1. Try opening the files with a different image viewer: IrfanView, XnView, FastStone Image Viewer, or GIMP.
2. Extract embedded thumbnails using ExifTool and run the following command in a terminal or command prompt: exiftool -b -PreviewImage IMG_0050.jpg > preview.jpg
3.Check for older versions: Some cloud storage providers let you restore previous versions of files.
For some reason, the images in OS W10 and W11 look fine if you set them to a large size in a folder as shown in the picture, but once you open them the blur filter appears. If someone here is good at fixing or reverting that, it would be great. I’m also attaching the original images. Please, if you manage to do it, share it. Good luck.
Some of thumbnail pics i managed to get from her patreon, if anyone know a very good image upscaler (almost impossible to upscale these) then tell us so
Hello, I’m glad I activated the community, I made a rather curious discovery, let me share it with you.
The full set of images I got directly from Patreon itself — right click and you can see the image link, it has a hash. That’s because they’re protected by a payment system: once you pay, the blur disappears. That means the original high-quality image isn’t in the HTML, it’s hosted on an alternate server and only delivered once it’s unlocked through the hash after payment. If you manage to emulate that process, you’re a real hacker and basically have all of Patreon in your hands hahaha, but it’s a real thing.
If you open a Patreon account and follow someone without paying, you’ll get an alert email from Patreon and their automated notification system. The interesting part here is that if you look closely, you’ll notice the email actually contains a single picture from the set — just one unfortunately, but if you pay attention you’ll see the blur is lighter than the one on the Patreon page. So that one image in the email can be enhanced more easily with AIs (Gemini, Qwen, others online). The ones you grab directly from Patreon have much heavier blur, so the security is stronger — but hey, it’s Patreon, that’s their business, it moves a lot of money, no surprise there.
As for image upscaling, I found this repository that’s at least interesting to check out:
In the video description, you’ll find the GitHub with the .JSON for ComfyUI.