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+# Real-Time Style Transfer Sample
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+This UWP application uses the [Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning/) Nuget pacakge to perform style transfer on user-provided input images or web camera streams. 
+The VideoEffect/StyleTranfserEffectCpp project implements the (IBasicVideoEffect)[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.media.effects.ibasicvideoeffect?view=winrt-19041] interface in order to create a video effect that can be plugged in to the media streaming pipeline.
+
+For how-tos, tutorials and additional information, see the [Windows ML documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/ai/).
+To learn more about creating custom video effects, see [this walkthrough](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/audio-video-camera/custom-video-effects). 
+
+## Building the Sample
+1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with
+   the sample you want to build.
+2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+### Build the Video Effect
+3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the
+   subfolder for this specific sample (eg. StyleTranfer). Navigate to the VideoEffect/StyleTranferEffectCpp and open the .sln file. 
+4. Confirm that you are set for the right configuration and platform (eg. Debug, x64).
+5. Build the solution (Ctrl+Shift+B).
+6. Take note of where the .winmd file is built to (eg. StyleTransferEffectCpp/x64/Debug/StyleTransferEffectCpp.winmd).
+### Build the Sample App
+7. Open a new Visual Studio window and select **File** \> **Open** \> **Project/Solution**.
+8. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples suboflder, then the subfolder for this specific example (eg. StyleTransfer).
+    Open the Visual Studio (.sln) file.
+9. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the References tab and select "Add Reference..." 
+10. Click Browse and navigate to the .winmd file you built in the previous section (eg. StyleTransferEffectCpp/x64/Debug/StyleTransferEffectCpp.winmd). Click OK. 
+11. You should now be able to run the sample app!
+
+## Requirements
+
+- [Visual Studio 2017 - 15.4 or higher](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads)
+- [Windows 10 - Build 17763 or higher](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewiso)
+- [Windows SDK - Build 17763 or higher](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewSDK)
+- [Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning Nuget package- version 1.4.0 or higher](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning/)
+
+## Contributing
+
+We're always looking for your help to fix bugs and improve the samples. Create a pull request, and we'll be happy to take a look.
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
+For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
+contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with any additional questions or comments.
+
+## License
+
+MIT. See [LICENSE file](https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-Machine-Learning/blob/master/LICENSE).
+
+The machine learning models in this sample are used with permission from Justin Johnson.
+For additional information on these models, refer to:
+- [Fast-neural-style GitHub repo](https://github.com/jcjohnson/fast-neural-style)
+- [Perceptual Losses for Real-Time Style Transfer and Super-Resolution](https://cs.stanford.edu/people/jcjohns/papers/eccv16/JohnsonECCV16.pdf)