MyHeritage in Color™ går viralt: Mere end en million fotos er allerede farvelagt!
- Af Ilan
For 5 dage siden frigav vi en fantastisk funktion, MyHeritage In Color™, som automatisk farvelægger sorte-hvide fotos med utrolige resultater til følge.
Vi står i gæld til Jason Antic og Dana Kelley fra DeOldify for at udvikle denne vidunderlige teknologi til farvelægning, som denne funktion er baseret på.
Responsen har været fantastisk. Funktionen er en sensation: I de første 5 dage er mere end én million fotos blevet farvelagt – og antallet vokser fortsat! Brugere fra hele verden er blevet overvældet og til tider tårevædet over, hvordan tilføjelse af farve kan genoplive minder om deres kære og ændre den måde de relaterer til fotos på. Mange har fortalt os, at de farvelagte fotos har vakt interesse for familiehistorie blandt den yngre generation, og at det at se deres forfædre i farver får dem til at føle sig mere rigtige og håndgribelige. Hardcore-slægtsforskere har ”klaget” over, at de ikke får gjort andet og tilbringer lange nætter med at farvelægge alle deres fotos og undre sig over de nye detaljer som pludselig dukker op. Selv folk, som ikke har været så interesserede i slægtsforskning før, har ledt overalt i deres hjem efter sort-hvide fotos for at scanne og farvelægge dem og dele resultaterne med familie og venner. Det er virkelig vanedannende! Sikke en glæde det har bragt til slægtsforskning!
Hvis du endnu ikke har gjort det endnu, kan du selv prøve det på www.myheritage.dk/incolor. Alle kan farve op til 10 fotos gratis og et ubegrænset antal fotos med et abonnement.
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Genealogy tours of Scotland: “MyHeritage farvelægningsværktøj — GAME CHANGER.
I det, der sandsynligvis er det største gennembrud inden for slægtsforskningen siden DNA, annoncerede MyHeritage i går deres nye farvelægningsværktøj, MyHeritage In Color ™…
Som den der genner på familieminderne, har jeg hundreder af fotos. Værktøjet er hurtigt og nemt at bruge, og jeg må sige, at overgangen fra sort-hvid til ‘levende farve’ er effektfuld. Det rammer dig lige i hjertet…
Fotos fremkalder længe undertrykte minder. At se de sort-hvide fotos komme til live med farvelægningsværktøjet styrker disse minder og alle de varme følelser af kærlighed, tilhørighed og forbindelse, som minderne indeholder. Værktøjet MyHeritage In Color™ er uden tvivl den nye store ting i slægtsforskning og familiehistorie. Godt gået til MyHeritage-teamet. ”
DNA Explained: ”Vær stadig mit hjerte… Dette er min mor, og den farvelagte version ligner hende meget. Det taget pusten fra mig. Hvilken forskel… Dette er let SÅÅÅÅ let… Mulighederne er uendelige, og resultaterne er UTROLIGE. Jeg får måske aldrig gjort andet. Hvilke fotos kan du bringe til live og skabe en farvet collage gennem tiden? Hvilken fantastisk gave, hvis ikke til en anden, så til dig selv.
Prøve det! Tak, tak, MyHeritage!!!!!!”
The DNA Geek: “MyHeritage har netop udgivet en spændende ny funktion som hedder MyHeritage In Color™. De kan nu automatisk farvelægge dine sort-hvide fotos!
Det er hurtigt, let og – bedst af alt – du kan prøve det gratis!”
Family Cherished: “Alle taler om og prøver det nye farvelægningsværktøj til gamle sort-hvide fotos, der for nylig blev udgivet af MyHeritage. Her er nogle idéer til, hvordan du får dine bedste resultater… Det bruges til at bringe liv til din historie ved hjælp af en anden version af det originale billede. På billedet ovenfor blev jeg aldrig klar over at jeg ligner min oldemor så meget indtil jeg gjorde dette, da det ikke var tydeligt før på det sort-hvide foto. Farvelægning kan få detaljer frem, som kan hjælpe dig med at lære nye oplysninger. Farvelagte fotos viser detaljer, der ofte bliver misset i sort-hvid… Familiemedlemmer, der ikke var så interesserede i familiehistorie før, er pludselig interesserede og stiller spørgsmål om personerne på disse farvede billeder. DETTE alene er en grund til at prøve dette nye værktøj. Prøv det, du vil kunne lide det!”
