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Upscayl lets you enlarge and enhance low-resolution images using advanced AI algorithms. Enlarge images without losing quality, it's almost like magic! ๐ŸŽฉ๐Ÿช„ Upscayl is a cross-platform application built with the Linux-first philosophy. This means that Linux users receive pre-release builds earlier but Upscayl itself is available on all major desktop operating systems :)

now look what this baby can do ...

Huh? A sparkly fart in the sky? ๐Ÿง

Holy fuck, a Supernova! Cosmic spectacle of incomprehensible dimensions! ๐Ÿคฏ

I wanted to implement the pics into the post via

![alt text](image url)

But it was not working for the upscayl version, sorry.

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[โ€“] birdcat@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

And not that everything is a competition, but in my testing the results of upscayl always look a bit better than the ones from this web based non foss upscaler.

[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Upscayl professionally and can confirm it beats out every proprietary alternative

How is it vs. Topaz Gigapixel AI or Photo AI?

[โ€“] bappity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] yote_zip@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The tool Upscayl uses, RealESRGAN, is superior to waifu2x. waifu2x is really showing its age at this point.

Edit: Just for fun, here's some tests via downscaling a picture then re-upscaling it:

Original Picture

Original Picture (downscaled)

RealESRGAN - Normal Mode

RealESRGAN - Anime Mode

waifu2x

[โ€“] bappity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

just seen your edits, that is some SUPER COOL STUFF! definitely big improvements from waifu2x