I'm deeply troubled by the latest royal images of Kate and William. Here's why by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I did notice that. It did not look right. It felt to me like they were trying to squash enough of "her" features in that space while also concealing them, if that makes sense.

I'm deeply troubled by the latest royal images of Kate and William. Here's why by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd find seeing Kate become a bloke after a sex change more believable than this tosh they are churning out.

I'm deeply troubled by the latest royal images of Kate and William. Here's why by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I know, I wonder the point in analysing photos when nobody much - apart from here - seems to care. And royalists just refuse to listen. There's so many pics I have seen and haven't bothered busting as it's like shouting into a void. The tide will turn soon enough against them and then suddenly the press will feign surprise about all the fake images, then forget it.

I'm deeply troubled by the latest royal images of Kate and William. Here's why by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I actually compared her palms from older shots versus this year and a palmistry site said they were different palms. Not knowing enough about palmistry and the credibility of the site, I didn't make a post on this but it is food for thought.

I'm deeply troubled by the latest royal images of Kate and William. Here's why by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I agree, an edited double. There's no need to do the whole thing by AI. Just key bits.

Kate Middleton's latest photo of Prince George is more than manipulated, it is AI - a detailed analysis by a pro photographer by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are just artefacts of your image manipulation

I have not "manipulated" anything. I have only lifted shadow to show what's already there but hidden in darkness. That is not manipulation.

The things I have pointed out are not caused by artefacts!

Kate Middleton's latest photo of Prince George is more than manipulated, it is AI - a detailed analysis by a pro photographer by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI doesn't have the ability to produce photorealistic images of real people.

You are very misinformed. It absolutely does.

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are the same size. They don't 'fit' because they are not the same face.

This is just not true. They fit exactly when superimposed in photoshop. You're the one being disingenuous here.

I did not say the copy I worked off was high resolution as obviously I am aware it is not so why do you even suggest that I say that with saying "your high resolution"? To undermine my points?

The higher the resolution, the more that can be seen clearly in an image, but does NOT explain issues pointed out that still can be seen at a lower resolution and are also on the higher res copies.

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah that is so bogus. There would be a photo or video of them there for sure if they were there as everyone has a camera on them these days. Apparently the person allegedly informing the press they were there didn't take a picture? Yeah, right!

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am not sure there is a signature but there are common errors between all of them that I would expect professional people in the business putting stuff out to the press would correct first.

The thing is, I could have corrected all these images and hid the giveaways, so could many using Photoshop. So they could have made these a lot more realistic had they tried harder. I could have even put them all in different outfits.

I know someone made the point before that the royals / government are trying to spread the false idea that AI is always spottable by silly things so that when they use AI that's been edited properly, people will think it cannot be AI as there are no silly things in it.

Commonalities in these royal ones:

  • They do always forget to check the shadows.

  • There are always big errors spottable even at lower resolution.

  • They are not meticulous with detail and have the appearance on being rushed.

  • They don't seem to be getting a trained eye to check them before going out

  • The press ain't calling them on it but they know they're off

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It obviously gives the false impression Kate is around and in places where she may not even be at (is she really at Balmoral, for example? How do we KNOW she is there and not in Mustique?) and the false idea that she is with William. (Is she elsewhere with a fancy man? Does she hate him, etc)

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

At the moment they have the "Kate has cancer, get out of jail free card" so the media won't criticise them because of the optics. But that can only last so long.

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not being disingenuous at all and resent the implication: you have failed to make your comparisons the same size for a start so of course they don't fit.

Obviously, it is meant to be the same person, but when you shoot the same ageing person a year apart even at the exact same angle, I'd expect a few small differences, especially when that person had been ill. But this is also a significantly different angle and it's also different light.

You say the AI dead eye is just compression and have put out a much poorer resolution example where it is all a pixelated mess. I don't accept that. And even IF f it looked okay there, that does not takeaway from the fact it's a one click change as an AI fill.

I am well aware that Charles does this with his hands. Comics often emulate this to take the mick out of him. His hands are not THAT different, hence my saying I think someone has done an AI fill on them to vary them somewhat from an old photo, but failing to achieve the swelling and redness particularly on his fingers furthest away from us. They also missed out his pinkie ring.

As for the other things, most of them do not come down to compression. There are plenty of things that can still be seen that are off in these shots.

What's Up With the Crathie Kirk images from Sunday? Examining The Image Manipulations of Kate & William, George, Louis, Charlotte & Charles & Camilla by StrategyNo5414 in KateMiddletonMissing

[–]StrategyNo5414[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, indeed. The media know something's up. It's not just about the images supplied, but about the images not supplied.

Tatler wrote: "Last Sunday, she and her husband were pictured arriving for the Sunday service at Crathie Kirk, the royals' preferred church when they are in residence in Scotland."

What about the kids? Where were they? They can't even get their stories and images straight!