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The first thing to do is open up an image-editing program. There are several possibilities. Adobe Photoshop: The best in the business, it has lots of plug-ins, is used by professionals, but is relatively expensive, though sometimes older versions can be found for less. GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program is a popular open source software ...
This tutorial explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext. This is one of the most frequently asked questions. It describes options for specifying placement, alt text, captions, sizes and links, and contains advice about panoramas and avoiding image stackups.
You can either insert images that are already stored on Wikimedia Commons, or upload a new image of yours. Images are stored on Wikimedia Commons so that they can be used in multiple articles, across many languages, and are even free for anyone to use outside of Wikipedia ( with some conditions ). This tutorial introduces you to the process of ...
There are 4 basic choices for image file formats : SVG for simple diagrams (especially those that need to be scaled). JPEG for photographic images. GIF for animated images. PNG for everything else. While some formats offer multiple compression systems, in general the format and the compression system are tied together.
To edit an existing gallery in VisualEditor, click that gallery. Then, near the bottom of the gallery, click the gallery icon (a set of photos). This brings up the gallery editor, with the full list of images included in the gallery. The gallery editor has two tabs, one to add images and their captions, the other controls display options.
Next, click the Insert menu and choose the "Images and media" option to open a dialog box. You can search for a suitable image by typing in the dialog box. It displays an initial set of suggested images from the Commons. Once you see the name of a file you want, click on its thumbnail image. This places the image onto the page you are editing.
To upload a new image, first activate VisualEditor by clicking "edit" at the top of an article. Once the VE toolbar has appeared, click the Insert menu and choose the "Images and media" option. That opens a dialog box which allows you to upload and use images. Click the "Upload" tab and select an image on your computer (either type the file ...
This image shows the results of overlaying each of the above transparent PNG images on a background color of #6080A0. Note the gray fringes on the letters of the middle image. This shows how the above images would look when, for example, editing them. The grey and white check pattern would be converted into transparency.