[FRIAM] This is scary, and yet very cool...Ai neural networks making pictures, look really good

[Gillian Densmore]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! coool!! thanks!

On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 5:30 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> The idea [1] is that they learn the distribution function of different
> kinds of distortion using a machine learning algorithm.
>
> Then that algorithm can invert that distribution function.  Kind of like a
> lens can correct for nearsightedness.
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> [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.10833.pdf
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Gillian Densmore
> *Sent:* Monday, April 4, 2022 3:25 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* [FRIAM] This is scary, and yet very cool...Ai neural networks
> making pictures, look really good
>
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> https://github.com/xinntao/ESRGAN
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> Stumbled across this looking for a way to gently adjust some old pictures
> of mine without watermarks (gigapixel), photoshop wasn't cutting it
> because not enough pixels or data in the originals.
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> I am beyond fascinated how do they do it? just guess based on colors and
> add more pixels with that color?
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