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Freeware to blur out and soften facial lines and blemishes
Given , slate_leeper
wrote: I use PhotoWipe for this. Old but easy, free, and works well. http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe Thank you for the PhotoWipe suggestion! This was the best software suggested that I tested so far! PhotoWipe seems to work similarly to how VicMan photo editor worked in that you drag an area over the blemish or wrinkle. Then the software removes the blemish or wrinkle by an algorithm that makes it look as if the blemish or wrinkle was just smooth skin. But it's a lot harder to use than Vicman PhotoEditor was for blemish removal. In fact I first tried using the software on Bo Derek without reading the instructions but then I realized the instructions are pretty good. http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe#samples PhotoWipe uses a modified version of the greycstoration image processing library, which was created by David Tschumperlé and source code is available here. http://www.hanovsolutions.com/inpainter.zip Best to start with a well-cropped photo because the zoom is horrid. My quick summary is that this PhotoWipe freeware is clumsy to get used to, but it does work about as well as Vicman PhotoEditor did to remove wrinkles & blemishes! Here are my first test results. Bo Derek Original File: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_Skidmore.jpg Bo Derek Starting file (same as above): http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i...e_skidmore.jpg Bo Derek Wrinkle Lines 1 drawn in PhotoWipe: http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i...nklelines1.jpg Bo Derek After 1 attempt from above: http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i..._skidmore2.jpg Bo Derek Wrinkle Lines 2 in PhotoWipe: http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i...nklelines2.jpg Bo Derek After 2 attempt above: http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i..._skidmore3.jpg |
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Freeware to blur out and soften facial lines and blemishes
Given news
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Thank you for the PhotoWipe suggestion! This was the best software suggested that I tested so far! By way of contrast, here's what Cartoonist did to a full figure of Bo Derek in her younger days. http://brasizemeasurements.com/bo-de...-measurements/ Bo Derek full-lengh body photo: https://i0.wp.com/brasizemeasurement...k-Bra-Size.jpg Bo Derek original (same as above): http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i...k-bra-size.jpg Cartoonist first passs (fatter): http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i...size-copy1.jpg Cartoonist second passs (thinner): http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?i...size-copy2.jpg |
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Freeware to blur out and soften facial lines and blemishes
On 8/17/17 3:05 AM, David B. wrote:
As an aside, do you use Malwarebytes on your Apple Mac? I use it. And -- for the first time in 30 years of using a Mac -- it found some malware and removed it. I believe it was something that got put there by a software installer from a different vector (Wondershare? Not sure). There is a new "version 3" of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Mac out. Be aware that when you first install it, it appears to be only a demo tryout for a "pay for" version. But it will automatically "convert" to freeware after the 30-day trial if you don't buy it. |
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Freeware to blur out and soften facial lines and blemishes
On 18/08/2017 04:22, John Albert wrote:
On 8/17/17 3:05 AM, David B. wrote: As an aside, do you use Malwarebytes on your Apple Mac? I use it. And -- for the first time in 30 years of using a Mac -- it found some malware and removed it. I believe it was something that got put there by a software installer from a different vector (Wondershare? Not sure). There is a new "version 3" of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Mac out. Be aware that when you first install it, it appears to be only a demo tryout for a "pay for" version. But it will automatically "convert" to freeware after the 30-day trial if you don't buy it. Thank you, John. :-) Have you ever used a facility called EtreCheck? Details he- https://etrecheck.com/ "Etresoft, Inc. is a Canadian software development and consulting corporation in business since 2015. Etresoft's most popular product is EtreCheck, a macOS diagnostic tool used by over half a million people and frequently recommended on Apple Support Communities." -- "Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." |
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Freeware to blur out and soften facial lines and blemishes
"John Albert" wrote
| There is a new "version 3" of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for | Mac out. Be very careful with that. I haven't used anything like AV for many years on Windows, but I tried MB at one point out of curiosity because it was talked about so much on Windows groups. Before allowing MB to do anything, the alleged problems reported should be thoroughly researched so that you understand the possible ramifications. Maybe it found malware on your system. Maybe it cooked up melodrama. MB found 10 "problems" in my test run. Five were harmless Registry mistakes that it called malware. Four were settings I had chosen to reduce frivolous popup warnings and prevent problems downloading files. MB called those "potentially unwanted modifications". The tenth was my disk image software, which MB called malware. Worse, MB actually made up names for all of the alleged malware. The harmless Registry settings were "Rogue.Regsort" and my disk imaging software was "Backdoor.Bifrose"! They were highlighted in red as being critical dangers. If I had trusted MB it would have deleted my disk imager and messed up my Windows settings, making for a very confusing situation. All without any explanations and with unequivocally dire warnings. That kind of problem has been increasing on Windows over the years. Anti-malware and AV no longer work very well because there are numerous 0-day threats and millions of virus signatures. The idea of identifying malware by a string of unique bytes is simply outdated. But the AV companies need to keep up their reputations and also want to impress people with how much they're accomplishing. So they tend to be very dramatic and often poorly desigend. The MB warnings about dangerous "modifications", for instance, are second- guessing my choice of system settings. They don't do it with education; perhaps a blurb explaining the pros and cons of the settings I've chosen. They just pop up an unexplained warning, using pseudo- scientific jargon, and lead the average person feel that they're narrowly avoiding calamity by letting MB take over. I would never recommend MB to anyone inexperienced, and anyone experienced probably doesn't need it. In most cases the only really useful malware monitors are programs that watch for suspicious file activity. And, of course, a firewall that will block everything other than specific programs going outbound is a good idea. I don't know if such firewalls are available for Macs, but they may be. As far as I know there's still no such thing available for Linux. Windows has had spyware and bot malware for many years, so on Windows there are lots of options for controlling inbound and outbound traffic. That provides a good first line of defense. It not only blocks commercial spyware but will also provide a warning if you somehow get malware because most malware is going to try to call home. |
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Freeware to blur out and soften facial lines and blemishes
In article , Mayayana
wrote: | There is a new "version 3" of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for | Mac out. Be very careful with that. I haven't used anything like AV for many years on Windows, but I tried MB at one point out of curiosity because it was talked about so much on Windows groups. Before allowing MB to do anything, the alleged problems reported should be thoroughly researched so that you understand the possible ramifications. Maybe it found malware on your system. Maybe it cooked up melodrama. most likely what it found was adware that was intentionally installed (likely by mistake), not actual malware. it's also possible that what it found was not mac malware at all, but rather windows malware, which does absolutely nothing on a mac, but is removed anyway just to make it look like the app is doing something useful. And, of course, a firewall that will block everything other than specific programs going outbound is a good idea. I don't know if such firewalls are available for Macs, but they may be. of course they exist. not only is that functionality part of mac os, but third party options take it to the next level with all sorts of sophistication. As far as I know there's still no such thing available for Linux. there is, but it's primitive, as is most stuff on linux. |
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