[SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 (Technical Communications)] StyleGaussian: Instant 3D Style Transfer with Gaussian Splatting

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This repository contains a pytorch implementation for the paper: StyleGaussian: Instant 3D Style Transfer with Gaussian Splatting. StyleGaussian is a novel 3D style transfer pipeline that enables instant style transfer while preserving real-time rendering and strict multi-view consistency.

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Contents

• 1 Installation
• 2 Quick Start
  • 2.1 Interactive Remote Viewer
  • 2.2 Inference Rendering
• 3 Training
  • 3.1 Train from Scratch
  • 3.2 Train Step by Step
  • 3.3 Train with Initialization
• 4 Acknowledgements
• 5 Citation

1 Installation

We use Mamba to manage the environment for its quick speed, while Conda can also be used.

mamba env create -f environment.yml -n stylegaussian

2 Quick Start

Datasets and Checkpoints (Google Drive)

Please download the pre-processed datasets and put them in the datasets folder. We also provide the pre-trained checkpoints, which should be put in the output folder. If you change the location of the datasets or the location of the checkpoints, please modify the model_path or source_path accordingly in the cfg_args in the checkpoint folder.

2.1 Interactive Remote Viewer

train.mp4

Our interactive remote viewer is based on Viser. To start the viewer, run the following command:

python viewer.py -m [model_path] --style_folder [style_folder] --viewer_port [viewer_port]

# for example:
python viewer.py -m output/train/artistic/default --style_folder images --viewer_port 8080

where model_path is the path to the pre-trained model, named as output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name], style_folder is the folder containing the style images, and viewer_port is the port number for the viewer. --style_folder and --viewer_port are optional arguments.

Usage:

1. Rendering Settings. Use the mouse to rotate the camera, and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Use WASD to move the camera, QE to move up and down. You can choose the viewpoint from the training views. Click Reset View to reset the up direction. You can also change the rendering resolution and image quality which affect the rendering speed as the refrasing speed is limited by the internet speed.
2. Style Transfer. The rendering will start once you specify the style image path in Style Image text box and the style will be transferred instantly. The Random Style button will randomly select a style image from the style folder. Click the Display Style Image button to display the style image at the lower right corner.
3. Style Interpolation. You can interpolate between two style images by specifying the image paths of the two style images in Style 1 and Style 2. The interpolation ratio can be adjusted by the slider. The Style 1 image is displayed at the lower left corner and the Style 2 image is displayed at the lower right corner.

2.2 Inference Rendering

1. Style Transfer

You can perform style transfer on a scene with a single style image by:

python render.py -m [model_path] --style [style_image_path] 

# for example:
python render.py -m output/train/artistic/default --style images/0.jpg

where model_path is the path to the pre-trained model, named as output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name], and style_image_path is the path to the style image. The rendered stylized multi-view images will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name]/train folder.

2. Style Interpolation

You can perform style interpolation on a scene with four style images by:

python render.py -m [model_path] --style [style_image_path1] [style_image_path2] [style_image_path3] [style_image_path4]

# for example:
python render.py -m output/train/artistic/default --style images/0.jpg images/1.jpg images/2.jpg images/3.jpg

where model_path is the path to the pre-trained model, named as output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name], and style_image_path1, style_image_path2, style_image_path3, style_image_path4 are the paths to the four style images. The rendered interpolated stylized visualizations will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name]/style_interpolation folder.

3 Training

We use the WikiArt Dataset as the style images dataset.

3.1 Train from Scratch

You can train the model from scratch by:

python train.py --data [dataset_path] --wikiartdir [wikiart_path] --exp_name [exp_name]

# for example:
python train.py --data datasets/train --wikiartdir datasets/wikiart --exp_name default

where dataset_path is the path to the training dataset, wikiart_path is the path to the WikiArt dataset, and exp_name is the name of the experiment. The training process will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name] folder. --exp_name is an optional argument.

3.2 Train Step by Step

Alternatively, you can train the model step by step. StyleGaussian is trained in three steps: reconstruction training, feature embedding training, and style transfer training. These three steps can be trained separately by:

1. Reconstruction Training

python train_reconstruction.py -s [dataset_path]

# for example:
python train_reconstruction.py -s datasets/train

The trained reconstruction model will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/reconstruction folder.

2. Feature Embedding Training

python train_feature.py -s [dataset_path] --ply_path [ply_path]

# for example:
python train_feature.py -s datasets/train --ply_path output/train/reconstruction/default/point_cloud/iteration_30000/point_cloud.ply

where dataset_path is the path to the training dataset, and ply_path is the path to the 3D Gaussians reconstructed from the reconstruction training stage, name as output/[scene_name]/reconstruction/[exp_name]/point_cloud/iteration_30000/point_cloud.ply. The trained feature embedding model will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/feature folder.

3. Style Transfer Training

python train_artistic.py -s [dataset_path] --wikiartdir [wikiart_path] --ckpt_path [feature_ckpt_path] --style_weight [style_weight] 

# for example:
python train_artistic.py -s datasets/train --wikiartdir datasets/wikiart --ckpt_path output/train/feature/default/chkpnt/feature.pth --style_weight 10

where dataset_path is the path to the training dataset, wikiart_path is the path to the WikiArt dataset, feature_ckpt_path is the path to the checkpoint of the feature embedding model, named as output/[scene_name]/feature/[exp_name]/chkpnt/feature.pth, and style_weight is the weight for the style loss. The trained style transfer model will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name] folder. --style_weight is an optional argument.

3.3 Train with Initialization

You can save the training time of the style transfer training stage by initializing the model with the trained model of another scene by:

python train_artistic.py -s [dataset_path] --wikiartdir [wikiart_path] --ckpt_path [feature_ckpt_path] --style_weight [style_weight] --decoder_path [init_ckpt_path]

# for example:
python train_artistic.py -s datasets/train --wikiartdir datasets/wikiart --ckpt_path output/train/feature/default/chkpnt/feature.pth --style_weight 10 --decoder_path output/truck/artistic/default/chkpnt/gaussians.pth

where dataset_path is the path to the training dataset, wikiart_path is the path to the WikiArt dataset, feature_ckpt_path is the path to the checkpoint of the feature embedding model, named as output/[scene_name]/feature/[exp_name]/chkpnt/feature.pth, style_weight is the weight for the style loss, and init_ckpt_path is the path to the checkpoint of the trained model of another scene, named as output/[another_scene]/artistic/[exp_name]/chkpnt/gaussians.pth. The trained style transfer model will be saved in the output/[scene_name]/artistic/[exp_name] folder.

4 Acknowledgements

Our work is based on 3D Gaussian Splatting and StyleRF. We thank the authors for their great work and open-sourcing the code.

5 Citation

@article{liu2023stylegaussian,
  title={StyleGaussian: Instant 3D Style Transfer with Gaussian Splatting},
  author={Liu, Kunhao and Zhan, Fangneng and Xu, Muyu and Theobalt, Christian and Shao, Ling and Lu, Shijian},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.07807},
  year={2024},
}