When I see the style transfers, I'm reminded of the early days of Photoshop, and whatever else was a commonplace photo editing application of the mid-90s (like Fractal Painter). It was fun to play with the idea of oil painting, or watercolor, or to simulate paper textures. How is style transfer an improvement? Undoubtedly, it's more sophisticated and requires more computational resources.
Can it be used for artistic purposes, or is it only skin deep like those old filters? It looks to me as if this is pure imitation, your images of a night with friends at the street cafe, or stacking bails of hay can look like a Van Gogh when you upload it to Instagram.
Can it be used for artistic purposes, or is it only skin deep like those old filters? It looks to me as if this is pure imitation, your images of a night with friends at the street cafe, or stacking bails of hay can look like a Van Gogh when you upload it to Instagram.
Am I missing something?