Genealogy’s Star: “Denne fantastiske nye teknologi har kun været online én dag. Konceptet med MyHeritage In Color™ er forholdsvis enkelt: det tilføjer enestående farver til eksisterende sort-hvide fotografier.”
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter: ”Jeg har prøvet farvelægningsprocessen kortvarigt her til morgen og er imponeret. Det giver dig mulighed for at gøre mere end at se på gamle fotos – det giver dig mulighed for at opleve dem, og skabe en dybere forbindelse med din familiehistorie end du nogensinde troede var muligt. Jeg planlægger at bruge denne proces på ALLE mine gamle digitaliserede sort-hvide fotografier.”
Family History Hound: ”Jeg er imponeret over brugervenligheden for denne nye funktion, og jeg kunne have været vågen hele natten og prøve det på mine andre familiebilleder. Hvilke fotos vil du prøve det på? ”
Legal Genealogist: ”Men giv ros hvor de fortjener det: med visse undtagelser er farverne i disse farvelægninger rimeligt nøjagtige, og det ser ud til at være ret pokkers flot med de fleste hudfarver. Det er nemt. Det er hurtigt. For dem af os med MyHeritage-konti er det en ubegrænset kilde til sjov – i det mindste indtil vi løber tør for sort-hvide billeder at lege med. At gøre dette er et rigtig cool værktøj. Tak, MyHeritage!! “
Gould Genealogy: ”…Utroligt, er det ikke!! For at bruge denne fantastiske nye funktion skal du gå til MyHeritage In Color™-siden, uploade et foto, så farvelægger det dig for dig. Men bare et advarselsord… når først du starter, VIL DU IKKE VÆRE I STAND TIL AT STOPPE. Du vil fortsætte med at finde andre fotos, som du gerne vil se farvelagt, og vil fortsætte med at lege med det! ”
The Genealogy Reporter: ”Jeg har altid elsket at se de farvelagte fotografier af borgerkrigen og Første verdenskrig og Anden verdenskrig. Det ser ud til at få folk og steder på fotos til at virke mere virkelige. Jeg kan huske at jeg tænkte, ‘Wow! Jeg ville ønske, at jeg kunne tilføje farver til mine gamle fotos.’ Nu kan jeg.”
Genealogy à la carte: ”Jeg har prøvet et andet online farvelægninsprodukt, men jeg tror, at denne kan være den nemmeste at bruge og hurtigst til at producere resultater.”
Geneamusings: ”Det er klart, at de farvelagte fotografier kun er så gode som de originale sort-hvide fotos, og der kan være fejl, fordi farvelægningsprocessen prøver at bestemme farven på forskellige objekter ved hjælp af de grå nuancer på fotos. I betragtning af processen og begrænsningerne synes jeg det klarer sig ret godt! Tak til MyHeritage for at have udgivet denne vidunderlige nye farvelægningsfunktion. Billederne er mere realistiske end sort-hvide fotos.“
Og andre: Who Do You Think You Are Magazine, The Genealogy Guys Blog, Genealogy Bargains, The Ginger Jewish Genealogist, Irish Genealogy News, og mange flere.
I’m totally digging @MyHeritage photo colorization app. So much so that this one nearly made me cry. Her birthday was this past Thursday and she would have been 92. My late paternal grandmother, Donna Mae. #colorization #genealogy #familyhistory #bnw pic.twitter.com/VdxBdkL9yq
— becks💄💀 (@prettydeadlady) February 16, 2020
My Great Grandparents, Ellsworth and Mary Scaife Jamieson. There is just something about seeing these b&w photos now #InColor that makes me cry. @MyHeritage https://t.co/rAvi76RJpe
— MaryEllen 🌳 🧬📚 (@MaryEllen74) February 13, 2020
This is a game changer @MyHeritage! My great grandmother and my namesake (top left), Mary Eleanor Scaife Jamieson with her sisters. #MyHeritage #InColor https://t.co/hPfXT2zX9T
— MaryEllen 🌳 🧬📚 (@MaryEllen74) February 13, 2020
Wow this tool is fantastic. I used it on different photos and the oldest the photo, the better the result. This is the oldest one I have taken circa 1910. My grandfather on the right #MyHeritage #deoldify @citnaj pic.twitter.com/QdBS8lFzQC
— Andrea Medina (@andrea_c_m) February 15, 2020
@MyHeritage , you do know I'm going to stay up all night using the great new In Color feature, do you? 😉 #excited pic.twitter.com/pH3qAOC7Ul
— Marie Cappart (Histoires de Familles) (@histfamilles) February 11, 2020
This software is fantastic! My great grandmother, Mary McNamara Barry pic.twitter.com/zEsNrXHx44
— Jane Halloran Ryan (@janehalloryan) February 15, 2020
Welp. I'm not getting anything else done today. This is addicting. My great Aunt Jeanette. #MyHeritage @MyHeritage https://t.co/lowQjh84cq pic.twitter.com/GvZP73mRLZ
— Jenny Hawran (@jennyhawran) February 11, 2020
Playing with @MyHeritage #InColor, new colorization feature for photos based on deep learning AI.
