Sunday, February 26, 2012

Censoring image in GIMP

Question

I need to censor some images (Whole image).
I need these images for a essay about porn in a webpage and I need those images (porn pictures) be censored (something like pixelized image so viewer only should be able to understand its about porn and shouldn't be able to findout what is the original image).
I'm using GIMP.
I used "Filters->Blur->Pixelize".
But my problem is when viewer zoom out on image he can find out what is original image! (When Image gets very small --less than 200px or 100px-- the original image is detectable just like a low resolution picture that is more clear when it's zoomed out and is smaller).
How can I overcome this? (for example by randomizing pixels when pixelized)

Asked by Snigger

Answer

What do you mean by censoring? Censoring part of the image or the whole image?

Please elaborate on your problem so we can provide better answer.

Edited to add:

Why don’t you cover the explicit parts of the photo with a black box?

Or if you are set on using filter > blur > pixelize… Select the area of the image you want censored then apply the filter to that area. If by zooming out, you can still recognize what the image is about then increase the amount of pixelization from the dialog box that pops up when you try applying the filter.

Answered by Alen

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