Just to add it’s most likely deliberate the LOC images are flat. It’s easier to make flat looking images into something more contrasty than the reverse. Plus they usually look like that after scanning.
I can attest to the power of image editing. Grab PhotoShop Express on your high end phone for free and blow your own mind with your onboard camera. AMAZINGLY powerful and simple.
Great video! I just wanted to mention ImageJ -- it is free open source and used for scientific image processing. It can read anything and convert to/from RGB.
You prolly dont care at all but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my account password. I love any tips you can give me.
@@averykamden2340 I doubt a Linux user has an Instagram account, it's not impossible but improbable. He probably uses LBRY or something. When all backups fail on most logins (which I'm sure you tried every option, usually includes typing an old password, maybe some phrases you choose, 2 factor, back up email but I am sure you tried them all. If it's under your name you can email the company with a picture of you and an ID. (Giving them more info to sell, but your call)
I think the size difference of the download is because the file is compressed. Lossless compression does about 2:1 so the file is half the size of the image. In the early days of desktop publishing, the people doing it used the file size as an assessment of resolution, rather than width by height as separate numbers. That stopped making sense once they started allowing lossless compression in TIFF (they were slow in accepting that "lossless" meant compression was OK), and the variation in bits per pixel. But those "image size" numbers are probably a hold-over from that convention.
I think it is very doubtful if clicking a few buttons in a photo editing software is creative enough to create copyright even if the bar is very low => I doubt Sharpy really has any copyright on the images in question.
The "unedited" version was editied by the machine that scanned it, fading over time, the original photographer, and the person who processed the film and paper. Good luck.
The Nik Collection has apparently been sold to someone else, who now charges money for it. However, you can still get the original Google versions from torrents. Since they were free then, there is no issue of "stealing" from the new owner. Just make sure you don't download the non-Google versions.
I don't see a justification for the copyright of a free domain because of minor change. Copyright laws are going too far. We need to be fair with original creator but $500 for reusing a copyright free image because of minor restoration? That abusive.
@@JoeDitzel So what? Work does not equal copyrightable. The original case law was about a phone book, it takes a lot of work to compile a list of names and phone numbers of everyone in a city. But the resultant list is not copyrightable, it's public domain.
I always found it hilarious that Shorpy was charging for public domain photos. Most of their images only have very minor edits that can be easily run through a filter.
GIMP and Photoshop are fun software to learn. I love messing around on GIMP with scanned black and white images by opening them as RGB files and adjusting the color channels to find obscured parts that don't show up because they are the same shade as adjacent parts.
thank you for sharing this i am not to good at stuff like this but will try now that you showed me how easy it is.I think your videos are great please keep them coming i love to learn about science and history I also have a small home machine shop
Just looked up the Nik Collection. The old Google URL is 404, which is odd of them (no redirect? pfftth). These are no longer free, but instead owned by DXO and sold for $100.
Yeah I think Shorpy should charge you $500 for a public photo. That’s why I’m showing you how to get it for free 🤔. I assume most people already know a few ways
Seems the Nik Collection is no longer free - and costs $50 for the collection. Any idea where the old versions can still be downloaded for free, or when/why this changed from free to paid again?
This video wss an unexpected bonus. Here is an Australian version by our National Library, but be aware that they federate from a range of sources with different licensing, not all are open. trove.nla.gov.au/picture?q=
Wow. How can one tell which image in seller’s library has legal clearance before we buy it? What metric may be use to differentiate minor differences in two similar images?
I wish I could use stuff like this, but I have a Chromebook (all I can afford.) I also am not a fan of traditional laptops and forced add-ons, yeah Chromebook has them but I can stop most of them.
Just to add it’s most likely deliberate the LOC images are flat. It’s easier to make flat looking images into something more contrasty than the reverse. Plus they usually look like that after scanning.
I can attest to the power of image editing. Grab PhotoShop Express on your high end phone for free and blow your own mind with your onboard camera. AMAZINGLY powerful and simple.
Great video! I just wanted to mention ImageJ -- it is free open source and used for scientific image processing. It can read anything and convert to/from RGB.
You prolly dont care at all but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I somehow forgot my account password. I love any tips you can give me.
You had me at "open-source"
@@averykamden2340 I doubt a Linux user has an Instagram account, it's not impossible but improbable. He probably uses LBRY or something.
When all backups fail on most logins (which I'm sure you tried every option, usually includes typing an old password, maybe some phrases you choose, 2 factor, back up email but I am sure you tried them all.
If it's under your name you can email the company with a picture of you and an ID. (Giving them more info to sell, but your call)
Hey, thanks for sharing this. I didn't know this site but now I think I am going to use it for presentations at my University.
