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Anonymous
November 27, 2019
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How to remove paint in photo

  • November 27, 2019
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Hi! can someone help me erase the black paint in the photo? 

 

    Correct answer davescm

    No. On a single layered image there are just black pixels in that area. There is nothing else to reveal.

    Dave

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    Jo28857792ndxs
    Participant
    March 13, 2023

     please help me remove the paint so I can get the numbers 

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 13, 2023

    please help me remove the paint so I can get the numbers 

    By @Jo28857792ndxs

     

    Read the answer from Dave that is marked as correct to learn why this is impossible and cannot be done.

     

    Jane

     

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 12, 2023

      We get a lot of requests like this, but when we are dealing with screen shots from smart phones, tablets etc. it is not like when someone draws over existing text with a pen or marker.  Like Dave has said, those devices replace existing pixels with black pixels, so there is literally no information in the image to work on.  As far as I know, in all the years I have been a regular user here, we have never ever managed to reveal redacted text from a smart phone/tablet etc. screen shot.

        davescm
        Community Expert
        davescmCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 12, 2023

        We do indeed Trevor. What the poster really needs is the cellphone redaction removal tool :

         

        Dave

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          Sameer27906644nbpj
          Participant
          January 12, 2023

          Remove red paint

           

            davescm
            Community Expert
            davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
            Community Expert
            November 27, 2019

            No. On a single layered image there are just black pixels in that area. There is nothing else to reveal.

            Dave

              KazVorpal
              KazVorpal
              Participating Frequently
              February 27, 2021

              I blame hollywood. I regularly get people asking me to do things like this, obviously based on the impression one gets in movies and TV shows of how "zoom and enhance" works. A photo taken in a darkened room at night that is essentially solid black with a faint grey smear, and not only do they want to see the person's face, but they inform me the person was looking away from the camera. Clearly I should find a single-pixel reflection on spoon somewhere in the unlit room and extrapolate the image of their face from it.

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