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Images for cleanup

Images for cleanup (Ifc) is where images with technical problems are displayed for users who are willing to fix, restore, and improve them.

If you find an image that needs improvement, add {{ifc}} to its description page. A few words about how you would like to see the image improved will also help.

Images tagged with {{ifc}} can be found at Category:Image files for cleanup.

Examples of image technical problems

Bordered - The image has unneeded borders or frames.
Watermarks - The image contains captions, dates, or symbols, usually to indicate copyright status and links.
Weak quality - Image may have inappropriate quality such as bad hue, contrast, EV, grained, or saturation.
Unpreferred formatting - The image may be better if it were in a different format (jpg, png, svg, etc.).
Description & information - The image may lack description, date, licensing, or author.

Images with unnecessary borders

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.

Example: --
What to do: trim the image to the relevant area only. If it's a JPEG image, please, perform a lossless crop with a tool like Cropbot or jpegtran.

JPEG images that should be PNG

(More about image formating) 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.)

Example: --
What to do: remake the image or retouch it (making it sharp) using image editing software. More information can be found at Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG. 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.

PNG photos that should be JPEG

PNG is not an efficient format for photographs. These should be converted to JPEG to save space.

What to do: 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.

Pictures that need to be retouched, trimmed and scaled

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.

Low quality pictures

Some pictures just aren't pretty looking, and new versions with higher quality should be found and used instead.

What to do: make or look for a substitute. Be very careful if you use the image search feature in most search engines; the vast majority of pictures on the Internet will be unsuitable for the Commons because of copyright problems.

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+{{Short description|Advice on frequent issues with images}}
-{{cleanup}}
+:''This page is not for listing possible copyright problems or untagged images. For those, go to [[Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements]] and [[Wikipedia:Untagged Images]].''
+{{skiptotoctalk}}
+{| style="clear:both; background:white;"
+|-
+| width="50%" style="padding:1em; border:1px solid #A3B1BF; background-color:#E6F2FF" valign="top"|
 {{Shortcut|WP:IFC}}
+<span style="font-size:16pt">Images for cleanup</span>
-:''This page is not for listing possible copyright problems or untagged images. For those, go to [[Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements]] and [[Wikipedia:Untagged Images]].''
+----
+'''Images for cleanup (Ifc)''' is where images with technical problems are displayed for users who are willing to fix, restore, and improve them.
 If you find an image that needs improvement, add {{[[Template:ifc|ifc]]}} to its description page. A few words about how you would like to see the image improved will also help.
-Images tagged with {{[[Template:ifc|ifc]]}} can be found at '''[[:Category:Images for cleanup]]'''.
+Images tagged with {{[[Template:ifc|ifc]]}} can be found at '''[[:Category:Image files for cleanup]]'''.
+| style="vertical-align:top;padding:1em; border:1px solid #A3B1BF; background-color:#E6F2FF" |
+<span style="font-size:14pt">Examples of image technical problems</span>
+<div style="padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px;vertical-align:top;">
+* {{anchor|OB}}{{anchor|ob}}'''Bordered''' - The image has unneeded borders or frames.
+* {{anchor|OR}}{{anchor|or}}'''Watermarks''' - The image contains captions, dates, or symbols, usually to indicate copyright status and links.
+* {{anchor|UE}}{{anchor|ue}}'''Weak quality''' - Image may have inappropriate quality such as bad hue, contrast, EV, grained, or saturation.
+* {{anchor|LQ}}{{anchor|lq}}'''Unpreferred formatting''' - The image may be better if it were in a different format (jpg, png, svg, etc.).
+* {{anchor|CV}}{{anchor|cv}}'''Description & information''' - The image may lack description, date, licensing, or author.
+</div>
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #B1A3BF; padding:1em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:Beige" |
+<div style="font-size:11pt;text-align:center;">
-==Common image flaws for which this tag is appropriate==
 ===Images with unnecessary borders===
-#: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.
+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>
-#:'''Example:''' [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/9/9f/20041110060704!Radial_Engine.jpg this (broken)] should be [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Radial_Engine.jpg this (broken)]
+'''Example:''' --<br>
-#:'''What to do:''' trim the image to the relevant area only.
+'''What to do:''' trim the image to the relevant area only. If it's a JPEG image, please, perform a [[JPEG#Lossless_editing|lossless crop]] with a tool like [[Commons:User:Cropbot |Cropbot]] or [http://jpegclub.org/ jpegtran].
-===[[JPEG]] images that should be [[PNG]]===
+<br>
-(see [[Wikipedia:Image use policy#Format]])
+----
-#: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.)
-#:'''Example:''' [[:Image:Christianflag.JPG|this (broken)]] should be [[:Image:Christianflag.png|this (broken)]]
+===[[JPEG]] images that should be [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]===
-#:'''What to do:''' remake the image or retouch it (making it sharp) using image editing software. More information can be found at [[Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG]].
+(''More about [[Wikipedia:Image use policy#Format|''image formating'']])
-#:''Note: you should not convert JPEG files into PNG files, since this won't improve quality and will just make a larger file.''
+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>
+'''Example:''' --<br>
+'''What to do:''' remake the image or retouch it (making it sharp) using image editing software. More information can be found at [[Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG]].
+''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.''
+----
 ===PNG photos that should be JPEG===
-#:PNG is not an efficient format for photographs. These should be converted to JPEG to save space.
+PNG is not an efficient format for photographs. These should be converted to JPEG to save space.
-#:'''What to do:''' 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.
+<br><br>'''What to do:''' 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.
+----
 ===Pictures that need to be retouched, trimmed and scaled===
-#: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.
+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.
-#:'''Example:''' [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/3c/20041020070329!Lc_circuit.png this (broken)] should be [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Lc_circuit.png this (broken)]
+----
-#:'''Example:''' [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/8/81/20040829052021!BDSM_collar_back.jpg certain pictures (broken)] can have irrelevant or ambiguous details [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/BDSM_collar_back.jpg removed (broken)]. See: [[:Image:BDSM_collar_back.jpg]]
 ===Low quality pictures===
 #:Some pictures just aren't pretty looking, and new versions with higher quality should be found and used instead.
 #:'''What to do:''' make or look for a substitute. Be very careful if you use the image search feature in most search engines; the vast majority of pictures on the Internet will be unsuitable for the Commons because of [[Wikipedia:Copyrights#Image guidelines|copyright problems]].
+</div>
+|-
+|}
 ==See also==
 *[[:Category:Image quality templates]]
 *[[Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab]]
 *[[Wikipedia:How to improve image quality]]
 *[[Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload]]
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 *[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]]
-[[Category:Images for cleanup|*]]
+[[Category:Image files for cleanup|*]]
 [[Category:Wikipedia image help]]
 [[fr:Wikipédia:Atelier graphique/Images à améliorer]]
 [[pt:Wikipedia:Projetos/Imagens a melhorar]]
+[[Category:Wikipedia file cleanup]]
+[[Category:Images requiring maintenance]]