User:Quibik

Quibik
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This user runs a Pywikipedia-based bot, Quibot (contribs). This user has created a global account and the main one is on Commons. This user is autopatrolled on Wikimedia Commons. (verify)
4165 uploads   I'm a Wikigraphist of the Graphic Lab to which you can request images improvement.

Welcome!

Here are some tools I recommend:

• HotCat – make categorizing images on Commons A LOT less painful.
• VisualFileChange.js – an invaluable tool for any tedious, repetitive task.
• G'MIC (with GIMP) – helpful in image cleanup with several advanced denoising methods, region inpainting (for watermark removal), sharpening, etc.
• Wavelet decompose plugin – split an image to different levels of detail, each of which can be edited in parallel. Very useful in many situations.
• Image registration plugin – automatically aligns two layers containing the same image with sub-pixel precision.
• FFT plugin for Category:Images containing regular noise.

Watermark templates

Here I have collected a few of the templates for the watermarks I have removed from any watermarked images.

To use them, drop them on the watermarked image in Gimp or Photoshop and align them with the watermark. If you use the XCF or PSD file, then that's it. If you use the "divide" or "substract" layer versions, then you will need to set the layer blending mode of the that template image respectively. For templates where I have provided only a divide layer and the watermark appears brighter than the background in the watermarked image, do "invert colors" before and after using the template. For JPEG images you will most likely need to blur or clone over any remaining JPEG artifacts.

Image source	Watermarked example	XCF (for GIMP)	PSD (for Photoshop)	Subtract layer only	Divide layer only	Other	Original watermark
19thcenturyphotos.com					div
age fotostock	[1]	xcf	psd	sub
airliners.net					1024px, 1200px, 1280px
Provincial Archives of Alberta	[2]	xcf	psd		div		original
artvalue.com					div
Bharat-Rakshak.com	[3]	xcf	psd	sub
Easyart.com	[4]	xcf	psd	sub	div		original
fotobank.az					div
Lunate1759 (talk · contribs)	[5]	xcf	psd	sub	div		original
madonnaunderground.nl	[6]	xcf	psd	sub	div		original
nac.pl						all together
Národní galerie v Praze		xcf	psd	sub	div		original
shutterstock.com		xcf
Skijumping.pl		xcf	psd	sub	div		original
Subway06~commonswiki (talk · contribs)		xcf	psd	sub	div		original
syrianhistory.com					wide, tiled
ua.vlasenko.net					div	mask for inpainting
wenhuacn.com		xcf	psd	sub	div		original

All of the above watermarks can be also directly accessed from this shared folder.