# Playful Pranking Apps 'Nudifier' App Lets You Pixelate Photos for Goofy Gags By Michael Hemsworth | Published 2012-11-30 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nudifier-app References: [gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5962339/nudifier-turn-any-photo-into-a-hilarious-censored-nude) For the [prank-loving smartphone user](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scratch-reveal), the Nudifier app will help make your muses appear naked but censored. The app requires just a few simple steps to create the goofy images: first, [take or choose a picture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/immersity-app). Then, select the area that you'd like to "nudify" and color it in with skin-shaded paint. Finally, pixelate the area to make it look like the person was wearing nothing at all. Nudifier is perfect for pranking friends into thinking you captured some [racy moments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roast-me-ai) during a night out or at a get-together. It creates pictures that are so realistic, anyone who sees your creation is sure to think twice and likely to suggest that the snaps are NSFW. For the devious, Nudifier is a great app for blackmailing enemies or freaking out your mom. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.9/10 - Popularity: 56% | Activity: 84% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Playful Pranking Apps:** Develop silly and entertaining apps that allow users to play harmless gags on their friends. - **Customized Image Editing:** Offer image editing options that are personalized and allow the user to manipulate images to fit their own humorous needs. - **Realistic Image Filters:** Create photo filters that can pixelate and censor certain areas of an image, giving the impression of nudity or improper behavior. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Mobile App Development:** Mobile app development can focus on creating playful and fun apps that allow users to prank their friends in harmless ways. - **Social Media:** Social media platforms can incorporate similar image-editing tools that allow their users to manipulate and customize images in creative and humorous ways. - **Entertainment:** Entertainment companies can use image-manipulation tools to create humorous content for advertising campaigns or social media promotions. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Photo Redaction Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/camouflage-for-ios.md) - [Fake Message Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/phone-gags.md) - [Creative Imaging Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pic-2-planet.md) - [Safety-Focused Dating Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/unfiltered.md) - [Faux AI Screenshots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fake-ai.md) - [AI Prank Calls](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prankify-ai.md) - [AI-Aided Social Networks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/befake-ai-social-network.md) - [In-App Face Swaps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/swapmyface.md) - [Outfit Transformation Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drippi.md)