THthunderbong·Sep 4, 2021Submission
DeOldify: Deep Learning software for colorizing, restoring old images and video
3 points · Open discussionjantic
DeOldify
Python2018–2022
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DeOldify
A Deep Learning based project for colorizing and restoring old images (and video!)
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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3 sourcesI wrote a quick script the other day to colorize directories of family photos. I realized it would be cool to colorize these photos, too. Here's the album: https://imgur.com/a/aJbpMjf
The script uses the Image Colorization API from DeepAi.
Here's the repo for the colorizing model itself: https://github.com/jantic/DeOldify
I don't think the DeepAi API allows you to adjust the model parameters, but you definitely can if you run it yourself from the repo above or a colab instance (e.g. https://colab.research.google.com/github/jantic/DeOldify/blo...). MyHeritage also offers this API as a service with tunable parameters.
If you want some quick results on your own BW images, just set your own DeepAi API key as an env var and run this script: https://github.com/skzv/colorize-photos
In Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese sideThe same site (MyHeritage) has a colorizer for old photos. An open source version is available as DeOldify
https://github.com/jantic/DeOldify
In ‘Deep Nostalgia’ can turn old photos of your relatives into moving videos