The seminal work of Gatys et al. demonstrated the power of Convolutional
Neural Networks (CNNs) in creating artistic imagery by separating and
recombining image content and style. This process of using CNNs to render a
content image in different styles is referred to as Neural Style Transfer
(NST). Since then, NST has become a trending topic both in academic literature
and industrial applications. It is receiving increasing attention and a variety
of approaches are proposed to either improve or extend the original NST
algorithm. In this paper, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the
current progress towards NST. We first propose a taxonomy of current algorithms
in the field of NST. Then, we present several evaluation methods and compare
different NST algorithms both qualitatively and quantitatively. The review
concludes with a discussion of various applications of NST and open problems
for future research. A list of papers discussed in this review, corresponding
codes, pre-trained models and more comparison results are publicly available at
this https URL

本文概述了当前神经风格转移研究的进展，提供了当前算法的分类方法及几种评估方法，对不同 NST 算法进行了定性和定量比较，最后讨论了 NST 的多种应用和未来研究的开放问题。

神经风格迁移：综述

Neural Style Transfer: A Review

In fine art, especially painting, humans have mastered the skill to create
unique visual experiences through composing a complex interplay between the
content and style of an image. Thus far the algorithmic basis of this process
is unknown and there exists no artificial system with similar capabilities.
However, in other key areas of visual perception such as object and face
recognition near-human performance was recently demonstrated by a class of
biologically inspired vision models called Deep Neural Networks. Here we
introduce an artificial system based on a Deep Neural Network that creates
artistic images of high perceptual quality. The system uses neural
representations to separate and recombine content and style of arbitrary
images, providing a neural algorithm for the creation of artistic images.
Moreover, in light of the striking similarities between performance-optimised
artificial neural networks and biological vision, our work offers a path
forward to an algorithmic understanding of how humans create and perceive
artistic imagery.

通过使用深度神经网络对任意图像的内容和风格进行分离和重组，我们引入了一种人工系统，为艺术形象的创作提供了神经算法，并且在视觉感知的其他关键领域中的近乎人类性能展示了深度神经网络模型的类生物启发式视觉模型的特定任务的卓越表现的显着相似之处，为人类创作和感知艺术意象的算法理解提供了一条前进的路径。