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Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by lou_alcala »

dean2432 wrote: post #17
johndough wrote: post #7

This website is just a wrapper around https://github.com/brycedrennan/imaginAIry which is a wrapper around various neural networks, e.g. https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN in this case.

my test image is number 201 in the queue, so might as well just run upscayl locally. https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl

I'm increasing the workers, didn't expect this growth

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by keymasta »

kwanbix wrote: post #15

I haven't tested it yet, but I suggest that you have a "per image" price for those who use it sporadically. I could be a potential user, but not for 24/m for the 50 images I can do per month.

If wanting to use ESRGAN I've used this colab [0], set up for video.

[0] https://colab.research.google.com/github/MSFTserver/AI-Colab...

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by bee_rider »

lou_alcala wrote: post #21
dean2432 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

my test image is number 201 in the queue, so might as well just run upscayl locally. https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl

I'm increasing the workers, didn't expect this growth

Congrats on the overwhelming success

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by Roark66 »

If you prefer to run something like this locally while maintaining 100% ownership and control of your files here is my android app I wrote 6 months ago: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luksapps.i...

It uses the best open model on the market to run up scaling (multiple versions of Real-ESRGAN) and runs them in 10s~up to few min per photo on relatively modern mobile phones. This is a free ad supported versions. There is also a paid version with no ads. Both versions can be used while 100% offline.

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by Kiro »

johndough wrote: post #7

This website is just a wrapper around https://github.com/brycedrennan/imaginAIry which is a wrapper around various neural networks, e.g. https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN in this case.

To me, "just a wrapper" makes it sound like it's something completely trivial but I'm an experienced web dev and I wouldn't even know where to start. How do I run this stuff on the server and how do I expose it in a web UI like this?

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by waselighis »

I guess it's fine if it's free or cheap. But why would I pay anywhere from $29-232 per month for what is basically a glorified web UI wrapping open source models? I can get the same or superior functionality for free from FOSS running on my local machine, including mobile devices.

https://www.upscayl.org/

https://superimage.io/

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by covercash »

Topaz Labs makes a stand-alone upscaling app with proprietary models, or you can use something like Cupscale and try various models that are freely available. You usually need to chain multiple models together with the latter option in order to get decent results.

Edit: here are some links to get started…

Cupscale - https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

Models - https://nmkd.de/?esrgan

More models & info - https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Main_Page

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by aantix »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #2

These image upscalers always seem to remove noise in ways that make the result look terrible. You should be adding reasonable texture, not smearing surfaces in vaseline.

The same for video.

Even the "state of the art", Topaz AI's video upscaler, makes everyone look like a porcelain doll.

Re: Show HN: Image Upscaler AI

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Post by CommitSyn »

lou_alcala wrote: post #21
dean2432 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

my test image is number 201 in the queue, so might as well just run upscayl locally. https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl

I'm increasing the workers, didn't expect this growth

That's great. You already know this but ignore the people trivializing it. Yes, we hackers could get this running without much effort but most people are not hackers and have absolutely no clue where to start. Even as a hacker there are occasional tools that I don't have on my system at that moment so I'm very thankful to have easy point and click websites people have built around the tools, because it saves a ton of time. Time is incredibly valuable to me now, and I'm happy to pay for things that help me do things faster.
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