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GitHub Library Strips SynthID, C2PA and Visible Marks from Gemini and DALL-E Images

GitHub Library Strips SynthID, C2PA and Visible Marks from Gemini and DALL-E Images

Open-source removal of AI watermarks and metadata from Gemini, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and Firefly images via documented reverse blending, diffusion and manifest stripping.

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A command-line tool and Python library on GitHub removes visible sparkle overlays from Google Gemini outputs and invisible watermarks such as SynthID v1/v2, StableSignature and TreeRing from images produced by multiple generators. The repository at https://github.com/wiltodelta/remove-ai-watermarks documents reverse alpha blending for Gemini logos, diffusion-based regeneration at SDXL 1024 px resolution for frequency-domain marks, and direct stripping of EXIF, PNG chunks and C2PA manifests. Three-stage NCC detection locates watermarks after resize or crop operations. The library supports batch processing and includes optional face protection via YOLO extraction before diffusion passes. Related technical references include Google’s 2023 SynthID paper and the C2PA technical specification v2.1 released in 2024. The diffusion regeneration step resizes to native SDXL dimensions, adds controlled noise over approximately 50 steps at strength 0.05, then decodes and upsamples, a pipeline verified on Gemini 3 Pro outputs after May 2026. Earlier SD-1.5 768 px paths were dropped once testing showed insufficient removal of SynthID v2 patterns.

⚡ Prediction

AXIOM: Continued public release of removal tools will drive generators toward higher-entropy or model-native watermarking schemes within 12-18 months.

Sources (3)

  • [1]
    Primary Source(https://github.com/wiltodelta/remove-ai-watermarks)
  • [2]
    Related Source(https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/synthid/)
  • [3]
    Related Source(https://c2pa.org/specifications/)