๐Ÿš€ Cartoonify Studio v2.0 Released: 12+ artistic styles, Web Studio, Desktop GUI, and 50/50 security test suite! Get Started โ†’
Next-Gen AI & Computer Vision Stylizer

Turn Any Photo Into
Studio Ghibli & Anime Artwork

An enterprise-grade cartoonization engine built with PyTorch, AnimeGANv2, and OpenCV. Features a responsive Web Studio with live Before/After comparison, a zero-lag Desktop GUI, and a developer-first CLI & Python SDK.

โšก <0.25s Fast Inference
๐Ÿ”’ 100% Offline & Private
๐ŸŽฏ Face-Preserved Alignment
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ 50/50 Security Tests Passed
Sample Preset:
๐ŸŽฌ Studio Ghibli Pro
Original Photo Original
Cartoon Artwork Ghibli Artwork
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12+ Curated Styles & Models
3 Modes Web Studio, GUI & CLI
50 / 50 Security & Fuzz Tests
0s Cloud API Delay (100% Local)
INTERACTIVE SIMULATOR

Experience Cartoonify in Your Browser

Test our real-time computer vision shaders right in your browser canvas or drop your own photo!

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CORE CAPABILITIES

Built for Creators, Engineers & Power Users

Everything you need from high-definition artistic filters to automated batch CLI pipelines.

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Studio Ghibli & Neural Anime

Integrates official AnimeGANv2 PyTorch Hub checkpoints alongside fine-tuned artistic Ghibli shaders for lush hand-painted lighting.

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Smart Face Preservation

Automatically detects facial landmarks and applies proportional expansion with soft feathered elliptical blending to preserve identity.

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Glassmorphic Web Studio

Zero-configuration single-page web app built on FastAPI with interactive split slider, webcam snapshot modal, and drag-and-drop.

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Async Desktop GUI

Responsive cross-platform desktop application powered by modern Tkinter and asynchronous background worker threads.

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Batch Directory Processing

Process thousands of photos in seconds. Available via the Web Studio with instant ZIP download or through high-speed CLI commands.

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Python SDK & CLI Suite

Clean, modular, and type-annotated Python API (from cartoonify import CartoonEngine) with 100% test coverage.

ALGORITHMIC BLUEPRINT

Everything the Engine Follows Under the Hood

Mathematical formulations and computer vision pipelines powering our 12 distinct filters.

๐ŸŽฌ Multi-Pass Bilateral Smoothing

Preserves sharp edge gradients while smoothing surface noise by evaluating geometric spatial distance $g_s$ and radiometric pixel intensity distance $g_r$ concurrently.

I_smooth(x) = (1/W_p) * ฮฃ I(x_i) * g_s(||x_i - x||) * g_r(||I(x_i) - I(x)||)

๐Ÿ‘ค Feathered Gaussian Face Mask

Computes a 1.6x expanded centroid bounding box around detected facial coordinates and applies an elliptical Gaussian falloff to eliminate square border seams.

Alpha(x, y) = exp(- ( (x - cx)ยฒ / (2*ฯƒxยฒ) + (y - cy)ยฒ / (2*ฯƒyยฒ) ) )

โœ๏ธ Color Dodge Sketch Blend

Converts to grayscale, computes negative Gaussian blur inversion, and executes high-speed Color Dodge matrix arithmetic for realistic graphite line crosshatching.

I_sketch(x,y) = min(255, (I_gray * 256) / (255 - I_inv_blur + 1))

๐Ÿ’ฅ K-Means Cell Quantization

Reduces continuous color spectrum to $K=8\dots16$ dominant cluster centroids in RGB space, producing authentic flat cell-shaded comic coloring.

argmin ฮฃ || pixel_i - centroid_k ||ยฒ

โšก LAB CLAHE Contrast Equalization

Operates exclusively on the Luminance channel $L$ in CIE-LAB space with clip limit $2.0$ over an $8\times 8$ grid, preventing unnatural color shift artifacts.

L_enhanced = CLAHE(L_channel, clipLimit=2.0, tileGrid=(8,8))

๐ŸŽญ Sobel Fluid Diffusion

Computes horizontal and vertical spatial derivatives ($\partial I/\partial x, \partial I/\partial y$) to simulate fluid watercolor pigment accumulation along borders.

Gradient_Mag = sqrt( (dI/dx)ยฒ + (dI/dy)ยฒ )
SECURITY MATRIX

Enterprise Security Hardening & Fuzzing

Tested and verified against adversarial payloads, memory exhaustion, and path injection (50/50 Passed).

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Defenses Implemented

  • Pixel Decompression Bomb: Pillow 50M limit + 40MP max dimension rejection.
  • Path Traversal Protection: Strips ../../, \x00 null bytes & special chars.
  • Zip Slip & Zip Bomb: Capped at 50 files / 200MB uncompressed buffer.
  • NaN / Inf Fuzzing Defense: Strict numeric bounding for all slider inputs.
  • Thread Safety: Mutex-guarded model cache & non-blocking UI threads.

