Agony as seen through Dall-E

jizmo · 04 September 2022, 20:48

With the new uncropping option in Dall-E 2, I tried out what the screens would look like though they eyes of AI. Not perfect, but certainly interesting for any remastering purposes.

Tools used: Topaz Gigapixel + Dall-E

tygre · 04 September 2022, 21:08

Hi Jizmo!

Wow, beautiful!

What did you do exactly? I'm not familiar with either Topaz Gigapixel or Dall-E

Cheers!

jizmo · 04 September 2022, 21:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by tygre

What did you do exactly? I'm not familiar with either Topaz Gigapixel or Dall-E

I upscaled the original 320x256 art to 4k with Topaz Gigapixel, which uses AI algorithms to try to actually understand what the image is to add the missing pixels, and then added more surroundings with Dall-E that takes the original image as a base and works to "uncrop" the image based on your text prompt.

Here's Dall-E in action.

DisasterIncarna · 04 September 2022, 21:25

looks amazing, nice one

TCD · 04 September 2022, 22:24

Wow, that looks stunning

Would love to see other Amiga screens get the same 'treatment'

jotd · 04 September 2022, 23:39

can it increase the colors without changing the resolution? would allow to create 256 color screenshots for AGA conversions.

Thorham · 04 September 2022, 23:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

can it increase the colors without changing the resolution? would allow to create 256 color screenshots for AGA conversions.

The AI probably has to be trained for that. It's easier to just post process the images.

tygre · 05 September 2022, 01:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by jizmo

I upscaled the original 320x256 art to 4k with Topaz Gigapixel, which uses AI algorithms to try to actually understand what the image is to add the missing pixels, and then added more surroundings with Dall-E that takes the original image as a base and works to "uncrop" the image based on your text prompt.

Here's Dall-E in action.

Amazing

Great job!

PS. Could you upscale them individually? Up to 1920x1080?

jizmo · 05 September 2022, 08:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by jotd

can it increase the colors without changing the resolution? would allow to create 256 color screenshots for AGA conversions.

One can downscale these images back to 320x256 resolution and drop the palette to 256 colors to find out that the gradients are much smoother. On the other hands the small details will become less detailed since they are no longer hand pixeled and you really need that to maintain that 'sharp' pixel art quality.

If I was to do an AGA treatment to these images, I would use a combination of adding both to different layers and using the original pixel art for detailed bits and remastered ones for the large color areas and gradients to get the best of the both worlds.

CFou! · 05 September 2022, 08:59

nice

jotd · 05 September 2022, 10:42

I used to apply a manual gradient (using GIMP) parts of pics when there was an obvious attempt at a gradient, but not enough colors. ML A.I. should be able to detect that too (if properly trained).

Problem with that approach that gradients very quickly use a lot of very similar colors and you end up with a 16M color image... too much for AGA

gimbal · 05 September 2022, 11:18

Staggering. I'd hang the 4th image on my wall.

tomcat666 · 05 September 2022, 18:33

Wow, very nice. Do you have full resolution images that can be used as desktop backgrounds to share ?

04 September 2022, 20:48	#1
jizmo Registered Abuser Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Valencia / Spain Posts: 363	Agony as seen through Dall-E With the new uncropping option in Dall-E 2, I tried out what the screens would look like though they eyes of AI. Not perfect, but certainly interesting for any remastering purposes. Tools used: Topaz Gigapixel + Dall-E

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tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	Hi Jizmo! Wow, beautiful! What did you do exactly? I'm not familiar with either Topaz Gigapixel or Dall-E Cheers!

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DisasterIncarna Registered User Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: England Posts: 1,180	looks amazing, nice one

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TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,606	Wow, that looks stunning Would love to see other Amiga screens get the same 'treatment'

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jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,197	can it increase the colors without changing the resolution? would allow to create 256 color screenshots for AGA conversions.

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CFou! Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Age: 50 Posts: 4,277	nice

05 September 2022, 10:42	#11
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,197	I used to apply a manual gradient (using GIMP) parts of pics when there was an obvious attempt at a gradient, but not enough colors. ML A.I. should be able to detect that too (if properly trained). Problem with that approach that gradients very quickly use a lot of very similar colors and you end up with a 16M color image... too much for AGA

05 September 2022, 11:18	#12
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,918	Staggering. I'd hang the 4th image on my wall.

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tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 51 Posts: 1,647	Wow, very nice. Do you have full resolution images that can be used as desktop backgrounds to share ?

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