Add -normalize_gradients parameter

README.md

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ path or a full absolute path.
   when using ADAM you will probably need to play with other parameters to get good results, especially
   the style weight, content weight, and learning rate.
 * `-learning_rate`: Learning rate to use with the ADAM optimizer. Default is 1e1.
+* `-normalize_gradients`: If this flag is present, style and content gradients from each layer will be L1 normalized.
 
 **Output options**:
 * `-output_image`: Name of the output image. Default is `out.png`.
@@ -313,4 +314,4 @@ If you find this code useful for your research, please cite:
   journal = {GitHub repository},
   howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ProGamerGov/neural-style-pt}},
 }
-```
+```

neural_style.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 parser.add_argument("-content_weight", type=float, default=5e0)
 parser.add_argument("-style_weight", type=float, default=1e2)
 parser.add_argument("-normalize_weights", action='store_true')
+parser.add_argument("-normalize_gradients", action='store_true')
 parser.add_argument("-tv_weight", type=float, default=1e-3)
 parser.add_argument("-num_iterations", type=int, default=1000)
 parser.add_argument("-init", choices=['random', 'image'], default='random')
@@ -121,13 +122,13 @@ def main():
 
                 if layerList['C'][c] in content_layers:
                     print("Setting up content layer " + str(i) + ": " + str(layerList['C'][c]))
-                    loss_module = ContentLoss(params.content_weight)
+                    loss_module = ContentLoss(params.content_weight, params.normalize_gradients)
                     net.add_module(str(len(net)), loss_module)
                     content_losses.append(loss_module)
 
                 if layerList['C'][c] in style_layers:
                     print("Setting up style layer " + str(i) + ": " + str(layerList['C'][c]))
-                    loss_module = StyleLoss(params.style_weight)
+                    loss_module = StyleLoss(params.style_weight, params.normalize_gradients)
                     net.add_module(str(len(net)), loss_module)
                     style_losses.append(loss_module)
                 c+=1
@@ -137,14 +138,14 @@ def main():
 
                 if layerList['R'][r] in content_layers:
                     print("Setting up content layer " + str(i) + ": " + str(layerList['R'][r]))
-                    loss_module = ContentLoss(params.content_weight)
+                    loss_module = ContentLoss(params.content_weight, params.normalize_gradients)
                     net.add_module(str(len(net)), loss_module)
                     content_losses.append(loss_module)
                     next_content_idx += 1
 
                 if layerList['R'][r] in style_layers:
                     print("Setting up style layer " + str(i) + ": " + str(layerList['R'][r]))
-                    loss_module = StyleLoss(params.style_weight)
+                    loss_module = StyleLoss(params.style_weight, params.normalize_gradients)
                     net.add_module(str(len(net)), loss_module)
                     style_losses.append(loss_module)
                     next_style_idx += 1
@@ -339,15 +340,15 @@ def preprocess(image_name, image_size):
     Loader = transforms.Compose([transforms.Resize(image_size), transforms.ToTensor()])
     rgb2bgr = transforms.Compose([transforms.Lambda(lambda x: x[torch.LongTensor([2,1,0])])])
     Normalize = transforms.Compose([transforms.Normalize(mean=[103.939, 116.779, 123.68], std=[1,1,1])])
-    tensor = Normalize(rgb2bgr(Loader(image) * 256)).unsqueeze(0)
+    tensor = Normalize(rgb2bgr(Loader(image) * 255)).unsqueeze(0)
     return tensor
 
 
 #  Undo the above preprocessing.
 def deprocess(output_tensor):
     Normalize = transforms.Compose([transforms.Normalize(mean=[-103.939, -116.779, -123.68], std=[1,1,1])])
     bgr2rgb = transforms.Compose([transforms.Lambda(lambda x: x[torch.LongTensor([2,1,0])])])
-    output_tensor = bgr2rgb(Normalize(output_tensor.squeeze(0).cpu())) / 256
+    output_tensor = bgr2rgb(Normalize(output_tensor.squeeze(0).cpu())) / 255
     output_tensor.clamp_(0, 1)
     Image2PIL = transforms.ToPILImage()
     image = Image2PIL(output_tensor.cpu())
@@ -399,18 +400,36 @@ def normalize_weights(content_losses, style_losses):
         i.strength = i.strength / max(i.target.size())
 
 
+# Scale gradients in the backward pass
+class ScaleGradients(torch.autograd.Function):
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(self, input_tensor, strength):
+        self.strength = strength
+        return input_tensor
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(self, grad_output):
+        grad_input = grad_output.clone()
+        grad_input = grad_input / (torch.norm(grad_input, keepdim=True) + 1e-8)
+        return grad_input * self.strength * self.strength, None
+
+
 # Define an nn Module to compute content loss
 class ContentLoss(nn.Module):
 
-    def __init__(self, strength):
+    def __init__(self, strength, normalize):
         super(ContentLoss, self).__init__()
         self.strength = strength
         self.crit = nn.MSELoss()
         self.mode = 'None'
+        self.normalize = normalize
 
     def forward(self, input):
         if self.mode == 'loss':
-            self.loss = self.crit(input, self.target) * self.strength
+            loss = self.crit(input, self.target)
+            if self.normalize:
+                loss = ScaleGradients.apply(loss, self.strength)
+            self.loss = loss * self.strength
         elif self.mode == 'capture':
             self.target = input.detach()
         return input
@@ -427,14 +446,15 @@ def forward(self, input):
 # Define an nn Module to compute style loss
 class StyleLoss(nn.Module):
 
-    def __init__(self, strength):
+    def __init__(self, strength, normalize):
         super(StyleLoss, self).__init__()
         self.target = torch.Tensor()
         self.strength = strength
         self.gram = GramMatrix()
         self.crit = nn.MSELoss()
         self.mode = 'None'
         self.blend_weight = None
+        self.normalize = normalize
 
     def forward(self, input):
         self.G = self.gram(input)
@@ -447,7 +467,10 @@ def forward(self, input):
             else:
                 self.target = self.target.add(self.blend_weight, self.G.detach())
         elif self.mode == 'loss':
-            self.loss = self.strength * self.crit(self.G, self.target)
+            loss = self.crit(self.G, self.target)
+            if self.normalize:
+                loss = ScaleGradients.apply(loss, self.strength)
+            self.loss = self.strength * loss
         return input
 
 
@@ -465,4 +488,4 @@ def forward(self, input):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main()