I think the size difference of the download is because the file is compressed. Lossless compression does about 2:1 so the file is half the size of the image.
In the early days of desktop publishing, the people doing it used the file size as an assessment of resolution, rather than width by height as separate numbers. That stopped making sense once they started allowing lossless compression in TIFF (they were slow in accepting that "lossless" meant compression was OK), and the variation in bits per pixel. But those "image size" numbers are probably a hold-over from that convention.
I think it is very doubtful if clicking a few buttons in a photo editing software is creative enough to create copyright even if the bar is very low => I doubt Sharpy really has any copyright on the images in question.
Thank you for doing this work loc library of congress
You are a machine man with a machine mind.
I understood that reference.gif
I prefer the unedited version, but thank you for the tip for where from to source the images. Very useful.
The "unedited" version was editied by the machine that scanned it, fading over time, the original photographer, and the person who processed the film and paper.
Good luck.
The Nik Collection has apparently been sold to someone else, who now charges money for it. However, you can still get the original Google versions from torrents. Since they were free then, there is no issue of "stealing" from the new owner. Just make sure you don't download the non-Google versions.
👍👍👍 awesome info. Great tutorial
I don't see a justification for the copyright of a free domain because of minor change. Copyright laws are going too far. We need to be fair with original creator but $500 for reusing a copyright free image because of minor restoration? That abusive.
@@JoeDitzel So what? Work does not equal copyrightable. The original case law was about a phone book, it takes a lot of work to compile a list of names and phone numbers of everyone in a city. But the resultant list is not copyrightable, it's public domain.
Great channel! Have now watched all of your videos and am looking forward to your next!
very helpful tips!
I enjoy your channel very much. I can't wait for your next upload
Excellent Video!! thank You! Liked !! Subbed off Your Marble machine creation. :)
I always found it hilarious that Shorpy was charging for public domain photos. Most of their images only have very minor edits that can be easily run through a filter.
GIMP and Photoshop are fun software to learn. I love messing around on GIMP with scanned black and white images by opening them as RGB files and adjusting the color channels to find obscured parts that don't show up because they are the same shade as adjacent parts.
love the work first class video
You are not messing around when it comes to research that's for sure. Now back to machines please.
keep up the good work.. you will be DISCOVERED
Very cool, thanks!
thank you for sharing this i am not to good at stuff like this but will try now that you showed me how easy it is.I think your videos are great please keep them coming i love to learn about science and history I also have a small home machine shop
Thank you for this tip.
you can get these for free if you know your way around a website
Great info, thanks for the tip!
Just looked up the Nik Collection. The old Google URL is 404, which is odd of them (no redirect? pfftth). These are no longer free, but instead owned by DXO and sold for $100.
Thanks for the info.
Yeah I think Shorpy should charge you $500 for a public photo. That’s why I’m showing you how to get it for free 🤔. I assume most people already know a few ways
That CornHub photo though....
Cool
So we are safe from a copyright strike if you do this?
where to find historical copyright free videos? A friend of mine need it for his PPT.
Seems the Nik Collection is no longer free - and costs $50 for the collection. Any idea where the old versions can still be downloaded for free, or when/why this changed from free to paid again?
I did some searching around and found this link. I have not tested it myself though: www.filehorse.com/download-nik-collection/old-versions/
yes. go to archive.org
example:
web.archive.org/web/20161114141957/dl.google.com/edgedl/photos/nikcollection-full-1.2.11.dmg
$149 now
anybody here first read "how to legaly use Sharpy" as in that pen
yeeeaaaah, but interesting.... in that not useful until its useful way that’ll now push out info such as cpr or not throwing water on a grease fire
Thank you ,
I’m from NM yeah we discovered 👽 aliens
am I the only one who thinks the unedited looked way better
I unaltered photo for history
So the images never were uploaded?
So it seems.
👏👏👏👏
This video wss an unexpected bonus. Here is an Australian version by our National Library, but be aware that they federate from a range of sources with different licensing, not all are open. trove.nla.gov.au/picture?q=
For example nla.gov.au/nla.obj-161042226/view
Wow. How can one tell which image in seller’s library has legal clearance before we buy it? What metric may be use to differentiate minor differences in two similar images?
Dang.
Everybody trying to make a buck off faketube. Screw this
I wish I could use stuff like this, but I have a Chromebook (all I can afford.) I also am not a fan of traditional laptops and forced add-ons, yeah Chromebook has them but I can stop most of them.
Adobe Lightroom is free for Android devices: top notch, industry level color correction app ;)
I might not see you next time - but one thing is for sure - you won't see me next time ...
Greed
Naaaaaa Fawck this bs