EXO-6 Star Trek "General Discussion" 1/6 Line

[QuiGonFishing]

As I’m sure you all know, a Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind, and as I’m sure you all ALSO know, this is how I always live my life. But through it all, there must be occasions when these traits are challenged or there would be no valor or value in them…

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[Jgg1701]

Anyone know of quality 1/6 Santa clothes so I can Christmas-ize my Star Trek figures? My wife hates my figures (because little realistic figures of people are "creepy" apparently) so I thought I'd include them as a centerpiece of the Christmas decor.

https://www.amazon.com/Miunana-Chri...=1732944955&sprefix=1/6+santa+,aps,144&sr=8-1

 

[davejames]

As I’m sure you all know, a Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind, and as I’m sure you all ALSO know, this is how I always live my life. But through it all, there must be occasions when these traits are challenged or there would be no valor or value in them…

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I can't tell what's real or what's AI anymore.

 

[S. Griffin]

I can't tell what's real or what's AI anymore.

It's real. Mostly. This photo of Nicole DeBoer predates AI art. It's hard to tell, because whoever did her makeup covered up the mole above her mouth. It appears to have completely disappeared, whereas in less high-res versions of this photo, it's visible, but matches the color on the rest of her face. Her eyes look a bit funny, and there are some slightly unnatural shapes here and there, as well, so I assume that the abnormalities are the result of an upscaler program. So...AI was used to make a high-res version of a photo from about 20 years ago.

 

[Jar-Jar Stinks]

Wow! Nice work, Griffin! Who knew you were the world’s foremost expert on Nicole DeBoer soft p0rn! Impressive, most impressive!

 

[S. Griffin]

Wow! Nice work, Griffin! Who knew you were the world’s foremost expert on Nicole DeBoer soft p0rn! Impressive, most impressive!

Nope. I just Googled "Nicole DeBoer" and found the original photo and some others from what looks to be the same shoot. I saw that this one was posted on facebook in 2019, which predates most AI art, but deduced from the lower resolution and the way she looks compared to today, that it was probably from around the time she was making The Dead Zone. The rest I figured out, because I've tried using a couple upscalers, myself, to clean up photos of Jake Sisko and Police Academy's Harris and Proctor in the hopes of getting something better than the usual crap for Cirroc Lofton and GW Bailey and Lance Kinsey to sign at upcoming con appearances - results have been mixed.

 

[JackNasty]

Wow! Nice work, Griffin! Who knew you were the world’s foremost expert on Nicole DeBoer soft p0rn! Impressive, most impressive!

File that pic under Nicole DeBoner

 

[Brunt FCA]

It's real. Mostly. This photo of Nicole DeBoer predates AI art. It's hard to tell, because whoever did her makeup covered up the mole above her mouth. It appears to have completely disappeared, whereas in less high-res versions of this photo, it's visible, but matches the color on the rest of her face. Her eyes look a bit funny, and there are some slightly unnatural shapes here and there, as well, so I assume that the abnormalities are the result of an upscaler program. So...AI was used to make a high-res version of a photo from about 20 years ago.

It hasn't just been upscaled, it's been run through some kind of A.I. "beauty" filter. So it's more like an A.I. image based closely on an existing photo. The mouth was completely replaced, eyebrows and eyelashes changed, tip of the nose changed, her fingernails extended (her thumb knuckle even 'redesigned'?!), certain skin creases altered, the hair redrawn, her arm hair smoothed away, the shoulder strap of her dress now dissolves into her skin at one point...

(And yeah, I think you're spot on with the era. I think this was about 2004 maybe?)

 

[afrog]

There is very little AI about this. There is a lot of tedious Photoshop work done "by hand" to the original image. It's actually very well done. The key is to improve the image and give her a flattering look without overdoing it and making her look plastic. You still recognize her as the same person only "cleaner" and more beautiful. If you had no comparison to the original, the retouching is imperceptible and very believable. You wouldn't know it was retouched, in other words. I used to do the same type of work professionally before I retired. Something like this can take from a half day up to a whole day to complete, especially if there is a lot of silhouette masking—which is not the case here. There are some filters applied to the color and possibly some skin textures but almost everything is done manually with a variety of Photoshop tools.

 

[Brunt FCA]

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. To my eye it has all the earmarks of an A.I. filter. Details blending together, some marks being erased, some being distorted, some being enlarged. Small details being erased, such as the part of her earring where it goes into the ear. One of her teeth distorted. I've seen that style of new mouth on so many artificial images. ...but I won't pretend to have definitive proof, just my opinion.

 

[afrog]

Details blending together, some marks being erased, some being distorted, some being enlarged. Small details being erased, such as the part of her earring where it goes into the ear. One of her teeth distorted.

ALL of these enhancements that you mention are EXACTLY what a Photoshop retoucher does. I was one.

 

[S. Griffin]

I refuse to believe that melting her dress strap into her skin was done on purpose.

 

[afrog]

I refuse to believe that melting her dress strap into her skin was done on purpose.

That was not done intentionally, I'm sure. It was obviously an oversight. The retoucher used the clone stamp tool and removed the highlight from the strap edge without noticing the result. That in combination with adjusting the color overall to a much warmer hue caused the strap color and the skin color to be so similar that it appears that the strap is blending into her skin.

 

[Jar-Jar Stinks]

Great, can we drop all the image adjustment babble now and talk about all the problems and issues Qui-Gon has?

 

[davejames]

Great, can we drop all the image adjustment babble now and talk about all the problems and issues Qui-Gon has?

That would require a whole separate thread.

 

[Make It Go]

 

[Skyroes]

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[Johnny Utah]

 

[Paul Arnette]

That would require a whole separate thread.

Thread? You mean forum, right?

 

[Ras-al-Ghul]

@QuiGonFishing did you order this one as well?