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About
Edges2Cats is an image-to-image tool which uses a neural network of stock images to turn line drawings into pictures of cats.
History
In February 2017, developer Christopher Hesse released several tools using the pix2pix image translator ported to the TensorFlow open-source software library.[1] Among the tools included edges2cats, which turns line drawings into cat photographs (shown below).
Online Presence
On February 21st, Twitter users began sharing screenshots of cat images made with the tool, many of which were accompanied by the hashtag "#edges2cats"[7] (shown below).
Meanwhile, @EimhinMcNamara uploaded a video of the edges2cats app processing an animation of an anthropomorphic cat (shown below).
News Media Coverage
In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the web application, including Laughing Squid,[2] Kotaku,[3] Business Insider,[4] The Verge[5] and UpRoxx.[6]
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1] Affinelayer – Image-to-Image Demo
[2] Laughing Squid – edges2cats An Online Tool That Uses a Computer Neural Network to Generate Images of Cats
[3] Kotaku – Turn Cat Doodles Into Horrific Cat Photographs
[4] Business Insider – This website turns your cat pictures into photos
[5] The Verge – Please meet my terrible fur sons
[6] UpRoxx – This Website Will Turn Your Cat Doodles Into Unmitigated Nightmare Fuel
[7] Twitter – #edges2cats
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