Pikazo app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: qarl
First release : 15 Nov 2015
App size: 5.07 Mb
From one of the grandmasters of digital art comes an explosion of the most interesting images the worlds ever seen.
Turn any photo into compelling, lasting visual art. Using next generation neural networks, Pikazo works the way your brain does to rip apart and assemble image details into something new and extraordinary.
Created by the image scientist behind landmark visuals seen in Myst, The Matrix, 300, and Second Life, Pikazo lets anyone create and share beautiful artwork.
Pikazo is at the very bleeding edge of neural network software. It really, truly, actually works by simulating the way your brain sees images. This is incredibly computationally intensive, and even on a cloud of the fastest computers, it takes a few minutes to process each image.
Sometimes Pikazo paints masterpieces, amazing images that take the air out of the room.
Sometimes it doesnt.
Sometimes, it doesnt work at all.
To be honest, were not yet sure why it works. Thats why we need your help – to discover what types of images are successful and what aren’t.
(We would like to sincerely thank the following genius digital neurosurgeons who made Pikazo possible: Leon Gatys, Alexander Ecker, and Matthias Bethge at Bethge Lab at University of Tübingen; Justin Johnson and Kai Sheng Tai at Stanford University; Karen Simonyan and Andrew Zisserman at the Visual Geometry Group at University of Oxford; Alexander Mordvintsev, Chris Olah, and Mike Tyka at Google.)
Video music performed and written by Adult Fur.
Latest reviews of Pikazo app for iPhone and iPad
It takes too long to generate an image. I deleted the app right after it told me the painter can take up to ten minutes. Are you kidding? No. $2.99!?! Can you change that? Who likes waiting that long for something like this? Good luck.
I dont like that the app uploads my pics somewhere during the process. I didnt get any message about that (only after the upload was done), I dont find it honest. I want full control of my images, I dont like some data leaves my smartphone without permission.
I read a glowing review. I saw the many 5 star reviews here. I can only assume they were paid reviews to game the ratings. The app is slow, has no options, and of 7 attempts (taking nearly 2 hours) produced not one recognizable image of the types used in the examples. This is neither fun not interesting and Id like my money back!!!
This is a very fun app for creating art from photos that goes beyond simple filters to create unique images using artificial intelligence. It doesnt always work out well, but thats half the fun! The main drawback with the app is the low quality of the generated images. The images are barely high res enough for mobile, and dont look very well on desktop. The 3 images at a time limit is also annoying... I would pay extra to have the limit removed, or maybe base the limit on bandwidth & server capacity. Any, fun app with lots of room to grow. I can see this app improving a lot with more default filters, the ability to add your own images to the app, better photo sharing, organization, etc.
Output res needs to be higher. When selecting an original image, should be able to open it to make sure right one is selected.