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New RIFE frame interpolation model: [v4.22-lite], provides higher quality than the previous models.
Add introduction document for Real-ESRGAN models.
Add a [Select folder] button for [Output Folder].
When switching the "Image Style" of the ESRGAN engine, the model's image style label in the engine settings tab will be highlighted.
Add a [Help] button for [Import ESRGAN models] settings.
v3.120.01
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.
Better compatibility with AV1 video codec.
Update RIFE engine.
Update GIF plugin.
Update other plugin.
v3.119.01
NEW Feature: Better GIF quality, GIF now supports [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement].
V2 update for Omni-Mini Real-ESRGAN model, improving its image quality without compromising performance.
Improve the compatibility of [Video Color Management].
v3.118.01
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.
v3.117.01
Change log:
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.
v3.116.01
Change log:
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.
v3.114.01
Change log:
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.
v3.112.01
Change log:
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.
v3.110.01
Change log:
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], 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.
v3.106.01
Change log:
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.
v3.104.01
Change log:
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.
Other performance optimization.
Update ImageMagick.
v3.102.01
Change log:
NEW feature: RTX Super-resolution engine now supports APNG upscaling.
NEW Feature: ALL super-res engines now supports [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] when upscaling APNG.
Improve SRMD-CUDAs compatibility with media that has alpha channel.
Improve SRMD-CUDAs compatibility with APNG.
Performance optimization.
Fix bug: UI error when using [Quick engine switch].
Fix bug: Progress display error when using some engines to upscale APNGs.
Complete translation.
v3.101.01
Change log:
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].
v3.99.01
Change log:
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.
Fix bug: Incomplete closing process.
Fix typo.
v3.98.01
Change log:
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.
v3.96.01
Change log:
New RIFE-v4.6 model, better frame interpolation quality.
New feature: [Auto-Create output folders], automatically create output folder when needed, including all parent folders.
New feature: Now RIFE v4 and v4.6 models supports TTA.
Better auto engine settings optimization algorithm.
Auto engine settings optimization now supports all Real-Cugan models.
Improve UI.
Update Rife-ncnn-vulkan.
Update ImageMagick.
Update ffmpeg.
Fix bug: Switch Real-Cugan models won't work properly when processing videos and GIFs.
v3.95.23
Change log:
NEW Feature: New aspect ratio strategy: [Specify Minimum resolution]
Performance optimization.
Better error report and tooltip.
Fix bug: When processing static images, upscale ratio with decimal digits may not work properly.
Fix bug: When processing static images, 1x scale ratio isn't working when using some engines.
Fix bug: When processing static images, [Specify Width(Height) ONLY & Keep Aspect Ratio] not working properly.
Fix translation error.
Update heif plugins.
Update ImageMagick.
Update ffmpeg.
v3.95.01
Change log:
NEW Feature: Display current progress when Finding scene shifts.
Newly redesigned internal image resizer, better compatibility and image quality.
Improved image quality.
Improved compatibility.
Performance optimization.
Reconstruct some codes to improve stability.
Update FFmpeg
Update ImageMagick
Remove some unnecessary warning messages.
Fix bug: In certain situations, failed to output final image when using Real-ESRGAN and [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] at the same time.
Fix bug: In some situations, the final image is incompatible with some image viewers.
Fix bug: [Automatic file list scrolling] was not working.
Fix bug: UI logical error.
Fix bug: Unable to reach target frame rate after video frame interpolation.
v3.94.01
Change log:
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].
Improve code efficiency and stability.
Update FFmpeg and ImageMagick
Bug fix.
v3.93.01
Change log:
NEW frame interpolation engine: IFRNet-ncnn-vulkan.
NEW Feature: [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement]. Improve clarity when upscaling images with transparent background(Alpha channel).
ALL engines supports [Transparent image Clarity Enhancement] when processing Static Images and PSD.
NEW Feature: After the compatibility test, automatically switch to compatible engines for new users.
