- NEW ESRGAN Model: [Photo-Small-W2xEX], fast photo upscaling model, achieved higher photo upscaling quality compared to [Universal-Fast-W2xEX] while maintained similar speed.
- NEW Feature: AV1 Video Encoder support.
- Add SVT-AV1 software encoder.
- Add Nvidia, Intel, and AMD AV1 hardware encoder.
- Update settings preset to utilize the new model.
- New RIFE model: [v4.17-lite], compared to the previous Lite model, it can generate more stable frames.
- Additional options for quick Image resize and compress:
- [Do not upscale]: If images resolution is lower then the Custom resolution, they will only be converted(compressed).
- [Ignore scale ratio]: Always ignore scale ratio settings when using [Convert format ONLY (Static Images)].
- [Skip if not smaller]: Converted image will be deleted if its file size is not smaller than the original. The original image will be copied to output folder instead.
- [Skip low resolution images]: When [Convert format ONLY (Static Images)] and [Resize] is enabled, only process images when their resolution is higher then Custom resolution.
- Fix bug: [keep aspect ratio by expanding] not working properly when upscaling images.
- New Real-ESRGAN model: [Omni-Mini-W2xEX], a super fast tiny model designed to mimic the quality and speed of RTX Super-resolution, bring RTX Super-res capability to ALL platforms.
- Upgrade Real-ESRGAN [Sequential decoding] to [Image decode threads]. Boost image upscaling performance by auto adjust decode threads based on PCs hardware, up to 87.94% faster during testing.
- Fix bug: In some situations, number of frames does not meet expectation after frame interpolation.
- New RIFE model: [rife-v4.15-lite], compared to the previous Lite model, it offers higher quality, faster speed, and reduced VRAM usage.
- New feature: Added a [Resize] option for [Convert format ONLY(Static Image)], using fast scaling algorithm (not super-resolution), capable of instant and simultaneously scaling, compressing, and converting image formats.
- Added a [Reset] right-click menu option for [Static Image Quality], facilitating quick resetting of quality values to 100.
- Optimized code performance.
- Improved UI.
- Fixed issue: [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] may cause dark parts of some images to become semi-transparent.
- Fixed potential UI option conflicts.
- Removed some historical legacy UI errors.
---
## v3.115.01
#### Change log:
- NEW [Photo-HQ-W4xEX] Real-ESRGAN model, a high-quality photo upscale model. Compared to previous models, it better preserves details and generates cleaner images.
- New Feature: [Automatic Video Deinterlacing], automatically detect interlaced videos and perform deinterlacing before upscaling (frame interpolation).
- Optimize UI performance
- Improved compatibility with some regional formats.
- NEW RIFE frame interpolation model: [RIFE V4.17], which has higher quality and can generate more stable frames compared to the previous v4.14 model.
- Significantly faster video encoding speed: When [Process video by segment] is enabled, a new method will be used to assemble video segments, reducing the time spent assembling segments from minutes to seconds in tests.
- Improved the [Video Color Management] UI to support direct selection of all pixel formats supported by the current video encoder.
- Switch default video container format to MKV.
- Optimized UI performance.
- Fixed an issue when [Process video by segment] is enabled, frame interpolation might cause the video stream and audio stream to be out of sync.
- Fixed an issue where a small part of the content might be omitted at the end of the video when [Process video by segment] is enabled.
- Fixed an issue where using [Optimize Looped video] might generate extra duplicate frames, resulting in unsmooth loop playback.
- Fixed an issue where extra frames appeared at the end of the video after frame interpolation.
- Fixed an issue where enabling both [Target FPS] and [Optimize Looped video] could cause errors.
- Fixed an issue where using [Target FPS] to interpolate very short videos resulted in an actual frame rate lower than expected.
- Fixed a conflict issue between [Speed Boost] and [Optimize Looped video].
- Fixed a conflict issue between [Scene Shift Detection] and optimized looped videos.
- Fixed compatibility issues with the latest version of ffmpeg and updated the built-in ffmpeg to the latest version, preparing for future support of more video encoders and decoders.
- Fixed compatibility issues with the latest version of ffprobe and updated the built-in ffprobe to the latest version.
- Fixed a rare issue where Real-ESRGAN might freeze when processing videos and animated images.
- Updated the User Guide, adding jump links to the directory.
- Updated daily tips.
