Comments on: PHP image filter http://www.phinesolutions.com/php-image-filter.html A web log for web work Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: pSouper http://www.phinesolutions.com/php-image-filter.html#comment-64 pSouper Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:22:03 +0000 http://www.phinesolutions.com/php-image-filter.html#comment-64 IMHO The nudity image filter is a non-starter when the algorithm is based on identifing skin tones. You will never be able to identify a nude by colour will only ever be able to find candidates for a pattern / shape recognition algorythm - which is a very long way of for a web script. Without judging the crtiticising the script This appears to not be a nudity filter but a flawed attempt at a skin filter. As you have found, there are too many other instances of skin tones -particularly when you take into account ALL the worlds ethnicities and the many tones within - The most obvious flaw is that a close up of a face would be flagged as nude too. regards, pSouper IMHO The nudity image filter is a non-starter when the algorithm is based on identifing skin tones. You will never be able to identify a nude by colour will only ever be able to find candidates for a pattern / shape recognition algorythm - which is a very long way of for a web script.

Without judging the crtiticising the script This appears to not be a nudity filter but a flawed attempt at a skin filter.
As you have found, there are too many other instances of skin tones -particularly when you take into account ALL the worlds ethnicities and the many tones within - The most obvious flaw is that a close up of a face would be flagged as nude too.
regards,
pSouper

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