Incredible results! This yellowed photo, circa 1880s, is my 2nd great-grandmother Mary Wallace & her brother. Now in color! #genealogy pic.twitter.com/wHkTkVIFQp
— Craig Kanalley 🦬 (@ckanal) February 15, 2020
My cousin said her 5 year old granddaughter finally started asking questions about her ancestors after seeing the photos of her 2nd and 3rd greats in color. The ancestors are more life-like now. 🙂
— WhatTheFunkyPhoto (@FunkyPhotos) February 12, 2020
My great-grandparents never looked so good (at least, not that I've seen)! Take a look at this new tool from @MyHeritage: it's quick, easy, and FREE to colorize your old photos! 📸 😊 https://t.co/92SylP7ESj #genealogy #familyhistory #photography #ancestors pic.twitter.com/cODSix1j3p
— Elizabeth O'Neal 💖 Heart of the Family (@eliz_oneal) February 15, 2020
This photo colorization tool from @MyHeritage is pretty cool. Here's my grandparents on the trip to Banff ca. 1935, where they met. Married in 1936. pic.twitter.com/JFv3ZH0ulm
— Fred Dews (@publichistory) February 15, 2020
My grandmother was my mentor for #Genealogy when I was seven. Here is my Nana when she graduated in 1914 from High School – Thanks to @MyHeritage #InColor I can see her like never before – thanks @MyHChiefGen and team! High five coming from me to you at @RootsTechConf #RootsTech pic.twitter.com/W0PM2rrNxk
— David Allen Lambert (@DLGenealogist) February 15, 2020
As a senior software engineer I declare this wickcraft, how did it know the weird colour of my mum's 1970s curtains? #MyHeritage #InColor https://t.co/OdNw14Ogi3
— mariegriffiths (@mariegriffiths) February 15, 2020
Really impressed by @MyHeritage's new incolor tool, and it works just as well (even better!) on photos without people. This is the famous wooden synagogue in Przedbórz, Poland that was destroyed in 1939. pic.twitter.com/mY2oEGSlu9
— Lina (@mybigfatface) February 13, 2020
I'm absolutely obsessed with @MyHeritage's new photo colorizing tool. It totally brought this photo to life. This is my great grandfather and his cousins around Halloween circa 1912. You can even see the color in the playing card on the floor! pic.twitter.com/166UjohbVd
— Matt Daly (@GenealogyMatt) February 13, 2020
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When I first heard about MyHeritage in Color, I thought why? I love my old b&w photos. But it's kind of great. pic.twitter.com/iLqrXbia8U
— Severance Magazine (@Severancemag) February 15, 2020
Take a look at this new tool from @MyHeritage: it's quick, easy, and FREE to colorize your photos! 📸 😊 https://t.co/92SylP7ESj #genealogy #familyhistory #photography #ancestors pic.twitter.com/wcfl8TRKLT
— Elizabeth O'Neal 💖 Heart of the Family (@eliz_oneal) February 15, 2020
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The "MyHeritage" ancestry web site has licensed the "DeOldify" software that uses AI to turn old black-and-white photos into colour! Here are war-time pictures of my parents that have been processed. Pretty amazin', huh?
