{"id":1391,"date":"2024-04-07T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T06:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:44:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:44:19","slug":"using-waifuxl-to-clean-up-and-enhance-anime-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2024\/04\/07\/using-waifuxl-to-clean-up-and-enhance-anime-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Using WaifuXL to clean up and enhance anime images"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A handy website called WaifuXL<\/a> uses AI or something to clean up, color-correct, upscale, and enhance anime images. Above left is a very old picture of Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road I’ve had since high school. It’s a very low-resolution picture. To the right is a 4x enhanced version, courtesy of WaifuXL. (I never use the term “waifu” and it’s pretty stupid, but this website is pretty cool.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Linna from Bubblegum Crisis. Look how blurry and low-res the original is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nadia taking a shower. You can see how it clears up the dithering considerably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nadia taking a nap. It really sharpened up the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nadia’s wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nadia wedding dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Komillia from Macross 2036. The original looks blurry in comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus it works on non-character images. Look at how it cleaned up this image of a Macross Valkyrie prepping for takeoff:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a nice tool. Apparently it does not work on non-anime images well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A handy website called WaifuXL uses AI or something to clean up, color-correct, upscale, and enhance anime images. Above left is a very old picture of Madoka from Kimagure Orange Road I’ve had since high school. It’s a very low-resolution picture. To the right is a 4x enhanced version, courtesy of WaifuXL. (I never use … <\/p>\n

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