I agree with you, some bad actors will unfortunately use this to manipulate their audiences, and I'm def not in support of that. But unfortunately only so much can be done to prevent people from doing that.
That said, my goal is to simply make the process of repetitive editing much simpler, easier and cheaper - sort of like the things they already do. But AI is super powerful and it can do much more than that and we may not be able to prevent that from happening. This should not make us leave the good things from the table though.
Virtual staging is sometimes a hit and miss for us, especially for small, constricted spaces - the AI would just blatantly changes the structural integrity of the room and show something else.
Outside scenery is even worse with different seasons, it's ridiculous some times. But we've found for the most part, it tends to get it right. The other good thing is it's not a one shot thing, you get to keep revising it until it looks exactly as you'd want it. You can even target specific areas of the image you'd like to see and edit that part.
I get your point, totally. My Goal with this is to ease the burden of editing. Now, people already editing their photos at the moment, and they spend a ton of time and money doing that. My goal with this is to make the process a tad easier, cheaper and faster for most.
Now unfortunately some people will take this too far and cover up every hole and crack, completely obfuscating reality. That will be the unfortunate outcome from some
4ditor founder here :). Our prices are actually on the lower end compared to what others in this space are charging. The market we are targeting is that which spends a ton on photography and editing, or that which knows they have to spend that much but do not have the budget, so yes you're right, that falls in the category of realtors, property managers and photographers.
A good number of photographers are already paying a big deal of money for different services to help them get professional photos, and a good number outsource editing - and it's quite pricey. So we're targeting this demographic so we can do some of that work for them. Granted, we will not do everything they have been getting professional editors do, but we should get them somewhere that is good enough for most people. Same thing for realtors.
Gotcha. That's what wakes me up every day! It's a work in progress so this should be getting better by the day. Structural integrity must be maintained! I'm on it.
My goals are really to make it easy for managers of these properties to edit their existing photos to look more professional without spending lots of time and money. Target is for them to just get the photos looking "good enough" bc I know AI won't be perfect as well.
Given, some people will use this to deceive their customers by blowing things out of current proportions but we can't help much in that case. Should I find any way to help though, I shall!
That said, my goal is to simply make the process of repetitive editing much simpler, easier and cheaper - sort of like the things they already do. But AI is super powerful and it can do much more than that and we may not be able to prevent that from happening. This should not make us leave the good things from the table though.