IndeedThey slap 'Ai' on almost anything these days from TV's to computers :/
I have yet to see an image that I could not find at least 5 or 6 faults in. At one point midjourney had almost perfected hands and faces and now seems to have gone backwards especially in group images. Having said that, some of the results that can be achieved with a bit of tweaking are quite remarkable but I wouldn't buy any of them. As I have said before, for me it's a toy and another thing to play with as a tool in photoshop (its very good when used in photo restoration)
(I have yet to see an image that I could not find at least 5 or 6 faults in. At one point midjourney had almost perfected hands and faces and now seems to have gone backwards especially in group images. Having said that, some of the results that can be achieved with a bit of tweaking are quite remarkable but I wouldn't buy any of them. As I have said before, for me it's a toy and another thing to play with as a tool in photoshop (its very good when used in photo restoration)
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Wed 12 Jun 2024, 10:36,
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Yes I don't dismiss it as a handy tool.Object removal, though still crude when you look closely, is handy and works "well enough" for the average holiday snap where some beach whale ruined your family photo. It's also a valid tool for providing inspiration. It's the use of the fully generative output that's trash - especially in terms of art. It's cheap, and will eventually lead to a dumbing-down of art in general. New generations will start to accept it, and we'll lose creativity as a result - if it is left unchecked.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree,
Wed 12 Jun 2024, 10:42,
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I'm increasingly less worried about it for that.Fully generative stuff is always going to be rolling a dice and crossing your fingers. I can't see any way in which fully generative stuff can lead to work people actually care about.
Useful tools that have potentially infringed on skilled work in the past - Photoshop etc... made the entry level easier but allowed people to become highly skilled in it in its own right. Whereas prompt engineering is a load of bollocks - no one is ever going to be highly skilled in that.
It's proper use artistically is in things like letting Peter Jackson scale up The Beatles, isn't it?
(Useful tools that have potentially infringed on skilled work in the past - Photoshop etc... made the entry level easier but allowed people to become highly skilled in it in its own right. Whereas prompt engineering is a load of bollocks - no one is ever going to be highly skilled in that.
It's proper use artistically is in things like letting Peter Jackson scale up The Beatles, isn't it?
monkeon schmonkeon,
Wed 12 Jun 2024, 16:34,
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Photoshops generative is useless. with a capitol U.
Only sort of half decent use of Ai I have seen recently is Fat Boy slims latest "video"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlAEQKRZNKE
(Only sort of half decent use of Ai I have seen recently is Fat Boy slims latest "video"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlAEQKRZNKE
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Wed 12 Jun 2024, 18:02,
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