Aphantasia

This is a collection of text-to-image tools, evolved from the artwork of the same name.
Based on CLIP model and Lucent library, with FFT/DWT/RGB parameterizers (no-GAN generation).
Updated: Old depth estimation method is replaced with Depth Anything 2.
Tested on Python 3.7-3.11 with PyTorch from 1.7.1 to 2.3.1.

Aphantasia is the inability to visualize mental images, the deprivation of visual dreams.
The image in the header is generated by the tool from this word.

Please be kind to mention this project, if you employ it for your masterpieces

Features

• generating massive detailed textures, a la deepdream
• fullHD/4K resolutions and above
• various CLIP models
• continuous mode to process phrase lists (e.g. illustrating lyrics)
  • pan/zoom motion with smooth interpolation
  • direct RGB pixels optimization (very stable)
  • 3D look, based on Depth Anything 2
• complex queries:
  • text and/or image as main prompts
  • separate text prompts for style and to subtract (avoid) topics
  • starting/resuming process from saved parameters or from an image

Setup CLIP et cetera:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git

Operations

• Generate an image from the text prompt (set the size as you wish):

python clip_fft.py -t "the text" --size 1280-720

• Reproduce an image:

python clip_fft.py -i theimage.jpg --sync 0.4

If --sync X argument > 0, LPIPS loss is added to keep the composition similar to the original image.

You can combine both text and image prompts.
For non-English languages use --translate (Google translation).

• Set more specific query like this:

python clip_fft.py -t "topic sentence" -t2 "style description" -t0 "avoid this" --size 1280-720 

• Other options:
  Text inputs understand syntax with weights, like good prompt :1 | also good prompt :1 | bad prompt :-0.5.
  --model M selects one of the released CLIP visual models: ViT-B/32 (default), ViT-B/16, RN50, RN50x4, RN50x16, RN101.
  One can also set --dualmod to use ViT-B/32 and ViT-B/16 at once (preferrable).
  --dwt switches to DWT (wavelets) generator instead of FFT. There are few methods, chosen by --wave X, e.g. db2, db3, coif1, coif2, etc.
  --align XX option is about composition (or sampling distribution, to be more precise): uniform is maybe the most adequate; overscan can make semi-seamless tileable textures.
  --steps N sets iterations count. 100-200 is enough for a starter; 500-1000 would elaborate it more thoroughly.
  --samples N sets amount of the image cuts (samples), processed at one step. With more samples you can set fewer iterations for similar result (and vice versa). 200/200 is a good guess. NB: GPU memory is mostly eaten by this count (not resolution)!
  --aest X enforces overall cuteness by employing aesthetic loss. try various values (may be negative).
  --decay X (compositional softness), --colors X (saturation) and --contrast X may be useful, especially for ResNet models (they tend to burn the colors). --sharp X may be useful to increase sharpness, if the image becomes "myopic" after increasing decay. it affects the other color parameters, better tweak them all together! Current defaults are --decay 1.5 --colors 1.8 --contrast 1.1 --sharp 0.
  --transform X applies some augmentations, usually enhancing result (but slower). there are few choices; fast seems optimal.
  --optimizer can be adam, adamw, adam_custom or adamw_custom. Custom options are noiser but stable; pure adam is softer, but may tend to colored blurring.
  --invert negates the whole criteria, if you fancy checking "totally opposite".
  --save_pt myfile.pt will save FFT/DWT parameters, to resume for next query with --resume myfile.pt. One can also start/resume directly from an image file.
  --opt_step N tells to save every Nth frame (useful with high iterations, default is 1).
  --verbose ('on' by default) enables some printouts and realtime image preview.
• Some experimental tricks with less definite effects:
  --enforce X adds more details by boosting similarity between two parallel samples. good start is ~0.1.
  --expand X boosts diversity by enforcing difference between prev/next samples. good start is ~0.3.
  --noise X adds some noise to the parameters, possibly making composition less clogged (in a degree).
  --macro X (from 0 to 1) shifts generation to bigger forms and less disperse composition. should not be too close to 1, since the quality depends on the variety of samples.
  --prog sets progressive learning rate (from 0.1x to 2x of the one, set by lrate). it may boost macro forms creation in some cases (see more here).
  --lrate controls learning rate. The range is quite wide (tested at least within 0.001 to 10).

Text-to-video [continuous mode]

Here is two ways of making video from the text file(s), processing it line by line in one shot.

Illustrip

New method, interpolating topics as a constant flow with permanent pan/zoom motion and optional 3D look.

• Make video from two text files, processing them line by line, rendering 100 frames per line:

python illustrip.py --in_txt mycontent.txt --in_txt2 mystyles.txt --size 1280-720 --steps 100

• Make video from two phrases, with total length 500 frames:

python illustrip.py --in_txt "my super content" --in_txt2 "my super style" --size 1280-720 --steps 500

Prefixes (-pre), postfixes (-post) and "stop words" (--in_txt0) may be loaded as phrases or text files as well.
All text inputs understand syntax with weights, like good prompt :1 | also good prompt :1 | bad prompt :-0.5 (within one line).
One can also use image(s) as references with --in_img argument. Explore other arguments for more explicit control.
This method works best with direct RGB pixels optimization, but can also be used with FFT parameterization:

python illustrip.py ... --gen FFT --smooth --align uniform --colors 1.8 --contrast 1.1

To add 3D look, add --depth 0.01 to the command.

Illustra

Generates separate images for every text line (with sequences and training videos, as in single-image mode above), then renders final video from those (mixing images in FFT space) of the length duration in seconds.

• Make video from a text file, processing it line by line:

python illustra.py -t mysong.txt --size 1280-720 --length 155

There is --keep X parameter, controlling how well the next line/image generation follows the previous. 0 means it's randomly initiated, the higher - the stricter it will keep the original composition. Safe values are 1~2 (much higher numbers may cause the imagery getting stuck).

• Make video from a directory with saved *.pt snapshots (just interpolate them):

python interpol.py -i mydir --length 155

Other generators

• VQGAN from Taming Transformers
  One of the best methods for colors/tones/details (especially with new Gumbel-F8 model); has quite limited resolution though (~800x600 max on Colab).
  

• CPPN + export to HLSL shaders
  One of the very first methods, with exports for TouchDesigner, vvvv, Shadertoy, etc.
  

python cppn.py -v -t "the text" --aest 0.5

• SIREN + Fourier feature modulation
  Another early method, not so interesting on its own.
  

Credits

Based on CLIP model by OpenAI (paper).
FFT encoding is taken from Lucent library, 3D depth processing made by deKxi.

Thanks to Ryan Murdock, Jonathan Fly, Hannu Toyryla, @eduwatch2, torridgristle for ideas.