Graphics LabTheGraphics Lab helps improve all graphical content stored onWikimedia Commons and the English Wikipedia.
Wikigraphists work toimprove the quality of the images that have beenproposed by the community. This involves work such asextracting key elements from photos, improving the color of images or emphasizing the main subject, "stitching" multiple images together and oftenvectorizing images — converting toScalable Vector Graphics (SVG). We alsocreate new drawings, diagrams and maps when requests are made to do so.
Interested in helping out? Check out theuploading standards, then go to one of theworkshops you are skilled at, and lend a hand. You can also add your entry toWikigraphist abilities and yourself toCategory:Wikigraphists you can also add{{User Wikigraphist}} or{{Mbox 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 Graphics Lab, seethe archives of past work.
Images will be improved on request of a user/IP who submits a request on any of thethree 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, seethe archives.
| Free Software (GNU General Public License) | ||||
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| Name and Function | Operating system(s) | Download | ||
 | Inkscape, the general standard for creating and editingSVG files | Windows;macOS;Linux | All | |
 | GIMP, similar toAdobe Photoshop. Used for the retouching of images, and creatingraster graphics (PNG,JPEG). Can also be used to create animations (GIF) when the GIMP Animation Package (GAP) is installed. | Windows;macOS;Linux;Solaris;BSD | Windows,Linux/BSD/SolarismacOS | |
 | hugin, for the stitching ofpanoramic images together into one big image,correction of perspective and various other things. | Windows;macOS;Linux;BSD;Other Unix Systems | All | |
 | QGIS, to create GIS maps' layers: topographic background, shaded relief, states/provinces polygons, rivers/lakes/coasts, urban areas, etc. PNG or SVG. | Windows;macOS;Linux; etc. | All | |
| Open Jump GIS, to create SVG or PNG maps and GIS vector datasets. | Windows;macOS;Linux | All | ||
 | Blender, for the creation and editing of 3D images. | Windows;macOS;Linux;Solaris;IRIX;C source | All | |
 | Scribus, a freedesktop publishing application (DTP). | Windows;macOS;Linux;Unix;OS/2;eComStation;ArcaOS | All | |
 | POV-Ray, a free 3Dray tracer. | Windows;macOS;Linux | All | |
 | Dia, create and edit diagrams and graphics that only require basic shapes. Supports exporting to vector (SVG) and various raster file formats. | Windows;Linux;macOS | All | |
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