Comixify: Turning videos into comics

In this talk, we would like to tell you about Comixify® - AI-powered tool that turns videos into comics. It is a result of a research project run at Warsaw University of Technology with a group of students, that since it's release in December 2018 became a massive success with over 100'000 visitors to our website and over 30'000 generated comics. The algorithm behind Comixify consists of two parts: first we select representative and visually pleasant frames from a video using a combination of reinforcement learning and a convolutional neural network approach, based on our previous research on popularity estimation in social media. Afterwards, we convert the style of the frames using our own ComixGAN architecture based on generative adversarial networks. In this talk, using Comixify case study, we will talk about how turning research into products can be both fun and exciting.