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Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby Chuck Engels » Tue Dec 14, 2021 2:56 pm

Saw this on LinkedIn, pretty cool looking if someone wants to play around with it.

https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN


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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby John 'twosheds' McDonald » Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:54 am

I will be interested to hear the views of anyone that tries this software out. :)
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby Chris B » Mon Dec 20, 2021 4:05 pm

So I had a go with it. The CPU only version is easier to install but I don't think it's tuned as well yet. There's lots of messing around installing various pieces of software and using the command line. I also have trouble getting it to work on the background image. However I tried taking Steve's Avatar (apologies Steve...) which is a whole 100x84 pixels.
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Giving it to the software produces this before and after:
steve_00.png


Making the image black and white first - so the software has to "guess" the colour give this sightly disturbing attempt:
steve bw_00.png

Given the lack of detail in the original it is impressive.
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby sidd finch » Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:55 pm

Makes it look like you are blind Steve

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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby Steve Grisetti » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:06 pm

Still, considering how low rez the photo was you started with, not terrible.
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby Chris B » Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:12 am

And then I remembered the "then and now" thread.... ;)

Taking Chuck's first picture - it does a good job on the faces - but you see what I mean about the background being unrestored.
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This is the before/after on Chuck's face.
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby Chuck Engels » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:42 pm

Wow, that's amazing ! Thanks Chris :)

There must be a way to have the program do the same with the background.... This was so fun to see, really appreciate that you found and used this photo.
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby Chris B » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:54 pm

The background thing is frustrating - it seems to go through the motions of processing it then just doesn't seem to have anything to show for it. I'll keep trying and let you know if I make any progress.

Provided it's just a few - If anyone else wants me to run their photos through just let me know.
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby TreeTopsRanch » Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:14 pm

After re-reading the 1st post, it would appear that this software is really for faces, not backgrounds. That seems reasonable as faces are usually the most important part of a photo anyway.
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Re: Photo Restoration Software GFP-GAN

Postby momoffduty » Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:39 am

Wow, cool application and examples. If this is primarily for faces you could mask out and use the face as its own layer in photoshop. Restore the remainder of the photo with PS tools.
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