Best effect to anonymize a name in text

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?

I have been using PUSH BRUSH with these settings on scans of documents in 11 point Arial.

size 44
hardness 29
steps 60
density 100
thickness 100
rotation 0

opacity 100

"Susan P" wrote in message

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?

For what purpose, please? Are you trying to stifle OCR programs?

FWIW, there is a pattern you can incorporate that will do a pretty good job of keeping certain twains and image processing programs such as CS* from processing. It's the Money Pattern standard thing.

"Susan P" wrote in message

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?

On 29 May 2006, 2 wrote:

For what purpose, please? Are you trying to stifle OCR programs?
FWIW, there is a pattern you can incorporate that will do a pretty good job of keeping certain twains and image processing programs such as CS* from processing. It's the Money Pattern standard thing.

I want to respect the privacy of people who are named in my documents but at the same time I want to circulate the documents.

So I need to completely hide the text where a name or address appears.

However, I don't want it to look like some secret document released from the FBI or government archives! --- So, no long opaque black rectangles all over the page which draw your attention attention away from the remaining content of the document to all the balck bits.

Replacing the hidden text completely with a block of mid-gray shading is a start but I want to put something in which merges with the look and feel of the main text but which is obviously a "crossing out" when you read it so you don't slow down or stumble at those places.

I thought maybe morphing the text may be a good idea like my Push Brush settings in my posting. It is relatively quick because it involves only one layer. (I learnt about manipulating layers here only a very short while ago.)

Susan P wrote in news:Xns97D34A8B8FDE0D5E712@
127.0.0.1:

I want to respect the privacy of people who are named in my documents but at the same time I want to circulate the documents.

So I need to completely hide the text where a name or address appears.
However, I don't want it to look like some secret document released from the FBI or government archives! --- So, no long opaque black rectangles all over the page which draw your attention attention away from the remaining content of the document to all the balck bits.
Replacing the hidden text completely with a block of mid-gray shading is a start but I want to put something in which merges with the look and feel of the main text but which is obviously a "crossing out" when you read it so you don't slow down or stumble at those places.

How about using the Selection tool set in Rectangle mode to select the text, then use Effects:Reflection Effects:Kaleidoscope. Just set Number of Petals=2, Edge Mode to Repeat or Wrap and everything else = 0. That should give you a somewhat Cyrillic looking pattern of markings in place of the name.

--
Rick Simon

Include "spam(trap)key" somewhere in the
body of any email to avoid spam filters.

"Susan P" wrote in message

"Susan P" wrote in message

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?

On 29 May 2006, 2 wrote:

For what purpose, please? Are you trying to stifle OCR programs?
FWIW, there is a pattern you can incorporate that will do a pretty good job of keeping certain twains and image processing programs such as CS* from processing. It's the Money Pattern standard thing.

I want to respect the privacy of people who are named in my documents but at the same time I want to circulate the documents.

So I need to completely hide the text where a name or address appears.
However, I don't want it to look like some secret document released from the FBI or government archives! --- So, no long opaque black rectangles all over the page which draw your attention attention away from the remaining content of the document to all the balck bits.
Replacing the hidden text completely with a block of mid-gray shading is a start but I want to put something in which merges with the look and feel of the main text but which is obviously a "crossing out" when you read it so you don't slow down or stumble at those places.
I thought maybe morphing the text may be a good idea like my Push Brush settings in my posting. It is relatively quick because it involves only one layer. (I learnt about manipulating layers here only a very short while ago.)

About this:

Make a selection of the word(s) you want to blur, next go to Adjust > Blur > Gaussian Blur. From the pop-up window play with the radius control util you get the level of blur you desire.

HTH

"Susan P" wrote in message

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

Try Filters - artistic - glass - glass - looks effective to me!!

Susan P wrote in
news::

"Susan P" wrote in message

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been

scanned

to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve

the

general look and feel of text but which obliterates its

meaning?

On 29 May 2006, 2 wrote:

For what purpose, please? Are you trying to stifle OCR

programs?

FWIW, there is a pattern you can incorporate that will do a

pretty

good job of keeping certain twains and image processing

programs

such as CS* from processing. It's the Money Pattern standard

thing.

I want to respect the privacy of people who are named in my

documents

but at the same time I want to circulate the documents.

So I need to completely hide the text where a name or address

appears.

However, I don't want it to look like some secret document

released from

the FBI or government archives! --- So, no long opaque black rectangles all over the page which draw your attention

attention away

from the remaining content of the document to all the balck

bits.

Replacing the hidden text completely with a block of mid-gray

shading is

a start but I want to put something in which merges with the

look and

feel of the main text but which is obviously a "crossing out"

when you

read it so you don't slow down or stumble at those places.
I thought maybe morphing the text may be a good idea like my

Push Brush

settings in my posting. It is relatively quick because it

involves only

one layer. (I learnt about manipulating layers here only a very

short

while ago.)

Why not just replace the names with false names?

Regards,

JoeB

Susan P wrote:

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?
I have been using PUSH BRUSH with these settings on scans of documents in 11 point Arial.

size 44
hardness 29
steps 60
density 100
thickness 100
rotation 0

opacity 100

You could overlay the text with images of nonsense text - what printers call greek.

2,

Where do I find the Money Pattern? I looked in all the patterns in CS2, but may have overlooked it.

Thanks,

Dennis

"2" wrote in message

"Susan P" wrote in message

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?

For what purpose, please? Are you trying to stifle OCR programs?
FWIW, there is a pattern you can incorporate that will do a pretty good job of keeping certain twains and image processing programs such as CS* from processing. It's the Money Pattern standard thing.

Susan P wrote:

I want to anonymize some names in a document which has been scanned to a GIF.

What have you found to be the best effect/setting to preserve the general look and feel of text but which obliterates its meaning?
I have been using PUSH BRUSH with these settings on scans of documents in 11 point Arial.

size 44
hardness 29
steps 60
density 100
thickness 100
rotation 0

opacity 100

How about, selecting, then "Filter > Pixellate > Mosaic" to create the classic pixellated view?