- Corrected typos.
---
## v3.113.01
#### Change log:
- NEW UI Design for [Video Encoder] settings.
- NEW Feature: ProRes video decoding & encoding. (Location: Video settings tab, Video Encoder)
- NEW Feature: [Sequential decoding] for Real-ESRGAN, reduce CPU usage during image decoding and increase performance.
- Performance optimization for [Anime-HQ-W4xEX] Real-ESRGAN model.
- Better multi-threaded performance when upscaling images using Real-ESRGAN.
- [Encoding Quality] and [Hardware-accelerated encoding] are now merged with the new [Video Encoder] settings.
- Fix bug: Some PCs will stuck at image decoding for a long time when using RealESRGAN to upscale static images.
- NEW [Anime-HQ-W4xEX] Real-ESRGAN model for High Quality Anime upscaling, which retains detail better and can generate cleaner image compare to previous models.
- NEW Feature: [Video Color Management], software now can automatically adjust color-related parameters to achieve better color accuracy, or you can adjust these parameters by yourself. (Location: Video settings tab)
- Updated [Auto optimize engine settings] to boost the performance of Real-ESRGAN, up to 48% faster than the previous version.
- Better RIFE Auto model selection, now you can tell Waifu2x to use v4.14 model instead of v4.13-lite when automatically selecting model.
- Some UI improvements.
---
## v3.111.01
#### Change log:
- NEW [RIFE-v4.14] model for Higher quality video frame interpolation, which could generate more stable results compare to previous models.
- NEW [RIFE-v4.13-lite] model for Fast and High quality frame interpolation, which is 30% faster than 4.14 model but could achieve similar quality.
- NEW [Auto-Select] feature, automatically select rife model based on your PCs hardware and resolution of the video. (Enabled by default)
- Built-in [User guide] to help new users quickly get started with the software. (Location: Home tab, big question mark icon in the lower right corner)
- [Universal-Fast-W2xEX] RealESRGAN Model is now up to 30% faster by updating [Auto optimize engine settings].
- Update [Settings presets] to utilize the new [Universal-Fast-W2xEX] RealESRGAN Model.
- Fix some UI issues.
- Fix bug: Pausing while processing frame folders may cause the software to crash.
- NEW [Universal-Fast-W2xEX] Model for RealESRGAN engine, designed for fast photo upscaling, 30.5x faster than the RealESRGAN-x4plus model while retain decent image quality.
- NEW Feature: Now you can select [Preset] for Nvidia and Intel hardware encoders, which will affect the quality of the result video. (Location: Video settings, Hardware-accelerated Encoding)
- NEW Feature: [Stop then excute action], Stop right after the currently "Processing" files are finished, then execute an action. (Location: Home tab, in the "Do nothing(when finished)" options list)
- Add [Copy] and [Paste] buttons for the right-click menu of [Output path folder].
- Update several plugins.
- Some UI improvements
- [Optimize Looped video] setting will be saved like other settings.
- Fix bug: In certain situations, NCNN-Vulkan engines will randomly get stuck.
---
## v3.109.01
#### Change log:
- NEW Feature: [Encoding Quality], adjust video encoding quality when using software and hardware encoders. (location: video settings tab)
- NEW Feature: [Stop process new files], automatically stop after finished processing current tasks. (Location: Home tab, in the "Do nothing(when finished)" options list)
- When output upscaled images, replace [_Compressed] with [_Q<StaticImagesQualityvalue>], like [_Q95], when [Static Images Quality] taken effect.
- NEW video subtitle processing method, better video compatibility.
- Automatically disable Dynamic RAM Cache after the RAM Disk is detached.
- Fix bug: When there are multiple subtitles in one video, the output video might be broken.
---
## v3.108.01
#### Change log:
- NEW Feature: [Import frames folder], browse and add folders of Frames Images for frame interpolation.
- NEW Feature: [Reduce Video FPS], reduce frame rate of the Video before frame interpolation and upscaling. (Additional settings tab, Tools section)
- NEW Feature: [Copy Skipped files], when enabled, also Copy Skipped files to the output folder. (Home tab, output folder section)
- NEW Feature: Now you can adjust how many threads [Convert format ONLY (Static Images)] will use by adjusting: [Engine settings, Number of threads (Super-resolution), Image].
- Significantly improved UI performance, now the Files list UI can handle large amount of files much better than before.
