neural-animation

Implementing neural art on video. Transform video in the artistic style of Van Gogh, Munch, or any other image using CNNs based on A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style by Leon A. Gatys, Alexander S. Ecker, and Matthias Bethge using a recent Torch implemenation.

Example

Given an image of Edvard Munch's The Scream

and a clip from 2001: A Space Odyssey

We can generate that same clip from 2001: A Space Odyssey in the artistic style of Edvard Munch's The Scream

Use

Generate frames from mp4

./movie2frames.sh ffmpeg [source_video] [directory_of_original_frames] jpg

Paint a new video

python paint.py -i [directory_of_original_frames] -o [directory_of_processed_frames] -s [style_image]

Optional parameters -sf and -ef for start and end frames to 'paint' on.

Generate mp4 or gif from processed frames

With the correct parameters, run frames2gif.sh or frames2movie.sh, or upload to imageflip.

Setup

Dependencies:

• torch7
• loadcaffe
• cutorch
• CUDA 6.5+
• cudnn.torch
• ffmpeg

Acknowledgments

Thanks jcjohnson for providing the Lua/Torch implementation and graphix for frame manipulation.