Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/README.md

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Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

Download

https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/releases/latest

User Guide

https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI/blob/master/User_Guide.md

What is Waifu2x-Extension-GUI?

Image & GIF & Video Super-Resolution using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

Based on Waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan and Waifu2x-converter .

Thanks to waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan, Waifu2x-Extension-GUI could use any kind of gpu that support Vulkan, even Intel GPU.

If your gpu doesn't support vulkan, you can use Waifu2x-converter, which is also intergrated into the Waifu2x-Extension-GUI.

Already been tested on AMD RX 550, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and Intel UHD 620.

Features

• Much more friendly GUI.
• Achieved with waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan, waifu2x-converter and Anime4K.
• Support both 2D Anime-style image and 3D Real-life image
• Support 1x/2x/4x/8x/.... magnification
• Batch enlarge still images and GIF dynamic images (Waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan & Waifu2x-converter)
• Batch enlarge video files (Waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan & Waifu2x-converter & Anime 4k)
• Save the enlarged image target as .jpg
• Lossless compression of .jpg images after the target is saved
• Optimize enlarged GIF dynamic images to reduce space usage
• Display processing progress and remaining time
• Smart selection of models
• Multi-thread
• Notification sound
• And more

How to fix compatibility issue :

waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan: Re-install gpu driver or update it to the latest.

waifu2x-converter: Buy a new computer.

Anime4k: Install the latest JDK and JRE

Integrated component(In releases):

• waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan version Nov 4, 2019

• Anime4K Java v0.9 Beta

• ffmpeg version 4.2.1

• gifsicle version 1.92

• Waifu2x-converter version: 2015-11-30T02:17:24

• ImageMagick 7.0.9-12-portable-Q16-x64

Credits:

• waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan: https://github.com/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan

• FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org/

• Gifsicle: https://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/

• Anime4K: https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K

• Waifu2x-converter: https://github.com/WL-Amigo/waifu2x-converter-cpp

• ImageMagick: http://www.imagemagick.org/

• Icons made by : Freepik (https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik) From Flaticon : https://www.flaticon.com/

Donate

If this extension helps you, please donate to support developers.

Note: The user agreement of the software is modified based on the MIT protocol, allowing others to make secondary modifications to the software or to use the software-processed images, gifs, and videos for commercial purposes (via the consent of the original author of the image, gif, and video content) However, it is forbidden to use the software for commercial use after the second modification, including but not limited to secondary packaging and sales(for example: sale this software on Taobao or Ebay), integrated in other charging software. After the second modification, the source code must be disclosed. For details, please refer to the built-in user agreement. When you open the software, or modify the software, you agree to the software built-in agreement.