Suggestion - GUI

[RinMaru]

I just love this i was able to beautifully upscale a small image with great results. would a UI be possible? command line is a bit of a hassle

[nagadomi]

Use web.lua for web interface(it's same as http://waifu2x.udp.jp) or waifu2x-caffe(for windows).

[Droyk]

Will you able to tell me which is more updated I think it's the website because whenever I upscale my images with the website the quality seems good & the size seems good too but whenever I try caffe it seems more sharp to eye and become much larger than the website.

[RinMaru]

thanks hope it works as good as the page 😊

[nagadomi]

@Droyk
Do you use the latest version of waifu2x-caffe?
I think that waifu2x-caffe's 2-D illust (UpRGB Model) is completely the same as the our model that is used in the our website.
But, in Denoise mode on UpRGB, it seems that waifu2x-caffe has a different method than our method. Probably it causes the different results. Please use 2-D illust (RGB Model) for Denoise mode.

[Droyk]

Yup I have the latest version it's really sharp and after upscaling size becomes too big even if i compare it to the website one & by the way why don't you make your own application?
& why on the website you didn't add more upscaling options?

[nagadomi]

#118 is related.

why don't you make your own application?

My focus is on web application. and I am contributing to waifu2x-caffe project within open source development. and I don't have windows environment.

[Droyk]

if you contributed to the waifu2x-caffe do you know what all the settings means exactly because I use my guess to use the settings will you be able to tell me what those settings means exactly?

and is there is any program that is as good as waifu2x-caffe and is in active development like your waifu2x project?

[nagadomi]

As far as I know, waifu2x-caffe is the only software option that is full compatible with waifu2x(this repo).

[Droyk]

if you contributed to the waifu2x-caffe do you know what all the settings means exactly because I use my guess to use the settings will you be able to tell me what those settings means exactly?

[nagadomi]

I've read almost of waifu2x-caffe code and I used it for some closed products.
What is your question? I don't know what you're saying.

[nagadomi]

Sorry, I forgot that waifu2x-caffe does not have english documents.
I don't have time and english skill for translating the waifu2x-caffe's document.

[Droyk]

okay will you able to tell me what (Uses of TTA mode) actually means & what split size means?

and I have been seeing on the internet that some people even upscaled videos using waifu2x is that possible if so then how should I do it!

[nagadomi]

TTA

TTA(test-time augmentation) mode averages the upscaling results of the following 8 augmented inputs.

TTA mode able to reduce several type of artifacts but it's 8x slower than non TTA mode.

split size

block size(px) for block processing. larger size might be faster but it increases memory usage. When split size is too large for your GPU memory, runtime error(out of memory) might occur.

video

1. convert video(all frames) to PNG images (with ffmepg)
2. waifu2x
3. convert waifu2xed images to video (with ffmpeg)

See https://github.com/nagadomi/waifu2x#video-encoding