It is hidden with wavelet methods. Brute force would take decades. Only 'need to know' individuals have access to these advanced techniques..... or there are good publications coming out of China and Russia, they are not bound by the melenium copyright laws and can publish details on "watermark methods"
[–] Fire_Fly ago
Thanks! I did try this and it looks like maybe some letters bleeding through. Is that what you're referring to?
[–] jhonas23 ago (edited ago)
This is going to look really stupid but I took a stock photo and traced part of the end result from memory. I'm not too keen on having the original photo on my computer anymore. https://i.sli.mg/ot6ZSS.jpg
Section 1 is a person, I recommend erasing the birds and branch entirely they just get in the way. Section 3 is a hand. Section 2 is harder to get. You have to adjust the contrast, brightness, red, and green. This section is also covered better so you can't see the outlines. I recommend only trying to get section 1 cleared up to start. If you progress to section 2 and figure that out... Well congrats now you know.
Tagging /u/detcmon as well since he asked.
[–] Fire_Fly ago (edited ago)
Holy crap! I'm no photoshop expert so I have t removed the birds yet, but now that you showed me that I can easily see the profile. That is wild. So if you remove the camo, overlays, whatever they have on it, underneath is a photo of a child? It almost looks like an alien. However with the hand covering part of the head that could be what's giving it that appearance.
Edit: seems like section 2 could be the other hand