Tensorflow: visualize convolutional filters (conv1) in Cifar10 model

gist_cifar10_train.py

from math import sqrt

def put_kernels_on_grid (kernel, pad = 1):

  '''Visualize conv. filters as an image (mostly for the 1st layer).
  Arranges filters into a grid, with some paddings between adjacent filters.

  Args:
    kernel:            tensor of shape [Y, X, NumChannels, NumKernels]
    pad:               number of black pixels around each filter (between them)

  Return:
    Tensor of shape [1, (Y+2*pad)*grid_Y, (X+2*pad)*grid_X, NumChannels].
  '''
  # get shape of the grid. NumKernels == grid_Y * grid_X
  def factorization(n):
    for i in range(int(sqrt(float(n))), 0, -1):
      if n % i == 0:
        if i == 1: print('Who would enter a prime number of filters')
        return (i, int(n / i))
  (grid_Y, grid_X) = factorization (kernel.get_shape()[3].value)
  print ('grid: %d = (%d, %d)' % (kernel.get_shape()[3].value, grid_Y, grid_X))

  x_min = tf.reduce_min(kernel)
  x_max = tf.reduce_max(kernel)
  kernel = (kernel - x_min) / (x_max - x_min)

  # pad X and Y
  x = tf.pad(kernel, tf.constant( [[pad,pad],[pad, pad],[0,0],[0,0]] ), mode = 'CONSTANT')

  # X and Y dimensions, w.r.t. padding
  Y = kernel.get_shape()[0] + 2 * pad
  X = kernel.get_shape()[1] + 2 * pad

  channels = kernel.get_shape()[2]

  # put NumKernels to the 1st dimension
  x = tf.transpose(x, (3, 0, 1, 2))
  # organize grid on Y axis
  x = tf.reshape(x, tf.stack([grid_X, Y * grid_Y, X, channels]))

  # switch X and Y axes
  x = tf.transpose(x, (0, 2, 1, 3))
  # organize grid on X axis
  x = tf.reshape(x, tf.stack([1, X * grid_X, Y * grid_Y, channels]))

  # back to normal order (not combining with the next step for clarity)
  x = tf.transpose(x, (2, 1, 3, 0))

  # to tf.image_summary order [batch_size, height, width, channels],
  #   where in this case batch_size == 1
  x = tf.transpose(x, (3, 0, 1, 2))

  # scaling to [0, 255] is not necessary for tensorboard
  return x


#
# ... and somewhere inside "def train():" after calling "inference()"
#

# Visualize conv1 kernels
with tf.variable_scope('conv1'):
  tf.get_variable_scope().reuse_variables()
  weights = tf.get_variable('weights')
  grid = put_kernels_on_grid (weights)
  tf.image.summary('conv1/kernels', grid, max_outputs=1)

@headdab, I already implemented changes suggested by @kitovyj into this gist, and changed pack to stack according to API of the recent TF versions.

 raise ValueError("Variable %s does not exist, or was not created with "
                 "tf.get_variable(). Did you mean to set "
                  "reuse=tf.AUTO_REUSE in VarScope?" % name)

Create the tensor to initialize the variable with default value.

ValueError: Variable conv1/weights does not exist, or was not created with tf.get_variable(). Did you mean to set reuse=tf.AUTO_REUSE in VarScope?

I got this error. What should I do?