Drew70 colorized F/f -- Update 24 Jan.

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I wish Drew70 were still active. I hope he's lurking.

Today, I tried to use AI to colorize some of those old b&w magazine scans. Waste of time.

Then I searched "colorize photos". Of the embarrassment of riches I received, I share with you these. They are png format, rather than the original jpg/jpeg, an upgrade. More interesting, this site can upscale an image. They want up to 25c/image, but my birthday is coming soon. This year's present to myself.

 

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One more. The rest in the series were in color already.

And a correction. Apparently, Drew70 is a young woman, even speculating that this an older image.

 

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Who doesn't like Ashley Renee?

 

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These pics go back to Jan., '95. The scans were posted in Nov., '05. The colorization isn't perfect.

I tweaked these in Picasa -- Auto Contrast and the least touch of Saturation. The difference does not show in the thumbnails. As I write, I dunno. I will in a minute.

It's a rare website, outside of industry, that lasts and grows for over twenty years. Thanks Drew70, thanks Admins, many thanks MTP Jeff.

 

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Nearly four days. Over three hundred views. No "Nice idea", or "Good work". No thanks.

One more try.

 

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The rest of the set.

 

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Twelve in this set, plus two originally in color and the magazine cover. Those interested can find them in the Archive.

 

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Sixth thru tenth. I like the skinny ones.

 

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Last of the series. All colorizations via Hotpot AI, free to download (with attribution) for non-commercial uses.