<p>Can I refine StyleGAN or StyleGAN2 without retraining it for many days, such that its pretrained model is trained to generate only faces similar to a (rather small) set of reference images?</p>
<p>I would like to avoid creating a large dataset and training for many days to weeks, but use the existing model and just bias it towards a set of images.</p>

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2020-06-21T10:21:01.287Z
Are you asking if it's possible to apply transfer learning to StyleGAN?
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I think transfer learning means solving another problem. My problem at hand is that I would like to use stylegan to generate images of people that are similar to a given input set (that may or may not be good represented in the pre-trained model). I hope it is possible to use the pre-trained model and train it on a new set without losing too much of the pre-trained weights.
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Can StyleGAN be refined without a full training?
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# Can StyleGAN be refined without a full training?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-20)

Can I refine StyleGAN or StyleGAN2 without retraining it for many days, such that its pretrained model is trained to generate only faces similar to a (rather small) set of reference images?

I would like to avoid creating a large dataset and training for many days to weeks, but use the existing model and just bias it towards a set of images.

**Tags:** generative-adversarial-networks, pretrained-models

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you asking if it's possible to apply transfer learning to StyleGAN?  
> **username_0**: I think transfer learning means solving another problem. My problem at hand is that I would like to use stylegan to generate images of people that are similar to a given input set (that may or may not be good represented in the pre-trained model). I hope it is possible to use the pre-trained model and train it on a new set without losing too much of the pre-trained weights.  

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