Implementing Neural Style Transfer
Creativity and artistic expression are not traits that we tend to associate with deep neural networks and AI in general. However, did you know that with the right tweaks, we can turn pre-trained networks into impressive artists, capable of applying the distinctive style of famous painters such as Monet, Picasso, and Van Gogh to our mundane pictures?
This is exactly what Neural Style Transfer does. By the end of this recipe, we'll have the artistic prowess of any painter at our disposal!
Getting ready
We don't need to install any libraries or bring in extra resources to implement Neural Style Transfer. However, because this is a hands-on recipe, we won't detail the inner workings of our solution extensively. If you're interested in the ins and outs of Neural Style Transfer, I recommend that you read the original paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06576.
I hope you're ready because we are about to begin!
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