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Subject: [Leica] I came over to the dark side
From: bmwred735i at gmail.com (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 14:30:18 -0800
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Probably the funniest thing I have read here in a long time...... or was 
that ...seen?

Frank Filippone
BMWRed735i at gmail.com

On 3/2/2025 2:18 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
> Impressive.
>
> I wonder whether a gigapixel pass over the picture with low-resolution 
> sections would improve anything.
>
> On 2025-03-02 13:55, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote:
>> Yep.? I actually purchased the Adobe Photographer subscription a while
>> back before the prices went up.? I have not done much with it yet
>> preferring to stick with Lightroom 6 and CS6, but I? have gotten
>> curious about the AI abilities in removing objects.? I have to say I
>> am mostly impressed.? Here are a few examples from a recent trip to
>> Leavenworth.? They are doing a lot of construction along the main drag
>> so there was lots of equipment interfering with the usual nice views,
>> so I took some shots anyway specifically to try the AI removal tools
>> in LR and Photoshop. Here are the results.
>>
>> Original Image with some offending outhouses: Leavenworth WA-1004237
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/m/Leavenworth+WA-1004237.jpg.html>
>>  
>>
>>
>> A little AI removal: Leavenworth WA-1004237-Edit
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/m/Leavenworth+WA-1004237-Edit.jpg.html>
>>  
>>
>>
>> Another original image with trucks and structures: Leavenworth
>> WA-1004234
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/m/Leavenworth+WA-1004234.jpg.html>
>>  
>>
>>
>> And AI removal: Leavenworth WA-1004234-Edit
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/m/Leavenworth+WA-1004234-Edit.jpg.html>
>>  
>>
>>
>>
>> If you were to blow them up and look carefully I am sure you could see
>> they were worked on.? For one thing, the AI synthisized image is much
>> lower resolution than the Q3 original image.? I think it is 1 or 2 K
>> resolution.? And of course there would be a few artifacts that if I
>> was really industrious I would have to work on.? But by and large they
>> took a totally unacceptable image and made it into a pretty good
>> mediocre image in my unskilled hands.? Maybe you are an old hand at
>> this so these seem pretty amateurish to you.? Maybe I will work on it
>> or maybe I will just take more time to line shots up that do not
>> require the use of this tool.? Be a real photographer rather than a
>> technician.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>>
>> Aram
>
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