‘Prisma’ Now Available Offline, Convert Photos To Masterful Artwork Without The Internet

“Prisma” is quickly becoming one of the hottest mobile app sensations due to the beautiful rendering of images that it produces by converting photos to resemble the work of master painters. Now, several of the app’s filters are available for use offline. This makes connecting to the internet not as necessary as before to enjoy the gorgeous artwork.

As 9to5 Mac reports, “Prisma” launched last July and quickly gained the attention of users because of how amazing its results looked. Using machine-learning technology to create filters over photos that made them look like they were painted by some of the most talented artists in history, the app revolutionized how picture transformation was done.

The app’s popularity was so explosive, in fact, that the number of users often overwhelmed its servers. This resulted in slower filter loading, thus causing no small amount of frustration among users. By taking the service offline, however, the folks behind “Prisma” actually managed to one of its biggest problems without compromising the quality of its offering.

As CNN reports, the app has been downloaded over 52 million times from app stores. It also has a daily user count of 4 million, which is no mean feat. The app’s CEO, Alexey Moiseenkov explained why “Prisma” was getting so much attention.

"The technology behind Prisma -- deep learning -- is a bridge between your imagination and your digital creation," Moiseenkov said. "Now, people can carry that power in their pockets."

With deep learning being such an intrinsic part of the whole affair, taking the app offline is not as easy as it sounds. Converting 35,000 photos in one minute required the processing power of thousands of processors.

In order to provide “Prisma’s” service on an offline basis, the developers essentially needed to reduce the machine learning neural network to something that could fit just one handheld device. It would seem they succeeded.