>
>
>I don't know how long the credit may be, but maybe something like this:
>"Photographs on pages X, X, X by Rama Rama. Released under License X.
>Distributed by Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org"
I have used Commons images on three occasions in a book, an online
magazine and on a postcard. I credited with the photographers name if
it was there (not UserName) and Wikimedia CC license # but I did not
use the website, I will next time. I left a note for permission on
User page but no one replied. Wayne Ray
Hi!
Sad news: Commons is not represented on Cafepress Wikipedia
Merchandise: http://www.cafepress.com/wikipedia/464182 :-(
Other missing projects are Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikiquote,
Wikiversity, Meta.
With best regards,
Eugene.
I just returned from Spain where I was using those little hand-held audio
devices to tour the Alhambra, etc. Just wondering whether audio tours are
(or could be) collected on wikimedia wouldn't it be great if there were
enough tours that you could log your gps position o and here something
historical about the place where you are standing? Lexi
Could be good for Commons to have some help files on the best
practices of extracting illustrations (if not clipart...) from scans.
So this may be of interest and maybe folks here have some advice for
using Gimp etc too.
cheers,
Brianna
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From: John Olsen <johnny_automatic(a)mac.com>
Date: 17 Oct 2007 13:21
Subject: [Clipart] Clipart mining guide
To: clipart(a)lists.freedesktop.org
I have had a couple of people ask me to go through the steps I use to
get images from old books. I am happy to share them. I can only do
a version using an Adobe Creative Suite workflow as this is what I am
most familiar with and it seems the GIMP needs some additional helpers
to handle PDFs. So I imagine this all can be done with an Open
Source workflow. I just am not the authority to write on it. Maybe
someone can translate it.
Anyway, I have a draft below. I was thinking of adding it to the Wiki
section "http://openclipart.org/wiki/Clipart_Acquisition" but wondered
if that clutters up that section. maybe it is better in a separate
subsection under either "Clip Art Information" or "Contributor & User
Handbook". If so someone who can unlock the top level would need to
set that up for me. Ryan?
Any suggestions or ideas are appreciated.
John Olsen
== Guideline for Mining Images from Online Book Libraries ==
* Sites such as those collected under the texts section of
www.Archive.org offer a gold mine of Public Domain images. This is a
guide to how to extract these images for use here on OCAL. Please
note the author uses a workflow using Adobe Creative Suite 3 because
he is most familiar with this software. It probably can all be done
using Open Source software. Someone else will need to add those
instructions.
* Find a book with images you would like to extract. Keep in mind
that the resolution is not extremely high so small images may not have
enough resolution to extract good SVGs.
* Download the PDF version of the book. It usually has the best
resolution. The black and white PDF will be made for reading the text
and might not have the best images. it is better to get the full
color PDF and do your own adjustments.
* Open the PDF in Photoshop. You will be asked to select a page.
Pick the page you want and open it. Then crop the image tight around
the graphic you want.
* Alternatively you can extract individual pages using Adobe Acrobat
and then open these single pages in Photoshop. This can be faster and
less memory intensive when mining large books.
* Using Image>Adjustments>Black & White convert the image to black &
white. The High Contrast Red Filter Preset usually does a good job.
* Further enhance the image using
Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast to increase contrast and
brightness if necessary so you get a nice high contrast image.
* Save the file as .PSD or .TIF or any format that Adobe Illustrator opens.
* Open this file in Adobe Illustrator.
* Use Live Trace to convert photo to vector art. The following
presets usually give the best result. One Color Logo (give black
lines only-smallest file size), Black & White Logo (white parts are
filled shapes as well) and Comic Art.
* When happy with the image, Save as SVG. Do not preserve Illustrator
editing so file is basic SVG.
* Using File>Save for Web & Devices make a PNG file to upload with SVG.
* Upload file to OCAL.
* You usually get better results with strong black & white images.
They make nice clean traces with reasonable file sizes. It is easier
to color these afterwards then try to trace a full color image and
expect clean, crisp lines.
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http://modernthings.org/
On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 00:30 +0200, Erik Zachte wrote:
> Samuel:
> > This is really exciting. Any stats on how quickly audio and video
> > filetypes are growing?
>
> http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikispecial/EN/TablesWikipediaCOMMONS.htm
>
> For monthly figures scroll to
> 'Database records per namespace / Categorised articles / Binaries'
>
> Latest figures are for June 2007 (later dump was broken, no surprises here)
>
> June 2007:
>
> Gif Jpg Mid Ogg Pdf Png Svg
> 34k 1.2M 879 31k 1.1k 262k 95k
I'd be super interested in the licensing breakdown overall and by media
type. :)
(Yes, I know this is complicated by many items being multi-licensed.)
--
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/User:Mike_Linksvayer
On 8 October 2007 Wikimedia Commons has reached a total of 2,000,000 media
files.
Growth is still rising. On 11 August 2007 the project reached 1,750,000
media files (~4,200 files/day to 2M). On 25 May 2007 the project reached
1,500,000 media files (~3,200 files/day to 1,75M).
Congratulations. Let's try and keep up with the maintenace :)
Cheers!
Siebrand
On 10/10/2007, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I currently mirror commons (and all WMF images) at home. At the
> current rates have space for a couple of years. Perhaps we'll have a
> nice growth spike? that would be good: I'd rather outgrow my storage
> before it starts failing on it.
Are you planning to make it possible for others to mirror, or release
any kinds of image dumps? or torrents? or send people disks in the
mail?
cheers
Brianna
--
They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:
http://modernthings.org/
http://searchengineland.com/071009-084922.php
This is not the dazzling polished work of wonder she wanted it to be,
as her hard disk went BANG on the weekend and she had to rewrite the
whole thing from scratch yesterday. I added ideas and some quotes.
I think the Richard Schiff vs Michele Merkin appproach might make the
point clear!
- d.