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niceslcguy t1_iw014jn wrote

I played with this a short while ago. Here are some examples:

I tried others. It is rather finicky. Sadly, I didn't record the text I used for each set.

For the "1901 Advertising for Wives" I used the auto settings but changed the text part. I removed the auto-added word "outhouse" and replaced it with "log cabin" to have the colorization a bit more accurate.

edit: Here is what the colorization text I used for "1920 - Aerial view of Edinburgh".

>A stock photo of wing, plane, cloud, castle, hill, grass, and forest. Small contrasting details in color. In color film.

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ScaryShoes t1_iw05p27 wrote

Wow, that's very impressive. I've seen some AI colorized photos before that were not anywhere near this level.

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niceslcguy t1_iw06nsa wrote

To get decent color, you really have to play around with the auto-generated text. I suggest copying each set of text you like as you play around so you can see what does / doesn't work. Would be nice to find more details on how the A.I. is colorizing things.

I found that fixing the colorization for some objects would mess up the rest of the picture.

For example, there was a BW pic of a fast train. Each time I changed the color of the train, it tinted the entire picture. Some weird colors for the train made everything else look good, and some good colors for the train messed everything else up.

If you are willing to use photoshop to slice out objects, you can get better overall results.

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Bifi323 t1_iw0nnk3 wrote

I just tried it with a random picture and it got it all wrong, AND called me pregnant :/

https://imgur.com/a/5eSPftJ

Edit: the picture I fed the ai

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Bread-Zeppelin t1_iw1umni wrote

Other than calling you pregnant that's a pretty good job IMO. I don't believe you can tell from a grayscale photo if something is red/green like the colours in your shirt, so the fact it took a 50/50 guess and got it wrong with that one item isn't that bad at all.

I saw a documentary about people who re-colourised images professionally and they said that a lot of the decisions on what colour to make clothing was done based on research of what styles, dyes and inks were commonplace in the time period, rather than the photo itself.

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niceslcguy t1_iw0s58y wrote

The AI isn't great for detecting some objects, though it often gets a surprising amount correct. Most pics will need tweaking of the text used for colorization. Note that many pictures are currently bad for this sort of thing. Like comics, for example.

I think it is still being worked on, so I'll revisit it later after it has been improved.

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sellinglower t1_iw1u29d wrote

> AND called me pregnant

Perhaps the AI does know something you don't just yet

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sweptawayfromyou t1_iw1xmmb wrote

You should have posted the black and white version you uploaded for comparison! I tried it with a black and white photo of mine and it even got my hair color correct, which should not be easy to know from a photo without colors!

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Bifi323 t1_iw1y1yv wrote

I just added it to my original comment. I'm gonna try some more later :)

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FerretChrist t1_iw2qxjd wrote

What do you consider "wrong" about it? It looks fine to me.

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Whirlywynd t1_iw2wvte wrote

She’s probably talking about the incorrect sweatshirt color

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enilea t1_iw33y6o wrote

Sometimes it just has to guess blindly, it's almost impossible to know the true colors. There are many it gets right based on the texture it's made of, but since clothes can be any color it doesn't have a proper way to know. If you know the sweatshirt has to be red you can specify it in the prompt and it should work.

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Whirlywynd t1_iw77v62 wrote

thanks I guess but I was literally just answering the question. Wasn’t confused about anything.

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thegodfather0504 t1_iw2l7yv wrote

"I love pregnant women."

"But...I am not pregnant."

"Wait till you meet me." (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

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andrak7 t1_iw0gb85 wrote

The NASA one especially looks awesome

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GucciGuano t1_iw1a5sf wrote

how did it know what color buttons they were from the 2nd pic?

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niceslcguy t1_iw1d63v wrote

I believe it makes partial guesses based on training data.

So, if that is standard colorization for those type of buttons, it might be somewhat accurate. It is possibly all wrong, of course.

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sentient_ballsack t1_iw1rurj wrote

It guesses based on fed data and color values. AI colorisation tends to play it safe and isn't necessarily accurate at all, which is why it's so controversial among historians.

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nefex99 t1_iw2s9m5 wrote

I love the site and examples OP posted, but also this comment needs to be seen more ^

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Trynottodent t1_iw0ln0f wrote

TIL that 1920 Edinburgh was the model for King’s Landing

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compsciasaur t1_iw28c10 wrote

Whoa, impressive!

I need a wives advertisement like that.

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