Watching old movies that were shot on actual film brings me so much joy now. Such beautiful colors. It’s downright relaxing. I’m tired of the over saturated digital look almost every new production has nowadays.
@Gargron So you're saying you want a "celluloid film" style transfer model... have you checked HuggingFace?
@dragonsidedd @Gargron there are easier ways to make it look like that, you don't need style transfer - you can do that with optimal- transport tone mapping and optical transfer functions, like retro CRT-shaders for console emulators

@mmby @Gargron I wonder if those technologies are somehow acceptable to the Luddities?

They draw the moral line at gradient descent, but Fourier transforms are A-OK?

@dragonsidedd @Gargron I'm primarily pissed off at the companies taking everyone's data and then rent-seeking with their result

the scientific and open efforts are great - because I don't want to be dependent on Microsoft or whatever to use foundation models in the future

@mmby @Gargron Agreed. Arguably the best way to help is to get involved, understand and use the tech that is open and accessible right now.

This is an exciting time when individuals can make real and meaningful contributions in a wide new field that is starting to show its rich fertile soil.