🖼️ Ancient Vision

Transform your images into timeless ancient art!
A collaborative group project for image conversion using advanced AI techniques to recreate ancient art styles.

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✨ Features

• 🎨 Convert modern images into ancient art styles (e.g., Renaissance, Baroque, Egyptian).
• 📤 Image Upload: Upload in JPEG formats.
• ⚙️ Style Selection: Choose and apply ancient styles to your images.
• 🔧 Customization Controls: Adjust style intensity for desired effects.
• 🖼️ Preview Function: Real-time preview of converted images before final download.
• 📊 High-Resolution Outputs: Get high-quality image results suitable for printing or sharing.

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📚 Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React.js (UI Development)
• Axios (API Integration)
• React Router (Navigation)

Backend:

• Flask (API Development)
• Flask-CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)
• pymongo (MongoDB Integration)
• python-dotenv (Environment Management)

Database:

• MongoDB (Image metadata and storage)

Machine Learning:

• Neural Style Transfer (NST)
• Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

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🔰 Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up and run the project locally.

Prerequisites

Ensure the following software is installed on your system:

• Python 3.13.1 or later
• Node.js (v18+) and npm
• MongoDB (Local or Atlas)
• Git

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🖥️ Frontend Setup

1. Fork the repository by clicking on Fork option on top right of the main repository.
2. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/Ancient-Vision.git
   cd Ancient-Vision/frontend

3. Install Dependencies:

   npm install

4. Run the Development Server:

   npm start

5. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser to view the app.

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⚙️ Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the Backend Directory:

   cd Ancient-Vision/backend

2. Set Up a Virtual Environment:

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate

3. Install Dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configure Environment Variables: Create a .env file with the following variables:

   MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/ancient_vision_db
   SECRET_KEY=supersecretkey

5. Run the Backend Server:

   export FLASK_APP=app
   flask run

6. The backend will run at http://127.0.0.1:5000.

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Contributors

• Vinay Surwase
• Taanvi Khevaria
• Meenakshi Shibu
• Om Parate
• Abhinav Harsh

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License

This project is for academic purposes only and is restricted to contributors. Not intended for public use or distribution.

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For details on how to contribute, see CONTRIBUTING.md.