STOCKING - OR HOW I LEARNED TO NOT GIVE A forget.

[Messes]

God damnit Menen

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[Trifax]

:C even if Stocking is a guy, it's been pretty friendly with me. I don't really care about gender that much, but as long as you're not a richard to me you're a br0. But if I know for sure you're a girl you're just cool.

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If it hasn't been said already, what exactly was Yuki using on those images?

[Truce]

If it hasn't been said already, what exactly was Yuki using on those images?

Something like this (if not this exact site):
http://errorlevelbrown townysis.com/

[Bloody Mary]

Something like this (if not this exact site):
http://errorlevelbrown townysis.com/

That is it, I believe.

[MegaScientifical]

That is it, I believe.

Me too. o.o Didn't feel like posting it, though. But I found an article on the site that showed similarly.

Horrible it's jpeg only. Maybe there's a more dynamic site/program?

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I took the liberty to write on my hand and test this stuff out myself.
Using that site...


...I have not manipulated this image in any way, except resizing it because the website could not handle too large an image. Something that simple shouldn't matter, though?
Unless I'm misunderstanding how to read this thing, this doesn't work as is expected, because I'm sure I didn't shop the glow on that Dr. Pepper can in either.

[Visage]

Red stuff shows as errors it says on the site, Stocking happened to write on it's hand with red ink. I still don't think it's actually stocking but that image is probably legit.

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Rather off-topic, I can't seem to get the highlighter off my hand now.

[Bloody Mary]

I took the liberty to write on my hand and test this stuff out myself.
Using that site...

...I have not manipulated this image in any way, except resizing it because the website could not handle too large an image. Something that simple shouldn't matter, though?
Unless I'm misunderstanding how to read this thing, this doesn't work as is expected, because I'm sure I didn't shop the glow on that Dr. Pepper can in either.

Notice how there's a layer of pixels OVER the writing.

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Notice how there's a layer of pixels OVER the writing.

Pardon?

[Visage]

Red stuff shows as errors it says on the site, Stocking happened to write on it's hand with red ink. I still don't think it's actually stocking but that image is probably legit.

[yuki]

I took the liberty to write on my hand and test this stuff out myself.
Using that site...


...I have not manipulated this image in any way, except resizing it because the website could not handle too large an image. Something that simple shouldn't matter, though?
Unless I'm misunderstanding how to read this thing, this doesn't work as is expected, because I'm sure I didn't shop the glow on that Dr. Pepper can in either.

Why doesn't this thing work?
If a picture has been resaved many times, or if a picture is of a very low jpeg quality, it is quite difficult to determine accurately whether it has been digitally altered. Likewise, if all parts of a picture have been saved the same amount of times, it will not pick up either. This tool is set up to work on high quality jpeg photos (95% quality), and as such, if it is run against lower quality photos, the results can be harder to interpret.
Just because this tool does not show any sections of the image at differing quality levels, doesn't mean the image hasn't been manipulated. If all the source images are all of the same quality (or all of poor quality) then it likely won't show much.

So, what should I be looking for then?
If the results from the ELA tool show an image which is all bright, it does not indicate that a photo has been manipulated (quite the opposite actually). What does indicate manipulation, is different levels of brightness throughout the image. If certain sections of the image have noticeably different levels of brightness, it is a strong indicator for further investigation.

SO HOW DOES YUKI KNOW
If you zoom into the writing, and then compare it visually with the meeses image, the pixelation of the writing on her hand matches the same pattern seen on meeses image (although in her image it's obvious effort was taken to make the text blend), whereas in your image, the red/orange writing stays the same rate of pixelation as the remainder of your hand while still getting brighter (you'll notice that both writing looks slightly beveled).

[yuki]

Notice how there's a layer of pixels OVER the writing.

This is also notable, hence:
(although in her image it's obvious effort was taken to make the text blend)

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Nerdy stuff up in this business.