In my very uninformed opinion absolutely unbelievable: In my very uninformed opinion absolutely unbelievable. This is a website that is free that uses artificial intelligence to...

ssscomp

In my very uninformed opinion absolutely unbelievable. This is a website that is free that uses artificial intelligence to colorize a black-and-white photo.

https://colourise.sg

This is just a screenshot taken from an old photo on my iPhone And this is how it colorized it. Not perfect but I am duly impressed

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Clever

ELNikkor

I watched a motorhome blow up on I-10 once, all I had was an Olympus XA with plus-x in it, so my photos were all B&W. Wished at the time I had that shot in color, maybe now...

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I just tried that with one of my photos. Wow, missed it by miles.
--Bob

ssscomp wrote:

In my very uninformed opinion absolutely unbelievable. This is a website that is free that uses artificial intelligence to colorize a black-and-white photo.

https://colourise.sg

This is just a screenshot taken from an old photo on my iPhone And this is how it colorized it. Not perfect but I am duly impressed

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

rmalarz wrote:

I just tried that with one of my photos. Wow, missed it by miles.
--Bob

Yeah, I tried a gray-day, snow-covered volcano and it didn't do so well, but it did figure out the blue sky from a clear-day shot. Interesting.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rmalarz wrote:

I just tried that with one of my photos. Wow, missed it by miles.
--Bob

I wonder if the more images it works with, the more it learns? But it would need some kind of feedback.

repleo Loc: Boston

ssscomp wrote:

In my very uninformed opinion absolutely unbelievable. This is a website that is free that uses artificial intelligence to colorize a black-and-white photo.

https://colourise.sg

This is just a screenshot taken from an old photo on my iPhone And this is how it colorized it. Not perfect but I am duly impressed

I've been looking for something like this for some time to try colorizing some of my old B&W genealogy family pics. I'll give this a try.
Thanks

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

OK, this could be fun to play with.
I wonder how it would handle different skin colors?

I tried one I figured would be straight forward:
a B&W of a steam locomotive and train
1. my B&W
2. the colorized result
3. my color version that I had made the B&W from

It might not be perfect and I can think of subjects it would fail on (esp in picking colors) but if all you have is an old B&W it can often produce an acceptable image.

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ssscomp

It's not perfect but it is new. It will get better over time and as of the current time I am very impressed!

repleo Loc: Boston

Linda From Maine wrote:

Yeah, I tried a gray-day, snow-covered volcano and it didn't do so well, but it did figure out the blue sky from a clear-day shot. Interesting.

Hi Linda,
I read in an article that the colors selections are based on Singapore landscape elements. Do they have snow colored volcanoes in Singapore?

Oldman73

Interesting, I would consider using the site except for its location. A lot of data mining is taking place from what I have read from that part of the world..Maybe I am too cautious, but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.. Your mileage may vary

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I tried the site with a B&W that I took years ago.

This is what the "colourize" site came up with

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shelty Loc: Medford, OR

I tried it myself and I'l give it 50%. It got the faces and the background okay, but we were wearing army khaki uniforms and they stayed grey with a touch of coloring here and there in the clothing.

dragonswing Loc: Pa

repleo wrote:

I've been looking for something like this for some time to try colorizing some of my old B&W genealogy family pics. I'll give this a try.
Thanks

There are several FB sites that do colorization for free