Commons:Potential restorations

Potential restorations is a centralized location for images that are suitable for restoration projects at novice to intermediate skill level. All images have been reviewed and screened for appropriate size and difficulty. See also Category:Files requiring restoration.

Each gallery display is a lower resolution JPEG, with a link to the TIFF.

Available images

The following galleries are images available for restoration. Arranged mostly by medium. To select a project, move an image down to the Restorations underway section.

Early color photography

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  Grocery store front, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Lincoln Nebraska grocery.tif.
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  Tobacco harvest, near Lexington, Kentucky, 1940. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Tobacco harvesting.tif.
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  Welder making boilers for a ship, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1942. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Welder making boilers.tif.
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  Railroad yardmaster, Amarillo, Texas, 1943. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Yardmaster.tif.
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  Switchman demonstrating signal, Calumet City, Illinois, 1943. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Switchman.tif.

Photochrom prints

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  Brighton, England, c. 1890-1900. Full size uncompressed file at File:Brighton aquarium photochrom.tif.
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  Great sluice, Amsterdam, c. 1890-1900. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Amsterdam great sluice photochrom.tif.

Tinted lithographs

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  United States presidential campaign poster, 1848. Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Taylor and Fillmore.tif.
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  Head of the harbor at Sevatopol, with mouth of Tchernaya River. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Sebastopol head of harbour.tif.
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  British headquarters of Lord Raglan, Crimean War, 1855. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Lord Raglan's Headquarters.tif.
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  Jerusalem, 1841. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Jerusalem 1841.tif.

Chromolithographs

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  Baseball player Ty Cobb, 1911. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Ty Cobb card.tif. Also reverse of card at File:Ty Cobb card back.jpg and File:Ty Cobb card back.tif.
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  Poster for the 1918 film Hearts of the World, directed by D.W.Griffith. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Hearts of the World poster.tif.
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  "The Chap Book--Thanksgiving no." Art nouveau poster, 1895. Full sized uncompressed file at File:The chap book.tif.
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  Edwin Booth as Hamlet. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Edwin Booth as Hamlet lithograph.tif.

Engravings

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  Abigail Adams, wife of United States President John Adams. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Abigail Adams engraving.tif.
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  Poet James Russell Lowell. Full sized uncompressed file at File:James Russell Lowell engraving.tif.
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  Mathematician Antoine Deparcieux. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Antoine Deparcieux engraving.tif.
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  Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Pedro Menendez de Aviles.tif.

Ink drawings

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  Paulownia tree. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Kiri.tif.
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  Samurai. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Samurai with bow.tif.
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  Woman spinning silk. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Woman spinning silk.tif.
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  Monkeys and rabbits playing a game of go. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Monkeys and rabbits playing Go.jpg.

Woodcuts

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  High wire artists, 1890s. Full sized uncompressed file at File:High wire artists.tif.
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  "Couple under umbrella in snow" by Suzuki Harunobu, 1750-1770. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Couple under umbrella in snow.tif.
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  "Monkey trainer and a dog" by Shibata Zeshin. Full sized uncompressed file available at File:Monkey trainer and dog.tif.

Period caricatures and political cartoons

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  Thomas Paine, British caricature from 1792. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Thomas Paine caricature.tif.
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  British caricature of United States President James Madison and Napoleon. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Madassson.tif.
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  "Cincinnatus in retirement". Parody of Edmund Burke. Full sized uncompressed file at File:Cincinnatus in retirement unrestored.tif.

Books

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  First pages of the Gospel of Miroslav, part of the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. If someone is interested in restoring it, Nikola might be able to provide the tiff and help with missing letters.
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  Earliest surviving copy of Indonesia Raya (1928), which eventually became the national anthem of Indonesia. High resolution PDF scan available upon request from Arsonal.

Restorations underway

The following images have been selected by project participants. To join, move an image from the galleries above and add your signature. To request advice or assistance, follow up with questions and comments. An experienced restorationist will assist you.

