我用AI给黄金时代的好莱坞明星着色
Nowadays, photographers use black and white photography to convey emotion by playing with tones, contrasts, and shadows, but it wasn't always an option to choose. Color photography brings photographs to life and reveals every little vivid detail that creates a compelling image. Photographers from the past could only convey the world they were living in in black and grey. Have you ever wondered what these photographers saw that very moment? I have.
如今，摄影师使用黑白摄影来传达情感，通过调整色调、对比和阴影，但这并不总是一种选择。彩色摄影带来了生活的照片，并揭示了每一个生动的细节，创造一个引人注目的图像。过去的摄影师只能用黑色和灰色来表达他们所生活的世界。你有没有想过这些摄影师在那一刻看到了什么?我有。
Digital artists spend hours trying to recreate old black and white photographs in realistic colors with impressive results—just check the incredible work of colorists Marina Amaral, Andrea Erali, or Olga Shirinina previously featured on Bored Panda. It's intricate and time-consuming work that requires not only great editing skills, but a lot of knowledge and research of historical context to color the image as accurately as possible.
数字艺术家们花费数小时试图用逼真的色彩重现旧的黑白照片，并取得令人印象深刻的效果——只要看看色彩师Marina Amaral, Andrea Erali，或Olga Shirinina之前在Bored Panda网站上展示的令人难以置信的作品就知道了。这是一项复杂而耗时的工作，不仅需要高超的编辑技巧，还需要大量的知识和对历史背景的研究，以便尽可能准确地为图像着色。
I wondered if, with the fast advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning, this scrupulous job can be done by technology as well as by humans. Well, only time can tell, but it seems like the future is near. I have found this image colorization API called DeepAI that allows you to colorize black and white photos and videos in a few seconds.
我想知道，随着人工智能和机器学习的快速发展，这项严谨的工作是否可以由技术和人类完成。好吧，只有时间能告诉我们，但似乎未来就在眼前。我发现了一个名为DeepAI的图像着色API，它可以让你在几秒钟内为黑白照片和视频着色。
I tested the program with these iconic B&W images of celebrities from the golden age of Hollywood. The result is far from perfect and in most cases needs to be at least touched up in Photoshop or other programs, but I was surprised by how much a deep learning model can achieve!
我用好莱坞黄金时代名人的B&W形象来测试这个节目。结果并不完美，在大多数情况下至少需要在Photoshop或其他程序中进行润色，但我惊讶于一个深度学习模型可以达到的效果!
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More info: deepai.org
