Name: 2x DeGif
Author: Nmkd

Ani4K is a 2x model for creating natural-looking 2K and 4K upscales of modern anime. The model places emphasis on depth of field and blur effect retention, which are extremely common in modern anime and something that many anime models struggle with. In addition, Ani4K is trained for strong detail retention, WEB/BD compression clean-up, and producing pleasing lineart. 

More info on the Github page: https://github.com/Sirosky/Sirosky-Upscaling-Models.

Blur Retention Comparisons (including vs. xinntao's 2x paper model): https://imgsli.com/MTg2NTg5/4/5

General Comparisons: https://imgsli.com/MTg2ODI2

Ani4K

2x general purpose anime upscaler, with a focus on cleaning up scuffed sources while enhancing texture detail. While the model was trained on DVDs, it still works well on modern anime. The model is trained to deal with noise, compression artifacts, blur, bleeding, haloing and scuffed line art. Apparently, it also learned to deal with some dotcrawl.

AniScale

AniScale 2 is a versatile and faithful anime model trained for use on a variety of post ~2000 sources. As the name suggests, this is the successor to the original AniScale, and a substantial upgrade in nearly every respect. Superb blur and depth of field handling, thorough WEB and DVD compression repair, and pleasing line art refinement are the hallmarks of AniScale 2. A few notes:

- While AniScale 2 is trained first and foremost as an OmniSR model, AniScale 2 is also intended to be a platform to explore multiple SISR archs. For starters, I've trained OmniSR and Compact versions, but more will come.
- AniScale 2 also comes with a "refiner" model, creatively named AniScale 2 Refiner (AS2R). AS2R is a 1x Compact model (for maximum speed) trained to supplement and increase the versatility of AniScale 2, without making the base model excessively aggressive. The Refiner is focused on providing light sharpening, fixing line art and line thinning, depending on whether you run the model before or after upscaling with AniScale 2. 
- For more information, please visit the [Github wiki page](https://github.com/Sirosky/Upscale-Hub/wiki/%F0%9F%8C%9F-AniScale-2-&--AniScale-2-Refiner).

**Comparisons**

- [General Comparisons](https://imgsli.com/MjEyMjQw/0/1)
- [Depth of Field/Blur Comparisons](https://imgsli.com/MjEyMjQ1/5/4) (including vs. my favorite model punching bag)

AniScale-2-Compact

AniScale-2-DITN

AniScale-2-ESRGAN

AniScale-2-ESRGAN-Lite

AniScale-2-OmniSR

Real-time 2x Real-ESRGAN Compact/UltraCompact/SuperUltraCompact models designed for upscaling 1080p anime to 4K. 

The aim of these models is to address scaling, blur, oversharpening, and compression artifacts while upscaling to deliver a result that appears as if the anime was originally mastered in 4K resolution. Can be set up to run in real-time with mpv on Windows using https://github.com/the-database/mpv-upscale-2x_animejanai

The development of the V3 models spanned over seven months, during which over 100 release candidate models were trained and meticulously refined. The V3 models introduce several improvements compared to V2, including:

More faithful appearance to original source
Improved handling of oversharpening artifacts, ringing, aliasing
Better at preserving intentional blur in scenes using depth of field
More accurate line colors, darkness, and thickness
Better preservation of soft shadow edges

Overall, the V3 models yield significantly more natural and faithful results compared to the V2 models.test

AnimeJaNai_HD_V3_Compact

Real-time 2x Real-ESRGAN Compact/UltraCompact/SuperUltraCompact models designed for upscaling 1080p anime to 4K.

The aim of these models is to address scaling, blur, oversharpening, and compression artifacts while upscaling to deliver a result that appears as if the anime was originally mastered in 4K resolution. Can be set up to run in real-time with mpv on Windows using https://github.com/the-database/mpv-upscale-2x_animejanai

The development of the V3 models spanned over seven months, during which over 100 release candidate models were trained and meticulously refined. The V3 models introduce several improvements compared to V2, including:

More faithful appearance to original source Improved handling of oversharpening artifacts, ringing, aliasing Better at preserving intentional blur in scenes using depth of field More accurate line colors, darkness, and thickness Better preservation of soft shadow edges

Overall, the V3 models yield significantly more natural and faithful results compared to the V2 models.