- Optimize code related to video processing.
- Add m4v to the default video file extensions list.
- Fix bug: Real-CUGAN might output incorrect color in certain situations.
- Fix several bugs related to [Convert format ONLY (Static Images)].
- NEW Feature: [Frame interpolation for frames folder] now supports [Delete original files], [Replace original fils] and [Output folder]
- Fix bug: When using [Frame interpolation for frames folder], some original frames might be incorrectly deleted after frame interpolation.
---
## v3.107.01
#### Change log:
- NEW Feature: [Speed Boost 2.0], HUGE Speed boost for duplicated frames detection, faster & more accurate, which means [Speed Boost 2.0] can save way more time then previous version.
- NEW Feature: More [Save as] formats for animated webp: apng, mp4 and webm.
- NEW Feature: [Sync video aspect ratio], Synchronize sample aspect ratio with display aspect ratio.
- Add warning pop-up for [Delete original files] and [Replace original file] options.
- Improve image quality of APNG and WebP upscaling.
- Improve UI, and fix incorrect description.
- Complete translation.
- Fix bug: Broken output when using some engines to upscale WebP and APNG.
- Fix bug: When running on PCs with new(high-end) CPUs, occasionally waifu2x will stuck during frame interpolation.
- Fix bug: When frame interpolation and RTX Super-res both enabled, Video sampling might stop working.
- NEW Feature: [Scene Shift Detection 2.0], HUGE Speed boost for Scene Shift Detection, 65x faster than the previous version, which means Scene Shift Detection won't cost any extra time during frame interpolation.
- NEW Feature: [Gif & APNG] option, when enabled, the Animated WebP quality value will also be used when saving APNG and GIF as WebP. (location: Image settings tab)
- NEW Feature: Add [Sync with Home] option for Animated WebP, when enabled, the quality value of Animated WebP will be synced with [static images quality] value at the Home tab. (location: Image settings tab, enabled by default)
- Improved video quality, especially when using hardware encoders.
- When [Gif & APNG] option of Animated WebP is enabled, gif and apng will automatically be saved as WebP.
- Fix bug: In some situations, [Speed boost] could not restore frames and will result in failure.
- Fix bug: In some situations, the [put PC to sleep after finished] feature won't work.
- Fix bug: When [Video sampling] enabled, RTX Super-resolution engine might unable to upscale the video.
- Fix bug: Click the "Execute NOW" button of finish action might crash the software.
- Fix bug: In some rare situations, might unable to encode the final video when process video by segment is enabled.
---
## v3.105.01
#### Change log:
- NEW Feature: Animated WebP support, ALL super-res engines can now upscale Animated WebP images.
- NEW Feature: Now you can save Animated WebP as GIF. (location: Image settings tab)
- NEW Feature: Now you can adjust the quality of upscaled Animated WebP. (location: Image settings tab)
- Variable frame rate support for Animated WebP, other animated pics formats will also support this in the future updates.
- Improved launcher, more issue detection and better pop-up message.
- Fix bug: Always failed to upscale APNGs when their suffix are in upper cases.
- Fix bug: When loading settings preset files from older version, some options will be reseted.
- Fix bug: Messages may contain errors when processing Animated WebP.
- NEW Feature: [Auto archive Files List]: Automatically saves Files List every 15 seconds after starting to process files.(Location: Additional settings tab, enabled by default)
- NEW Feature: [Skip Failed files]: Always skip "Failed" files in the files list.(Location: Additional settings tab, disabled by default)
- Improved [Auto Engine optimization] for Real-ESRGAN engine, better picture upscaling performance on most PCs.
- Code optimization, imporve UI performance.
- Add some necessary messages for Save(Read) settings presets.
- Fix bug: The [Priority] setting of RTX Super-resolution engine was not working.
- Fix bug: Always re-process finished files.
- Fix bug: Thread blocking when using Real-ESRGAN engine with auto adjusted settings.
- Fix bug: UI shrinks after loading settings preset file.
- Update ImageMagick.
- Better tooltips.
---
## v3.103.01
#### Change log:
- NEW Feature: [Save & Read settings presets files], Now you can save(and read) your settings as custom preset files.
- NEW Feature: [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] now supports multi-threading, significantly improves efficiency.