Improve Auto-optimize Engine settings.
Improve UI performance.
Fix bug: Unexpected frame rate change of the result video.
Other bug fix and improvements.
v3.91.01
Change log:
New Feature: Import and use 3rd party model for Real-ESRGAN engine.
New Feature: Bring back lossless PNG compression for static images.
New Feature: Bit depth adjustment and 16 bit image output for Waifu2x-caffe engine.
New Feature: Now you can adjust the size of status console.
Improve image quality when using custom resolution.
Better denoise levels support for Real-CUGAN native 4x upscale.
Smarter model picking for Real-CUGAN.
Improved automatic multithreading, better utilize the performance of high-end PCs.
[Constant Rate Factor (CRF)] in the [Custom video settings] now supports more encoders.
Improve VFR video detection.
Some UI improvements.
Improve network stability for checking new updates and update QR code.
Update several plugins.
Fix multiple bugs.
v3.90.01
Change log:
Faster Real-ESRGAN super-resolution, up to 240% faster than previous version.
Faster Waifu2x super-resolution, up to 320% faster than previous version.(Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan)
New AnimeVideo-v3 model for Real-ESRGAN engine, better and faster anime video upscale.
New Feature: Save GIF as APNG.
New Feature: [Auto empty Files List], Automatically empty Files List after finished processing.(Disabled by default, additional settings)
Improve the auto multi-threading performance of Real-ESRGAN and Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan.
Smarter auto multi-threading for Real-ESRGAN and Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan.
Faster image pre-processing.
Improve default settings.
Some internal structural improvements for GUI.
Fix bug: Unable to assemble PSD files.
Some other bug fix and improvements.
v3.89.01
Change log:
Faster Real-CUGAN super-resolution, up to 60% faster than previous version
Faster and more Efficient frame interpolationm when using RIFE.
New feature: Add new option for Real-CUGAN, [Always use 2x models], could improve image clarity in some situations.
New feature: Save images as JPEG XL format(.jxl)
New feature: Now you can adjust image quality when save images as AVIF format
Smarter auto model selection for Real-CUGAN
Reduce the VRAM usage of RIFE
Improve the auto multi-threading performance of RIFE
Improve auto engine settings optimization.
Fix multiple BUGs.
v3.88.01
Change log:
NEW Super-Resolution Engine: Real-CUGAN-NCNN-Vulkan, high quality 2D anime upscaler.
New Feature: New Rife-V4.0 model, Faster frame interpolation and less VRAM usage.
New Feature: Save images as Jfif and Jpeg.
New Feature: Add Real-CUGAN model for Waifu2x-Caffe.
Improve custom resolution mechanism, and performance optimization.
Improve Video, GIF and APNG compatibility.
Improve settings presets and UI.
Fix multiple bugs.
v3.87.01
Change log:
New Feature: Now you can choose the Container format of the video output.(At Video Settings tab)
New Feature: [Keep subtitles (MKV)]: Include subtitles in the final video output.(At Video Settings tab)
New Feature:[Convert format ONLY (Static Images)]: Only convert format of the images, no further processing.(Additional settings---Tools)
New Feature: Automatic chroma adjustment option for HEIF/HEIC images.
New Feature: [Save CFR MP4 to RAM]: Re-direct CFR Mp4 cache to Dynamic RAM Cache.(Optional,Not enabled by default,Additional settings)
Improve multi-threading performance.
Update UI and fix typo.
v3.86.74
Change log:
Happy New Year 2022!
New Audio processing method, better Compatibility, better Quality and Faster speed.
Improve Auto engine settings optimization.
Improve GUI, Update plugins.
Fix multiple bugs.
v3.86.02
Change log:
v3.86.02:
- Fix bug: Real-ESRGAN Video & GIF upscale fix
v3.86.01:
- New Feature: Add support for RealESRGANv2-animevideo-xsx2(4) model.
