Deep neural networks can now transfer the style of one photo onto another

You’ve probably heard of an AI technique known as “style transfer” — or, if you haven’t heard of it, you’ve seen it. The process uses neural networks to apply the look and feel of one image to another, and appears in apps like Prisma and Facebook. These style transfers, however, are stylistic, not photorealistic. They look good because they look like they’ve been painted. Now a group of researchers from Cornell University and Adobe have augmented style transfer so that it can transfer the look of one photo onto another — while still looking like a photo. The results are impressive.

The researchers’ work is outlined in a paper called “Deep Photo Style Transfer.” Essentially, they’ve taken the methods of the original style transfer, and...

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