A little side project
Creative
photo filter
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5 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Performance: 0 for, 6 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Results look cool
From 3 comments
Looks really nice!
Kaotique on HNVery vool
tristanbvk on HNThe results are pretty cool, though it's a shame it cropped the edges. https://brushify.art/result/aa4e68ae-d9de-4673-830e-f88032ec50ac?couponCode=HACKER-NEWS
wingworks on HN
Fun progress messages
From 2 comments
Can't see myself paying $5.99 for one of these, but it's nice. I appreciated the fun messages in the progress bar. PS: Congrats on the little one. :D
hollowdene on HNI just loved the messages while it is processing!
diego_moita on HN
Objections
Very long queue and wait times
From 3 comments
The message on the page: It's a busy day! There are currently 512 people in front of you. Please keep this tab open! Estimated wait time: 7 hours, 7 minutes
pknerd on HN14h wait time
notyourav on HN> Estimated wait time: 2 hours, 35 minutes Bruh moment. I suppose it would make more sense to WASM the implementation and run it clientside?
moffkalast on HN
Output cropping edges
From 1 comment
The results are pretty cool, though it's a shame it cropped the edges. https://brushify.art/result/aa4e68ae-d9de-4673-830e-f88032ec50ac?couponCode=HACKER-NEWS
wingworks on HN
Slow processing
From 1 comment
Requests
Run processing in the browser via WASM
From 3 comments
The example looks cool, but I'm currently in an 11 hour queue :( Any chance of porting this to the web using WASM? I've used ImageMagick in the browser before, I've never used…
tfsh on HNHere's a suggestion, port it to run in the browser. Free parallelism, because every user brings their own hardware :) So it scales infinitely, for free.
andai on HN> Estimated wait time: 2 hours, 35 minutes Bruh moment. I suppose it would make more sense to WASM the implementation and run it clientside?
moffkalast on HN
Remove queued jobs when users leave
From 2 comments
It's not exactly a hug of death, but a wait time of 90m is a bit long. I hope that people that leave the queue won't be processed.
iruoy on HNThe example looks cool, but I'm currently in an 11 hour queue :( Any chance of porting this to the web using WASM? I've used ImageMagick in the browser before, I've never used…
tfsh on HN
Add example images on main page
From 1 comment
My recommendation: Add examples on the main page, so the new users don't need to overload your site. Otherwise the process is the following: I enter the page -> Upload image ->…
kuu on HN
Questions
What happens to uploaded images after processing?
From 1 comment
I understand it's a side project but you do have a paid offering. So I am curious what are you doing with the images after they are processed?
seshagiric on HN
How is the GIMP processing implemented?
From 2 comments
How is the image processing being done? In broad strokes, what're you doing with the Python API?
wishinghand on HNWould you be willing to share some details on the GIMP implementation? Are you actually generating brush strokes and "paint" the image or is it more filter based? The background…
ikkjo on HN
Alternatives named
Stable Diffusion with dreambooth
From 1 comment
It sounds like your app turns photos into a watercolor style image? You can definitely do this faster with Stable Diffusion (~6s per image before optimization). Here's how I…
synapticpaint on HN
Photopea watercolor filter
From 1 comment
> I'd like to play around with is swapping the GIMP script for an AI-based process Dall-e offers an API with some limitations (max 4MB square PNG, content filtering):…
bambax on HN
Instapainting watercolor filter
From 1 comment
Our watercolor filter produces pretty good results (the Flower Market filter which also happens to be the example shown): https://www.instapainting.com/assets You can implement…
chrischen on HN