๐Ÿงช Verification Results (50/50 Tests)

tests/test_api.py ......................... PASSED
tests/test_cli.py ......................... PASSED
tests/test_engine.py ...................... PASSED
tests/test_filters.py ..................... PASSED
tests/test_security.py (25 Fuzz Vectors) .. PASSED

=================== 50 passed in 56.43s ===================
STYLE CATALOG

12+ Distinct Artistic & Neural Styles

Engineered for portrait photographs, landscapes, architectural shots, and anime character art.

DEVELOPER INTEGRATION

Integrate in 3 Lines of Python

Designed for developers, ML engineers, and automation workflows.

python
from cartoonify import CartoonEngine

# Initialize the engine (automatically selects CUDA GPU or CPU)
engine = CartoonEngine()

# 1. ChatGPT-Grade Generative AI Studio Ghibli Synthesis
engine.process_file(
    "portrait.jpg",
    "ghibli_chatgpt_art.jpg",
    style="ghibli_generative",
    custom_params={"openai_api_key": "your-openai-api-key"}
)

# 2. Local Neural Hayao Miyazaki Model (AnimeGANv2)
engine.process_file(
    "portrait.jpg",
    "ghibli_hayao_art.jpg",
    style="hayao",
    use_face_align=True
)

# 3. High-Speed Kuwahara Painterly Filter (100% Offline)
engine.process_file(
    "portrait.jpg",
    "ghibli_kuwahara.jpg",
    style="ghibli_pro",
    strength=0.85
)
bash
# Transform a single image
python -m cartoonify process photo.jpg -o cartoon.jpg --style ghibli_pro --strength 0.85

# Enable face-aligned feathered blend for portraits
python -m cartoonify process selfie.jpg -o selfie_anime.jpg --style anime_soft --face-align

# Batch process an entire directory of photos
python -m cartoonify batch ./my_vacation_photos -o ./cartoons --style comic_pop

# Launch the Web Studio UI
python -m cartoonify web --port 8000

# Launch the Desktop GUI
python -m cartoonify gui
bash / cURL
# 1. Process image via multipart form upload
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/api/process-upload" \
     -F "file=@portrait.jpg" \
     -F "style=ghibli_pro" \
     -F "strength=0.85" \
     --output cartoon_result.jpg

# 2. Query available styles catalog
curl -X GET "http://localhost:8000/api/styles"

# 3. Health & Device diagnostic check
curl -X GET "http://localhost:8000/api/health"
python
from pathlib import Path
from cartoonify import CartoonEngine

engine = CartoonEngine()
photos = list(Path("./input_photos").glob("*.jpg"))

def on_progress(current, total, filename):
    print(f"[{current}/{total}] Processed: {Path(filename).name}")

results = engine.process_batch(
    photos,
    output_dir="./cartoon_gallery",
    style="watercolor",
    strength=0.8,
    progress_callback=on_progress
)
print(f"Successfully cartoonified {len(results)} images!")
PIPELINE ARCHITECTURE

How the Processing Engine Works

Seamless multi-stage pipeline balancing neural inference, morphological contouring, and feathered masking.

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Input Ingestion

Loads RGB/BGR image from file, webcam stream, or Base64 buffer with automatic aspect ratio clamping.

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Face Detection

Haar cascade locates the primary portrait face, scales bounding box by 1.6x, and builds feathered alpha mask.

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Neural / CV Transform

Applies AnimeGANv2 PyTorch weights or Ghibli multi-pass bilateral filtering and K-Means color quantization.

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Detail Post-Process

LAB CLAHE contrast enhancement, unsharp mask clarity, and feathered composite reconstruction.

GET STARTED

Run Cartoonify on Your Machine

Clone the repository and launch the app in less than 60 seconds.

โšก 1-Click Launchers (Windows)

No terminal commands needed. Simply double-click any launcher in the repository root:

  • run_web.bat โ€” Starts the interactive Web Studio
  • run_gui.bat โ€” Starts the modern Desktop GUI
  • run_tests.bat โ€” Runs the 50/50 test suite
  • run_showcase_website.bat โ€” Opens this website locally

๐Ÿ’ป Manual Setup & Docker (All OS)

# Option 1: Standard Python Setup
git clone https://github.com/AryanXCode646/cartoon-image-generator67.git
cd cartoon-image-generator67
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m cartoonify web

# Option 2: Docker Container
docker-compose up -d
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a GPU to run Cartoonify? โ–พ
No! Cartoonify is heavily optimized for CPU execution. In addition, all artistic filters (Ghibli Pro, Comic Pop Art, Watercolor, Neon, Pencil Sketch) run exclusively on OpenCV algorithms in milliseconds. If a CUDA GPU is detected, PyTorch neural models will automatically leverage it for maximum speed.
Are my images uploaded to any cloud server? โ–พ
100% No. All processing runs completely locally on your machine. No photos, data, or personal metrics are ever sent to external cloud APIs.
How does the Face-Preserved alignment mode work? โ–พ
When enabled, Cartoonify detects the largest face using OpenCV Haar cascades, extracts a 1.6x expanded bounding box, runs the stylizer, and composites the stylized face back over the original image using a feathered elliptical Gaussian alpha mask. This avoids harsh boxy edges while preserving portrait identity.
What image formats are supported? โ–พ
Cartoonify supports JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, TIFF, and camera video streams. Output images can be exported in lossless PNG or compressed JPEG/WebP.