Cartoonizer

Convert images and videos into a cartoon!

The webapp is deployed here - https://cartoonize-lkqov62dia-de.a.run.app

You can find a writeup on this webapp's architecture here!

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Contents

• Prerequisites for Google Cloud and Algorithmia
• Installation
  • Docker
  • VirtualEnv
  • Google Colab
• Sample Image and Video

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Prerequisites for Google Cloud and Algorithmia

These are important steps if you want to leverage Google buckets, signed URLs and Algorithmia's platform. Skip this if you want to run locally / colab.

Cloud Run authentication

To use any functionalities pertaining to Google Cloud, you'll need a global authentication file (JSON). You can obtain this JSON by following the steps given here - Getting started with authentication

After you get the JSON file, rename it to token.json (so that it's compatible with the codebase).

Set the environment variable in your terminal -

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/token.json"

Notes:

• You can set it permanently by adding this line to ~/.bashrc.
• Dockerfile already includes the setting of this particular environment variable. :)

Algorithmia

We used the Serveless AI Layer product of Algorithmia for inference on videos. To learn more on how to deploy your model in Algorithmia, check here - https://algorithmia.com/developers

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Installation

Application tested on:

• python 3.7
• tensorflow 2.1.0
• tf_slim 1.1.0
• ffmpeg 3.4.8
• Cuda version 10.1
• OS: Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)

Using Docker

The easiest way to get the webapp running is by using the Dockerfile:

1. cd into the root directory and build the image

docker build -t cartoonize .

Note: Set the appropriate values in config.yaml before building the image.

2. Run the container by exposing the appropriate ports

docker run -p 8080:8080 cartoonize

Using virtualenv

1. Make a virtual environment using virutalenv and activate it

virtualenv -p python3 cartoonize
source cartoonize/bin/activate

2. Install python dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the webapp. Be sure to set the appropriate values in config.yaml file before running the application.

python app.py

Using Google Colab

1. Clone the repository using either of the below mentioned way:

   • Using Command:

     • Create a new Notebook in Colab and in the cell execute the below command.

      ! git clone https://github.com/experience-ml/cartoonize.git
     

     Note: Don't forget to add ! at the beginning of the command

   • From Colab User Interface

       Open Colab
           └── File
                └── Open Notebook
                         └── Github
                               └── paste the Url of the repository

Note : Before running the application change the runtime to GPU for processing videos but you for images CPU shall also work just fine.

           Runtime
              └── Change runtime type
                          └── Select GPU

2. After cloning the repository navigate to the /cartoonize using below command in the notebook cell:

   %cd cartoonize
   

3. Run the below commands in the notebook cell to install the requirements.

   !pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. In config.yaml file set:

   colab-mode: true 
   

5. Launch the flask app on ngrok

   !python app.py
   

Note : Sample Google Colab Notebook for reference

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Sample Image and Video

Emma Watson Cartoonized

Youtube Video of Avenger's Bar Scene Cartoonized

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License

1. Copyright © Cartoonizer (Demo webapp)

   • Authors: Niraj Pandkar and Tejas Mahajan.

   • Licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

   • Commercial application is prohibited by license

2. Copyright (C) Xinrui Wang, Jinze Yu. (White box cartoonization)

   • All rights reserved.
   • Licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
   • Also, Commercial application is prohibited license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode).