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Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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I've heard that DeepSeek v4 Flash 0731 has frequently assumed that it has vision capabilities and then resorts to inventing text-based image analysis tools when it finds that it actually can't see. In that case, this is a great upgrade for the model.

Anecdotally, I had to tell 0731 to refrain from viewing screenshots since it kept breaking its sessions by trying to read images.

Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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> Larger images are scaled down while preserving their aspect ratio, so that the total pixel count after resizing is roughly that of an 800×800 image.

It's useful but for OCR and a lot of other applications it needs to be a bit higher (eg: putting in a full A4 / Letter sized page)

Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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DS being unable to precisely view Playwright screenshots is the only thing I really miss from Sonnet. This is promising.

> Images are converted into tokens based on their dimensions, and these tokens are billed together with your text tokens.

> Before inference, every image is automatically resized:

> - Images with a total pixel count below roughly 384×384 are scaled up while preserving their aspect ratio.

> - Larger images are scaled down while preserving their aspect ratio so that the total pixel count after resizing is roughly that of an 800×800 image.

> As a result, there is an upper bound of 384 tokens per image: for example, a 2000×2000 image and a 5000×5000 image consume the same number of tokens after resizing. When a request contains multiple images, each image is counted independently under the same rule—there is no separate calculation for multi-image requests.

400 tokens per image results in 2,500 images per dollar, if I’m not mistaken.

edit: format.

Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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post #4

DS being unable to precisely view Playwright screenshots is the only thing I really miss from Sonnet. This is promising. > Images are converted into tokens based on their dimensions, and these tokens are billed together with your text tokens. > Before inference, every image is automatically resized: > - Images with a total pixel count below roughly 384×384 are scaled up while preserving their aspect ratio. > - Larger…

Oof 800 by 800 kills a lot of use cases

Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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post #3

> Larger images are scaled down while preserving their aspect ratio, so that the total pixel count after resizing is roughly that of an 800×800 image. It's useful but for OCR and a lot of other applications it needs to be a bit higher (eg: putting in a full A4 / Letter sized page)

Can split and feed?

Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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post #3

> Larger images are scaled down while preserving their aspect ratio, so that the total pixel count after resizing is roughly that of an 800×800 image. It's useful but for OCR and a lot of other applications it needs to be a bit higher (eg: putting in a full A4 / Letter sized page)

Can split and feed?

that's difficult as well, how do you k ow where to split?

Re: DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp

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post #4

DS being unable to precisely view Playwright screenshots is the only thing I really miss from Sonnet. This is promising. > Images are converted into tokens based on their dimensions, and these tokens are billed together with your text tokens. > Before inference, every image is automatically resized: > - Images with a total pixel count below roughly 384×384 are scaled up while preserving their aspect ratio. > - Larger…

Oof 800 by 800 kills a lot of use cases

flash vs fine details. Pick one.
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