Submitted by t-bands t3_yshas1 in InternetIsBeautiful
unzercharlie t1_iw0cm85 wrote
I've done dozens of photo restorations and I am so against arbitrary colorization. It's bastardizing the source material. Sharpen it, fine. Reduce noise, fine. Correct imperfections, fine. Adding color to a photo like a coloring book is so pointless. I honestly don't understand why anyone wants to do it to a photo that means anything to them.
Raxsah t1_iw0gh2n wrote
For some people, particularly the older generation, they only have black and white photos of loved ones to remember them by, but that's not an accurate representation of who that person was, because the world obviously doesn't exist in monochrome.
For those people I imagine it would be emotional to finally see an image of a loved one in colour, and not have to rely on memory alone which can fade over time
unzercharlie t1_iw0ir1u wrote
I completely understand the sentiment, and I love the idea of someone seeing a loved one in color.
I did a restoration for my grandparents, but I was able to say "what color was that jacket?" and "what color was that dress?" and "what color was that truck?" They loved it and I loved doing it. I googled to find the original colors everywhere I could.
Colorizing something and just guessing the colors, or letting AI guess the colors, is something else entirely. I get doing it to learn colorization, or as a fun experiment, but I still believe it's the equivalent of a coloring book, and ruins a perfectly good black and white photo, which is a more accurate representation of history.
King_Buliwyf t1_iw0kxia wrote
What a strange hill to die on.
unzercharlie t1_iw0s1yw wrote
Having an opinion = dying on a hill
its_never2_late t1_iw1odjw wrote
Oh lordy here we go
JimJohnes t1_iw1iwp5 wrote
How can you "ruin" digital copy of a photo?
u1tralord t1_iw0khhl wrote
Future iterations likely will have those features. This tech is just recently being made available to the public.
For now, you can just re-run it again for another variation
brownowski t1_iw0x2b6 wrote
You can add that into the prompt given to the AI already. E.g. a red truck or woman in a yellow dress. Although, I have found you need to find a name for the colour that represents it pretty accurately, otherwise it might add a tint to the entire photo. You might get poor results just saying brown or red instead of burnt sienna or something more specific.
blitz672 t1_iw3r92o wrote
So I did some tinkering with the word text and it was a bit better. What's funny is running the same original img Thu a 2nd yielded vastly different results.
Original color
Black and white
1st time Thu
2nd
Tweeked text prompt
blitz672 t1_iw3rn22 wrote
So I did some tinkering with the word text and it was a bit better. What's funny is running the same original img Thu a 2nd yielded vastly different results.
Original color
Black and white
1st time Thu
2nd
Tweeked text prompt
enilea t1_iw34pti wrote
>letting AI guess the colors
You can change the text prompt to choose different colors
dutch1664 t1_iw0kkmx wrote
Not only does it give a better real-world feel - the world isn't black and white. It (this website OP posted) has brought out a lot more detail in the couple dozen photos I've run through it. Lots of things I noticed that I didn't before. So yes, this process definitely has value.
gee_gra t1_iw2ddk0 wrote
For artistic photography you're absolutely correct, but for pics of some cunts gran from nineteen-dickety-two then colourising absolutely has value
blitz672 t1_iw38irj wrote
https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorization/comments/mqn103/the_problem_with_ai_colorization/
Idk why ur downvoted
*Here is an example from what I link I ran thu OP's link
https://imgur.com/SnDNE4r.jpg B&W
https://imgur.com/CiECkGQ.jpg OP's
https://imgur.com/ka7l9xS.jpg My link's AI
https://imgur.com/9Y8mfoS.jpg Original color
Psychological-Scar30 t1_iw3f2m1 wrote
People in a subreddit dedicated to cool technology react differently to a statement than people in a subreddit that seems completely oblivious to the fact that technology constantly improves and insist on making fun of it's current limitations and patting themselves on the back for how much better they are than an AI? Color me surprised.
blitz672 t1_iw3jwpj wrote
An image from the article I linked run through this. The colored image I used the surprise me button on OP's link
unzercharlie t1_iw3e46b wrote
Because reddit
thewhitearcade t1_iw0g8u5 wrote
you're getting down voted but you're right
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