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waifu2x (converter only version)

This is a reimplementation of waifu2x (original) converter function, in C++, using OpenCV. This is also a reimplementation of waifu2x python version by Hector Martin. You can use this as command-line tool of image noise reduction or/and scaling.

This software was originally made by @WL-Amigo and has been improved a lot over the years, see FORK_CHANGES.md for more info on that.

Obtain it here:

• Windows downloads

  • https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/releases
  • Officially supported GUI:
    • https://github.com/YukihoAA/waifu2x_snowshell/releases

• AUR (Arch)

  • waifu2x-converter-cpp-git (git master)
  • waifu2x-converter-cpp (releaes)
  • These are maintained by nfnty. If you have issues with the AUR packages, please contact him.

• Other Linux

  • Please build from source. See BUILDING.md for help.

Supported platforms

• Linux
• LInux (ARM)
• Windows 7+
• MacOS?
  • This is not officially supported but see here for more information: #20

Build dependencies

• GCC 5 (Linux)
• Visual Studio 2019 (Windows)
• picojson (included)
• TCLAP(Templatized C++ Command Line Parser Library) (included)
• OpenCV 3+

How to build

See BUILDING.md for more information.

Usage

Usage of this program can be seen by executing waifu2x-converter-cpp --help If you are on Windows and prefer GUIs, see here.

Notes:

I'd appreciate any help on this project, I do not want yet another fork... so if you have improvement ideas or find bugs, please make a pull request or open an issue :)!

A big thanks to these people helping me maintain this fork:

• @YukihoAA
• @iame6162013
• And more: https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/graphs/contributors