- NEW Feature: Add a right click menu for the [Limiter] of [scene shift detection], now user can select how many threads will be running during [scene shift detection].
- NEW Feature: Now software will automatically check the integrity of current installation, and will display a warning when files are missing.
- Move the [Prioritize Image Quality] option of RTX Super-resolution to Home tab for easy access.
- Upscaling APNG while enabled [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] is now faster, up to 50% faster compare to the last version.
- Faster APNG upscaling when using SRMD-CUDA and RTX Super-resolution.
- Improve UI performance.
- Add necessary status messages for [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] to avoid confusion.
- New Feature: [Prioritize image quality] option for RTX Super resolution, improve image quality in most situations, especially when upscaling low resolution media.
- New Feature: [Settings Presets] now supports RTX Super resolution engine.
- Add [Always disable denoise] option for RTX Super resolution.
- Improved device compatibility of RTX Super resolution.
- Performance optimization.
- Update ImageMagick.
- Fix bug: Might unable to upscale video when using RTX Super resolution and HEVC encoding at the same time.
- Fix bug: Auto-retry is not working when using RTX Super resolution to upscale videos.
- Fix typo in the tooltips.
---
## v3.100.01
#### Change log:
- Significantly improved [Files List] UI performance, up to 35x faster files loading speed in the test(16K media files in 800 folders)
- Improved code efficiency related to video, gif and apng processing.
- Code optimization, improved UI and scheduler performance.
- Improved video quality when using Nvidia video encoder
- Better video compatibility when using RTX Super-res.
- Improve mp4 conversion to avoid potential compatibility issue.
- Improved audio quality when encoding mp4 video.
- Improve stability of RTX Super Resolution engine.
- Simplified video compatibility checker.
- Add a "help" button next to the RTX Super-res on the compatibility test page.
- The result of the compatibility test button at the engine settings of RTX Super-res is now connected to the [Compatibility test] tab.
- Fix bug: Unable to upscale some videos when using RTX Super Resolution.
- Fix bug: Audio and video might out of sync when using RTX Super Resolution to upscale some videos.
- Fix bug: When using RTX Super Resolution, might unable to upscale video when frame interpolation is enabled.
- Fix bug: Unable to detect and fix some video compatibility issue of RTX Super Resolution.
- Fix bug: In some rare occasions, unable to detect duplicated files when loading files to [Files List].
- NEW Super-resolution Engine: RTX Super Resolution, a fast and light-weight upscaler designed for Nvidia RTX GPUs.
- Exclusive enhancements for RTX Super Resolution like Alpha channel support, various input/output formats and more.
- New Feature: [Auto Apply] option for Custom resolution: When adding new files, the current [Custom resolution] setting will be automatically applied to ALL files.
- When upscaling and interpolating videos, videos with frame rate higher than the specified frame rate are no longer simply skipped, but only upscaled.
- Update FFmpeg
- Update ImageMagick
- Fix bug: Real-ESRGAN can not upscale media correctly when 2d and 3d models are different.
- Fix bug: When using certain settings, unable to encode video after upscale and frame interpolation.
- NEW model for Real-ESRGAN engine: Photo-Conservative-x4
- NEW Feature: [Pause after decoding] option, automatically pause after finished decoding the video, until the user clicks the [Continue] button. (Additional settings, disabled by default)
- NEW Feature: Split the models list of Real-ESRGAN to 2 lists, [3D Real-life] and [2D Anime] for easier use.
- Smarter [Limiter] for Scene Shift Detection, automatically adjusts the load according to the progress.
- Optimize scene shift detection scheduler.
- Improve GUI.
- Improve the stability of [Limiter] for Scene Shift Detection.
- Update ImageMagick.
- Update ffmpeg.
- Code optimization.
- Fix bug: [Always pre-process images with Alpha Channel] not working properly when processing images with invalid alpha channel.
- Fix bug: Some warning messages are outdated and incorrect.
- Fix bug: [Keep Aspect Ratio By Expanding] not working as intended.
---
## v3.97.01
#### Change log:
- ★ NEW Real-ESRGAN models: RealESR-General-x4v3 and RealESR-General-WDN-x4v3
- ★ NEW Feature: [Same as original image] option, save image as the same format of the original image.(only static images)
- ★ NEW Feature: [Reserved VRAM], reserve part of VRAM to improve stability, you can adjust it at [Additional settings] tab.
