There is now another reason to get rid of the photo album and start taking family snapshots again. Digitally restoring vintage photos is a process that can take hours, even for a skilled photo editor, but a new artificial intelligence-powered filter coming to Photoshop appears to handle most of the work with just a single click.
Neural network applications that have been revealed over the past few years are used by the average consumer to connect with their pasts and family members that are no longer with them. The idea of a ghost in Ghostbusters: Afterlife proves, but that was mostly realized through expensive visual effects work.
MyHeritage unveiled its Deep Nostalgia tool last year, which makes vintage photos look like home movies, even if they have passed away. Before Deep Nostalgia arrived, talented photo editors have been restoring damaged and faded old photographs, and even colorizing images that only existed in black and white. The results are often incredible, and can make images of your distant relatives look even more realistic, but the process requires a lot of skill and practice.
Adobe has been adding automated tools to their program. The company uses an artificial intelligence platform to make mundane tasks like sky replacements and even selecting complex objects a lot easier. In addition to removing dirt, scratches, creases, and tears, the tool appears to smooth out the subject's skin, remove unwanted texture and noise, and can add a splash of color, even on black and white or colored paper.
The new neural filter was used to restore missing sections of an older photo that were torn away and lost. The results aren't as good as some of the manual photo restorations we've seen, but the results are still surprisingly good. We don't know how much control Adobe will give users over the neural filter's processing or whether it will remain a one click feature.
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