AnimeJaNai_HD_V3_SuperUltraCompact

AnimeJaNai_HD_V3_UltraCompact

GitHub Link: https://github.com/Kim2091/Kim2091-Models/releases/tag/2x-AnimeSharpV2_Set

This is my first anime model in years. Hopefully you guys can find a good use-case for it. Included are 4 models:

1. RealPLKSR (Higher quality, slower)
2. MoSR (Lower quality, faster)

There are Sharp and Soft versions of both
When to use each:
- __Sharp:__ For heavily degraded sources. Sharp models have issues depth of field but are best at removing artifacts 
- __Soft:__ For cleaner sources. Soft models preserve depth of field but may not remove other artifacts as well

__Notes:__
- MoSR doesn't work in chaiNNer currently
- To use MoSR:
  1. Use the ONNX version in tools like [VideoJaNai](<https://github.com/the-database/VideoJaNai>)
  2. Update spandrel in the latest version of ComfyUI

The ONNX version may produce slightly different results than the .pth version. If you have issues, try the .pth model.

2x-AnimeSharpV2_MoSR_Sharp

2x-AnimeSharpV2_MoSR_Soft

2x-AnimeSharpV2_RPLKSR_Sharp

2x-AnimeSharpV2_RPLKSR_Soft

DeGif

Category: Art/Pixel Art
Purpose: Digital Art/People
Pretrained: Mainly for digital art, but can be used to upscale pixel art.

ArtStation1337 Dedither

ArtStation1337 Dedither v2

For photos/realistic images, but worth trying on other images that have reduced colors and dithering along with fine details. Trained using the ESRGAN-FS code (https://github.com/ManuelFritsche/real-world-sr/tree/master/esrgan-fs/codes) for better details compared to plain ESRGAN.

FSDedither

Fine-tuned 4xFSDedither to upscale images from the game Riven, but should be better in general, particularly on ordered dithering. I adjusted the dataset to have a better variety of dithering parameters, and turned up the HFEN and pixel loss to get better details and color restoration with less noise.

FSDedither Riven

A universal model, that is aimed at prerendered images, but handles realistic faces, manga, pixel art and dedithering as well. Trained using the patchgan discriminator, with cx loss, cutmixup and frequency separation, it produces good results with a slight grain due to patchgan, with some sharpening using cutmixup.

Lollypop

This is part of my [PBRify_Remix](<https://github.com/Kim2091/PBRify_Remix>) project. This is a much more capable model based on SwinIR Medium, which should strike a balance between capacity for learning + inference speed. It appears to have done so :)

### Replaced by 4x-PBRify_UpscalerDAT2_V1

4x-PBRify_UpscalerSIR-M_V2

Upscaling and dedithering pre-rendered sprites, images and textures made in the 90s. Basically vintage CGI.

## 4xTextures_GTAV_rgt-s_dither

**Scale:** 4  
**Architecture:** [RGT](https://github.com/zhengchen1999/RGT)  
**Architecture Option:** RGT-S  

**Author:** Philip Hofmann  
**License:** CC-BY-0.4  
**Purpose:** Restoration  
**Subject:** Game Textures  
**Input Type:** Images  
**Release Date:** 08.05.2024  

**Dataset:** [GTAV_512_Textures](https://discord.com/channels/547949405949657098/905446120333930566/1132367991808466975)  
**Dataset Size:** 7061  
**OTF (on the fly augmentations):** No  
**Pretrained Model:** 4xTextures_GTAV_rgt-s  
**Iterations:** 128'000  
**Batch Size:** 6,4  
**GT Size:** 128,256  

**Description:**
A model to upscale game textures, trained on GTAV Textures, handles jpg compression down to 80 and was trained with dithering. Basically the previous 4xTextures_GTAV_rgt-s model but extended to handle dithering.

**Showcase:**  
[Slow Pics 25 Examples](https://slow.pics/s/EW7Ifiuw)

4xTextures_GTAV_rgt-s_dither

Category: Art/Pixel Art

xbrz plus dedithering style pixel-art upscaling model to wiki under specialised

xbrz+dd

Category: Art/Pixel Art

Low-resolution MS Paint drawings, general pixel art, and general dithered pixel art, all kinds of pixel art

Pretrained model: A mix of: 8x_glasshopper_ArzenalV1.1, 8x_glasshopper_MS-Unpainter, 8x_NMKD-Sphax + Sphax de-dither, and 8x_NMKD-YanderePixelArt4 + Yandere De-Dither, all interpolated with adjustments using the interpolate function in Cupscale

Architecture	ESRGAN
Scale	2x
Size	64nf23nb
Color Mode	RGB
License	WTFPL Private use Commercial use Distribution Modifications Disclaimer
Date	2020-08-31
Training iterations	210000

DeGif

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