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I got scammed similarly (although $10, because I tested first), because 1. it was on YouTube, on a channel called "SpaceX" with verified logo 2. with hundreds of thousands of viewers live 3. with a believable speech from Mr. Musk standing next to its rockets (and knowing his interest in cryptocurrencies). This happened as I was genuinely searching for the actual live stream of SpaceX. I am ashamed, even more so becau…

Yes, this is the exact same scam.

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At $0.02 per image, it's prohibitively expensive for many use-cases. For comparison, the cheapest Flux model (Schnell) is $0.003 per image.

How many images do you need? What are the use-cases that need a bunch of artificial yet photoreal images produced or altered without human supervision?

I think people still expect a lot of trial and error before getting a usable image. At 2 cents per pull of the slot machine lever, it would still take a while, though.

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I've had a task in mind for a while now that I've wanted to do with this latest crop of very capable instruction-following image editors. Without going into detail, basically the task boils down to, "generate exactly image 1, but replace object A with the object depicted in image 2." Where image 2 is some front-facing generic version, ideally I want the model to place this object perfectly in the scene, replacing the…

Not sure what your exact task is, but I have a similar goal as well. Haven't had time to try alot of different models or ideas yet because got busy with other stuff, but have you tried this: https://youtu.be/dQ-4LASopoM?si=e33FQd5f4fYr4J5L&t=299

where you stitch two images together, one is the working image (the one you want to modify), and the other one is the reference image, you then instruct the model what to do. I'm guessing this approach is as brittle as the other attempts you've tried so far, but I thought this seemed like an interesting approach.

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I got scammed similarly (although $10, because I tested first), because 1. it was on YouTube, on a channel called "SpaceX" with verified logo 2. with hundreds of thousands of viewers live 3. with a believable speech from Mr. Musk standing next to its rockets (and knowing his interest in cryptocurrencies). This happened as I was genuinely searching for the actual live stream of SpaceX. I am ashamed, even more so becau…

I am flabbergasted that you both get scammed. I would understand if this was two years ago, but now? Do people really not know about these scams? I can already see down votes coming for victim blaming, but this is to me really shocking. Notice that there isn't "tell hn: don't get scammed by deep fake crypto Elon" because people who usually posts also consider this general knowledge. That's why it's so effective I gue…

Yes, I've heard about these scams. I've made deepfakes myself in the past. I've openly mocked people who have fallen for these scams. But this was sophisticated. Perfectly timed, very convincing deepfake, popular YouTube channels showing this stream during the launch, as if it were legit. The website was branded as SpaceX (the domain was obviously not, but I wasn't vigilant in the exciting hullabaloo of the impending launch). The instructions to participate were clear and easy to use.

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I am glad that I never decided to become a photoshop pro. I always contemplated about it, seemed attractive for a while, but glad that I decided against it. RIP r/photoshopbattles. It was in the endless list of new shiny 'skills' that feels good to have. Now I can use nano-banana instead. Other models will soon follow, I am sure.

Retouching is an art. To the pro, this is just another tool to increase efficiency. You pay them not just for knowing how to use Photoshop, but for exercising good judgement. That said, I imagine this will shrink the field, since fewer retouchers will be able to do the same work, unless the amount of work goes up commensurately. Will people get more retouching done if the price goes down? Not sure.

Especially colouring, In college I worked for a dude who would re-colour old B&Ws for people, 60% the work (the work he enjoyed) was trying to research enough to know reasonably well what colour something actually ought to be, not just what we thought looked good.

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This is the gpt 4 moment for image editing models. Nano banana aka gemini 2.5 flash is insanely good. It made a 171 elo point jump in lmarena! Just search nano banana on Twitter to see the crazy results. An example. https://x.com/D_studioproject/status/1958019251178267111

Another nitpick - the pink puffer jacket that got edited into the picture is not the same as the one in the reference image - it's very similar but if I were to use this model for product placement, or cared about these sort of details, I'd definitely have issues with this.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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You don't like the idea of GopherGeyser?

What are you talking about? I ordered 10 of them.

You couldn't have-- we sold out and are out of stock redesigning the board to be more usable during configuration and radio control.
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