What is Style Transfer?
TL;DR
AI technology that applies the artistic style of one image to another. Used for converting photos to painting styles.
Style Transfer: Definition & Explanation
Style transfer is an AI technology that applies the artistic style (color palette, brushstrokes, textures) of one image to another. For example, it can convert a photograph into a Van Gogh-style oil painting or a ukiyo-e illustration. It leverages the property of CNN intermediate layers to capture style features, originating from Neural Style Transfer proposed by Gatys et al. in 2015. Real-time processing methods have since been developed, and it is widely used in social media filters, art creation, and game visual development. Similar effects can be achieved with Stable Diffusion's image-to-image and ControlNet features.