- NEW Feature: Add [Reset to default] buttons for Input file extensions.
- NEW Feature: Now you can disable [Constant Rate Factor (CRF)] in the Custom video settings.
- Improved Real-ESRGAN auto settings optimization.
- Improve UI and default settings.
- Code optimization.
- Update ImageMagick.
- Update ffmpeg.
- Fix bug: [Bitrate(video)] setting in the [Custom video settings] often will not take effect.
- Fix bug: Unable to save images to PNG when using [Convert format ONLY (Static Images)].
- Fix bug: Some output images will be broken when using [pro] models of Real-CUGAN.
- Fix bug: UI issues related to Real-ESRGAN engine.
- NEW feature: Now [Scene Shift Detection] can running in parallel with video frame interpolation, will significantly improve performance and efficiency.
- NEW feature: Add [Quick Engine Switch]. at [Home] tab for easy super-res engine switching.
- NEW feature: ALL 6 IFRNet models now supports "Auto-Adjust" multithreading.
- NEW feature: ALL 10 RIFE models now supports "Auto-Adjust" multithreading.
- NEW feature: Thread [Limiter] option for [Scene Shift Detection], can improve PC responsivity during during [Scene Shift Detection].
- NEW Feature: [Pre-processing Boost]: Remove ALL unnecessary duplicate frames in the video before processing. Can improve both the processing speed and effcet of frame interpolation.
- NEW Feature: [Remove dupduplicate frames ONLY (Video)]: ONLY remove all unnecessary dupduplicate frames in the video, no further processing.
- NEW Feature: [Remember window size].
- NEW Feature: [RAM Cache Validity Check] toggle, now you can use RAM Disk created by other software after disable this check.
- NEW Feature: [Auto Scroll] toggle for console.
- NEW Feature: Now GUI will be able to detect if the cache disk is full during frame interpolation and super-resolution.
- Global optimization, improve code efficiency, reduce GUI's CPU usage.
- Improve thread scheduling.
- Improve video quality, especially when using hardware encoder.
- NEW Feature: Upgrade [Auto-reduce] to [Auto-Adjust], now GUI can automatically adjust the number of threads for frame interpolation engine based the source video and PCs hardware.
- All non-natively supported image formats will be pre-processed before being scaled.
- AVIF and HEIC images support.
- Improve [Optimize Settings] for super-resolution engine.
- New feature: Add [Optimize Settings] button for helping user adjust engine settings based on PCs hardware,including [Block(Tile) size] and [Number of threads].(At [Engine settings] tab)
- Now you can tell GUI to stop showing you warning when enable Hardware-accelerated Encoding & Decoding.
- Resume progress when video frame cache in the RAM is lost.
- Add [GeForce RTX ON] switch for SRMD-CUDA engine.
- NEW Feature: [Dynamic RAM Cache]: Now GUI can save & read video caches(frames) from the RAM, which is a lot faster and will protect the lifespan of your hard drive.
- NEW Feature: [Target FPS]: Now you can specify the FPS of the result video(e.g. 120FPS).
- NEW Feature: [Hardware-accelerated Decoding]: Now GUI can use GPU to accelerate video decoding.
- NEW Feature: [Frame codec]: Now you can switch the codec of video frames to JPEG to reduce cache size.
- NEW Feature: Now you can adjust the settings of GIF & APNG optimization, they are on the [Image settings] tab.
- NEW Feature: PSD(Photoshop Document) support.
- Improve GUI, Update Anime4K, and fix multiple bugs.
- New Feature: [Keep ALL parent folders]: Keep ALL the parent folders of the source file when output the result file to the output folder.
- New Feature: Now you can change the extension(format) of the result video.
- New Feature: Now you can choose which video Encoder to use when converting video to CFR MP4.
- New Feature: [Hardware-accelerated Encoding]: Using GPU to accelerate video encoding.
- New Feature: [Hyper-threading (SMT)] switch.
- optimize multi-threading performance.
- New Feature: Show available GPUs name when detecting GPU IDs for NCNN-Vulkan engines.
- New Feature: New right-click menu option for [Settings Presets]:[Re-Apply Current Preset]
- Show how many duplicate frames and scene shifts has been found.
- Optimize the performance of [Speed Boost]&[Scene Shift Detection]
- Better High DPI screen support.
