Training the model

Once we have our three classes created (and loaded with images) and saved, and the model status shows Ready to train, we can then click on the Train Model button to start training the model on the images we provided:

Once more, this is a small model with only 30 training images; the training process will take less than 5 or 10 minutes.  Part of the beauty of using IBM Watson and services is that many of the "detailed tasks" like creating model definitions and training a model is simply a "button click". To learn more about training a visual recognition model, you can visit:

https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/analyze-data/visual-recognition-train.html?linkInPage=true

Once the model training has been completed and you notice (see the following screenshot) that the model status says Trained, you can proceed:

Just as we did in Chapter 8, Creating a Facial Expression Platform on IBM Cloud, to test and validate our model, we can upload images in the Test area of the Default Custom Model page, as shown in the following screenshot:

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