By FAR the best one I've seen is Billy the Kid performing "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees.

I questioned the authenticity of a couple of the photos as well, but it's certainly intriguing. The site asks for suggestions; maybe we should suggest additional photos...

Griff

Coal,

Thanks for sharing these interesting finds.  This was very unique.  A good use for AI.

I have one correction on the second video, though.  Their image of Bill Doolin is 'NOT' Bill Doolin but is of Heck Thomas the Oklahoma Marshal that hunted and killed Doolin.  Hope this helps someone watching, after us.

I wonder if these folks would recognize themselves.  The AI software has to make some assumptions to "fill in the gaps" and I wonder if they got it right.

Some of the details are kind of interesting. If you watch the firearms as some of these photos are put into motion, they kind of morph into generic "old guns" rather than following the form of the actual model of gun. Of course that is the software making those assumptions rather than actually knowing what that kind of firearm looks like.

Nice touch-up.

Pretty wild.  Several years ago there was a website where you could submit any headshot picture and it would animate it slightly, similar to the above but much less movement.  Watching your long-gone relatives animated was strange.  Obviously the technology is advancing.

Got these mad for my new 32/20. Made by Sack Peterson.

Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.

Track meet in Wild Rose this afternoon.

'Tis 42, overcast and blustery. "Blustery. Showers. Nearly steady temperature in the upper 40s. East wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent."

Slim

Here are more:

(This sure sounds like one of those spam/scam posts, but I assure you that it isn't.)


I found a YouTube channel where they're using historical photos of old West characters and turning them into short videos.  There are noticable flaws, including the provenance of some of the photos, but it's intriguing anyway. What do you think?


Griff

(I was tempted to put in a badly worded ad for online gambling, but I'd probably get reported to the moderators and banned.)