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    Let's Enhance HD

    Duncan Robson

    4 HN mentions · mentioned in 4 months, 2014–2024

    YouTube

    1:44 · 879K views · Jul 4, 2013

    A two-minute supercut of film and TV characters ordering a computer to 'enhance' a blurry image into a perfectly sharp one. It is a remaster of an earlier 2009 version.

    HN uses it as a punchline in threads about image upscaling and super-resolution, where the movie trope has become partly real.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @fosterfriendsJul 2023· in “Mathematics in Movies”

      I used to laugh a the "let's enhance" (and still do), but watching generative image models get better, I wonder if fiction will become a reality, abet with lots of hallucinations. At least the enhanced reflections of perpetrators' faces will have a lovely mid-journey art style. classic compilation of "Let's enhance" - this video

      AsideView on HN
    2. @mrbluecoatApr 2024· in “Upscayl – Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler”

      I used to laugh so hard at those tv and movie scenes when they would "enhance" an image: this video I guess yesterday's science fiction is now our reality.

      AsideView on HN
    3. @dankohn1Oct 2016· in “Subpixel: A subpixel convolutional neural network implementation with Tensorflow”

      Here is the ridiculous Let's Enhance supercut that all just became realistic: this video (Created by the super talented duncanrobson)

      AsideView on HN
    4. @pearjuiceMay 2014· in “How taking pictures through windows can inadvertently reveal your location”

      Reminds me of the ridiculous enhancement processes in Hollywood. Except this time... it's real. this video

      AsideView on HN