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It's easier than ever to de-censor videos

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382 points DamonHD | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 17:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | 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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Arubis ◴[15 Apr 25 19:51 UTC] No.43697579[source]▶
What I love about this method is that it so closely matches what actual US govt censors do with documents pending release: take a copy, black it out with solid black ink, then _take a photocopy of that_ and use the photocopy for distribution.
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1. 0cf8612b2e1e ◴[15 Apr 25 22:14 UTC] No.43699079[source]▶
News publications are also encouraged to do the same or even re-type the raw document. There was a story about how they shared raw scans of the leaked documents such that the yellow printer id dots were visible. That might have been for C. Manning?