Tiberium 2 days ago

In my mind "filter" is some specific algorithm that does a single expected transformation

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  • henryfjordan 2 days ago

    "Filter" is a Tik-tok / snapchat / instagram parlance for any kind of overlay / transformation. It's grown larger than just sepia filters and similar. All the ones that do facial tracking and overlay a mustache or w/e is funny in the moment are also referred to as filters.

    See https://www.snapchat.com/lens

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    • smohare 2 days ago

      Fair enough. But is there a need to propagate this abuse of the term?

      Might as well call advertising “fun programming breaks” while we are at it.

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  • its_ethan 2 days ago

    There's a pretty clear expected transformation here though? It takes an image and then reduces the "shiny-ness" of it by giving it the same transformation: change the sky to overcast, add material degradation like rust, reduce the landscaping by adding weeds/puddles, and remove the happy looking people.

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    • superb_dev 2 days ago

      Also adding random electrical infrastructure and random signs, also removing a statue in the distance in one of the images

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      • its_ethan 2 days ago

        Sure, that stuff too. The point still being that it's a pretty predictable set of changes being made to whatever photo you give it.

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        • cubefox 2 days ago

          I'm pretty sure it's either gpt-image-1.5 or Nano Banana Pro in the background, with a prompt like "make it look worn down and slightly decaying".

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  • tomasphan 2 days ago

    Right, filtering is the reduction of information while diffusion/generation is creation.

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    • viraptor 2 days ago

      It doesn't have to be a reduction. Swapping the colour channels would be a filter, but it's perfectly reversible.

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