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Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

SoftTalker wrote: post #437
mopsi wrote: post #294

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Not only architecture. I recently saw a dirty Cybertruck and it looked like a cheap prop from a 1980s sci-fi movie. Made me think about how well the average Toyota is designed that it manages to look good even on a cloudy day while covered in a layer of dirt.

I wouldn't hold up Toyota as anything special. My old Toyota pickup looked like swiss cheese from all the rust. Have never seen a car rust so much as that one.

> I wouldn't hold up Toyota as anything special

I would, actually.

There is a reason why a Toyota Hilux or Land Cruiser is the vehicle of choice for the most demanding use: the "Technical", on and offroad ad-hoc military insurgency, across Africa. (1)

The Hilux has a deserved reputation as "indestructible". (2) Not literally, but the best reliability for the money. Even after the bodywork rusts.

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)

https://defaakto.com/2021/06/20/the-technical-how-a-pickup-t...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War

2) https://www.slashgear.com/1247281/toyota-hilux-indestructibl...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2018/01/04/robust-mee...

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by csomar »

JimDabell wrote: post #457
csomar wrote: post #277

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Most of Singapore looks like the Soviet Union: https://www.google.com/maps/@1.3756813,103.9459007,3a,90y,26... Sun/Light has a lot to do with it. The place linked looks fine/tolerable but put that in the northern of Europe/America and you'll looking at the edge of depression (at least for myself).

Funnily enough, I live a couple of minutes walk from this spot, I guess you are nearby? HDBs can look a bit samey, but that photo does a bit of a disservice to Singapore. There are also quite lovely HDBs as well: https://thehoneycombers.com/singapore/unique-hdb-blocks-desi... And of course the surrounding area there is pretty amazing, loads of green spaces and wildlife on your doorstep. A large part of this video was…

It is a good place to live. I was just comparing how climate can make a place okay/fine versus not okay/depressing. You mentioned greenery: I'm a bit up north (Malaysia) and it's plenty green here too. Though that's more due to the area climate than anything they are doing (i.e., Dubai can't match that no matter how hard they try).

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by comonoid »

rollinDyno wrote: post #29
b450 wrote: post #5

I ran it on the "society if..." meme lol https://imgur.com/a/nFQN5tx

This is just Moscow

It seems you haven't been to Moscow for the last 20 years. With all the oil money + cheap workforce it looks much better than EU capitals.

It is rather Novosibirsk.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by AlexeyBelov »

throwaway132448 wrote: post #307
coffeebeqn wrote: post #246

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Not everything needs to be a business!

If there’s one thing I learnt from HN it’s how many people can’t comprehend this. Is it a byproduct of growing up in a very transactional or selfish environment?

I'm almost sure it is. I don't understand it personally, and it feels like grifting to me.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by xnx »

wateralien wrote: post #110

Top of HN and people are loving it, but there's got to be a better way of getting some $$ rewards for fun viral ideas like this than "Buy me a coffee". I'm betting he's got tens of thousands of sessions currently and nobody is tipping. https://ko-fi.com/magnushambleton Is there a better way? Asking for myself, also.

Insert product placement/ads into the generated images.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by CGMthrowaway »

theendisney wrote: post #212
CGMthrowaway wrote: post #142

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OK this is too fun. I did Reverse Anti-Render on a dreary scene in Moscow: https://imgur.com/a/mqMEPUl

I remember looking at an architect representation thinking, but the sun is always on the other side of the building.

There is a 35-story luxury apartment tower in my town, sold with the typical rendery renders, and the pooldeck is actually built on the NORTH side of the tower. Gets sun for maybe 15 minutes a day.

They couldn't rent all the apartments so they took a huge block of floors and started Airbnb-ing them (including allowing amenities access for the short term guests). To the great disgust of all the residents!

Trainwreck of a building.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe »

y-curious wrote: post #382
Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe wrote: post #207

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UBI does not mean you don't work, nor you can't earn a lot of money. It just means we don't let you starve if you don't work and we stop making you work out of fear of leaving you starve if you don't. I'm a psychiatry resident and developper. I have never been paid for my dev work but have produced quite a lot on my free time (site: w.olicorne.org ). I would do psychiatry pretty much no matter how much I'm paid for i…

Brother wait til you find out about inflation. Do you make price controls for groceries too?

Don't you think that with UBI some people could flat out refuse to be squeezed by the supermarket owner and decide to make their own grocery association not motivated by greed and so less subject to inflation? I know of several projects like this where people give their own time for free to work in that low price supermarket. It's not even registered as a company but as a public benefit association. With UBI and inflation I have no doubt this kind of thing would pop up and limit inflation.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by wateralien »

MagnusHambleton wrote: post #428
wateralien wrote: post #110

Top of HN and people are loving it, but there's got to be a better way of getting some $$ rewards for fun viral ideas like this than "Buy me a coffee". I'm betting he's got tens of thousands of sessions currently and nobody is tipping. https://ko-fi.com/magnushambleton Is there a better way? Asking for myself, also.

I saw it going viral before going to bed last night and spent 15min trying to enable payments but failed so made it block you after 2 gens using cookies and try guilt you into donating instead. Made me $160 in donations compared to the $500 in AI credits burned so not a huge success but at least slightly offset the loss. If the demand continues after this blip I’ll try add ads or make real payments work.

I feel like you'll probably (mostly) have two types of users:

1. Those who just want to see more examples.

2. Those who actually want to use this as a tool. (Even though it may have started as a bit of a gag.)

By having a gallery you'd save a lot of needless tokens so that you can satisfy user 1.

By having a paid actual SAAS option you can get $$ from user 2.

By showing a few tasteful ads as well as buy me a coffee you can get income from user 1.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by wateralien »

raffa667 wrote: post #269
wateralien wrote: post #132

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Just kidding. I bet you will do very well marketing it to estate agents and AirBnb renters. It's just the "prettification" of the world which gets to me. I hate Instagram for the same reason. Just grumpy me.

Totally get the concern, and I actually agree on the “Instagram-ification” problem. What ProntoPic does is basically what a professional real estate photographer already does in Lightroom: fix lighting, white balance, perspective, and sharpness. No adding pools, no changing furniture, no fake sunsets, no staging things that aren’t there. My girlfriend is an interior designer, so I see firsthand how much effort goes i…

Yeah that's fair enough. I've rented out my apartment on Airbnb and good photos are the key. I paid a real life photographer back in the day. As long as it doesn't change, clean or improve what's actually there in the apartment, and just makes you a better photographer I think that's fine. Good luck with it.

Re: Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings

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Post by wateralien »

wateralien wrote: post #469
raffa667 wrote: post #269

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Totally get the concern, and I actually agree on the “Instagram-ification” problem. What ProntoPic does is basically what a professional real estate photographer already does in Lightroom: fix lighting, white balance, perspective, and sharpness. No adding pools, no changing furniture, no fake sunsets, no staging things that aren’t there. My girlfriend is an interior designer, so I see firsthand how much effort goes i…

Yeah that's fair enough. I've rented out my apartment on Airbnb and good photos are the key. I paid a real life photographer back in the day. As long as it doesn't change, clean or improve what's actually there in the apartment, and just makes you a better photographer I think that's fine. Good luck with it.

I actually just recommended your app to my friend. Lol.
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