User talk:Lax1
This page and account were created in order to add pictures to Wikimedia Commons.
You can link to my french User's Page here.
Brenneke.jpg
[edit]Hey Lax1, that's a terrific image that does a great job of illustrating the structure and composition of a deer slug. However, I was wondering if you had a higher quality version you could upload. I notice that the image is a JPEG. JPEGs do not support indexed colors, so there's no point in degrading the image quality by lowering its color depth. If you want to use color-indexing to reduce the file size, you should try a format such as PNG or GIF. Otherwise, simplying saving the photo with a lower quality (high compression) setting should achieve the same effect. You can experiment with the different formats and settings to see which produce the lowest file size without sacrificing image quality. JPEG works best with most photos, but PNG is better if there are a lot of solid colors, hard edges, straight lines, etc. --71.104.232.71 07:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Win73.jpg
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Thanks for uploading Image:Win73.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.
If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Rüdiger Wölk 07:12, 18 May 2006 (UTC)