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As regular FPC participants know, longtime contributor and image restorer Adam Cuerden has retired from Wikipedia. However, he has continued his image restoration work and posts them now to
his DeviantArt site. He recently contacted me to offer any restorations that he hadn't already uploaded for Wikipedia articles, and this one here is a real gem. The colors are vibrant and lifelike, and you can make out the texture of the paper when viewed full-size. This replaces another restored version of this image (also done by Adam), at right.
Query: I'm intrigued that the file claims copyright for the restoration. Has the creator of the work ever justified this claim? The central test has always been one of originality, so I can't help but think this sits uncomfortably with "restoration" and specifically one which does not alter the character of the original. Grandiose(
me,
talk,
contribs) 11:16, 16 May 2012 (UTC)reply
Yes, sorry, I knew that. While we're here, though, the original work needs a US tag (1923 would probably be uncontroversial). Grandiose(
me,
talk,
contribs) 16:29, 16 May 2012 (UTC)reply
Not being the restorer, I can't say for sure, but my guess would be that if you're playing with the curves tool in Photoshop or GIMP and you get the clouds to be white and the Confederate and US flags to be the right colors, the rest should be reasonably accurate. —howcheng {
chat}16:00, 18 May 2012 (UTC)reply