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DragGAN

Unofficial DragGAN implementation: drag points on a GAN image to edit it interactively

★ 4.9k stars⑂ 473 forksNOASSERTIONupdated 2023-07
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// project facts

Project facts

DragGAN is an open-source image project by OpenGVLab (OpenGVLab/DragGAN on GitHub). It has 4,936 GitHub stars and 473 forks, is released under the NOASSERTION license, and was last updated on GitHub on 17 July 2023.

GitHub stars
4,936
Forks
473
License
NOASSERTION
Last updated on GitHub
17 July 2023
Category
Image
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Full install guide
// how it works

How it works

  1. Pick how to try it

    Use the Colab or InternGPT online demo for a quick look, or install locally for custom images and models.

  2. Install the package

    DragGAN is published on PyPI, so a local install is a single pip command (a GPU runtime is recommended).

  3. Load a model

    Start the Gradio interface and pick a StyleGAN2 or StyleGAN2-ada checkpoint; checkpoints download automatically.

  4. Drag your first points

    Set handle and target points on the image, optionally define a movable region, and run the manipulation.

// features

Why people love it

Point-based dragging

Interactive handle/target point manipulation on the generative image manifold, with multiple handle points supported.

StyleGAN2-ada support

Higher-quality generation across more image types by selecting models whose names start with 'ada'.

Custom image editing

Upload your own image and edit it through GAN inversion (the README notes inversion can distort some images).

Gradio GUI and demos

A Gradio interface controls the generation process, plus Colab and InternGPT-hosted demos.

Automatic checkpoints

StyleGAN2 checkpoints download automatically, and you can download the generated image and generation trajectory.

Movable regions

Define a movable region so drags affect only the part of the image you intend to change.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Clone the repository

    Clone the project and enter its directory.

    git clone https://github.com/OpenGVLab/DragGAN.git
    cd DragGAN
  2. Install from PyPI

    The README documents DragGAN on PyPI; version 1.1.0 is recommended if you want to upload custom images.

    pip install draggan==1.1.0
  3. Run it locally

    Follow the repository's INSTALL.md for the full local deployment steps, then launch the Gradio interface.

    # see INSTALL.md in the repo for the exact local run command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains this DragGAN repo?

OpenGVLab hosts this unofficial implementation (originally by Zeqiang-Lai); the underlying DragGAN paper is by Xingang Pan and co-authors, and an official implementation is linked from the README.

Is DragGAN free?

The code is publicly available on GitHub and PyPI, but the README states no license, so its license is unasserted — check the repository before commercial reuse.

Does it need a paid API key?

No. It runs locally (or in the free Colab demo); a GPU is strongly recommended for usable speed.

How does it compare to the official DragGAN?

This is an unofficial reimplementation aiming at full features, including StyleGAN2-ada and custom-image inversion; the official code, released in June 2023, is linked from the README if you prefer the authors' version.

How do I get started?

Run `pip install draggan` (or `pip install draggan==1.1.0` for custom-image upload), then follow INSTALL.md — or open the Colab demo and select a GPU runtime.

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