MyHeritage online photo enhancer uses AI to do an amazing job on old family photos

[editor]

This seems pretty remarkable although you have to pay to get rid of the watermark

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Enhancement works best on photos that feature multiple people, and allows you to go face by face to see each one enhanced.

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[editor]

You can try it here. MyHeritage Photo Enhancer, enhance your family photos with the world’s best deep learning technology - MyHeritage


Going to try it now and will report back!

 

[editor]

So, this:



To this:



Hmm. The faces look a bit odd to me!

 

[editor]

I had another go and it appeared to be sticking another face on my Mum!

 

[Humberto]

Proper trousers in them days. At least over the belly button.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I used it a few times after seeing it posted on the old family photos thread, and it's pretty amazing. How it knows where skin should be, and bricks, leaves, etc... It isn't perfect but it's really quite amazing.

I did this as a test.

 

[a_chap]

But it's not real. It's not "enhancement".

You're simply looking at a photo which has been changed.

It is not - magically - a more accurate version of the original scene.

 

[Saul Goodman]

But it's not real. It's not "enhancement".

You're simply looking at a photo which has been changed.

It is not - magically - a more accurate version of the original scene.

Or, as us 'enhancers' would say:

 

[Reno]

The sharpening seems to work well, but the colour versions look awful.

 

[alsoknownas]

I've been using similar software to uprez some old (but still relevant) tutorial videos I have. It's making something that would otherwise be practically unusable into something worthwhile. Only problem, the process takes huge resources. Converting each 3 minute clip is taking between 8-12 hours on a supped-up PC!