- NEW Feature: Save images as HEIC/HEIF format.
- Faster 2D-Anime Video and GIF upscale speed when using RealESRGAN-NCNN-Vulkan engine.
- Multiple GUI improvements to fully utilize the new RealESRGAN model.
- Enhance the compatibility of RealESRGAN-NCNN-Vulkan engine.
- Improve Performance and Compatibility of GIF processing.
- Fix multiple bugs.
v3.85.01
Change log:
NEW Feature: Save APNG as other formats, including gif, mp4, webp and webm. (At Image settings)
NEW Feature: Support GIF with variable frame rate.
Introduce [Auto I/O redirection] to greatly improve compatibility.(Enabled by default, Additional settings)
New way to Save and Read GIF, Faster and Better image quality.
Improve the [Save as other formats] function of GIF, better device compatibility and performance.
Improve UI.
Update several plugins, remove useless plugins.
Fix multiple bugs.
v3.84.01
Change log:
New Feature: Save GIF as other formats, including mp4, webp and webm. (At Image settings)
New Feature: [Optimize Looped video] option, improve the effcet of frame interpolation.when processing looped video.(At Additional settings)
Significantly improved the speed and space usage of [Pre-processing Boost].
Improve video quality, smarter video quality control.
New hardware decoders: OpenCL and Vulkan.
New aspect ratio strategy: Specify Width(or Height) ONLY.
Update FFmpeg and improve compatibility.
Fix multiple bugs.
Improve UI, compatibility test and daily tips.
v3.83.21
Change log:
NEW Feature: Save images as PSD.
Speed up the program startup speed.
Improve user experience.
More automation, improve default settings.
Improve video quality, improve video conversion speed, reduce space usage.
Update FFmpeg and ImageMagick.
Fix bug: In some situations, video stream will become shorter when [Pre-processing Boost] enabled.
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.
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.
Fix bug: Unable to display frame interpolation progress correctly when [Multiple of FPS] is higher than [2].
Fix bug: All EMPTY parent folders will be deleted when delete a folder.
Fix bug: Unable to update processing progress if the processing speed is extremely fast.
Fix bug: GUI will becomes laggy when there are too many lines in the Console.
Fix bug: Sorting the files list by file name does not sort numbers logically.
Fix bug: Unable to adjust the window size correctly.
v3.52.11:
- Fix typo.
- Fix bug: Unable to detect scene shift correctly when processing Hight-res videos.
- Fix bug: Unable to read images resolution in certain situations.
- Fix bug: "FrameAnalyzeMB" was not deleted in certain situations.
v3.52.10-beta:
- New feature: "Reset [Frame Analysis] Settings" button.
- Improve GUI.
- Improve the default settings of [Frame Analysis].
- Automatically switch to software encoder when hardware encoder unable to convert some videos to CFR MP4.
- More detailed ERROR reports.
- Fix bug: Unable to convert some videos to CFR MP4, caused by hardware encoder.
- Fix bug: Unable to detect failures correctly when processing videos.
- Fix bug: Pixel format parameter was ignored.
v3.52.01:
- 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.
v3.41.13:
- New Feature: Automatically try to create output folder when the output folder does not exist.
- New option for system tray menu.
- Compatibility test for APNG plugins.
- Chinese translation.
- Fix bug: Unable to assemble APNG when there are "%" in the path.
- Fix bug: Wrong message were displayed when all files lists are cleared.
v3.41.01-beta:
- New Feature: APNG(Animated PNG) support.
- Improve GUI.
- Some other improvements.
v3.31.21-beta:
- Performance optimization.
- Update FFmpeg, ImageMagick.
- Some other improvements.
v3.22.26:
- New option for system tray menu.
- Fix bug: Unable to naming images correctly when using Anime4k.
- Fix bug: False error report.
- Fix bug: Unable to continue process existing video cache when frame interpolation is enabled.
v3.22.25-beta:
- Optimize performance.
