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It's easier than ever to de-censor videos

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382 points DamonHD | 2 comments | 15 Apr 25 17:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.446s | source
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[15 Apr 25 19:33 UTC] No.43697419[source]▶
My Windows-98 approved method for redacting a screenshot:

1) Open screenshot in MS-Paint (can you even install MS-Paint anymore? Or is it Paint3D now?)

2) Select Color 1: Black

3) Select Color 2: Black

4) Use rectangular selection tool to select piece of text I want to censor.

5) Click the DEL key. The rectangle should now be solid black.

6) Save the screenshot.

As far as I know, AI hasn't figured out a way to de-censor solid black yet.

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layman51 ◴[15 Apr 25 19:55 UTC] No.43697609[source]▶
This is odd because when I follow your steps up to Step 5, the rectangle that gets cut out from the screenshot is white. I did remember to follow steps 2 and 3.
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[15 Apr 25 20:00 UTC] No.43697661[source]▶
Might've changed in recent versions of Paint if you're on Win 11. It definitely used to take whatever you had as Color 2 as your background.
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1. ZeWaka ◴[15 Apr 25 20:11 UTC] No.43697802[source]▶
Still does.
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2. layman51 ◴[15 Apr 25 21:15 UTC] No.43698477[source]▶
I think it depends on the new layers feature that’s on my version of Paint. If I make the base layer be transparent, then the cutout is transparent.