Introduction
CycleGAN uses cycle consistency to learn translation between unpaired image domains, extending tasks such as changes of season, transformations between painting and photographic domains, and changes in object appearance. It helps develop the idea that a visual domain or style can be learned statistically and transformed into another.
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Learning translation without paired examples
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Method and contribution
CycleGAN learns mappings between image domains without aligned example pairs. An inverse mapping and cycle-consistency constraint relate an image translated into another domain and back to its original input. Applications include collection-style transfer, object transformation, seasonal change and photographic enhancement.
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Art-historical interpretation
Editorial interpretation: unpaired training expands the image collections available for experimentation. A statistical mapping does not establish understanding of each image’s history. Artistic analysis needs to identify how the two domains were assembled and what their translation omits.
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