Using ai for player photos

BaseballMan · 07-07-2025, 02:44 PM

I have players photos saved for different years to try and mimic aging.
Dont like seeing a young Dimaggio in 1951.
Facegen doesn't look good enough for me.
So i started messing around with ai and then is what i got.
The last photo of the guy in the hat was when i just asked ai to draw a picture of John Conkey. The president of the 1872 Boston Red stockings.
I haven't found a picture of conkey but it did get the era right without me telling it. I just told it to draw a picture of John Conkey.
Do you think this would be useful?

cinemaodyssey · Yesterday, 07:26 PM

While those look really well done, the historical community tries hard to minimize AI usage. This is primarily due to assumptions made by the computer on what the player MAY have looked like.

BaseballMan · Yesterday, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey

While those look really well done, the historical community tries hard to minimize AI usage. This is primarily due to assumptions made by the computer on what the player MAY have looked like.

To be honest i barely gave it any input.
The ai usage doen't bother me if its not perfect.
To me its no different than facegen.
I will still have my real photos if i still want to use them.

BaseballMan · Yesterday, 07:40 PM

heres some more.
All from leonardoai except for al barker.
Its Aaron Judge, Al Barker (leonardoai),
Al Barker (grok), Cal McVey and Ivers Whitney Adams.
I wanted to see what it could do to recreate a baseball owner
from early baseball with not much information.
I did guide it bit on Adams and mcvey.

BaseballMan · Today, 04:41 PM

A young and old Cap Anson, Al Spalding, Al Reach and 2 ai photos of George Bechtel.
I think did pretty good on Anson but made Al Reach look too young.
Also finding that ai seems to think every man has a Tom Selleck or Rollie Fingers mustache.
Ai seems to like to make everyone look extremely young or extremely old.
Al Spalding looks like the closest representation.
Gonna try to put him in a 1871 Boston Red Stockings uniform.
Otherwise, whats the point if its just basically the same photo.

BaseballMan · Today, 04:42 PM

al reach

AESP_pres · Today, 06:48 PM

What do you think of this... I use AI only for my FG creation, helps a lot when you have just a blurry picture or one of those painted baseball card.

BaseballMan · Today, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AESP_pres

What do you think of this... I use AI only for my FG creation, helps a lot when you have just a blurry picture or one of those painted baseball card.

That looks great. Much clearer.

07-07-2025, 02:44 PM	#1
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,423	Using ai for player photos I have players photos saved for different years to try and mimic aging. Dont like seeing a young Dimaggio in 1951. Facegen doesn't look good enough for me. So i started messing around with ai and then is what i got. The last photo of the guy in the hat was when i just asked ai to draw a picture of John Conkey. The president of the 1872 Boston Red stockings. I haven't found a picture of conkey but it did get the era right without me telling it. I just told it to draw a picture of John Conkey. Do you think this would be useful? Attached Images

Yesterday, 07:40 PM	#4
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,423	heres some more. All from leonardoai except for al barker. Its Aaron Judge, Al Barker (leonardoai), Al Barker (grok), Cal McVey and Ivers Whitney Adams. I wanted to see what it could do to recreate a baseball owner from early baseball with not much information. I did guide it bit on Adams and mcvey. Attached Images

Today, 04:41 PM	#5
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,423	A young and old Cap Anson, Al Spalding, Al Reach and 2 ai photos of George Bechtel. I think did pretty good on Anson but made Al Reach look too young. Also finding that ai seems to think every man has a Tom Selleck or Rollie Fingers mustache. Ai seems to like to make everyone look extremely young or extremely old. Al Spalding looks like the closest representation. Gonna try to put him in a 1871 Boston Red Stockings uniform. Otherwise, whats the point if its just basically the same photo. Attached Images Last edited by BaseballMan; Today at 04:43 PM.

Today, 04:42 PM	#6
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,423	al reach Attached Images

Today, 06:48 PM	#7
AESP_pres Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Province of Quebec Posts: 4,004	What do you think of this... I use AI only for my FG creation, helps a lot when you have just a blurry picture or one of those painted baseball card. Attached Images __________________ The FGs I did for the Universe Facegen pack if you don't want to download the complete file everytime the pack is updated. The complete set (1871 to 1978) Just the update.

Yesterday, 07:26 PM	#2
cinemaodyssey All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,998	While those look really well done, the historical community tries hard to minimize AI usage. This is primarily due to assumptions made by the computer on what the player MAY have looked like.