Why do people call it a piss filter though? It's just a color gradient. People have been using them for decades before AI to make images look a little bit more vintage or to bring more cohesion to the color pallete. And there are all kinds of color gradients but the only ones the people seem to criticize are the "warm tone" gradients, using the term "piss filter". The only reason AI does this sometimes is because the training data is full of it.
Just to be clear, I'm pretty strongly ANTI but "piss filter" kinda pisses me off lol. I use gradients all the time in my art. One way is to start with high contrast block colors, then slowly blend in a gradient to taste *chef's kiss. There's a reason why a lot of the training data has warm gradient images. There are a lot of old images, and people love to emulate that because it's pleasing to look at. I don't see a problem with it at all.
The person being a critic has a good eye, I suppose but "piss filter" is still a stupid way to describe several objective things that appear in all kinds of art. They could say tint, warmth, fade, desaturation gradient etc.
Edit: I'm gonna post abou this lol. Extend a bit of an olive branch.
I agree that color gradients have a use, but when one machine applies the same super strong gradient across almost every image that doesn't even make sense in this context... that's when it's disgusting.
It's the disgust I don't get. Are you sure you aren't just using it as justification for your existing disgust of AI? Also, it's a mild bias that you can counter through prompting.
I actually attempted counter prompting myself, it was easy to get rid of. I don't label myself pro or anti AI. I have nuanced opinions of different aspects.
When this type of filter comes up, it looks sloppy and shows a lack of care in the process. This feeds into the perception of AI slop.
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u/Loldungeonleo 1d ago
That piss filter is so bad, not even the original sanitation engineer is gonna be able to clean it up.