There’s a photo of my Momma when she was a kid in a bathing suit. We’ve always made fun of the size of her feet. It’s a black and white photo that’s not only crooked, but also fuzzy.
I asked ChatGPT to straighten, colorize, and clarify the features.
It did a GREAT job!
While ChatGPT is great for images, Grok excels in video.
I head over to Grok to have AI create a video of my Momma from that colorized photo that was taken when she was maybe 8 or 9 years old in the 1930’s. Grok kicked it back saying it was rejected because of their content policy, and added something about suitable for ages 18+. 🙄
I tried uploading the black and white image and it was just fine. When I asked Grok to do the same thing ChatGPT did before the animation, it was awful. It was so bad that I didn’t even ask Grok to animate it. It does ok on cartoonish images (like the one from our recent family gathering), just not “real” photos.
But video clips are a different story if you start with a decent photo to begin with. The results can be pretty darned good… or at least funny. 😉
How often do you fall into the AI rabbit hole insofar as images & video?
I don’t fall in that often, but when I do it sure takes a long time for me to get out. 🙂
Now you know: 1940s–1950s — Color photography became more available to regular consumers, though black-and-white was still cheaper and more common. 1960s–1970s — Color photos largely overtook black-and-white for family snapshots and everyday use.