SD Webui Old Photo Restoration

This is an Extension for the Automatic1111 Webui, which allows you to perform Bringing-Old-Photos-Back-to-Life natively.

Compatible with Forge

Original Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.09484

Original Repo: https://github.com/microsoft/Bringing-Old-Photos-Back-to-Life (includes some example images)

Requirements

0. Install this Extension*
1. Download global_checkpoints.zip from Releases
2. Extract and put the checkpoints folder (not just the files) into ~webui/extensions/sd-webui-old-photo-restoration/Global
3. Download face_checkpoints.zip from Releases
4. Extract and put the checkpoints folder (not just the files) into ~webui/extensions/sd-webui-old-photo-restoration/Face_Enhancement
5. Download shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.zip from Releases
6. Extract the .dat file into ~webui/extensions/sd-webui-old-photo-restoration/Face_Detection

The Releases page includes the original links, as well as the backups mirrored by myself

Another mirror: Google Drive

Extension not Showing Up

If after installing the Extension, nothing shows up in the Extras tab, it's usually caused by failing to install the dlib package. To solve it:

• Install Visual Studio 2022 with
  • C++ component
  • CMake component

How to Use

After installing this Extension, there will be an Old Photo Restoration section in the Extras tab

0. Expand the dropdown to enable the features
1. Upload the image(s) to be processed
2. Adjust the settings as needed
3. Click Generate
4. The result(s) will show up on the right once the process finishes

Settings

• Processing Order: Choose between upscaling the image first or perform the restoration first
• Process Scratch: Remove scratches from the image
• Face Restore: Use a pre-trained model to improve the faces
  • (This is different from the Webui built-in ones)
• High Resolution: Use higher parameters to do the processing
  • (Only has an effect when either Process Scratch or Face Restore is also enabled)