Krantzbucks pics to colorize

[krantzbucks]

Originally Posted by tnfoto

This one was done by our friend ortforshort back in 2012.

Upscaled with Pica.ai and recolored by Palette.fm

[cinemaodyssey]

Originally Posted by krantzbucks

Gary Charles Holle colorized and upscaled with the Texas Rangers helped out by Pixa.ai and kolorize.cc

Excellent job, thanks!

[Patsy Tebeau]

For some reason Kolorize and HotPot refuse to do Al Barker from the 1871 Rockford Forest Citys so can someone do him for me? Thanks in advance.

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Not sure who made this one but it was in the players photopack

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Boston Red Stockings

[infieldfly]

Originally Posted by krantzbucks

Upscaled with Pica.ai and recolored by Palette.fm

Here's another from bitothisbitothat's offering on ebay.


palette.fm, et al.

[Jabez54]

Say, can you colorized this old gem of a photo with your magical touch? I have always been on the hunt for Homer Smoot and George Barclay in caps... Also, are you able to do Gertenrich, as well?

[UKBaseballfan]

Originally Posted by Patsy Tebeau

For some reason Kolorize and HotPot refuse to do Al Barker from the 1871 Rockford Forest Citys so can someone do him for me? Thanks in advance.

I am unaware of a 1871 image of Al Barker. You may be referring to either of the 2 below. Firstly the 1869 facepack image or alternately a civies image which I believe dates from 1870.

[UKBaseballfan]

Originally Posted by infieldfly

palette.fm, et al.

Thank you for the superb Tommy Griffith upgrade.

Here is an image of Curt Walker extracted from the Gutierrez Phillies 1924 composite. The image could originate from either 1923 or 1924.

Curt Walker was fine left handed hitter who posted a career batting average of .304. Texas born who threw right handed his appearances in the field were predominantly in right field. Making his debut in 1919 he made just 1 unsuccessful plate appearance on September 17 with the New York Yankees, his only appearance in the American League. Moving across town to the New York Giants his 8 game appearances in 1920 showed no evidence of what was to follow batting just .071. In 1921 he was establishing himself as the Giants starting centre-fielder, appearing in 64 games before a late July trade with the Philadelphia Phillies where he was sent with catcher Butch Henline for outfielder Irish Meusel. In Philadelphia although his slugging dipped by 63 points his batting average increased by 52 points to .338 to give him his first season ending average over .300. In 1922 he batted leadoff as the Phillies right-fielder and established career highs in numerous categories in possibly the best season of his career. These highs included 102 runs scored, 196 hits, 36 doubles, 12 home runs, 89 runs batted in, .337 batting average, .499 slugging and .899 OPS. In 1923 he was the clean-up hitter but his productivity declined. On May 30 1924 he was involved in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds for George Harper. The Reds used him as their leadoff hitter. In 1925 he was mainly deployed as the 5 place hitter and he ended the season with a .318 average. In 1926 moving up 1 place in the order he earned MVP consideration for the only time in his career appearing in a career high 155 games. He set a career high with 20 triples. In 1927 he batted second but his OPS declined from .823 to .745. In 1928 he was back down to hitting 5th with an unchanged OPS+ of 101 from the previous campaign. Another change in the hitting lineup of 1929 showed him batting 3rd and his average climbed to .313 as he set a career high on-base average of .416. 1930 was his final Major League season where he was mainly back in the leadoff role now as the starting left-fielder. He again batted over .300 with an OPS of .851.

[Patsy Tebeau]

Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan

I am unaware of a 1871 image of Al Barker. You may be referring to either of the 2 below. Firstly the 1869 facepack image or alternately a civies image which I believe dates from 1870.

By 1871 I was referring to the debut year (only year he played with them in the major leagues). I am aware of the dates on those images and the 1870 image was the one it refused to work for. Thanks for the colorizations.

[infieldfly]

Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan

Here is an image of Curt Walker extracted from the Gutierrez Phillies 1924 composite. The image could originate from either 1923 or 1924.

I ran across a new video about restoring photos using ChatGPT. This is the same guy whose earlier video first introduced me to palette.fm so he's been a good resource for me. I decided to give it a try on this one instead of my usual Topaz apps. Result with notes below:

1) It's very slow...go have a cup of coffee while it works.


