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Be careful with that workflow. If you ever share the modified PDF that rectangle likely hasn't redacted anything. On a digital PDF the underlying text is still

by josho 4y ago

Be careful with that workflow. If you ever share the modified PDF that rectangle likely hasn't redacted anything. On a digital PDF the underlying text is still accessible, and even if the PDF was a scan, the original image likely hasn't been modified, instead a new shape layer was added.

minimaxir 4y ago
True; to clarify this is for images, not PDFs.
wtetzner 4y ago
I usually end up printing out the dead-tree version with the black rectangles, and scanning it back in, just to be sure the data under the black rectangles can't be retrieved.