zhuofengli's comments

On: Show HN: AvoSmash – AI video storytelling made easy

[zhuofengli]

I created some nostalgia video about the 80s and liked them, the prompt is just "nostalgia video about the 80s"

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

I'd suggest using a different photo of your partner, something that represents them better. That makes a difference in my experience

[bestouff → zhuofengli]

I tried 4 different photos. Oh well, thanks anyway.

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

thanks for reporting this, it's now fixed

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

Thanks for the feedback!

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

there are some free credits to try things out if you sign in

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

Interesting to know how things were done before the generative AI wave, and yes this is based on stable diffusion

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

Thanks for adding this angle, definitely not something I thought about, could be a good use case for the future path of this tool

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

Sorry I was rushing to get the site live, privacy page will be up soon

[0x000042 → zhuofengli]

> privacy page will be up soon

Well it has been almost 24h now, and it is still not up. I think it is concerning that you did not put up a simple "we immediately delete the images you upload and we do not store any data about you, nor do we track you using cookies or share data with third parties".

Since you do not have a privacy policy, I would expect that you do not do any of these things. So why not write this?

[irrational → zhuofengli]

Why the rush?

[dylan604 → irrational]

Because someone else could be first?

[nicce → dylan604]

If the service takes any money, it should not be hurried.

Missing privacy policy, no physical address et. will get you flagged as scam site in EU pretty fast.

[dylan604 → nicce]

In this day and age, why does Drawbert need a physical address? That's ridiculous. It's not like someone is going to go to the address and expect to see Drawbert's studio with all of its paints and easels and canvases just laying around waiting to be used.

After that, the only people needing the address would be the state to have on file to send correspondence regarding the business. At that point, so many businesses have an address in another state/country to yet again make that address meaningless. Not really sure what your point in thinking a physical address is meaningful.

[nicce → dylan604]

> After that, the only people needing the address would be the state to have on file to send correspondence regarding the business. At that point, so many businesses have an address in another state/country to yet again make that address meaningless. Not really sure what your point in thinking a physical address is meaningful.

It is one of the best ways to validate valid business from scam sites.

There is a point for human person location, usually which can be verified. If the location is real, you are unlikely to scam someone, as there is certain way to reach them.

Anyway, in EU it is mandated that company has registered physical address.

[dylan604 → nicce]

We're just going to have to agree to disagree. Shell companies filing incorporation papers with fake addresses are a thing. If you think that the bizAddy listed on some website is the end all of verifying a company as legit, then you're still susceptible to being scammed.

There are plenty of services offered to companies that provide a physical address that is nothing more than a wall of mail boxes and a person on staff to sign/accept packages while providing a physical address that gives the appearance of legitimacy.

[nicce → dylan604]

Usually the best way to verify the company is either look Google Maps street view or look for address in EU lists (in EU).

With shell company you might be able to get scammed indeed, but that already makes it much harder and rises the bar.

[dragonwriter → dylan604]

> After that, the only people needing the address would be the state to have on file to send correspondence regarding the business

The state is not the only entity to which this concern applies.

On: Show HN: Create a portrait painting from one photo

[zhuofengli]

photoshop requires human work, but this is fully done automatically, that might be the major difference

[slackfan → zhuofengli]

Just requires a single snipped of javascript to do the same automatically. Photoshop supports robust scripting.

You can also do much the same with imagemagic, no AI required.

[mkoryak → slackfan]

I have not tried this service, but one of the examples takes a picture of a man whose head is tilted to the side and makes a painting where his head is not tilted. You wont be able to do that with imagemagic

[gkaye → slackfan]

I'd be welcome to be proven wrong, but I don't think you'd be able to achieve the results shown here without some sort of stable diffusion or GAN approach.

On: Show HN: Clone someone and talk to them like in real life

[zhuofengli]

It should have been fixed, can you try again?

if you're looking to create photos of someone, you can take a look at: https://suitup.ai