(see: https://t.co/CnjW5Hg3j0 ) pic.twitter.com/IpzA05xhbW— Compost Pete (@BarneyWolSurrey) February 14, 2020
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Have you tried out @MyHeritage's new free #InColor tool yet? We've had a great time colourising our family photographs!https://t.co/onxav5Pkbw pic.twitter.com/Fg78xD3ZgI
— WDYTYA? Magazine (@wdytyamagazine) February 14, 2020
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— American Origins LLC (@AmOrigins) February 14, 2020
I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the new @MyHeritage In Color tool by @DeOldify: I've loved black-and-white pictures all my life. Having tried it, however, I must admit I find this AI-colorized picture of my grandmother, her parents, and her brother just charming. pic.twitter.com/GHvrZU4iwP
— Christine L. Howard (@clh_history) February 14, 2020
Thank you @MyHeritage for bringing my grandfather that I never met to life through the colonization of photos! pic.twitter.com/E5rq6jZjJO
— MaighreadMcKeigh (@MinaMcKay79) February 14, 2020
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— Craig Kanalley 🦬 (@ckanal) February 14, 2020
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Playing with the new color tool from @MyHeritage From all the tweets I had to check it out. I'm addicted. Next up, My Heritage will issue a tool to identify the person in the photo. Challenge issued for this picture. pic.twitter.com/c2yPFBVqd6
— Allison Shriver (@autahgal4ever) February 14, 2020
Today, I tried the #MyHeritage #DeOldify program to correct the hues in a faded color photograph, and it worked! The original of my grandparents c. 1950 on the left, the color corrected version on the right. Amazing! pic.twitter.com/9KRYZfmHe3
— John 'Eric' Taylor 🌻 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@johnerictaylor4) February 13, 2020
Loving @MyHeritage new colorization tool! Adds life to old photos. My family is asking me who these relatives are now! #familyhistory #score pic.twitter.com/mtEAhzJEdZ
— Valerie Elkins (@elkinsvalerie) February 13, 2020
@MyHeritage has a new function that easily lets you colorize old photos. I have been having a lot of fun playing with photos – here are some of Nashville during the Civil War pic.twitter.com/Q5Z9YEWeTF
— Tina Cahalan Jones (@Cahalanjones) February 13, 2020
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— Family History Hound™|Ellen T-J🧬❤️ (@familyhisthound) February 13, 2020
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It really is. I have been contacted by all sorts of family members since I posted the photo. Nice job @MyHeritage!
— Valerie Elkins (@elkinsvalerie) February 13, 2020
This is just SO amazing! Thank you!!
— MaryEllen 🌳 🧬📚 (@MaryEllen74) February 13, 2020
Decided to give the MyHeritage colorization a whirl. I was wondering if it was deoldify and it is. So here’s a 1935 photo from Osturna, Slovakia, home to my Smolenyak roots. pic.twitter.com/q9hv0su5gk
— Megan Smolenyak🕵️♀️ 💙💛🌻 (@megansmolenyak) February 13, 2020
I love seeing this photo in color! Try it too and be amazed. #MyHeritage #InColor https://t.co/ABmKMUfnuV This is what my great great great grandfather built in the 1800's & it's still around today. Amazing.
— Mrs Mouse. (@MrsMouseJo) February 13, 2020
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It’s Throw Back Thursday so this is me 50 years ago – my first formal portrait at a year old – yes in black and white! But now thanks to @MyHeritage my #TBT has a new twist with #InColor – was I a cute kid or what? pic.twitter.com/WLwC5rQ7yW
— David Allen Lambert (@DLGenealogist) February 13, 2020
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They talk about impact of software on people's lives.. Cant think of better example. Great collab to bring deoldify to the masses. Awesome work. 🤟
— Paul.web1 (@pastaduck) February 13, 2020
MyHeritage just added a colorization feature for old black and white photos and the results are amazing. Here is my great-grandfather Harry Robinowitz and great-grandmother Mary Zimmerman. pic.twitter.com/bO1s66LFf0
— Joshua Robbin Marks (@JoshMarks78) February 13, 2020
I discovered this new feature on MyHeritage last night. It was late, so I didn't colorize many, but of those I did, I was amazed by the detail that popped out from the former BW image. Of late, I've been on a scanning kick with my family photos, so this new feature is timely! https://t.co/v2nmUX8SVg
— John 'Eric' Taylor 🌻 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@johnerictaylor4) February 13, 2020
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— MJ (@MJoStout) February 13, 2020
@MyHeritage I can't stop. How beautiful is my great-grandmother Jeannette Munoz (second from the right,
bottom row) and her sisters. pic.twitter.com/bYBNniBZZ2— MJ (@MJoStout) February 13, 2020
Wow @MyHeritage. I can’t stop. This is wonderful. pic.twitter.com/44z5mf2XbT
— MJ (@MJoStout) February 13, 2020
Tried out the new colourizing feature on @MyHeritage , wow! Here are my grandparents when they were dating in 1954! pic.twitter.com/ejrq9mzqEP
— Shannon (@carma_bee) February 13, 2020
Such an exciting innovation! I love this. Thank you @MyHeritage!
