14 April 2021, 11:02 pm EDT By
Time-Travel Rephotography has debuted a new way to restore images, despite being hundreds of years old that use artificial intelligence (AI) to determine skin color and lighting when it was taken. Most photo restoration tools have been close approximating the skin color of an image, which produces inaccurate results compared to the new technology.
(Photo : Photo by Alexander Gardner/Getty Images) Abraham Lincoln, (1809 - 1865), the 16th President of the United States of America.
Photo and video restorations can bring back the joy and beauty of old memories, especially as people are known to be reminiscent of the past events that have occurred in their lifetime. May it be historically relevant or personal, restorations bring a massive help in letting people experience it during the modern era, using technology.
US researchers have created a photo colourising tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create eerily lifelike images of deceased historical figures.
The technique, called time-travel rephotography , simulates travelling back in time with a modern camera to rephotograph famous subjects including Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the US.
It creates eerily lifelike images by factoring in how skin reacts to light, which old cameras were too primitive to capture.
Portraits of other historical figures run through the tool include Franz Kafka, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison and Mahatma Gandhi.
Scientists have used AI in an attempt to make these historical photos appear as if they were shot with modern equipment - from left, Abraham Lincoln, Marie Curie and Franz Kafka
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