Using AI to make photos of villages look like old sketches

When doing genealogy, I occasionally use ChatGPT to create images to beautify my family tree. This blog post is about how ChatGPT can convert modern images into drawings that show what it used to be like.

Strijen

In the first example, I used a photograph I had taken of the old Saint Lambertus church in Strijen. The building to the left was build in the 20th century, so it had to be removed.

Thus, I asked Chat GPT: 

"Can you transform the photo into a drawing with pastel colours? Can you remove all the poles, lampposts, and posts? Also remove the leaning building on the left. Can you focus on the church complex of buildings, and blur the background? Thanks!"

In this case I manually fixed the dark little door in the middle, because ChatGPT had messed it up.

 

My photograph of the church in Strijen

 

The church of Strijen with AI

Barendrecht

In the second example, I used an old photograph of the village of Barendrecht. The lamppost was way too modern, and had to be removed.

Thus, I asked Chat GPT:

"Hi, can you turn this photograph into a nice drawing? Can you remove the lamppost? Give it a bit of pastel colour? Thank you."

In this case I did a follow up with

"Can you remove the boy in the middle of the picture?"

Old photograph of the village of Barendrecht

Barendrecht with AI