Google’s Art App Now Turns Your Selfies Into Famous Masterpieces

In what promises to be an excellent way to stamp out a solid 10 minutes , the Google Arts & Culture app has been update with a newArt Transfer featurethat will utilize the facial expression of countless far-famed paintings and creative person to your own photos using machine learning techniques .

The last clock time you opened the Google Arts & Culture app ( available foriOSandAndroid ) , which grant users to explore iconic pieces and notable artist through various interactional experience , was belike a pair of years ago when Google added theArt Selfie featurethat used AI - powered image matching to automatically find portraits that easily match a substance abuser ’s selfie .

The latest update also works with users ’ selfies , or any photograph on their smartphone , but or else of scour a database for a match , it recreates the icon as if noted painters like Edvard Munch , Jean - Michel Basquiat , Andy Warhol , Vincent van Gogh , Keith Haring , Frida Kahlo , and Leonardo Da Vinci had created some of their most famous artwork using the picture as inspiration .

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It ’s not just a color filter with some overlaid faux brush strokes either ; Art Transfer uses an algorithmic mannequin born from Google ’s Artificial Intelligence squad . Based on the artist you opt , your range of a function could be radically modify with bolder colour , added textures , or even completely chopped up and re - assembled , make it barely placeable any more .

All of the paradigm processing occur topically in the Arts & Culture app itself , so you do n’t postulate an internet joining to turn a selfie into a drift - worthy chef-d’oeuvre , and you may pick out to serve the entire epitome or a specific part using a painting tool that lets you promptly play up just part of a pic . The consequence can also be easily partake in as stillness or GIFs to your social media app of selection , so expect to see Instagram and Twitter flooded with your friend doing their honest Mona Lisa imposture .

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