Waifu2x Upscale Illustrations and Photos | Free Software

Waifu2x is free, open source image up-scaling software using AI and machine learning.

It can be used to increase image resolution while reducing noise and improving quality. Waifu2x works with photos and illustrations, and is especially effect for use with anime artwork. It can also be used for upscaling video, but the video must be converted in to individual images first.

Try the hosted web version here:

Download a Windows version with a GUI here (waifu2x-caffe)

View and/or download the source code here:

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[Alter]

When a weeb managed to write a better program for improving picture quality than the FBI

[UkrArtDesign]

Great program, and even online. I am amazed at the quality of her work. Thank.

[crowarmbrust]

Awesome! I'm impressed with the results I got! Thanks for this vid! Some pixels got messed up as I tried to upscale twice but I'll just remedy it using Photoshop :D

[manafon]

Glad to see they have a desktop software as well so I don't cripple their servers with all the images I need to upscale.

[danielquill]

This is brilliant for bringing old photos back to life - thank you. Is there a photo colourising website you'd recommend?

[shiitake]

I used and still using this tool since the initial of 2020

[hazah]

You owned my subscribe for presenting this software.

[avejst]

Wow, Great find
Thanks for sharing :-)

[dourwolf]

CUDA is not needed. click "app setting", then set "use processor" to "CPU". This seems to make the process much slower, but it is more supported.

[queenstreetsystems]

Thank you !! fantastic share and terrific presentation as always

[matthewfoley]

How do I get a CUDA enabled graphics card? Whenever I click start it tells me "Input can not be converted by GPU The CUDA driver may not have been installed. Please install the CUDA driver. Will you make a link to the CUDA driver and a tutorial on it?

[MidMonte]

it says I don't have a cuda driver what does that mean

[sandiMexicola]

Thank you very much for this informative video! :)

[carlitocabintoyjr.]

website to high quality anime photo?
except waifu2x

[mattd.]

Does the online service save the images you upload images in anyway?

[prayersforpetsnonprofit]

Pawsome, thanks! I will try it and let you know how it goes. 💗 Caren

[navycalvin]

man, how i wish there's an mobile app version of it but considering it's such an amaxing work that might be asking too much. still love the pc version tho

[yash]

awww, 5th comment woohoo (sorry for spamming, i just couldnt control myself this time)

[MobileDecay]

When I hit start it just sits there and does nothing. 🤷‍♂️

[MrSonicTeam]

Please sir can you take a look on other upscale software that you can freely use on your PC without needing to resort to online services?