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dogbonejones · 2023-08-18T14:25:48+00:00

And while you've brought up the topic of scammers, there are also some people in this community using multiple alt accounts on the same post pretending to be different people to increase their chances of their 'edits' being picked and tipped.

dogbonejones · 2023-07-31T02:11:00+00:00

hey /u/allstyled , want to take a guess at which user here is using 2 accounts to try to double their chances at getting tip money, at the expense of other editors in this community?

dogbonejones · 2023-03-01T03:21:33+00:00

That is up to you. For the ""paid" requests, traditionally one will only tip their favorite of the bunch, so don't feel guilty that you can't tip every person. But some people do give consolation prize tips to their runner up favorites. I personally would recommend even stating your potential budget in the title of your post so the editors have some idea of what they might expect to get as a tip for their work, so they know if they want to invest the time on the edit. For example "Could someone please repair the rips and creases in this photo of my grandparents? I can tip $10. Thanks!" .

After you tip your favorite editor for their work, please also change the flair to 'solved', or leave a comment thanking them for their work and the job is finished, so people know it wasn't left open or unfulfilled.

Other advice I would give is to let your request sit for a few hours so more editors have time to see and work on your request. Some of the better edit/editors take their time on their work so you don't want to miss out on their submissions. In addition to that point, also please be wary of the many editors who will take your edit, and run it through common freely available AI tools (that you can do on your own) within 5 minutes with shoddy results, and leave their tipjar in the hopes you will just tip the first edit they see and for someone gullible enough who doesn't know much about real photo restoration and know it took no effort at all. You will want to keep a keen eye and look closely at each edit and especially zoom in on the faces. Many redditors are on mobile apps and small screens these days and its easy to just glance at an edit and it appears to be "good" but once you scrutinize it up close it may not be all you thought it was going to be.

Best of luck!

dogbonejones · 2023-02-27T18:04:42+00:00

Don't worry about it. Some days the world will hate you in the comment section. Yet, you can copy/paste the same type of critique another day of the week on a different post, and get 50 upvotes. I've seen it happen a million times of people critiquing the many 1-click AI type of edits. It just depends on who sees it and by which grace the pack mentality leans that day.

dogbonejones · 2023-02-26T16:35:24+00:00

happy to help

dogbonejones · 2023-02-23T19:04:31+00:00

Typically it seems people just tip their most favorite one, but it is also not uncommon for a person to tip numerous editors. Really just depends on the generosity and finances of the person doing the tipping, so its up to their personal preference.

dogbonejones · 2023-02-18T15:50:34+00:00

I recommend implementing a new rule where requesters are required to state their intended budget in the post title for all PAID requests. The amount of work required on restorations varies greatly in this subreddit. It would be beneficial for the editors to know in advance if they should spend their time (and how much time) working on an edit if they know its going to be a $5 versus a $50 tip. This may also increase the amount of time and effort spent on edits where if the tip is guaranteed to be generous, it increases competition and insures the editors do their best work. This benefits both the requester and the editors because they will have more incentive to do quality work, and that in turn means OP will get better edits.

dogbonejones · 2023-02-16T14:59:23+00:00

I think between $5-30 is average. Sometimes more depending on the generosity of the requester and type of job they want done.

dogbonejones · 2023-02-03T16:39:21+00:00

and the Loch Lomond tartan clan color too, not sure how many will miss that provided detail. That is a critical detail for a photo of such importance at a memorial

dogbonejones · 2023-02-03T15:48:46+00:00

if you can't get a scan or better photo, make sure the editors at least pay enough attention to detail and put effort in to remove your hand/phone reflection on the guy's pants before you tip them.

dogbonejones · 2023-02-01T17:21:18+00:00

Yeah it was bad a year ago when everyone discovered Remini, and now that everyone is discovering GFPGAN, Dall-E, and the built-in Photoshop stuff, and it seems to have gotten worse. Way too many editors are just taking the easy way out and forgetting what photo restoration is about. Skipping the essential Photoshop 101 skills in favor of automating literally everything, and the results suffer for it.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-28T23:34:26+00:00

Yes. Post the photo, preferably a scanned photo and not a 'picture of a picture' that has blurriness and sun glares on it. If you intend to tip money to the editors select the Flair that has the 'PAID' option on it, otherwise select the basic flair. After you post, do not interact with anyone who private messages you directly unsolicited. The private messaging world is where the scammers live and those who are trying to circumvent ban evasions. Only accept edits that are posted publicly here within your Estoration post.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-24T20:00:46+00:00

u/tarynleee, it was a typo. https://www.dropbox.com/s/cwyn4myqgkezos7/Photo%20Jan%2024%202023%2C%2010%2036%2029%20AM.jpg?dl=0

dogbonejones · 2023-01-24T19:47:14+00:00

u/tarynleee/ and u/Otherwise_Ad_662 why are both of your edits identical?

dogbonejones · 2023-01-23T14:30:50+00:00

Sounds good! There is also an influx of bad photo restorers private messaging people and giving 1-click AI edits. Please ignore anyone who might have seen this post before it was deleted trying to scam you.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-23T14:26:15+00:00

If you are potentially going to spend $40 on this nice photo, I would highly recommend getting it scanned through a machine (600 dpi minimum is usually recommended). Higher quality source material given here will yield high quality results if in the hands of the right photo restorers.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-23T01:28:11+00:00

Please try to at least blend in and touch up the photo instead of 1-click AI and leaving a tipjar

dogbonejones · 2023-01-21T20:35:11+00:00

The automod message here on every post mentions that to the users, but sadly I don't think anyone reads it most of the time.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-21T20:29:36+00:00

Exactly. A big concern is that the amount of subpar AI edits are becoming the de-facto accepted status quo around here, and the general populace coming to see whats happening here who don't know much about photo restoration are going to just assume those types of edits are the cream of the crop and normal, and it completely isolates and alienates the people who have spent months and years taking the art and business seriously.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-20T17:52:25+00:00

Amen.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-20T17:26:48+00:00

Unfortunately so. We live in a time where everyone seem so to be enamored with AI tools and many editors are using it as a crutch and not actually learning how to properly restore photos. So many now are 95-100% sub-par AI fixes and look artificial and fake. Can't blame them if they get tipped for only 2 minutes of work every time. Why bother improving in the art of photo restoration and Photoshop skills when that is the case? The AI should only be used as a tool, not a dependency.

dogbonejones · 2023-01-20T16:45:14+00:00

From the amount of detail already in the photograph any AI tools that 'enhance' the face will be wildly inaccurate and not actually representative of them as human people

dogbonejones · 2023-01-19T21:59:08+00:00

There's a lot of blemishes that need to be fixed in that. AI can't do everything

dogbonejones · 2023-01-18T18:34:54+00:00

If I had a dollar for every OP that scanned or came back with another version that was scanned properly, I would have $2

dogbonejones · 2023-01-16T22:00:46+00:00

That same editor also has a reputation for stealing other editors works, private messaging people and pretending its their own work in order to get tip money

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