Detection of GAN generated image using color gradient representation*

With the development of generative adversarial network (GANs) technology, the technology of GAN generates images has evolved dramatically. Distinguishing these GAN generated images is challenging for the human eye. Moreover, the GAN generated fake images may cause some behaviors that endanger society and bring great security problems to society. Research on GAN generated image detection is still in the exploratory stage and many challenges remain. Motivated by the above problem, we propose a novel GAN image detection method based on color gradient analysis. We consider the difference in color information between real images and GAN generated images in multiple color spaces, and combined the gradient information and the directional texture information of the generated images to extract the gradient texture features for GAN generated images detection. Experimental results on PGGAN and StyleGAN2 datasets demonstrate that the proposed method achieves good performance, and is robust to other various perturbation attacks.