Pure black

One value across the whole frame: no texture, no edge, no horizon, nothing to read distance from. Paired with pure white, which carries the same information - none - and differs only in level.

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The picture

Pure black
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How the 13 shipped models read it

Each at its finest setting. The differences are the point - and the reason there is no score under any of them: a generated image has no ground-truth depth to score against, so what a map gets right is a judgment, not a number.

Depth Anything V2 Small depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V2 Small518×518Depth Anything V2 Small depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V2 Small518×518Depth Anything V2 Base depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V2 Base518×518Depth Anything V2 Base depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V2 Base518×518Depth Anything V2 Large depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V2 Large518×518Depth Anything V3 Mono Large depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V3 Mono Large1036×1036Depth Anything V3 Mono Large depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V3 Mono Large1036×1036Lotus-D depth map of Pure blackLotus-D1024×1024Depth Anything V1 Small depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V1 Small518×518Depth Anything V1 Base depth map of Pure blackDepth Anything V1 Base518×518MiDaS v2.1 Small depth map of Pure blackMiDaS v2.1 Small256×256MiDaS DPT-Swin2-Tiny depth map of Pure blackMiDaS DPT-Swin2-Tiny256×256MiDaS DPT-Hybrid depth map of Pure blackMiDaS DPT-Hybrid384×384

63 further models are on this scene too - they are in the comparison rather than here, because a page of 76 pictures is a page nobody reads.

The other 24 scenes

Alpine valleyAnime, cherry blossomsAnime, ramen barBlizzard whiteoutCG animation, bedroomClaymation kitchenDancer in confetti1950s sitcomFisherman portraitHorror forestKitchen dialogueMacro, beeMetro corridorMotorcycle chaseNews studioOverhead cookingParking garage lineupPixel art castlePrison mesh gatesPure whiteRainy night streetWatercolor illustrationWedding, soap bubblesWestern duel
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