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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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Participant
March 13, 2023

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

jane-e
Community 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
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
Community Expert
January 12, 2023

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

 

Dave

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
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.