- Improve description.
- Improve stability.
- Fix bug: Unable to continue process existing video cache when frame interpolation is enabled.
v3.22.24-beta:
- Improve quality of the result video.
- Improve the naming of result files when using Anime4k engine.
- Optimize performance.
- Remove first time start tips.
- Fix bug: Denoise level is still being loaded even though HDN is not enabled.
- Fix bug: Crash when unable to read video or gif info correctly.
- Fix bug: Unstable Internet connection might cause some unexpected error.
v3.22.23-beta:
- Improve quality of the result video.
- Improve the naming of result image.
- Optimize performance.
- Online update for Top Supporters List.
- Redesign the credits page for Top Supporters(patreon).
- Improve description.
v3.22.22-beta:
- New feature: Now you can choose to automatically open the output folder after processing all files by enabling [Auto-open after finished].
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe, ImageMagick.
- New option for system tray menu.
- Credits page for Top Supporters(patreon).
- Display a notification when program is closing.
v3.22.21-beta:
- New option: [Ignore frame rate mode]
- Improve the progress display of video frame interpolation.
- Fix bug: Sometimes the remaining time cannot be calculated correctly.
v3.22.14:
- Improve GUI.
- Complete Chinese translation.
- Fix bug: Might stuck at Waifu2x-Caffe(cuDNN) during the compatibility test.
v3.22.03-beta:
- Add a Patreon button. https://www.patreon.com/aaronfeng
- Optimize performance.
- Fix bug: Video will be skipped even though [Frame Interpolation only(Video)] is enabled.
v3.22.02-beta:
- Optimize performance.
- More detailed tool tips.
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe.
v3.22.01-beta:
- New Feature: Non-integer scale ratio support.
v3.21.13:
- Complete multi-language translation.
- Fix bug: Turn off screen button doesn't work.
- Fix bug: compatibility test progress bar not working normally.
v3.21.02-beta:
- New Feature: [Multiple of FPS] adjustment is now available for all video frame interpolation engines.
- Improve GUI.
- Fix bug: Potential video cache conflict.
- Fix bug: Unable to generate a video when multiple of fps is higher then 2.
v3.21.01-beta:
- New Frame Interpolation engine: DAIN-NCNN-Vulkan.
- New Feature: Multiple of frames.(Only available when using DAIN-NCNN-Vulkan.)
- Improve GUI.
- Fix bug: Unable to generate a video when frame interpolation failed.
v3.11.33-beta:
- New Feature: Now you can choose when you wanna interpolate the frames, before or after upscaled the frames.(Thanks to @CAFUCSteven for suggestion)
- New options: [Start], [Pause] and [Donate] for system tray menu.
- Add icons for system tray menu.
- Fix bug: The [Background mode] in system tray menu didn't work when frame interpolation is enabled.
- Fix bug: Video cache will be abandoned when frame interpolation setting is changed, even though [Process video by segment] is disabled.
- Fix bug: False error report when pause.
v3.11.32-beta:
- New options: [About] and [Send feedback] for system tray menu.
- Better naming for cache files.
- Optimize performance.
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe,ImageMagick.
- Fix typo.
v3.11.31-beta:
- New Feature: Show summary after processing all files.
- New Feature: Now you can save multiple files lists.
- No longer need to fix the suffix of mp4 files.
- Optimize performance.
- Remove 日本語 translation.
v3.11.26-beta:
- New model: rife-v2.4 for rife-ncnn-vulkan.
- Update rife-ncnn-vulkan.
v3.11.25-beta:
- Add a turn off screen button.
v3.11.24-beta:
- 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.
v3.11.19:
- Optimize performance.
- Update GUI.
- Fix bug: Cannot interpolate frames of video with "%" in the absolute path.
- Fix bug: [Hide Text Browser] doesn't work properly.
v3.11.08-beta:
- Fix bug: Failure detection for NCNN-Vulkan engines not working normally.
