simonsan/autocrispy

Automatically apply AI Upscaling on Dumped Textures

AutoCrispy

Automatically apply AI upscaling on Dumped Textures.

AutoCrispy Features

• Seamless Upscaling - Experimental system for improving seamless texture upscales, based on JoeyBallentine's 'upscale.py' script. Available for all backends. For advanced users. More information will be available in the manual.

• Model Chaining - Arbitrarily chain models for upscaling. Adding a model to a chain 'snapshots' your current settings for the backend, meaning you can apply the same backend with differant settings or models (ESRGAN), or apply any mix of backends in sequence to your textures.

• Defringing - Basic, GDI+ defringing scheme. Removes ugly halo artifacts ('fringes') from textures with transparency. This works best where all textures are roughly the same size.

Backend Features

The following are the features supported in AutoCrispy. Any feature listed is not necessarily the same as the features or requirements of the program. To work, AutoCrispy requires one of the following to be downloaded, or ESRGAN to be installed. More about the Backends and Comparison shots can be found here

Backend	Scale Range	Denoising Support	Alpha Support	TAA	Custom Filters	Speed	VRAM Requirements	Download
Waifu2x Caffe	1-4	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Slow	Very High	Link
Waifu2x Vulkan	1-2	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Average	Medium	Link
RealSR Vulkan	4-4	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	Slow	High	Link
SRMD Vulkan	2-4	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Average	Medium	Link
Waifu2x CPP	1-8	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	Quick	Low	Link
Anime4K CPP	1-8	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	Quick	Low	Link

ESRGAN

It is also possible to use ESRGAN. For convenience, a prebuilt, portable installation can be found here:
https://github.com/WalkerMx/ESRGAN_Python_Embedded/releases

This does not include any models. They can be found here.

Alternatively, the setup guide can be found here:
https://upscale.wiki/wiki/ESRGAN_Installation_Guide_for_Windows

How to use:

-Toss AutoCrispy into the folder from the backend(s) you chose, and run it.

-Pick the folder where the textures dump.

-Pick the folder where the new textures need to be.

-Set your settings. The defaults should work, unless you know what you want.

-Push the button.

As the textures dump, new upscaled textures are generated, and the originals are optionally deleted.

Also, make sure you have enough VRAM if you use multithreading, especially with Caffe and ESRGAN. More threads & higher upscales dramatically increase the memory requirements!

More info about AutoCrispy and how it works can be found Here
Guides for some common programs can be found Here.

Special Thanks

Some people have been unusually helpful, or have gone above and beyond to show support for this project. With their permission, they are listed below.

u/devilskin

fefo-dev