Prisma for Android comes out of beta, servers go down

25 July, 2016
Servers are overloaded by the launch day crowd, so the app may not work for you right now.

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  • The Artist
  • U{t
  • 26 Jul 2016

Haha. How's that? prisma servers got down lol and people can't edit their pics to create art out of them. Lol. It would have been better if the editing was done offline.

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    • AnonD-564510
    • Krj
    • 25 Jul 2016

    This was a completely foreseeable issue, since Prisma processes your pics on servers (oh, and you also have to grant them a huge licence to use your images however they want. Uncomfortable, to say the least). And this is just for rendering in low-resolution, can't imagine what would happend if they enable HD processing or video, as they've announced.
    There's an alternative app on the iOS market (and coming soon for Android and WP) - Painnt - that also uses neural networks but processes the images directly on your device, rather than sending them to a random server somewhere in Russia. Painnt also allows HD rendering and doesn't force you to square-crop your pics. It's free to download here http://apple.co/29IYZ9c

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      • Anonymous
      • MRk
      • 25 Jul 2016

      Actually it cannot work offline.
      All processing is done in the cloud on the team’s server, rather than on the device.
      The server has something like three neural networks. So your device is not able to do it offline, the operations are too difficult, as Prisma is not simply a set of filters you usually download on you smartphone.

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        • AnonD-415848
        • 0x5
        • 25 Jul 2016

        AnonD-415848, 25 Jul 2016Ever heard of NSA's PRISM program? This app is called PRISM... moreOh, and it's developed by russians :))

        http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-prisma-behind-hip-new-app-that-turns-your-photos-into-impressionist-paintings-using-ai-1571191

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          • AnonD-415848
          • 0x5
          • 25 Jul 2016

          Anonymous, 25 Jul 2016So no offline mode? What a deal breaker!Ever heard of NSA's PRISM program? This app is called PRISMA and it just so happens it requires you to upload every picture you take to their servers. Coincidence? :)

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            • Dan
            • ajT
            • 25 Jul 2016

            Why the photos have to go from my phone to their servers? What are they doing with my photos?
            Why are they don't release the app that can do that conversion into the smartphone?

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              • Anonymous
              • t}s
              • 25 Jul 2016

              So no offline mode? What a deal breaker!

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                • Anonymous
                • IWQ
                • 25 Jul 2016

                That's the thing i didn't like. Depending on server to render but i guess that's how it turn out so beautiful.

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