How to lock hide a file

Sorry for what must be a stupid question but I seem to be going round in circles with this.
How to I make a file/photo restricted for viewing or hide it on my mac?

You can restrict it by putting it into an encrypted disk image. This is like a 'drive' but it is a file container to which you can add files. Normally they are not encrypted, but  they can be.
How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk

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