I Found a Really Good use for AI

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Here's some examples. I tried to crop/rotate but it still doesn't look great lol.

I've made three different covers from the image with the wood like background.

This cover is the way the cover is.



With this cover, I asked AI to make the heads complete and accurate coloring. It actually looks pretty good.



AI is pretty good for dealing with covers. If I get a cover with a badge or text I don't want, I can get rid of it. If I cannot a good enough image as in the case with this cover, AI can usually fix what's available.

This is the modified cover with a modified Enterprise.

[graycyn]

Originally Posted by nana77

Hi, the Middle English Dictionary says:

Also: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hogian

Thanks, but I think it was just that the handwriting was not the best.

The handwriting could also have been read as "hown" but as soon as AI came up with "power," that fit the context *perfectly*. The foreword is for a short American western horse story ... Middle English isn't quite what one would expect there! Though, interestingly enough, the horse in question does get to visit England!

AI cleared up another word in the same foreword for me today. Looked kinda like it began with "h" was actually a "W."

I'm rolling as many OCR texts as I can while my shaky computer with ABBYY Finereader holds up. I'm actually taking a short break while the machine reboots from yet another blue screen crash.

This short 1927 book might be Mobileread eligible, I do need to check author/foreword author/artist death dates. Definitely PD in the USA tho.


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[xyclonei]

I use iTunes Artwork Finder to download hi-res covers, if it helps.

[jackm8]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've made three different covers from the image with the wood like background.

This cover is the way the cover is.

Attachment 226234

With this cover, I asked AI to make the heads complete and accurate coloring. It actually looks pretty good.

Attachment 226233

AI is pretty good for dealing with covers. If I get a cover with a badge or text I don't want, I can get rid of it. If I cannot a good enough image as in the case with this cover, AI can usually fix what's available.

This is the modified cover with a modified Enterprise.

Attachment 226236

Frankly, neither of the enhancements look better to me. In fact, they're much worse. The idea of the original work is that light comes from the left and right of the characters, and that's the reason for the darkness between them in original artwork. Without that, there's just something wrong about it. It's like the new censored cover of Azure Bonds, you know there's something wrong with it without even knowing it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackm8

Frankly, neither of the enhancements look better to me. In fact, they're much worse. The idea of the original work is that light comes from the left and right of the characters, and that's the reason for the darkness between them in original artwork. Without that, there's just something wrong about it. It's like the new censored cover of Azure Bonds, you know there's something wrong with it without even knowing it.

I decided to play around with the cover after making the original cover.

The one thing that's wrong with the original is the jet trails. That should not exist as The Enterprise does not emit jet trails.