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AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime

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Re: AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime

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post #5

This was built on top of the Pytorch implementation [0] of AnimeGANv2, using gradio [1] and HuggingFace Spaces [2]. See the 100s of examples [3] posted by users. [0]: https://github.com/bryandlee/animegan2-pytorch [1]: https://gradio.app [2]: https://huggingface.co/spaces [3]: https://twitter.com/ak92501/status/1457033482115420160/retwe...

Does the app keep any data after generating the image?

Nothing is saved by default. Clicking 'flag' saves the input and output (only accessible to the space owner). More info on flagging: https://gradio.app/getting_started/#flagging

Re: AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime

#15
post #3

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You're right, see 100s of examples posted by users here: https://twitter.com/ak92501/status/1457033482115420160/retwe...

I guess it's impressive you can train a network to do that, but it doesn't look much better than a photoshop filter.

The Squid Game one looks kind of okay but the rest are uninspired.

Re: AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime

#16
post #14

Nice, but the problem I have with this and similar techniques is that if you zoom out sufficiently far, then you don't see a difference with the original image. This is not how "anime" is supposed to work.

Yes, it learns to replace the high-frequency features while leaving low frequencies intact, just like all those other style transfer CNNs.

Re: AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're right, see 100s of examples posted by users here: https://twitter.com/ak92501/status/1457033482115420160/retwe...

I guess it's impressive you can train a network to do that, but it doesn't look much better than a photoshop filter.

I guess it's impressive you can train a network to do that, but it doesn't look much better than a photoshop filter.

I'm not sure if you're saying it's bad because you're underestimating how powerful some Photoshop filters are, or if you're saying it's good because you aren't.

Re: AnimeGANv2: Convert Face Portraits into Anime

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it's impressive you can train a network to do that, but it doesn't look much better than a photoshop filter.

The Squid Game one looks kind of okay but the rest are uninspired.

There is one further down for a Comic-Con and it looks really good. The rest less so. But it’s a good filter.
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