photography
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Nvidia Taught An AI To Flawlessly Erase Watermarks From Photos
Photographers already face an uphill battle in trying to preventing people from using their digital photos without permission. But Nvidia could make protecting photos online much harder with a new advancement in artificial intelligence that can automatically remove artefacts from a photograph, including text and watermarks, no matter how obtrusive they may be.
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This Neural Network Instant Camera Turns Everything You Shoot Into Cartoon Doodles
Photographers who still shoot on film claim they like the lo-fi, grainy aesthetics of the medium. But by that logic, they should be throwing hundreds of dollars at Dan Macnish, who created a custom instant camera that converts what the camera’s lens sees into crude, stick figure doodles.
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The 8X Zoom Lens On Sony’s New RX100 VI Does What Your Smartphone Can’t
It’s no secret that camera sales are down, thanks mostly to the convenience and capabilities of smartphone shooters. Who wants to carry another device just to take pictures? That’s the question camera makers are currently facing, but with the Rx100 Mark VI, Sony has a solid answer in the form of a gigantic 24-200-millimetre zoom…
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Deep Learning Can Now Flawlessly Correct Photos Taken In Almost Complete Darkness
There are typically two approaches to taking usable photos in low-light conditions. You can either use a slow shutter, which requires a tripod to eliminate blur, or electronically increase the sensitivity of a camera’s sensor, which introduces ugly noise artefacts. But there’s now a third approach that takes advantage of machine learning to artificially boost…