## The Challenge
### Challenge Metadata
The challenge was written by `spipm` and got 119 solves.
Here is the challenge description:
> A creaky old bot is zooming in and out of an eye chart. "Can you read the bottom line?" the doctor asks. "No way, " the bot replies. "At a certain distance my view becomes convoluted. Here, I'll make a screenshot." You and the doctor look at the screenshot. Can you tell what's wrong with the bot's visual processor?
### What are we working with?
We are given a PNG file which shows some distorted imagery for what looks like text:
![approach.png](https://seall.dev/images/ctfs/braekerctf2024/approach.png)
Assuming that we need to 'deblur' the text to read it, I start looking online.
### Solution
Looking online for CTF image blurred I found [this resource](https://fareedfauzi.gitbook.io/ctf-playbook/steganography).
Scrolling through I found this entry: `13. Use SmartDeblur software to fix blurry on image.`
Downloading [SmartDeblur](http://smartdeblur.net/) I put the image in and try to automatically deblur it...
![approach_res_fail.png](https://seall.dev/images/ctfs/braekerctf2024/approach_res_fail.png)
Well, that didn't work... Lets try some different settings.
I select a portion of the image and drop the size to 10x10.
![approach_res_good.png](https://seall.dev/images/ctfs/braekerctf2024/approach_res_good.png)
Flag: `brck{4ppr04ch1tfr0M4D1ff3r3ntAngl3}`