- Fix bug: compatibility test stuck at SRMD-CUDA.
- Fix bug: even though PC passed DAIN-NCNN-Vulkan compatibility test, program will still tell the user that all frame interpolation engines are incompatible.
- Fix bug: Unable to generate video when video stream is not the 0 stream.
- Fix bug: Unable to assemble video when [Process video by segment]&[Custom video settings] are both enabled.
v3.51.01-BETA:
- New Feature: [Speed Boost]: Boost video processing speed by analyzing frames.
- New Feature: [Scene Shift Detection]: Detect Scene Shift in the Video to improve the result of video frame interpolation.
- New Feature: [Settings Presets]: Several settings presets provided by the developer.
- New Feature: [Constant Rate Factor(CRF)] adjustment.
- New Feature: [Daily Tip].
- New RIFE-ncnn-Vulkan Model: rife-v3.0,rife-v3.1
- Improve Video quality, Default settings, GUI and scale performance of Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan.
- Update rife-ncnn-vulkan, Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan.
- Fix bug: Unable to reset all custom video settings.
- Waiting for the main file processing thread to stop instead of force it to stop when user close the program.
- Improve "Pause".
v3.11.23-beta:
- Optimize performance.
v3.11.22-beta:
- Multithreading of frame interpolation engines will not be enabled by default.
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe.
- Fix bug: When [Process video by segment] is enabled, if the user forcibly closes the program and then restarts the software to continue processing the video, it may cause a cache error.
v3.11.21-beta:
- Update GUI layout.
- Optimize performance.
- Update ImageMagick,FFmpeg&FFprobe.
- Fix bug: Engine settings are pre-loaded even though it's not being used.
- Fix bug: Unable to overwrite files sometime.
- Fix bug: Cannot fix the suffix of mp4 video when reading files.
- Significantly improve the efficiency, speed and stability of ALL engines when processing Video and GIF.
- The OLD version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine will no longer support the use of multiple graphics cards to process GIF and video.
- Fix bug: When custom resolution and video settings are enabled and the video stream bit rate is left 0, the video stream bit rate cannot be calculated normally.
- Fix bug: Scale ratio might be incorrect when using srmd-ncnn-vulkan.
- Fix bug: Unable to assemble gif because ImageMagick is not compatible with new AMD GPU driver.
- Fix bug: Audio and video might out of sync because of the wrong frame rate.(thanks to [@CAFUCSteven](https://github.com/CAFUCSteven) for feedback and assistance in testing.)
- New feature: Now you can enable [Replace original file] to directly replace the original file with the processed file. (Additional settings, optional, disabled by default)
- Add more actions (shut down, sleep, hibernate, restart) that can be performed after processing all the files. (Thanks to @Michael18751 for the suggestion)
- [And many other improvements, click to view detailed change log](https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/blob/master/.github/temp/v2.54.13_v2.53.14_Detailed_change_log.txt)
- Performance optimization, reduce network traffic consumption and calls to external programs.
- Fix multiple bugs.
- [And many other improvements, click to view detailed change log](https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/blob/master/.github/temp/v2.53.14_v2.52.16_Detailed_change_log.txt)
- [And many other improvements, click to view detailed change log](https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/blob/master/.github/temp/v2.52.16_v2.51.17_Detailed_change_log.txt)
- [And many other improvements, click to view detailed change log](https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/blob/master/.github/temp/v2.51.17_v2.45.18_Detailed_change_log.txt)
- New feature: Add ACNet algorithm support for Anime4K engine, ACNet can achieve high-speed processing while improving image quality.(You need to manually enable ACNet in the Anime4k engine settings)
- #### New features: Add RealSR-ncnn-vulkan engine, greatly improving the ability to process 3D Real-life style images (thanks to @CAFUCSteven for assistance in testing software).
- New feature: All engines (except Anime4k) now support automatic recognition and processing of Alpha channel pictures.
- Update waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine.
- Update srmd-ncnn-vulkan engine.
- Update ImageMagick.
- Optimize the launcher.
- Optimize the process of checking for update.
- Adjust the processing flow for pictures with Alpha channel.
- New feature: When processing video or GIF, the progress of the current file (a progress bar, Time cost, Time remaining, ETA) is displayed separately.
- Performance optimization.
- Improve the compatibility of ffporbe plugin.
- Fix bug: In some cases, the video processing will be stuck in the step of obtaining the duration.
