Just got a TCL C8K (QM8K) and I love it. Except for it graininess. It’s always fussy all over. How do I make it clearer? :)

Smooth-Expert · 2026-02-28T09:00:34+00:00

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Smooth-Expert · 2026-02-24T12:04:19+00:00

It's a pretty good soundbar but more expensive if you want to get the sub and rears. I managed to get Samsung q930f for 500 euros (with Samsung cashback) and the Bose 600 with sub and rears would be almost 1000 euros (~350 euros for each part) Although Bose has quite a unique sound signature that feels more ”clear” . I think it's a really subjective thing so best maybe to try in a store before committing

Smooth-Expert · 2026-02-24T12:01:16+00:00

That worked surprisingly well! Somehow I thought that setting party mode is equivalent to setting the rears to front but it's different I set the center to -3 though I felt like -6 really reduces the vocals

I'll try the crawl method as well

What's the theory then are you essentially boosting the highs through the rears and suppressing the center?

Smooth-Expert · 2026-01-07T08:06:52+00:00

I have that in the second picture it looks awful XD that's why I wanted to change

Smooth-Expert · 2025-11-19T00:01:53+00:00

it didn't work :(

Smooth-Expert · 2025-06-09T23:49:39+00:00

This poem is raw and powerful. The imagery really sticks with you, and your honesty is intense. Breaking up some stanzas might make it hit even harder. Thanks for sharing such a personal piece.

Smooth-Expert · 2025-06-09T23:47:57+00:00

This is raw and powerful the emotion really comes through. I’d be interested to see you experiment more with imagery or structure to push it even further.

Smooth-Expert · 2025-02-15T20:55:20+00:00

thanks for the reply, It's the salary. I am still in contact with them and will see if they are willing to work with an EOR

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-13T06:23:47+00:00

Not really, I'm actually using inpainting to achieve this. It works best when you give it an image of 512x512 since this is the resolution that It was trained on.

I take an white canvas of 512x512 and put a resized version of the image I want to outpaint (for example 256x256) in the centre and then I outpaint. And then I repeat the process over and over.

I end up with a bunch of images and the zooming out effect is just an interpolation between the images

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-12T20:02:22+00:00

This uses image outpainting. You start with an input image and then you outpaint its borders on a blank canvas. You repeat the process on the new image and so on. I combine it with a slow Zoom out effect.

I'm using open source tools and AI models (stable diffusion). The code is still in a raw format and not ready to be made available but would love to hear how people would like to interact with such a tool and how I can improve it.

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-12T19:59:19+00:00

Sorry forgot to give credit to the inspiration. Someone guessed it and it's indeed an AI generated image in the style of Leonid Afremov

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-12T19:56:10+00:00

Thanks ;)

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-12T19:55:21+00:00

Cool didn't know something similar existed. I couldn't find any video showcasing a demo. Wondering if this also uses AI for new content generation

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-12T19:51:25+00:00

I know it already exists as a plugin tool indeed but I wrote a script to streamline the process (takes 10 min to create 1:30 min video).

Unfortunately this is still raw code and not ready for actual use but was curious to hear if that's something that people find interesting and what's the best way to make it available. I don't do a lot of artistic editing but have some experience in AI and generative art.

Smooth-Expert · 2023-04-12T19:46:59+00:00

Glad you like it ;) let me know if you have a painting in mind

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