Bug 489299

Summary:	Add redaction Tool
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Moritz Poldrack <kde>
Component:	PDF backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, kdedev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Moritz Poldrack 2024-06-27 10:58:05 UTC

Sometimes it is necessary to redact a document before sending it. To do that with Okular right now is:

- set highlighter to black
- highlight Text to redact
- draw black rectangle over images to redact
- flatten document with Ghostscript, so text can't be marked anymore

This has some obvious drawbacks:
1. As a multistep process, it's relatively easy to forget, for example, the flattening afterwards.
2. The flattening affects the entire document and makes all text unmarkable

Comment 1 TraceyC 2024-06-27 16:23:43 UTC

This seems like a decent quality of life feature that would only simplify features that already exist