Color Transfer

Color transfer is a practical method to change the appearance of a source image according to the color patternof a target image.
This program is the implementation of the paper Color Transfer between Images by Erik Reinhard, Michael Ashikhmin, Bruce Gooch and Peter Shirley.

Features

• Read BMP file (source/target image)
• Calculate the mean and STD of each channel
• Implement the RGB color transfer algorithm
  • Convert images from RGB to ℓαβ color space
  • Statistics and color correction

Install Packages

pip install numpy
pip install opencv-python

If you want to create EXE file after programming, also install this:

pip install pyinstaller

Run the program

Put 6 source picture and 6 target picture inside the source_and_target folder, then execute the code:

python color_transfer.py

After that, your can find 6 result picture inside result folder.

Execute following instruction to create EXE file of this program:

pyinstaller -F color_transfer.py

Example

Source / Target / Result

References

• Color Transfer between Images
• python opencv 实现Reinhard颜色迁移算法
• Content-Based Color Transfer