— Taralyn Parker (@KeepMovingTara) February 12, 2020
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— Sofiane Hamlaoui (@S0fianeHamlaoui) February 12, 2020
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This is my 2nd great grandfather Samuel Wilkinson (1853-1946) who outlived his daughter Harriet who died a century ago today. To see this from #InColor by @MyHeritage is amazing! Thank you @MyHChiefGen pic.twitter.com/ENdkB2IQZ6
— David Allen Lambert (@DLGenealogist) February 12, 2020
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Everyone's having fun with this! Colourize black and white photos with MyHeritage In Color.
BTW if you recognize this Portland, ME boy, perhaps related to the Craig, Young or Parrott family, let me know. https://t.co/1xsJ6TznQ6 #genealogy @MyHeritage pic.twitter.com/m012BFwbIP
— Gail Dever (@geneaalacarte) February 12, 2020
Ok, I’m not usually a fan of colorizing old pictures (because you have no way of knowing the actual colors) – but this is cool! #MyHeritage #InColor https://t.co/VpjD6gsBAw
— Heather Wylie (@unxpctdisvry) February 12, 2020
This is what I love about MyHeritage. They are so incredibly innovative and raise the bar.
— Dr. Adina-My Family Genie (@MyFamilyGenie) February 12, 2020
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When black and white photos come to color, a new world is revealed. Thanks to @MyHeritage for making this awesome feature to awaken old family photos! #Genealogy pic.twitter.com/P3NDEdXRu6
— Michael Moritz (@michaeldmoritz) February 12, 2020
I used the #InColor feature on @MyHeritage on a picture of my great uncle Wayne this feature is awesome, I should look for more pictures to colorize pic.twitter.com/rhf1XXVBYP
— Douglas Rahm (@IcePhoenix_98) February 12, 2020
Probably the best results from playing around with the colorization tool at @MyHeritage this morning. My dad with one of my older siblings. Year unknown. #genealogy pic.twitter.com/UKWvrcIRNe
— Bruce (FML) Campbell (@beachdaze) February 12, 2020
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This is wizardry! Keep it up!
— Shashank S (@shashank21090) February 12, 2020
I’m loving it!! There went my afternoon!
— Sue McNelly, AG® (@KindredPast) February 11, 2020
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MyHeritage has launched a tool that colours old black and white pix. It's irresistible! See your ancestors in a new light: https://t.co/GLfqBRb12D#Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #MyHeritageInColor pic.twitter.com/ptbCIy51bo
— Claire Santry (@Irish_Genealogy) February 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/GenesBlog/status/1227498564953096192
Why yes, I have been playing with @MyHeritage 's free photo colorization tool! Haven't you? #Genealogy pic.twitter.com/Axv5fSkapD
— 🌳Jarrett Ross🧬 (@GeneaVlogger) February 11, 2020
Konklusion
Hos MyHeritage mener vi, at familiehistorie er en vigtig del af det der gør os til hvem vi er. Vores håb er, at vores platform vil hjælpe med at bringe liv til din familiehistorie og hjælpe dig med at bliver dybere og mere personligt forbundet med din families historier og dine forfædre og slægtninge, samt hjælpe dig med at videregive dine families skatte til de kommende generationer. MyHeritage In Color™ er vores seneste funktion til at hjælpe dig med at opnå alt dette.
Vi har været så glade for at kunne udgive denne funktion, og vi er ydmyge over responsen. Tilføjelse af farve til sort-hvide fotos hjælper med at bringe fortiden til live på en utrolig effektfuld måde.
Vi arbejder hårdt på forbedringer, som vi løbende vil implementere.
Prøv MyHeritage In Color™ i dag, og fortsæt med at dele dine farvelagte fotos med os – vi elsker at være en del af din rejse i familiehistorien!