- New feature: Add GPU acceleration support for Anime4K engine.
- New feature: After installing the software, a pop-up window allows users to choose their own language when they first start up.
- Update Anime4K (v1.5.0)
- It is no longer allowed to disable the automatic check for updates, but the automatic update pop-up window can be disabled. After disabling the pop-up window, an update prompt will be displayed in the text box.
- A pop-up window prompts the user to view the test results after the compatibility test.
- Improve compatibility test.
- Hide ETA and remaining time when GIF or video is included in the file list.
- Fix bug: when the `Process video by segment` is enabled, the cache cannot be read normally, which will cause the software unable to continue the previous progress.(Thanks to Esper Wang for feedback✔)
- New feature: Processing video in segments, greatly reducing the hard disk space occupied when processing video. 🎉🥳🎉 (Optional, additional settings, enabled by default)
- Improve multi-language support.
- Other minor improvements.
- Fix bug: When the processing process is stopped, the ffmpeg process will be forcibly terminated, which will cause the cache file cannot be generated normally.
- Fix bug: In some cases, the progress bar cannot display the progress normally.
- New feature: Use SoX (14.4.2-win32) to reduce the noise of the video's audio. (Optional, additional settings, disabled by default) (thanks @wenbob for the suggestion)
- New feature: Software settings will be saved before automatically shutting down the computer.
- Optimized interface display.
- Improve multi-language support and fix translation errors.
- Fix bug: When [Keep Video Cache] is enabled, the source video files will still be deleted.
- New feature: You can choose whether to show a pop up when exit. (Optional, additional settings, enabled by default)
- New feature: Automatically enable(or disable) [Auto Detect Alpha Channel] based on the results of the compatibility test.
- New feature: Keep video cache. (Optional, additional settings, enabled by default)
- New feature: When the user stops the task or an error occurs, the video's cache will not be automatically deleted, and it can also be read by the software to continue the previous progress.
- Improve the stability of multi-threaded scheduling.
- Fix bug: In some cases, the file cannot be renamed properly then the video cannot be assembled normally.
- Fix bug: The files in the list could not be processed normally due to the thread scheduling error.
- New feature: Automatically determine whether the picture has an alpha channel and switch to a compatible engine. (Optional, additional settings, disabled by default) (`Please make sure your computer is compatible with waiuf2x-converter before enabling this feature.`)
- New feature: Compatibility tests run automatically the first time the software is launched.
- Improved multi-thread management and stability.
- Remove the [Show Tips] button.
- Fix bug: In some cases, outputting the processor list of waifu2x-converter will cause the software to enter an endless loop.
- New feature: When the software is closed, a pop-up window asks the user whether to confirm the exit.
- New feature: Added [Forced Retry], when waifu2x thread is stuck, you can perform forced retry to remove the stuck, and it will not interrupt the entire [scale and denoise] process
- Improve error detection of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine.
- Fix bug: not delete all temporary files in some cases
- Fix bug: In some special cases, multi-threaded scheduling error will cause stuck
- New feature: Support switching waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine version. When your computer has problems using waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine, you can try to update the graphics card driver or enable the old version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine
- New feature: Added compatibility test for older versions of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine
- New feature: Custom retry times (additional settings)
- Try to fix the problem of high DPI screen display. (I cannot test because I don’t have a high DPI display myself)
- New feature: [Completed number of files/Total number of files] is displayed on the left side of the progress bar.
- New feature: Added setting options to control whether to automatically check for updates at startup (It is `not recommended` to turn off automatic updates)
- New feature: The total number of files is displayed below the file list.
- New feature: Save/Read file list
- New feature: Automatically save the file list before automatically shutting down the computer, you can manually load the file list to check the file processing status after the next software startup
- New feature: pop-up window prompt before auto shutdown
- Improve Simplified Chinese language support
- Select the readme to open based on the current language
- Before processing a file, check if it exists
- Fix bug: After saving the settings, the [Image Style] settings that were saved cannot be read normally
- Fix bug: After removing a single row, the custom resolution settings of all remaining rows will be cleared
- Fix bug: When there are files with the same file name and different extensions in the file list, if multi-threading is enabled, it will cause read and write conflicts.
- Fix bug: The problem that the new version download page cannot be opened normally after detecting the new version automatically.
