Statistical Analysis and Transfer of Pictorial Styles Soonmin Bae, Frédo Durand MIT CSAIL CGG Style modeling Quantitative characteristics of image styles related to how humans differentiate them Style transfer between images Style interpolation and style manipulation
Composition vs. Small strokes Average power across frequencies Large and Smooth brush strokes, and Compositional contrast vs. Small brush strokes and less compositional contrast
“Natural” vs. “Artistic” Average coefficient across scales of steerable pyramid “Natural” image Flat histogram Ansel Adams More energy in the low-frequencies Natural image Low freq High freq Ansel Adams Low freq High freq
From Painting to Photo Original Signac Manet Ansel Adams
Applications Style transfer for photo and video Image retrieval Helps distinguish images Realistic graphics Helps understand the difference b/w NPR and PR Helps enhance photo-realistic graphics.