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Desforrar

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...of shadow
« on: January 18, 2014, 08:26:20 AM »

There is always a question.

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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2014, 09:20:42 AM »

....Cancer?
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2014, 12:27:46 PM »

....Cancer?
Do you really think their origin is cancer? I was thinking more along the lines of a space kraken. That kinda stuff.

Nice job with the picture. A perfect example of steganography.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2014, 12:32:03 PM »

Well, not exactly perfect... about true steganography... nvm, not to spoil it for later, tho it might be overkill, so at least there will be clue. Still waiting for answer.
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2014, 12:34:10 PM »

I dont know, i can't see anything but a black image, am i supposed to do anything? >.>
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2014, 12:46:30 PM »

I am also seeing a black picture. I feel like I'm being trolled. ::)
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2014, 12:47:02 PM »

There is something that can be done to the picture to see more.  ;)
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2014, 12:50:12 PM »

Ah, I see it now.
Well... okay then. ???
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2014, 01:14:22 PM »

Btw, FloW, you are basically almost right, question should be more like 'where'... my bad, sorry...

Screw it, FloW, close enough -> http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=7619.0
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2014, 04:03:23 PM »

GAH!!! CANT FIGURE IT OUT

driving me crazy T_T, someone PM solution?
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2014, 04:20:36 PM »

First of, I suggest you go get IrfanView. It's free and does a lot of stuff.

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Now, when you take a look at the picture (right-click and download it) in IrfanView, you still won't see anything.
In IrfanView, clicking and holding on a point in the picture tells you some stuff via the window title. You get the position and the color of the pixel you selected.
Doing that for an entire picture can take a while though, so let's generate a histogram. ("Image" -> "Histogramm..." or Shift-H)
In there we can see that almost no pixels are actually black (0,0,0), but rather very dark (1,1,1) (make up for 82.4% of the entire picture). There are also some with (2,2,2) (17.6% of the entire picture) and a few pixels with (3,3,3).
IrfanView comes with another handy command: "Image" -> "Replace Color...". To get some contrast, turn either the 1,1,1 or the 2,2,2 portion of the image up to white (255,255,255).
And there you go, it's there.
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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2014, 05:38:37 PM »

First of, I suggest you go get IrfanView. It's free and does a lot of stuff.

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Now, when you take a look at the picture (right-click and download it) in IrfanView, you still won't see anything.
In IrfanView, clicking and holding on a point in the picture tells you some stuff via the window title. You get the position and the color of the pixel you selected.
Doing that for an entire picture can take a while though, so let's generate a histogram. ("Image" -> "Histogramm..." or Shift-H)
In there we can see that almost no pixels are actually black (0,0,0), but rather very dark (1,1,1) (make up for 82.4% of the entire picture). There are also some with (2,2,2) (17.6% of the entire picture) and a few pixels with (3,3,3).
IrfanView comes with another handy command: "Image" -> "Replace Color...". To get some contrast, turn either the 1,1,1 or the 2,2,2 portion of the image up to white (255,255,255).
And there you go, it's there.
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I just copied the picture into paint and used the bucket tool...  :P
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Re: ...of shadow
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2014, 09:41:38 PM »

ah, thanks
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