This will probably help speed up the process: http://toolserver.org/~luxo/derivativeFX/deri1.php
Sorry I don't have time to write in more detail now. Toby On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Lila Pagola <lilapag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > This is my first message to this list, trying to find the good channel > for sharing some impressions about a recent experience I made in the > Libre Graphics Meeting. > > I'm from Argentina, a member of Wikimedia Argentina and also a teacher > working with Wikipedia from several years ago. Maybe you have read > this article in the WMF blog: > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/07/creating-local-content-for-wikipedia/ > > So, to the point. I proposed there a workshop about Wikimedia Commons, > oriented to spread the work dynamics of Commons among libre graphics > designers, and also to do some concrete collaborations during the > project. > > This workshop was inspired in a similar exercise I did last year with > my students of digital photography, since I discovered (being jury of > Wiki Loves Monuments Spain) a lot of photos with exposure problems. > > More info is at my userpage of Commons: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lpagola and in a few days it > will be also available the report at metawiki. > Comments and suggestions are very welcome. > > Although time was too short (two hours), we could work with some > requests, and doing so, somebody found something I didn't know, and I > want to know if exists a better way to solve it. > > Problem appeared around files needing to be converted to a different > file type, for instance a GIF that should be PNG > ( > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_with_inappropriate_GIF_format > ). > > When trying to upload the file through "upload new version", it was > not allowed since the file type was different... and when trying > through the general uploader, we need to change the name, so we lost > not only the "history" of the file, but also its identical name. > > So, there is better way to do this? > I asked Ezarate (maybe is he in this list?) for advice and he pointed > out a "method" I tested here: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:100-Hryvnia-1996-front.png > > A participant of the workshop also summarized her way as follows: > > 1. download the jpg in higher resolution > 2. make the png version in your computer > 3. create a page with the new title. example: File:title.png > 4. upload the new file > 5. add the same description, licence, source > 6. put the date of your upload > 7. update the author, also reffering to the original author. example: > B based on A's work > 8. add the original file to the "other versions" > 9. add the same categories as the original file > 10. add to the original jpg file your png version in "other versions" > 11. remove the {{badjpg}} tag from the jpg version > > What do you think? > > Thanks in advance! > And sorry for the long message... > > Best from Argentina, > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >
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