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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: fun with AI
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 13:17:59 +0200
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On 2025-05-08 23:28, john larkin wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2025 22:28:09 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-05-08 02:21, john larkin wrote:
>>> We designed a replacement for an old high-voltage pulse amplfier, an
>>> EG&G SG-489 ca 1990. I wrote the new manual and included small pics of
>>> the old box and our version. I passed the manual on to an office
>>> person to tweak the formatting to company standards. For some reason,
>>> they decided to use some AI thing to improve the pics.
>>>
>>> My original photos:
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rgc5i5832uo79roxyyyo2/EGG_Real.jpg?rlkey=zw3eul405ezp61wsvkr0rg5f9&raw=1
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ryk995uvmohsezg96reni/P800_Real.jpg?rlkey=dvsgvq1z7zbhyhdna8uxi3lzr&raw=1
>>>
>>>
>>> AI improvements:
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5nf6pfdgzvjhjve1io3rq/EGG_AI.jpg?rlkey=wt6k4i0melq3v0vdwla2qksif&raw=1
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hjq837tajjusunq3i23v4/P800_AI.jpg?rlkey=oy8jyw8d4sflr5nszq2blcal3&raw=1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Imagine letting AI improve a schematic!
>>>
>>
>> Gosh.
>>
>> I think you'd better hire a photographer instead :-D
> 
> My original cell phone pics are OK. The ones I posted here were
> captured from the"improved"  manual. It looks like Word throws away
> resolution when you down-size a pic. That makes sense, avoiding
> gigantic Word file sizes.

The non ai versions you posted are not perfect. The first one is fuzzy 
or unfocused. The second one has shine.


> 
> The pics are small and look OK on a printed page.
> 
> One of our office ladies has a side business as a professional
> photographer, and she will take some better shots. But no AI this
> time.

Good :-)


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.