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Check out this link: This AI Turns Unrecognizable Pixelated Photos Into Crystal-Clear Images

This article is about a revolutionary technology created by two researchers which can change the world of photography. If you’ve ever watched a crime show like CSI: Crime Scene Investigators, then you’ve probably heard the term “zoom and enhance”, as in “zoom and enhance that grainy CCTV footage so we can see the perpetrator’s face.” Those of us who regularly work with photos know that a super pixelated/low-resolution photo is most often beyond saving. This software can make that a thing of the past, sort-of.

Showing the pixelated image and the result after the software enhancements.

On the left is the original image. The center is the image as it has been pixelated by researchers and the image on the right is after it has passed through the software. Notice how depth of field is preserved.

The image on the far right is the original photo. The Bicubic column (far left) shows the results of bicubic resampling. The second column on the right (ENet-PAT-F) shows the best software result. Not perfect with faces, but still quite an improvement.

Software like this could easily be packaged into Photoshop which could change the photographic world. It should be understood, however, that the images are not an necessarily an accurate representation of the original image, but then again, a photograph is never a perfect representation of reality.


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