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Mare Upscaling Thread Anonymous 08/07/2021 (Sat) 06:09:33 No. 1023
I was inspired by this thread to make a more permanent thread here: https://boards.4channel.org/mlp/thread/37338910 Just post any pony-related images (with what scale you'd like) that you feel are too low resolution, are blurry, or aren't high resolution enough, and I'll upscale them the best I can. Pic-related is a great example of what upscaling can do for you. If you want to upscale images yourself: >Follow these tutorials https://upscale.wiki/wiki/ESRGAN_Installation_Guide_for_Windows https://youtu.be/w4Hb7tyDsWE >Install Cupscale (optional, but recommended) https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale >Download models (Gigapixel can be found on public trackers) https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database Also, if you have a 2xxx or 3xxx Nvidia GPU, you should enable FP16 in Cupscale's settings to make it upscale faster: https://u.smutty.horse/mcmeqpulbgz.png Here's a folder with everything I've personally upscaled so far: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1PkpeYO2l5TqGc8Xs9KAZFJUjSa_fjQYk
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I've also been meaning to post some of these upscales as well. Gigapixel's noise reduction is pretty amazing. I've yet to try some of the other models for doing that, though. With that said, Gigapixel is pretty great for adding some detail so you can resize it down a bit and upscale from there, and these images needed the help. They're still not perfect, but using some of the models by themselves gives less than desirable results. https://u.smutty.horse/mdgzdmjcbzz.png https://u.smutty.horse/mdgzbyxnuql.png https://u.smutty.horse/mdgyzdrprhy.png
>>3195 Although it could be argued that the noise is part of the artist's intention, like in >>2741 but I don't think that was the case for the first and third images.
>>2741 I'm reuploading one of the 4x scale images to Smutty. The darkening may be entirely on my end, because whenever I download the images, they look how they're supposed to. That, and I learned Imgur compresses images. https://u.smutty.horse/mdbehpfnopy.png
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I found a clear example of the V2 Superpony model being leaps and bounds above V1. Pic-related is the original. These are at 4x scale: SuperPony (old only): https://u.smutty.horse/mdjgjvwseeb.png SuperPony (new+old): https://u.smutty.horse/mdjgjddrbet.png SuperPony (new only): https://u.smutty.horse/mdjghfggrdq.png
>>3590 Cool stuff.
I wanted to post an interesting little upscale I've done today. Pic-related is very pixelated, and the SuperPony models couldn't handle it very well. Until I used "4x_scalenx_90k." It smoothed everything out quite well. https://u.smutty.horse/meemwvdblba.png Scalenx -> SuperPony (new): https://u.smutty.horse/meemwwgaykp.png
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>>5320 Very nice. This post both reminded me that upscaling is a thing, and that newer, better models more suited for pony have been made. I think the last time I had upscaled anything was like a year and a half ago. I updated to the latest version of cupscale, grabbed some new models, and gave it a quick test with what I think are great results. Take this Chrysalis pic for example. It was made by one of ((those)) artists who don't release their full artworks, instead hiding them behind multiple layers of annoyance. In this case, the annoyance in question is DeviantArt. The thing about DeviantArt, and what this artist does, is that you can set it so that people cannot view or download the original file. Instead, the site serves you a copy of the original that has been scaled down and had the quality reduced by 25%, introducing artifacts and pixelization. Back in the old days you used to be able to browse the page source to bypass this, allowing you to grab the original file, but apparently this either doesn't work anymore or I'm too stupid to figure it out. What I did manage to figure out, however, was to get the downscaled image, but at 100% quality. So I took that, scaled it up with SuperPony 4x V2, then manually scaled the image back down to the artists original dimensions of 3508x2480. While I was at it, I gave the image a little edit. You can see in the original that Chrysalis has a bit of a frown at the corner of her mouth. I don't like that, it makes her look unhappy with the situation. A slight adjustment gave her a more neutral expression, hinting at a smile. Changes the whole feeling of the image in my opinion.
>>5345 Upscale came out looking pretty good. Your edit, while subtle, I think is very effective. Nicely done.
>>5320 Looks great! >>5345 Oh wow, that's really nice!
>>5345 It's pretty amazing how well the SuperPony models do with fan art. We have more tools to deal with bad decisions from artists or just low-resolution fan art in general.

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