Photographs were never (that I can think of) perfect reproductions of subjects. These systems have taken the “next step” by doing the retouching etc. as the image is prepared for display. Darkroom work behind the scenes so to speak. Problem? Maybe. I saw something that indicated computers were able to make portraits of people that did not exist. Interesting … what will they think of next. One thing that they have not tackled yet, that I know, is correction of the “wide angle” effect. Many portraits are made with the camera too close to the face and noses appear larger that from a normal viewing distance (in life) and ears too small. Has the perspective of photographs been tackled by AI people? Andy > On Dec 19, 2018, at 7:54 AM, John Palcewski <palcewski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Here's an interesting piece in the Atlantic....Link & excerpt: > > https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/your-iphone-selfies-dont-look-like-your-face/578353/ > > Speaking as a longtime iPhone user and amateur photographer, I find it undeniable that Portrait mode—a marquee technology in the latest edition of the most popular phones in the world—has gotten glowed up. Over weeks of taking photos with the device, I realized that the camera had crossed a threshold between photograph and fauxtograph. I wasn’t so much “taking pictures” as the phone was synthesizing them.
