TIL an AI tool helped me fix my photo editing in 10 minutes flat

I overheard a graphic designer at a coffee shop in Denver talking about how AI can color match photos automatically. She mentioned a free tool called Palette.fm that uses AI to recolor images based on text prompts. I gave it a shot on a batch of 50 old vacation photos from 2019 that had weird lighting. It matched the skin tones and sky colors in under 10 minutes, which would have taken me hours in Photoshop. Has anyone else tried this tool or found something similar for batch editing?

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the_laura9d ago

...but did you check how accurate the color matching actually was on DETAILS like individual hairs or small objects? Because I tried a similar AI tool for batch editing product photos and it kept messing up complex textures. Like, it would make a red apple look orange or completely wash out the grain on wood surfaces. Palette.fm sounds cool but I'm wondering if it handles tricky stuff or just does the quick broad strokes thing.

henderson.wesley8d ago

My sister tried it on a photo of her cat and the fur came out looking like neon green yarn.

riley_schmidt8d ago

Quick broad strokes" is basically the name of the game with most AI tools right now, isn't it? My sister tried it on a photo of her cat and the fur came out looking like neon green yarn. So yeah, I'd say the "complex texture" thing is a real problem. It's like the AI sees "fur" or "wood" and just guesses a color, then fills it in with zero care for the actual details. I'd bet money Palette.fm is the same story once you zoom in on anything smaller than a dinner plate.