2) You may have to tweak the prompts (as he suggests) to keep the facial features as close as possible to the original...not sure how "off" this one is.


3) I only did his steps shown through the first minute of the video. I don't have the "full" Photoshop which he used for his final steps.

4) I used palette.fm & Photoshop Elements for colorization though apparently ChatGPT will also colorize if that is specified in the prompt.


5) The photo was scaled/enlarged even though I didn't request that.


6) The cap logo was very faint in the original and didn't get picked up in ChatGPT. I "cloned" one in (perhaps clumsily) from a Lew Wendell photo I saw online.

[UKBaseballfan]

Originally Posted by infieldfly

I ran across a new video about restoring photos using ChatGPT. This is the same guy whose earlier video first introduced me to palette.fm so he's been a good resource for me. I decided to give it a try on this one instead of my usual Topaz apps. Result with notes below:

1) It's very slow...go have a cup of coffee while it works.


2) You may have to tweak the prompts (as he suggests) to keep the facial features as close as possible to the original...not sure how "off" this one is.


3) I only did his steps shown through the first minute of the video. I don't have the "full" Photoshop which he used for his final steps.

4) I used palette.fm & Photoshop Elements for colorization though apparently ChatGPT will also colorize if that is specified in the prompt.


5) The photo was scaled/enlarged even though I didn't request that.


6) The cap logo was very faint in the original and didn't get picked up in ChatGPT. I "cloned" one in (perhaps clumsily) from a Lew Wendell photo I saw online.

A scintillatingly brilliant result, thank you so much for your enhancement and the associated information in respect of the method used.

I am very interested in what would be the outcome by the application of the process to the attached image of Charlie Grimm extracted from the 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates team photo.

Grimm was perhaps as well known in his managerial role as he was from his playing role although he did appear in 2166 games and was a starting first-baseman in 14 consecutive seasons. Left-handed he made his debut in 1916 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He appeared in 12 games but all his appearances in the field were as an outfielder. Reappearing 2 seasons later with the St. Louis Cardinals he did not make a great impact in his 42 games mainly as a first-baseman. In 14 games with the 1919 Pittsburgh Pirates his batting average blossomed to a .318 rate. in 1920 he took on the role as the Pirates starting first-baseman, usually batting 7th. In 1921 his slugging average improved by 120 points to .409, setting a career best with 17 triples. In 1922 he set career highs in 154 games played, 649 plate appearances and 593 at bats. In 1923 he moved up 1 position in the batting order as he batted at a career high .345 rate amassing career bests with 194 hits, 99 runs batted in, .480 slugging, 270 total bases and .869 OPS. 1924 turned out to be his final season in Pittsburgh as his OPS+ fell from 126 to 92.

In his first season with the Chicago Cubs he set a career best 10 home runs with a .306 average and also earned MVP consideration for the first time. 1926 saw him reach 30 doubles for the first time in his career. He again batted over .300 from his 6th place in the order in 1927 finishing with a .311 average. In 1928 his OPS+ lowered from 103 to 91. In 1929 he again received MVP voted as he matched his career high 10 home runs. In 1931 after a subpar 1930 season he rebounded finishing a career highest, 8th, in MVP voting. He batted .331 setting a career high with a .393 on-base average. The 1932 season resulted in a career high 42 doubles batting over .300 for the final time in his career. 1933 was his final season as a starter and his average dipped to .247. In 1934 Grimm appeared in 75 games as back-up to ex Phillie Don Hurst. In 1935 appeared just twice before rounding off his playing career in 1936 with 132 at bats.

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Ars Longa colorized Philadelphia Athletics

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Ars Longa colorized with the Boston Red Stockings and the other is Kolorize with the Morrisania Unions

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Ars Longa Philadelphia, image was on SABR.org

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Kolorize

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Kolorize

[blbmab]

i was hoping to find a photo of del bissonette
he was a coach for the pirates in 1946
thanks, brett

[Patsy Tebeau]

Originally Posted by blbmab

i was hoping to find a photo of del bissonette
he was a coach for the pirates in 1946
thanks, brett

Here he is in the 1946 team photo

[Patsy Tebeau]

Sadly that's the best quality I could find of him with the Pirates but I still colorized him. Here is also a good view of his face with Brooklyn that was colorized from the photopack.