readme.md

# anime upscaler

My usage of [Real-ESRGAN](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN) to upscale anime.

# Some results:

## Picture

Before            |  After
:-------------------------:|:-------------------------:
![](test_img/random_test_frame.jpg)  |  ![](test_img/random_test_frame_out.jpg)

## Video

### Before

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/56494763/148880280-fb6488c1-e87c-47e4-81ec-aecc3654c9d6.mp4

### After

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/56494763/148880247-a99d3bd5-eb7e-4371-8de2-68d55cab801e.mp4

# How To Use

## Download anime model:

https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/blob/master/docs/anime_model.md

## For a single image:

`python3 frame_esrgan.py -m /path/to/RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B.pth -i path/to/img -o path/to/img.png`

If memory usage is too high and you need to split frames and stitch back together use the `-s, --split` argument. Default number of splits is 4, but you can make as many as you want.

If you want to change the final size, one can now add the `-r` or the `--resize` argument, followed by a string indicating the desired resolution, for example we would add `-r 1920x1080` to resize the output to that size.

Please note that the output of a single image must be a PNG due to alpha channel. Will be fixed in the future hopefully

## For a video:

`python3 anime_upscaler.py -m /path/to/RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B.pth -i path/to/video -o path/to/desired/output -s -a`

If you do not want audio, remove the `-a` at the end