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Tag Archives: AI photo enhancement
Photo restoration through AI? Nope!
Despite the recent incredible developments in artificial intelligence and image generation, I remain steadfast that AI still has no role in the workflow for digitising personal snapshots on prints, slides or negatives. While I obviously made basic edits like cropping, or adjusting brightness, contrast, white balance and colours so that the viewer can actually see what’s going on in a photo, my experiences with AI services (read: face enhancing) have done nothing but confirm a phenomenon that’s already been termed “identity shift”. Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged AI, AI photo enhancement, archival, art, digitization, facial recognition, man-machine, memories, restoration, surveillance
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AI Photo Enhancement: Boon or Bust for Old Photos?
Digitizing old family photos is a great way to preserve family history and memories for future generations. But let’s face it: old photos can be faded, scratched, and just plain old-looking. That’s where AI-powered photo enhancement software comes in. But is it really the panacea it’s cracked up to be? Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged AI, AI and photo authenticity, AI image editing, AI photo enhancement, authenticity in photo restoration, ChatGPT, digitization, digitizing old photos, images, photo enhancement ethics, photo enhancement software, photo restoration techniques, photography, photos, preservation, preserving old photos, restoring historical photos, Skynet
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