Waifu2x GUI Changelog

What's new in Waifu2x GUI 0.5.0

Mar 12, 2024
  • Build universal mac dmg
  • Downgrade electron to support older windows

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.9 (Mar 3, 2024)

  • Bugfix.

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.8 (Feb 23, 2024)

  • Potential bugfix

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.7 (Feb 16, 2024)

  • Fixes

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.6 (Feb 16, 2024)

  • Added PDF support
  • Support additional python models

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.5 (Feb 14, 2024)

  • Add default python models AnimeSharp and UltraYandere
  • Bugfix for framerate interpolation

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.4 (Feb 13, 2024)

  • Added video frame interpolation with rife, you can increase the framerate using a multiplier (such as making a 30FPS video 60FPS).

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.3 (Feb 13, 2024)

  • Removed waifu2x-cpp in favor of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
  • Added Real-CUGAN upscaler
  • Add support for custom ESRGAN python models. Place them in the models folder where the app is installed

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.2 (Feb 1, 2024)

  • Update electron

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.1 (Jun 9, 2023)

  • Bugfix

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.4.0 (Jan 22, 2023)

  • Added option to compress images to JPG after upscaling (to save space).

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.9 (Dec 1, 2022)

  • Bugfix

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.8 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • Added linux version
  • Default upscaler is changed to Real-ESRGAN

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.7 (Oct 12, 2022)

  • GIF and Video frames are extracted as JPG files instead of PNG files, it should be more space efficient.

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.5 (Aug 28, 2022)

  • Feature: GIF/Videos show current frame in the thumbnail.

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.4 (Aug 11, 2022)

  • SD colorspace is changed to on by default

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.3 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • Added SD Colorspace option - will change the colorspace used from bt709 to smpte170m (better for SD videos).

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.2 (Aug 8, 2022)

  • The color space is set to bt709 by default if the video has wrong colors you will have to edit it manually (#2)

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.3.0 (May 20, 2022)

  • Bugfix

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.2.9 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • Removed the GIF Cumulative option, it is now calculated programmatically.

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.2.8 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • This version adds support for upscaling WebP and Animated WebP images
  • The setting for source directory should be persistent
  • Notes: WebP images are converted to png and then back to webp again, because they aren't supported natively by the converter.

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.2.7 (Mar 23, 2022)

  • Fixes a bug with the video encoding.

New in Waifu2x GUI 0.2.2 (Jan 4, 2022)

  • Modified the "start all" button - upscales are now queued. You can change the amount of concurrent upscales in advanced settings (default is one at a time).
  • Modified the "clear all" button - it now removes completed upscales. In-progress upscales will not be removed.
  • Clicking on the title opens the photo directly instead of showing in folder. Click on the arrow to toggle between the original and upscaled image.