Split view: grayscale portrait with mirrored aviator sunglasses beside color close-up of woman wearing reflective aviators showing trees and a photographer.

Colorized

Posted on by brucewinter

I vibe coded an app that enslaves AI to restore old photos!

Black-and-white collage: central family portrait with two parents, several children, and a baby; flanked by close-up portraits of a boy in a sweater.Dark background collage of family photos: central group portrait, flanked by close-ups of a blonde boy in a green sweater and white collar.
Black-and-white scene: a person with glasses runs along a leaf-strewn street, cradling a small bundled child.Young person with glasses in a black jacket and blue jeans runs on a leaf-covered path, holding a brown football amid autumn trees.

Black-and-white: three boys on rocky ground by a cave; two face off with outstretched arms, the third raises his arms.Three boys in jeans and T-shirts throw rocks in a rocky cave, arms raised; left in blue shirt with 19, middle gray, right red.
Person in jeans and an open dark shirt stands on a jagged rock with a tall staff, posed heroically against a pale cloudy sky.Blond man in a plaid shirt and jeans stands on a rocky outcrop, one knee up, gripping a wooden staff, with snow-capped mountains and sky.
Four shirtless climbers on a rocky, forested outcrop in black and white; headbands, straps and backpacks visible.Five hikers on a rocky forest outcrop, two shirtless men in jeans with bandanas, others in denim with backpacks, trees behind.
Sepia-toned portrait of a woman with mirrored aviator sunglasses reflecting trees; lips closed.Person with long hair wearing aviator sunglasses lies in grass, smoking; mirrored lenses reflect trees and a photographer.

A bunch more in these links:

Rack-hack of the month, added a 2nd bar so I can squat and press without re-configuring weights:

Black squat rack with loaded barbells and Rogue bumper plates; gray plates, a green bumper, black bench, tiled floor.

And creek-hack of the month, Macgyvered a gate valve with a linear actuator to create a mud-proof control valve:

The kid-vid of the month features Dad’s famous pocket pen collection:

I’ll let nature close out this post:

Close-up of a gray snake with black and yellow bands, eyes prominent, resting on brown leaves and wood debris.
Green shrub with large lobed leaves and white flower clusters, centered in a lush, blurred garden scene.
Round cookie with ridged, scalloped edge and orange surface speckled with gray-brown patches on a dark, earthy background.

Bruce

5 thoughts on “Colorized”

  2. Very cool brother Bruce 😎. Love the shots & videos. AI is pretty interesting. I do use it sometimes to help fine toon some of my shots. Thanks for sharing. Love you Bro ❤️

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  5. Love this Bruce! Need to learn from you how to make this happen for my far too voluminous collection! 😂 And caught up with Sue who suggests I get your perspective on retirement. 🤔

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