DeadlyEmbrace / waifu2x_snowshell

Multilingual waifu2x GUI shell for windows x64

waifu2x - Snowshell

This is GUI Shell for waifu2x-converter-cpp and waifu2x-caffe



You can use Snowshell to make your image better.
Snowshell uses C++ and Win32API.

Usage

Just drag & drop your image files (or folder) in to Snowshell! (multiple image supports)
To change your conversion setting, select option at menubar.

To Use waifu2x-caffe (NVIDIA GPU Only)

1. Install latest NVIDIA Graphics Driver.
2. Put waifu2x-caffe to waifu2x-caffe folder. 2-1. If you want latest release of waifu2x-caffe, you need to download cudnn64_7.dll first. check readme page of waifu2x-caffe.
3. Select Converter to waifu2x-caffe.
4. Set conversion mode on GPU(CPU) menu. 4-1. TTA convert mode is slower but higher quality conversion.
5. Snowshell will start conversion using waifu2x-caffe. (with TTA option)

To Change Model File

1. Open config.ini file (if there is no config.ini, launch Snowshell and close it)
   
2. Set your model file directory with absolute path or relative path.
   2-1 You have to use \\ instead of \
   2-2. When you use relative path, path is relative to converter's directory.
   
3. Converters default model directory (relative)
   3-1. waifu2x_converter_cpp = models_rgb
   3-3. waifu2x_caffe = models\\upconv_7_anime_style_art_rgb
   

To Use Advanced Option in Converter

1. Open config.ini file (if there is no config.ini, launch Snowshell and close it)
   
2. Check your converter and fill OptionString with currect option.
   
3. To find option for your converter, please visit converter's HP
   3-1. waifu2x_converter_cpp: waifu2x-converter-cpp
   3-3. waifu2x_caffe: waifu2x-caffe
   
4. If you want to ignore/override settings that Snowshell supports, add -- to end of optionstring to ignore all settings.
   4-1. you cannot override input file name because it is nessesory to make Snowshell works.