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1. :boom: **Updated** online demo: [](https://replicate.com/tencentarc/gfpgan). Here is the [backup](https://replicate.com/xinntao/gfpgan).
1. :boom: **Updated** online demo: [](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Xintao/GFPGAN)
1. [Colab Demo](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1sVsoBd9AjckIXThgtZhGrHRfFI6UUYOo) for GFPGAN 
; (Another [Colab Demo](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Oa1WwKB4M4l1GmR7CtswDVgOCOeSLChA?usp=sharing) for the original paper model)
> :rocket: **Thanks for your interest in our work. You may also want to check our new updates on the *tiny models* for *anime images and videos* in [Real-ESRGAN](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/blob/master/docs/anime_video_model.md)** :blush:
GFPGAN aims at developing a **Practical Algorithm for Real-world Face Restoration**.
It leverages rich and diverse priors encapsulated in a pretrained face GAN (*e.g.*, StyleGAN2) for blind face restoration.
:question: Frequently Asked Questions can be found in [FAQ.md](FAQ.md).
:triangular_flag_on_post: **Updates**
- :white_check_mark: Add [RestoreFormer](https://github.com/wzhouxiff/RestoreFormer) inference codes.
- :white_check_mark: Add [V1.4 model](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v1.3.0/GFPGANv1.4.pth), which produces slightly more details and better identity than V1.3.
- :white_check_mark: Add **[V1.3 model](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v1.3.0/GFPGANv1.3.pth)**, which produces **more natural** restoration results, and better results on *very low-quality* / *high-quality* inputs. See more in [Model zoo](#european_castle-model-zoo), [Comparisons.md](Comparisons.md)
- :white_check_mark: Integrated to [Huggingface Spaces](https://huggingface.co/spaces) with [Gradio](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio). See [Gradio Web Demo](https://huggingface.co/spaces/akhaliq/GFPGAN).
- :white_check_mark: Support enhancing non-face regions (background) with [Real-ESRGAN](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN).
- :white_check_mark: We provide a *clean* version of GFPGAN, which does not require CUDA extensions.
- :white_check_mark: We provide an updated model without colorizing faces.
---
If GFPGAN is helpful in your photos/projects, please help to :star: this repo or recommend it to your friends. Thanks:blush:
Other recommended projects:
:arrow_forward: [Real-ESRGAN](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN): A practical algorithm for general image restoration
:arrow_forward: [BasicSR](https://github.com/xinntao/BasicSR): An open-source image and video restoration toolbox
:arrow_forward: [facexlib](https://github.com/xinntao/facexlib): A collection that provides useful face-relation functions
:arrow_forward: [HandyView](https://github.com/xinntao/HandyView): A PyQt5-based image viewer that is handy for view and comparison
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### :book: GFP-GAN: Towards Real-World Blind Face Restoration with Generative Facial Prior
> [[Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.04061)] [[Project Page](https://xinntao.github.io/projects/gfpgan)] [Demo]
> [Xintao Wang](https://xinntao.github.io/), [Yu Li](https://yu-li.github.io/), [Honglun Zhang](https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KjQLROoAAAAJ), [Ying Shan](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4oXBp9UAAAAJ&hl=en)
> Applied Research Center (ARC), Tencent PCG
---
## :wrench: Dependencies and Installation
- Python >= 3.7 (Recommend to use [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/download/#linux) or [Miniconda](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html))
- [PyTorch >= 1.7](https://pytorch.org/)
- Option: NVIDIA GPU + [CUDA](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads)
- Option: Linux
### Installation
We now provide a *clean* version of GFPGAN, which does not require customized CUDA extensions.
If you want to use the original model in our paper, please see [PaperModel.md](PaperModel.md) for installation.
1. Clone repo
```bash
git clone https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN.git
cd GFPGAN
```
1. Install dependent packages
```bash
# Install basicsr - https://github.com/xinntao/BasicSR
# We use BasicSR for both training and inference
pip install basicsr
# Install facexlib - https://github.com/xinntao/facexlib
# We use face detection and face restoration helper in the facexlib package
pip install facexlib
pip install -r requirements.txt
python setup.py develop
# If you want to enhance the background (non-face) regions with Real-ESRGAN,
# you also need to install the realesrgan package
pip install realesrgan
```
## :zap: Quick Inference
We take the v1.3 version for an example. More models can be found [here](#european_castle-model-zoo).
