From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   This jpg file (from photo dated 25 October 2022) posted to the Wikipedia page   
   on the Dendera Zodiac represents a significant improvement to previous images   
   available on-line, much sharper, though dimly lit, 72 dpi 60224 unique colors   
   (cf. dend-zod-1.png, 3.27 MB, 1179 x 1182 pixels, 96 dpi 286533 unique colors):   
      
   Wikimedia Commons - Dendera Zodiac, 3,009 x 2,896 pixels, 4.78 MB:   
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Zodiaque_de   
   Dend%C3%A9ra_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Antiquit%C3%A9s_Egyptiennes_   
   _38_%3B_E_13482.jpg   
      
   Using freeware RawTherapee(http://rawtherapee.com) to align photo perspective,   
   first click the "Rotate right" button (turn entire image 90 degrees clockwise)   
   in the top panel; then click the "Transform" button in right panel, set "Lens/   
   Geometry" Method: Logarithmic, uncheck/disable "Auto-fill", set "Rotate" left   
   +0.20 (counterclockwise), set "Perspective" Method: Simple, Horizontal 0, and   
   Vertical -2.3; then click the "Save current image" icon or type [Ctrl+S]. The   
   saved png file (45.15 MB, 2896 x 3009 pixels) is nearly geometrically uniform;   
      
   Using freeware Gimp(https://www.gimp.org) for simple color correction, shadows   
   and highlights, and crop photo edges, could be done using RawTherapee, but the   
   Gimp program is easier to use and includes many unique image editing features.   
   With the file from RawTherapee opened in Gimp, in Colors "Shadows-Highlights",   
   try setting Shadows to a high number (+80) and Highlights to low number (-90);   
   click the "Crop Tool" icon [Shift+C] to clean up outside edges and remove the   
   excess triangular "wavy" portion cut-out from the ceiling; next, click "File",   
   "Export As..." png [Shift+Ctrl+E], set compression level 0 and click "Export";   
   this cropped file should be about 45.82 MB, 2859 x 2795 pixels, 236479 unique   
   colors. As is, this file is ideal for saving, sharing, viewing, printing, etc.   
      
   Using freeware Inkscape(https://inkscape.org) for adding layers of square and   
   radial grid lines, circles, ellipses, and color fills, open this file into the   
   first layer, click "Edit", "Resize page to selection"[Shift+Ctrl+R], lock this   
   layer, zoom to page [5], and save this file [Ctrl+S]; next, add a second layer,   
   click "Create rectangles and squares" [R], draw a small square anywhere on the   
   page while holding down the Control [Ctrl] key to maintain its 1:1 proportion;   
   in Path click "Path Effects", click "+" icon to "Add path effect", which opens   
   "Live Path Effects Selector"; click "Construct grid", set "Size X" 56 and "Size   
   Y" 56; zoom to selection [3] and resize this large square grid to approximately   
   the same size as the page; next, in Object click "Align and Distribute" [Shift+   
   Ctrl+A] and click the icons to center on both vertical axis and horizontal axis   
   "Relative to Page", zoom page [5], save [Ctrl+S]; in View click "Hide Dialogs"   
   [F12] and "Full Screen" [F11] to maximize work space, then zoom page width [6];   
   with grid selected, use "Up" arrow to incrementally move the grid up until its   
   horizontal centerline intersects the opposing knees of "Horus"-like figures at   
   the left and right side of the image; move grid's vertical centerline to bisect   
   opposing knees at the top, and the pointed "plumb bob" shape (as if to describe   
   the plumb-line), but opposing knees at the base are offset slightly to the   
   left;   
   adjust grid size proportionally (holding down [Ctrl] key) until the seventeenth   
   (17th) line from the grid center is approximately tangent to the circle on all   
   four sides; for reference, the twenty-seventh (27th) line to the right of grid   
   center intersects the twenty-fifth (25th) line below grid center at the top of   
   the little black dot just above the far bottom-right corner of the image; also,   
   the fourteenth (14th) line to the right of grid center is tangent to the base   
   of the "decapitated" orb-shaped head which is separated from the body reposing   
   in the chair by the long black "crack" which runs the full length of the image;   
   in Object click "Fill and Stroke", set Stroke style "Width" 0.01 mm; zoom page   
   and save file; in Edit click "Duplicate", in Path click "Object to Path", then   
   in Object click "Objects to guide" (in View toggle "Guides" off/on [Shift+\]);   
      
   add another layer[Shift+Ctrl+N]; in View > "Show/Hide" > check/enable the "Tool   
   Controls Bar" and "Snap Controls Bar"; click the Arrow next to "Toggle snapping   
   on/off"[Shift+%] to open "popover" menu in "Advanced mode", check/enable "Guide   
   lines"; click "Create circles, ellipses and arcs"[E]; while holding down [Ctrl]   
      
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