when inverting an image's colors, how can i keep it permenant?? PLEASE HELP!!?

Question

ok, so i went to paint and clicked on invert colors on my JPG pic, how can i keep it permenant? so that no one can invert it back and get the real image? and can a photoshop do that for me? i dont have 1 and dont know how to get 1, so please help, thank you.

Answer 1

Think about it. If the colors are reversed, what would you get by reversing the reversed colors?

You can think of it mathematically this way:

Multiply a number by -1 and you get a negative number that is in all other respects the same as the number you started with. That's about what you have by inverting the colors.

Multiply the negative number by -1 again and you end up with the number taht you started with.

Reversing colors in photography is the visual equivalent of multiplying by -1. The minute someone has a copy of your image and they reverse the colors, they get the original image you started with. You multiply by -1 and they multiply by -1.

There are techniques that can create a look similar to reversing the colors that you can do with image editing software, but it isn't anywhere near as easy as just pushing a button. You can look up the technique using a search term 'digital solarization' in google to find out more.

Here are some links:

http://jimdoty.com/Digital/Digital_Solarization/digital_solarization.html

http://www.lths.org/brady_files/solarization.htm

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=3755502

It's a way cooler effect and nobody is going to reverse the results to get the original image.

A free program that you can use to do this with is the Gimp and it is downloadable for free. You basically follow the same steps as with photoshop, though it works differently and different terms are used. There is even a plug-in available for the Gimp called a filter that is pretty automatic. Just use the search term 'digital solarization Gimp'.

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Answer 2

There is no way to do this.

You can password protect the image from being edited, or save it as a .pdf file and restrict copying, but anyone can use a print screen or screen capture and then edit the image back to normal. They will have a low resolution image though, not a high quality one.

Answer 3

there is always a way with photoshop to do the opposite so it would be permanent for anyone who has no clue how to use photoshop ;)