Full report of the process and results can be found in AnalysisReport.pdf

The goal of this project is to implement the image quilting algorithm for texture synthesis and transfer, described by *Efros and Freeman (2001).

Dynamic programming is a commonly used technique for seam finding in image quilting. We first define source patch and a patch (target) that closely match the source region to be filled in. Next, we compute cost matrix for overlapping regions, and find the minimum-energy seam that separates the the regions. The seams are then stitched together and applied into target and source patch to create coherent output.

Texture transfer is a technique that involves transferring the texture of one image to another image, while preserving the structure and content of the target image. The goal of texture transfer is to create a new image that has the same visual appearance and texture as the source image, but with a different content.

Texture image	Guidance image	Texture transfer	Iterative texture transfer