AI-Enhancing Classic Analog Shots from the Rollei 35 SE
The 1990s-era photographs underwent scanning by a Kodak Photo-CD approx. 6-megapixel scanning service, saved as TIFF files, and were subsequently enhanced through the following procedural stages:
- Enhancing the photos with following enhancement features of Topaz-AI version 2.41:
Upscale 2x with AI Model “Low Resolution” to approx. 24-megapixel resolution, Remove Noise, Recover Faces, selective Preserve Text - Enhancing the photos with Luminar-AI version 1.5.5 regarding lighting and coloring
Compare the original analog photos with the AI-enhanced photos
When you click on an image in the galleries, following buttons will allow you to select some features. Use Original-size to watch the photo in full resolution:
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The three wise monkeys in the photo above depict the proverb “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” from Japanese culture. The photo of the original source of this motto shows the 17th-century carving above a door of the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan.
To be honest, I’m not really happy with the results of the AI-processing, as the grain size of the analog color slide film scanned by KODAK on a Photo-CD in the 1990s seems to make good noise reduction and image enlargement very difficult. I will come back with an improved AI-enhancement process in some time.
Do you know a better process to AI-enhance the analog photos or have any questions?
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