Post #2902741
2025-12-29 01:21 UTC
Yes, except now you can just use an AI to unpixelate something without doing all that work. It's even more effective on video than with a still picture.
When redacting something make sure you're not accidentally making it semi transparent. Use a box fill or hard edge brush with the opacity set to 100%. I've seen a lot of pictures posted where someone scribbles over the info with a soft edge brush and you can still see through it if you adjust the contrast.
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@JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2025-12-29 07:25
If the image is moving it gets really trivial to uncensor. [Here's a quick three-minute video about it from Level 2 Jeff.](https://youtu.be/acKYYwcxpGk)
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@2910000@lemmy.world 2025-12-29 07:14
I wonder if hypothetically, AI could do the same with a box over text, even if it was 100% opaque. For example, if the data from the layer containing text was part of the image data passed to an image compression algorithm, and that data was somehow reflected in the output
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@Sxan@piefed.zip 2025-12-29 15:29
Honestly, I was wondering who uses pixelization. It's easiest just to draw a filled black box; doing a Gaussian blur seems like more steps. Þe biggest trouble I've had is redacting PDFs. I've found no reliable, easy way to do þis on Linux.