Download pre-trained models: [GFPGANv1.3.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v1.3.0/GFPGANv1.3.pth)
```bash
wget https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v1.3.0/GFPGANv1.3.pth -P experiments/pretrained_models
```
**Inference!**
```bash
python inference_gfpgan.py -i inputs/whole_imgs -o results -v 1.3 -s 2
```
```console
Usage: python inference_gfpgan.py -i inputs/whole_imgs -o results -v 1.3 -s 2 [options]...
-h show this help
-i input Input image or folder. Default: inputs/whole_imgs
-o output Output folder. Default: results
-v version GFPGAN model version. Option: 1 | 1.2 | 1.3. Default: 1.3
-s upscale The final upsampling scale of the image. Default: 2
-bg_upsampler background upsampler. Default: realesrgan
-bg_tile Tile size for background sampler, 0 for no tile during testing. Default: 400
-suffix Suffix of the restored faces
-only_center_face Only restore the center face
-aligned Input are aligned faces
-ext Image extension. Options: auto | jpg | png, auto means using the same extension as inputs. Default: auto
```
If you want to use the original model in our paper, please see [PaperModel.md](PaperModel.md) for installation and inference.
## :european_castle: Model Zoo
| Version | Model Name | Description |
| :---: | :---: | :---: |
| V1.3 | [GFPGANv1.3.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v1.3.0/GFPGANv1.3.pth) | Based on V1.2; **more natural** restoration results; better results on very low-quality / high-quality inputs. |
| V1.2 | [GFPGANCleanv1-NoCE-C2.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v0.2.0/GFPGANCleanv1-NoCE-C2.pth) | No colorization; no CUDA extensions are required. Trained with more data with pre-processing. |
| V1 | [GFPGANv1.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v0.1.0/GFPGANv1.pth) | The paper model, with colorization. |
The comparisons are in [Comparisons.md](Comparisons.md).
Note that V1.3 is not always better than V1.2. You may need to select different models based on your purpose and inputs.
| Version | Strengths | Weaknesses |
| :---: | :---: | :---: |
|V1.3 | ✓ natural outputs
✓better results on very low-quality inputs
✓ work on relatively high-quality inputs
✓ can have repeated (twice) restorations | ✗ not very sharp
✗ have a slight change on identity |
|V1.2 | ✓ sharper output
✓ with beauty makeup | ✗ some outputs are unnatural |
You can find **more models (such as the discriminators)** here: [[Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17rLiFzcUMoQuhLnptDsKolegHWwJOnHu?usp=sharing)], OR [[Tencent Cloud 腾讯微云](https://share.weiyun.com/ShYoCCoc)]
## :computer: Training
We provide the training codes for GFPGAN (used in our paper).
You could improve it according to your own needs.
**Tips**
1. More high quality faces can improve the restoration quality.
2. You may need to perform some pre-processing, such as beauty makeup.
**Procedures**
(You can try a simple version ( `options/train_gfpgan_v1_simple.yml`) that does not require face component landmarks.)
1. Dataset preparation: [FFHQ](https://github.com/NVlabs/ffhq-dataset)
1. Download pre-trained models and other data. Put them in the `experiments/pretrained_models` folder.
1. [Pre-trained StyleGAN2 model: StyleGAN2_512_Cmul1_FFHQ_B12G4_scratch_800k.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v0.1.0/StyleGAN2_512_Cmul1_FFHQ_B12G4_scratch_800k.pth)
1. [Component locations of FFHQ: FFHQ_eye_mouth_landmarks_512.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v0.1.0/FFHQ_eye_mouth_landmarks_512.pth)
1. [A simple ArcFace model: arcface_resnet18.pth](https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN/releases/download/v0.1.0/arcface_resnet18.pth)
1. Modify the configuration file `options/train_gfpgan_v1.yml` accordingly.
1. Training
> python -m torch.distributed.launch --nproc_per_node=4 --master_port=22021 gfpgan/train.py -opt options/train_gfpgan_v1.yml --launcher pytorch
## :scroll: License and Acknowledgement
GFPGAN is released under Apache License Version 2.0.
## BibTeX
@InProceedings{wang2021gfpgan,
author = {Xintao Wang and Yu Li and Honglun Zhang and Ying Shan},
title = {Towards Real-World Blind Face Restoration with Generative Facial Prior},
booktitle={The IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
year = {2021}
}
## :e-mail: Contact
If you have any question, please email `xintao.wang@outlook.com` or `xintaowang@tencent.com`.