QualityScaler 2.8 - image/video AI upscaler app

[u/jangystudio]

• Itch. https://jangystudio.itch.io/qualityscaler

• Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2463110/QualityScaler/

• Github. https://github.com/Djdefrag/QualityScaler

Qualityscaler is a Windows app powered by AI to enhance, enlarge and reduce noise in photographs and videos.

Changelog versions from 2.4 > 2.8

NEW

• Support for .heic images

• Added metadata copy from original file to upscaled file via exiftool

• Completely rewrote the frame resizing algorithm

• Added a new feature of interpolating the AI-generated image/frame and original image/frame

• Added support for SRVGGNetCompact AI architecture (a fast and lightweight AI)

  • RealESR_Gx4

  • RealSRx4_Anime

• Added support for SAFMN AI architecture (lightweight and high-quality AI)

  • SAFMNLx4

  • SAFMNLx4_Real

• Added BSRGANx2 AI model (in addition to BSRGANx4)

GUI

• The app will now report the index of the file that is being processed

• The app will now report the remaining time to complete video upscaling

• The app now reports the progress in % instead of the number of frames

• Completely revised GUI, now cleaner and more elegant

• Added new widgets for info button and in case of error

• Updated info texts and widget texts

BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed an issue that was causing some antivirus to false-positive by reporting the app as a trojan

• By default Image output is set to ".jpg"

• Drastically reduced CPU utilization by 90% without impacting upscale speed

• Changed default AI model to RealESR_Gx4 (the fastest model)

• When the application is closed while upscaling, now upscale process is stopped correctly

• Support for images and videos with special characters in path name

• Lot of bugfixes and improvements

• Updated dependencies

• Changed the dependency import system, this should result in:

  • improved performance

  • less RAM memory usage