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marc

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One of those ancestry sites MyHeritage has added an amazing new option to their photo section. Using a type of DeepFake tech, they can take your photos and make an animated close-up of a person in them. (They call it DeepNostalgia) The results are pretty amazing! And it works on artwork as well. They let you make 5 for free, then you need a subscription. I'm thinking of getting a bunch of pictures together, get a one month subscription, animate them all and then cancel.

Some examples:
[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/joVi43eTNzw[/YOUTUBE]

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/kznsq/status/1365574843027124227?s=20[/TWEET]
[TWEET]https://twitter.com/kznsq/status/1365630016361537538?s=20[/TWEET]
 
I tried it two days ago with a photo of my father. Chose the photo, click the upload link and... nothing. Just a blank screen.
 
ZiprHead said:
I tried it two days ago with a photo of my father. Chose the photo, click the upload link and... nothing. Just a blank screen.
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After uploading you have to select the picture to work on. Then there is a row of icons that let you do different things like sharpen the image. The first icon was for animating, looked like a magnifying glass I think. Once you click it an animated wand waved around for a bit while it creates the animation.

Their system is a little buggy, as I had trouble uploading photos through the app. Had to change over to the website for that.
 
marc said:
ZiprHead said:
I tried it two days ago with a photo of my father. Chose the photo, click the upload link and... nothing. Just a blank screen.
Click to expand...

After uploading you have to select the picture to work on. Then there is a row of icons that let you do different things like sharpen the image. The first icon was for animating, looked like a magnifying glass I think. Once you click it an animated wand waved around for a bit while it creates the animation.

Their system is a little buggy, as I had trouble uploading photos through the app. Had to change over to the website for that.
Click to expand...

I was on the website. Didn't know there was an app.
 
ZiprHead said:
marc said:
ZiprHead said:
I tried it two days ago with a photo of my father. Chose the photo, click the upload link and... nothing. Just a blank screen.
Click to expand...

After uploading you have to select the picture to work on. Then there is a row of icons that let you do different things like sharpen the image. The first icon was for animating, looked like a magnifying glass I think. Once you click it an animated wand waved around for a bit while it creates the animation.

Their system is a little buggy, as I had trouble uploading photos through the app. Had to change over to the website for that.
Click to expand...

I was on the website. Didn't know there was an app.
Click to expand...

Just checked my photos on the website, there is an Animate button in the upper right after selecting a picture. The icon is a circle with three lines coming from it.
 
ZiprHead said:
I just retried it and it worked. I suspect that this has gotten popular very quickly and their servers just couldn't handle the traffic then.

https://www.myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia/share/K5LWSZRZJZXGUVKWKR3ECZ3FMMXXAQSIOZVW6ULKLEYVMMDIIUVWEQLUKVLDGVCRKBUWUNTXGZ4EGYLXONZGIRTYJBWXMURPG5DESVDCJJFEO4KEKMYFMQTPGBZTASRLKJBGIODLMZJWGWKWGU4EE32IKBGEI5LGNRRHS6L2JNXT2
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Nice! I did my parent's wedding photo, and a couple pieces of artwork. Tried a profile shot but I didn't like how it came out.

Might get the subscription sometime so I can do my parents 50th anniversary pictures, my wife's grandparents, and a few other items.
 
I like it. I wonder if it would be as creepy if used with a portrait that we're unfamiliar with. Less chance for a bias, I would imagine.
 
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