🔧 Dependencies and Installation

• Python >= 3.7 (Recommend to use Anaconda or Miniconda)
• PyTorch >= 1.7

Installation

1. Clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN.git
   cd Real-ESRGAN

2. Install dependent packages

   # Install basicsr - https://github.com/xinntao/BasicSR
   # We use BasicSR for both training and inference
   pip install basicsr
   # facexlib and gfpgan are for face enhancement
   pip install facexlib
   pip install gfpgan
   pip install basicsr>=1.4.2
   pip install facexlib>=0.2.5
   pip install gfpgan>=1.3.5
   pip install numpy
   pip install opencv-python
   pip install Pillow
   pip install torch>=1.7
   pip install torchvision
   pip install tqdm
   python setup.py develop

3. install pre-trained model

   wget https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.1.0/RealESRGAN_x4plus.pth -P Real-ESRGAN/experiments/pretrained_models
   wget https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.2.2.3/RealESRGAN_x4plus_netD.pth -P Real-ESRGAN/experiments/pretrained_models