- Fix bug: Extra commands are always loaded when [Process video by segment] is enabled.
- Fix bug: Compatibility test may provide incorrect results.
- Fix bug: Available GPU ID detection for NCNN-Vulkan engines may provide incorrect results.
v3.11.07-beta:
- Update GUI layout.
v3.11.06-beta:
- New Feature: Automatically enable [UHD Mode] when Ultra High Definition input is detected.
- Much more compact gui.
- Optimize performance.
- Fix bug: Extra commands for video are not loaded when [Process video by segment] is enabled.
- Fix bug: [Automatic file list scrolling] not working normally after user rearrange the files list.
- Fix bug: [Verify] button is enabled when [Multi GPU] is disabled.
v3.11.05-beta:
- Fix bug: Unable to use [Process video by segment] when Frame Interpolation is disabled.
v3.11.04-beta:
- Add a shortcut for enable Frame Interpolation in home tab.
- [Verify] button for Frame Interpolation.
- Complete translation.
- Other improvements.
v3.11.03-beta:
- New Feature: Now you can skip the super-resolution, only interpolate video frames by enable [Frame Interpolation only(Video)].
- Add pause support for frame interpolation.
- Add auto adjust for number of threads of frame interpolation.
- Add failure detection for frame interpolation.
- Remove temporary code for debug.
- Fix bug: If frame interpolation failed in the middle of processing video by segment, clip with wrong frame rate gonna be generated.
- Fix bug: Cannot read video configuration correctly.
v3.11.02-beta:
- New Feature: Video frame interpolation using cain-ncnn-vulkan(@nihui).
- Add tool tips.
- Fix bug: Video frame interpolation engines won't work when there are special characters in the installation path.
- Fix bug: Video frame interpolation setting is not saved in the video configuration file.
v3.11.01-beta:
- New Feature: Video frame interpolation using rife-ncnn-vulkan(@nihui).
- Update Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan,SRMD-NCNN-Vulkan,RealSR-NCNN-Vulkan.
- Fix bug: Failure detection for NCNN-Vulkan engines doesn't work as intended when processing GIF and Video.
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.
v2.59.15:
- Improve GUI.
v2.59.04-beta:
- Images will only be forced to be saved as PNG when the specified file format does not support Alpha channel.
- Add buttons to adjust the block size to the nth power of 2.
- Performance optimization.
- Edit tool tip.
- Other improvements.
- Update ImageMagick,FFmpeg&FFprobe.
v2.59.03-beta:
- Automatically disable [Save Files List] button when files list is empty.
- More compact GUI, and other improvements.
- Edit tool tip and Chinese translation.
v2.59.02-beta:
- NEW Feature: Reset Files List scale.
- NEW Feature: File count for each kind of file.
- New icons.
- Performance optimization.
- Other improvements to the GUI.
- Complete translation.
- Fix bug: [Add Files] button is not disabled when loading Files list.
- Fix bug: Horizontal header data of the Files List will lost after using the right-click menu of [Remove item].
v2.59.01-beta:
- NEW Feature: Now you can hide components easier by drag the handle.
- Improve GUI design.
v2.58.14-beta:
- NEW Feature: Now you can adjust the horizontal width of the file list.
- Move [Move to Recycle Bin] option to Right-click menu of [Delete original files]
- Other improvements to the GUI.
- Notify users GPU ID list is empty when they try to enable Multi-GPU.
- Optimize performance.
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)
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: 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: Add SRMD-NCNN-Vulkan engine. 🎉🥳🎉
The SRMD-NCNN-Vulkan engine can support both 2D Anime and 3D Real-life image styles.
You can click this page to learn about SRMD.
Old version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine is enabled by default. (Because of the stability issue of new version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan)
If you need to use the TTA feature of the waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine, switch to the new version.
Improve stability.
Fix bug: Adding a large number of files at one time will cause the program to become unresponsive.
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.