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| Thread ID: 51172 | 2004-11-13 21:56:00 | OT - removing date stamp from digital photo | WalOne (4202) | Press F1 |
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| 291456 | 2004-11-13 21:56:00 | I have a digital photo that I'm currently using as a background on my desktop. Unfortunately it was taken with the date stamp enabled so I'm stuck with 25 10 2004 forever on my screen (or as long as I don't replace the photo) .... Is there any way of removing the date stamp? Not a big deal excepting to me; its a great photo but impossible to capture the subject again in the same way. :| |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 291457 | 2004-11-13 22:10:00 | You could try editing it with something like irfanview/photoshop/paintshop. Just brush over it and resave it. Or paint might even do it if it opens up that pic. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 291458 | 2004-11-13 22:14:00 | If you still have the picture in your digital camera... there might be a option to remove the time stamp. Otherwise, you might be able to clone stamp it away with photoshop. | JimboJones (1680) | ||
| 291459 | 2004-11-13 22:18:00 | You could use a grapghics program to eliminate the date stamp using a clone or stamp tool. Elements, photo deluxe and paintshop come to mind here. If you don't have any of those there are quite a few freeware graphics programs with clone tools. A quick look brought up this one which has the tools needed Photo Filtre here http://www.photofiltre.com/ or if the date stamp is set low down on the edge of the photo just crop it it out. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 291460 | 2004-11-14 03:47:00 | As mentioned, an easy way of doing this is to blank out the time stamp using a cloning tool. GIMP (www.gimp.org) (windows version), is a free graphics program which is like a smaller cousin of Photoshop, and it has a variety of photo-editing tools. I've removed a date/time stamp off an image before with GIMP. You basically copy very small pieces of background next to the date/time stamp area and paste it over the writing (cloning it) until all the writing has been covered. By using background around the original text area, this ensures the alteration is less visible and blends into the background. If the image is not personal, how about uploading it to here sal.neoburn.net and posting the URL back to this thread. I or someone else can have a go at removing the text and then upload it back up for you to copy. The image has to be under 400KB's tho for the ImageF1 site. :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 291461 | 2004-11-15 04:35:00 | Thanks guys for the suggestions - I've tried some of the freeby software and the best I've found is AKVIR (or something that looks like that) but my XP OE won't open anything with an 8bf extension - plus I'm out of my depth here. Thanks for the offer Jen but the file size is about 600KB so uploading is not an option. :( |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 291462 | 2004-11-15 04:48:00 | Can you resize it to your current monitor resolution eg 1024x768 or 1280x1024? This may reduce the file size down enough to get it under 400KB. Also, if it is a .bmp file, make a copy and save it as a .jpg instead which will make a huge difference. :) | Jen C (20) | ||
| 291463 | 2004-11-15 05:06:00 | XPerts: is there a way to force a toolbar to live at a particlar place. The tool bar has to be somewhere, why not make it obscure the date on the picture? Of course, there's always Twink. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 291464 | 2004-11-15 06:01:00 | Is the date stamp held in the EXIF info and is it saved as a layer, or is it fixed as soon as it leaves the camera? Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 291465 | 2004-11-15 10:28:00 | Murry, can you explain that a bit more, I have a batch of pictures from my sony that I wouldn't mind removing the date stamp. Think the option of "coverup" is not good enough for what I want. |
fairway (5932) | ||
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