QualityScaler 1.1.0 - Image/video upscaling & enhancement GUI app based on BRSGAN & RealSR_JPEG

QualityScaler

Image/video upscaling & enhancement GUI app based on BRSGAN & RealSR_JPEG

Credits.

BSRGAN - https://github.com/cszn/BSRGAN | https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.14006

RealSR_JPEG - https://github.com/jixiaozhong/RealSR | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.01996.pdf

Installation.

QualityScaler is completely portable; just download, unzip and execute the file .exe

Supported AI Backend.

• Nvidia Cuda [v10.2]
• CPU [works without GPU, but is very slow]

Features.

• Easy to use GUI
• Images and video upscale
• Drag&drop files [image/multiple images/video]
• Different upscale factors:
  • auto - automatic choose best upscale factor for the GPU used (to avoid running out of VRAM)
  • x1   - will mantain same resolution but will reconstruct the image (ideal for bigger images) 
  • x2   - upscale factor 2: 500x500px -> 1000x1000px
  • x4   - upscale factor 4: 500x500px -> 2000x2000px
• Cpu and Gpu [cuda] backend
• Compatible images - PNG, JPEG, BMP, WEBP, TIF  
• Compatible video  - MP4, WEBM, GIF, MKV, FLV, AVI, MOV 

Next steps.

1. Use both model for the upscale
2. Include audio for upscaled video
3. Support for other GPUs (AMD, Intel) with new backend

Example.

Original photo (200x200 px)

BSRGAN (800x800 px)

RealSR_JPEG (800x800 px)