Each restoration remains the 'pet project' of a specific person for two months. First come, first served. If the restoration isn't done by that time it returns to the general pool, although it's possible to ask for extra time.

Restorations

• File:Example filename.tif (sign with four tildes)
• File:Copenhagen, 1890-1900.tif — Jake Wartenberg 04:31, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Apache mother and child.tif Xavexgoem (talk) 04:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Bertha Boynton Lum.tif ←Spidern→ 05:21, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Pie Town rodeo.jpg PeterSymonds (talk) 19:48, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Black Panther convention.tif – Juliancolton (Talk) 03:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Blankenberghe, Belgium photochrom.jpg — Bellhalla (talk) 15:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Quo Vadis poster.jpg - Steve Crossin ^Talk/₂₄ 03:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• File:Scorpio etching.jpg -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 11:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
• File:Samuel Adams.jpg -- NuclearWarfare (talk) 00:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
• File:Nehru, Gandhi and Patel AICC 1946.jpg -JasonAQuest (talk) 12:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
• File:Nehru, Gandhi and Patel 1946.jpg -JasonAQuest (talk) 12:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
• File:Donsu damask.tif(jpg) ···日本穣^{Talk to Nihonjoe} 08:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
• File:Great presidential puzzle.jpg -- Jujutacular (talk) 23:13, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Restoration review

For feedback and second opinions, post to this section. Before finalizing a project, please save an interim version where dust, dirt, scratches, and fibers are corrected but without histogram adjustments or filters. To achieve the best final result, return to that version and make additional changes there.

Restoration reviews

• Upload and post your work in progress or preliminary restoration, along with notes about any questions or concerns you have. To illustrate particulars you may wish to upload a small detail of the image with specific areas circled.

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I've cleaned dirt and fingerprints from the image, and cropped and rotated it. I've adjusted the histogram but I'd like feedback on the color after the adjustments. Also, other than cropping it off, what is the best way to handle the gradients on the right (most prominent) and left (less prominent) sides? - User:Belhalla

• That image has irregularities in the sky. Suggest you go back to the pre-histogram version and adjust for that uneven fade manually. Basically there's one region of sky that's more or less believable--toward the left in a vertical band. Note how it changes slightly in color and is darker toward the upper edge of the image than at the tops of the buildings; that's normal for this type of print. Use the clone stamp to distribute 'healthy' color across the faded areas, then the healing brush to blend the result for a natural appearance. If working around the buildings is difficult you can select the sky and create a layer copy to isolate the sky as you work. Good effort so far! :) Durova (talk) 04:28, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

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The original painting here was severely damaged from sitting folded up in an attic for 40 years. I took some liberties in recreating features located underneath the damage. I'm pretty excited about this restoration because it's the "only surviving group portrait" of these three famous sisters. I left some dust/dirt in the background in the corners to indicate age. What do you think? Dcoetzee (talk) 06:26, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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I've removed all of the spots and dirt that I could, and restored what I assume is the natural colour - this is slightly less yellow than the 'featured' image on the Sidney Hall wikipedia page... Any comments? --Tom dl (talk) 01:51, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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I've also done this one. I'm not sure about the colour - photoshop wants to make the photo very white, but I've kept some of the yellow tint, to stop the image looking too cool. Any comments? --Tom dl (talk) 16:54, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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This image is my third restoration, but there are multiple problems with it. Appart from colour doubts, the right hand side of the image seems to be 'incorrect' - I'm not sure what the problem is exactly, so would appreciate any suggestions of what needs doing. --Tom dl (talk) 22:09, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if this is any good, really - the blank edging has been taken off, blemishes or spots have been removed, the black has been slightly enhanced, although I didn't want to make the colour too gaudy, and have not changed the tone particularly. I wasn't sure whether to tidy up the actual painting (which goes over a few edges). I guess that technically wouldn't be a "restoration", though. Bob Castle (talk) 22:18, 7 November 2010 (UTC)