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You can find the code and resources for GANs in Action: Deep Learning with Generative Adversarial Networks

by Jakub Langr and Vladimir Bok on GitHub through the official Manning Publications repository.

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: Contains all the implementation code, including Keras/TensorFlow examples for DCGANs, CycleGANs, and Progressively Growing GANs. Manning Publications - GANs in Action

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3. The training loop

def train(dataset, epochs): for epoch in range(epochs): for image_batch in dataset: noise = tf.random.normal([BATCH_SIZE, 100]) with tf.GradientTape() as gen_tape, tf.GradientTape() as disc_tape: # ... (Adversarial loss calculation as per the book) Weaknesses

Weaknesses

  • Not a Theory Reference – Minimal math. If you need proofs or detailed analysis of loss landscapes, this is not the book.
  • Dataset Limitations – Most examples use MNIST, Fashion-MNIST, or small custom datasets (edges, faces). No large-scale examples (e.g., LSUN bedrooms, high-resolution CelebA).
  • Keras-Specific – Code is not easily portable to PyTorch without rewriting.
  • 2019 Publication – Uses TensorFlow 1.x style? Update: The official GitHub repo has been updated to TensorFlow 2 / Keras. However, some readers find minor API deprecations (e.g., tf.contrib is gone). Most code still runs with minor fixes.

1. Semantic Image Inpainting

Using a Partial Convolutional GAN, you can fill holes in damaged photos. The GitHub repo includes a script that allows you to mask out portions of a face and regenerate missing facial features (eyes, nose). This is currently used in Adobe Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill.

Executive Summary

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Pro Tip from the GitHub README

The repository maintainers often include a common_issues.md file. A frequent problem is the "mode collapse" where the generator produces only one output. The fix? Lower the learning rate of the discriminator to 0.0002 and use label smoothing (as defined in the book's Chapter 4).