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ScaryShoes t1_iw05p27 wrote

Reply to comment by niceslcguy in Website that automatically colorizes old black-and-white photos by t-bands

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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