Put photo on Facebook and edit someones identity?

Logo · 30-06-2019 09:55PM #1

I want to post a picture on a FB page but need to hide the identity of the person in the photo because the background is only what's needed. The image was scanned to word format.When transferred to MS Paint the only option is to use 'Brush' to cover a face with a marker. Any ideas on how to make the person in the photo anonymous without scratching them out with an online magic marker? TIA

Always Tired · 30-06-2019 09:56PM

You can edit their whole identity in MS paint?

evolving_doors · 30-06-2019 09:59PM

Just upload it to Facebook then when it pops up use tippex.

30-06-2019 10:05PM

Always Tired wrote: »

You can edit their whole identity in MS paint?

can i edit the bank account part of my identity

Ten of Swords · 30-06-2019 10:05PM

Is it a specific object in the background you want, or the background panorama in general? Would it not be easier to crop them out completely?

ToddyDoody · 30-06-2019 10:05PM

Copy and paste the background over the person. ie the person is standing beside a tree, copy and paste the tree over the person and you have 2 trees.

Seamless.

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:07PM

Thanks for the replies ye're only hilarious. Meanwhile anyone with some constructive answer for a newbie.TIA

ToddyDoody · 30-06-2019 10:08PM

Logo wrote: »

Thanks for the replies ye're only hilarious. Meanwhile anyone with some constructive answer for a newbie.TIA

You mustn't have seen mine

PARlance · 30-06-2019 10:13PM

We'll answer why you tell us why, deal?

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:15PM

Seen yours too Doddy and almost shat myself with laughter. Meanwhile I'm just trying to post an historical photo online without showing the persons identity in the pic. Any constructive ideas?

colm_mcm · 30-06-2019 10:17PM

There are loads of phone apps that let you blur part of a photo.

is_that_so · 30-06-2019 10:17PM

Download Gimp. Great tool and you should be able to add layers to hide whatever you need.

dmc17 · 30-06-2019 10:19PM

Logo wrote: »

Seen yours too Doddy and almost shat myself with laughter. Meanwhile I'm just trying to post an historical photo online with showing the persons identity in the pic. Any constructive ideas?

You've been given many options for hiding the persons identity. How about you specify how you propose to hide their identity..... i.e. do you want to blur out their face, replace their face with a tree, give them a sex change, change their eye colour etc.?

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:21PM

Thanks for the helpful posts. I'm just doing this on a laptop (not phone) and a quick simple way to blur out face might be an option.

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:24PM

dmc17 wrote: »

You've been given many options for hiding the persons identity. How about you specify how you propose to hide their identity..... i.e. do you want to blur out their face, replace their face with a tree, give them a sex change, change their eye colour etc.?

Thanks for your post. Yes just want to hide their face (i.e. identity). Welcome me to 2019

dmc17 · 30-06-2019 10:24PM

Logo wrote: »

Thanks for the helpful posts. I'm just doing this on a laptop (not phone) and a quick simple way to blur out face might be an option.

You could use an online tool like facepixelizer.com

Ten of Swords · 30-06-2019 10:24PM

Paint is very basic and doesn't have any specialized functions so unless you want to land a blob of colour over their face, cut them out of the picture and have a white person shaped space remaining or paste another image over their face there's not a lot you can reasonably do, ideally you want to use a different software package

Fr_Dougal · 30-06-2019 10:26PM

Logo wrote: »

Thanks for the helpful posts. I'm just doing this on a laptop (not phone) and a quick simple way to blur out face might be an option.

There’s an app that will do it automatically for you, it’s called Blue Waffle. It waffles the persons face for privacy. Have a look fo it in Google images.

Hal3000 · 30-06-2019 10:29PM

You could remove someone completely using Photoshop.

TheChizler · 30-06-2019 10:31PM

Take a screenshot of the picture open in paint, paste into word, do a yahoo search for a black bar, take a screenshot of the bar and paste it over the picture in word, convert from word format to .norm format and open in paint, and save the resulting image as a gif file.

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:33PM

Thanks for the replies. I'm just looking how to make someones pic unidentifiable without having to upload/download more programs or crudely magic-marking out their face.

Wheety · 30-06-2019 10:36PM

Logo wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. I'm just looking how to make someones pic unidentifiable without having to upload/download more programs or crudely magic-marking out their face.

I'm not sure what else you want people to do for you. You've been told paint is very basic and you don't want to download anything else or upload the image.

The simplest answer was here:

dmc17 wrote: »

You could use an online tool like facepixelizer.com

Cee-Jay-Cee · 30-06-2019 10:36PM

You aren’t going to be able to do much on Paint other than paste a smiley over their face or simply a black/white blob/square so if you want a half professional style edit then you need Photoshop or some other editing software/programme.

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:38PM

TheChizler wrote: »

Take a screenshot of the picture open in paint, paste into word, do a yahoo search for a black bar, take a screenshot of the bar and paste it over the picture in word, convert from word format to .norm format and open in paint, and save the resulting image as a gif file.

Thanks but that sounds like I'm trying to cover up a criminal. I'm simply trying to make someone unidentifiable in a photograph.

Logo · 30-06-2019 10:42PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

You aren’t going to be able to do much on Paint other than paste a smiley over their face or simply a black/white blob/square so if you want a half professional style edit then you need Photoshop or some other editing software/programme.

Thanks. Anyone know an easy to use program?

Capt'n Midnight · 30-06-2019 11:02PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Download Gimp. Great tool and you should be able to add layers to hide whatever you need.

And allow a few months to learn it, the first week will be looking for the menus

Or get Gimp and then install Gimpshop , will save you some time

or put the kettle on , https://www.getpaint.net use the magic lasso thingy, and have a nice cup of tea while admiring your work

Put photo on Facebook and edit someones identity?

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