The return of Neural Style

Neural Style is back: https://github.com/cse84/ComfyUI-NeuralStyle .

I got my start in AI on https://www.ostagram.me/ and reading "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style" by Gatys, Ecker & Bethge . Unfortunately, my favorite implementation is based on luatorch, and so I reimplemented it in pytorch as a ComfyUI node: https://github.com/cse84/ComfyUI-NeuralStyle .

I got my practical start in artificial intelligence gawking at images on https://www.ostagram.me/ and wondering how neural style transfer works in detail. After some digging I found "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style" by Gatys, Ecker & Bethge and an implementation of this algorithm by J.C. Johnson. Unfortunately, this implementation is based on old Torch , i.e. luatorch, and that is no longer maintained and really painful to install. I wanted to use it again and was forced to reimplement it myself, because the still working pytorch implementations didn't do everything I wanted. For ease of use, I wrapped it into a custom ComfyUI node and published it here: https://github.com/cse84/ComfyUI-NeuralStyle .

I got my practical start in artificial intelligence gawking at images on https://www.ostagram.me/ (formerly ostagram.ru) and wondering how neural style transfer works in detail. After some digging I found "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style" by Gatys, Ecker & Bethge and an implementation of this algorithm by J.C. Johnson. Unfortunately, this implementation is based on old Torch , i.e. luatorch, and that is no longer maintained and really painful to install. I wanted to use it again and was forced to reimplement it myself, because the still working pytorch implementations didn't do everything I wanted. For ease of use, I wrapped it into a custom ComfyUI node and published it here: https://github.com/cse84/ComfyUI-NeuralStyle . Please use it plenty and publish your results. Also, here is an animation of the optimization process and more examples:

Paralinguistic/connotation key:

Mocking
Sarcasm, e.g. "Homeopathy fans are a really well-educated bunch"
Statement not to be taken literally, e.g. "There is a trillion reasons not to go there"
Non-serious/joking statement, e.g. "I'm a meat popsicle"
Personal opinion, e.g. "I think Alex Jones is an asshole"
Personal taste, e.g. "I like Star Trek"
If I remember correctly
Hypothesis/hypothetical speech, e.g. "Assuming homo oeconomicus, advertisement doesn't work"
Unsure, e.g. "The universe might be infinite"
2 or more synonyms (i.e. not alternatives), e.g. "aubergine or eggplant"
2 or more alternatives (i.e. not synonyms), e.g. "left or right"
A proper name, e.g. "Rome"

One always hopes that these wouldn't be necessary, but in the interest of avoiding ambiguity and aiding non-native English speakers, here they are. And to be clear: These are not guesses or suggestions, but rather definite statements made by the author. For example, if you think a certain expression would not usually be taken as a joke, but the author marks it as a joke, the expression shall be understood as a joke, i.e. the paralinguistic/connotation key takes precedence over the literal text. Any disagreement about the correct/incorrect usage of the expression may be ascribed to a lack of education and/or lack of tact on the part of the author if it pleases you.