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Re:Blur Tools for Signal by xwowsersx on Thursday June 04, 2020 @09:56AM (#23416578)
I don't know much about image processing, but can't blur from some area in an image be "removed" so as to recover the original image underneath or am I just totally mistaken about how images/pixels work?
Re:Blur Tools for Signal by haarts on Thursday June 04, 2020 @10:03AM (#23416651)
Think of it this way; there is less information in a blurred image (less colour, less lines, less areas). You can not* conjure information out of thin air thus making the unblurred image.

* Recent advances in AI actually make this possible to an extend. The AI delves into it's massive memory and extrapolates a likely image/face.

Re:Blur Tools for Signal by regularfry on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:09AM (#23417616)
That entirely depends on how the image is blurred. The default gaussian blur in an image editing tool can be reversed without leaning on magic AI to do it.
Re:Blur Tools for Signal by miglmj on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:07AM (#23417589)
Not completely mistaken, I think you're confusing blurring with "blending", where pixels are displaced in tight irregular spirals. These images have been successfully unscrambled as part of criminal investigations into child exploitation cases.