The purpose of zoomed out comparison is to show the quality reduction of applying this tool. The purpose of zoomed in before picture is to show how a typical pixel misalignment. Aligned pixels can be easily imagined.
> The purpose of zoomed out comparison is to show the quality reduction of applying this tool.
Reduction? Shouldn't the tool be improving the quality of the image? If it is reducing the quality then why do it?
> The purpose of zoomed in before picture is to show how a typical pixel misalignment.
Okay, but how does this supposed "misalignment" look on the picture? Would I even notice it? If not, does it matter? Did they just zoom in, and draw a misaligned grid over the zoomed in image? Or the grid fault lines are visible in the gestalt?
> Aligned pixels can be easily imagined.
Everything can be easily imagined. Misaligned pixels can be imagined. They could just write "our processed images look better" and let me imagine how much nicer they are. The purpose of a comparison is to prove that they are nicer/better/crisper whatever they want to claim.
The way I see it, converting something to pixel art is akin to lossy compression or quantization. The goal is to retain as much detail as possible given the constraints.
The exact way that pixels are misaligned is a feature of the specific AI models that generated the almost-pixel art.
Reduction? Shouldn't the tool be improving the quality of the image? If it is reducing the quality then why do it?
> The purpose of zoomed in before picture is to show how a typical pixel misalignment.
Okay, but how does this supposed "misalignment" look on the picture? Would I even notice it? If not, does it matter? Did they just zoom in, and draw a misaligned grid over the zoomed in image? Or the grid fault lines are visible in the gestalt?
> Aligned pixels can be easily imagined.
Everything can be easily imagined. Misaligned pixels can be imagined. They could just write "our processed images look better" and let me imagine how much nicer they are. The purpose of a comparison is to prove that they are nicer/better/crisper whatever they want to claim.