🎉 Upscayl v2.15 New Year Update! 🥳

I'm a chill kinda guy

🚨 What's Changed

• A new updated interface for the 500th time! 💅🏻
• Upscayl now supports multiple languages! SAY WHAT!? 🤯
• Introducing an all new model - High Fidelity! 🎉
• English, Russian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Chinese translations have been added 🤗 !
• Added an all new Lens Viewer! Programming it almost made me insane (NO CLICKBAIT) 🥰
• You can now paste and upscayl clipboard images! 📋 Thanks to @abhishek-gaonkar 🙏
• Added a new onboarding dialog that allows you to configure Upscayl before using 👶🏻
• Upscayl now shows you stats like total images upscaled, average upscayl time, etc. in the right sidebar 😉
• Refactored the whole codebase for the 1324215041th time 😮‍💨
• Updated the Right sidebar (More Options) drawer UI because I can 🙃
• Added TTA Mode, it's too complicated, please brave/google/bing it 😀
• Added System Info section in Settings Tab and Logs 👌
• Updated AI models selection with example images and descriptions for people who love things simple 😎
• Added 256+ character length alert for Windows users (please switch to Linux) 😇
• Added support for JFIF format, don't know who needs it but still... 🃏
• Added the option to disable auto-updates check. Please stop bothering me about it now 😀👍🏻
• Added the option for Mac App Store users to email Upscayl Support directly with logs and all details pre-filled 😉
• Added the option to help Upscayl with stats like GPU models, DAU, etc. We don't collect any personal data 😇
• Added a short tutorial video in the onboarding screen 💁🏻‍♂️
• Added language switcher in onboarding dialog 🈶
• Fixed Error Screen for client side issues 🫥
• Did all of this hard work, just for the one reading this ☺️

🤵 Special changes

• I won't tell 😀

📢 Announcement from the Upscayl Office (umm, actually, we don't have an office 😀)

GitHub has deprecated Big Sur images. So now we're using MacOS 13 for our Mac builds. If you find any issues, please let us know if it doesn't work on Big Sur anymore.

🫶 Shoutout

• Thanks to @aaronliu0130 as always for taking care of everything here!
• Thanks to @abhishek-gaonkar for fixing code and adding new features !
• Thanks to you all for using this app, thank you for accepting our small offering 🙏

😎 Sigma Contributors

• @dabucz made their first contribution in #858
• @JRufer made their first contribution in #891
• @loudenvier made their first contribution in #983
• @VaibhavWakde52 made their first contribution in #1014
• @CongLeSolutionX made their first contribution in #1068
• @horus68 made their first contribution in #1074
• @yandearta made their first contribution in #1078
• @raniaamina reviewed the #1078 PR.

Full Changelog: v2.11.5...v2.15.1

Upscayl v2.11! 🥳

Haha gotcha! You thought it was gonna be v3 didn't you?

Shoutout 🫶

• Thanks to @aaronliu0130 as always for taking care of everything here!
• Thanks to @TGS963 for fixing NCNN issues like a 🥷 !
• Thanks to my mother for giving me birth so that I could work on Upscayl 🙇
• Thanks to you all for using this app, thank you for accepting our small offering 🙏

What's Changed 👇

• Revamped the Upscayl Backend! 🥳
• Above 4X scaling is now available! Enjoy up to 16X upscale (4X base and resize after 4X)! 🥳
• Custom width option has now been updated! 🆕
• Sidebar can now be made to hide! 🫣
• No more post-processing! Images are saved only after processing. 💾
• JPG and WebP now have lossy and lossless compression! PNG has lossless compression. 🗜️
• Scale option has been added to the main screen now 📺
• Added new tile size option in the settings 🀄️
• Updated Upscayl Docs page 📄
• Fixed the issue that caused errors for images with non-english characters #770 🇨🇳 🇪🇸
• Changed the logos to SVG for better performance 🐌
• Did a lot of code refactoring 👨‍💻
• Added logic to stop resizing for default scales ⚖️
• New error toasts that let you copy the errors easily! 📋
• Fixed the upscayl resolution when using custom width/double upscayl 💯
• Made slider the default view 🛝
• Fix 'remember output folder path' option ✅ Upscayl will now permanently remember the output path!

Special changes 🤵

• Added emojis in the top 2 buttons in settings 🥰

Full Changelog: v2.10.0...v2.11.0

A small update for a big number

What's Changed 👇

• 🛠️ Fixed the PNG ➡️ JPG conversion issue resulting in no output.
• 🛑 Resolved issue where stop button would not stop upscayl process

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Notice ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️

We've got a bit of an announcement to make. Our fearless leader, NayamAmarshe, took a well-deserved vacation 🏖️ (refer to release 2.9.9). Unfortunately, it seems GitHub wasn't too keen on his absence, and his account has been suspended for a while 😔. This means that development on upscayl will be on ⏸️ until he's back and ready to code again. ‍

We know this might be a bit of a bummer, but we promise to keep you updated on the situation. In the meantime, feel free to explore the latest version of upscayl!

Full Changelog: v2.9.9...v2.10.0

Upscayl v2.9.9 🥳

ok bye!🫥

What's Changed 🤓

• New sidebar for image options 🫲
• Added NEW LENS VIEW feature ✨🔍
• Added a new custom width option, unlimited upscaling yay! 👏
• Fixed an edge case where Upscayl would output a PNG for a JPG (#653) 🖼️
• Fixed another edge case where Upscayl wouldn't output anything for JPG in batch mode 👻
• Updated the Real-ESRGAN (Fast) model name, batch output folders will now have a different name (Breaking change for saved models) 🙏
• Batch output folders will now have the custom width in the name if that option is used ℹ️
• The comparison slider can now be controlled by the keyboard and be accessibility friendly thanks to @nerdyman (#655) ♿
• Upscayl's binary distributions should now install its icon in its correct path! 🪁
• @MrPenguin07 has provided a Gentoo ebuild package (#665) 9️⃣
• Upscayl's Mac version should now correctly report a minimum version requirement of Monterey 🍎
  • With this update, we finally have a Homebrew cask! 🍺

Backend changes ©️

• Updated https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl-ncnn to latest Vulkan version 🔃
• Upscayl will now ignore hidden files and folders automatically! 😀
  • desktop.ini files will now be ignored under Batch Upscayl (#615)🪟
• Uppercase file extensions will now be processed correctly 🔠

New Contributors 🫡

• @nerdyman made their first contribution in #655
• @MrPenguin07 made their first contribution in #661

Full Changelog: v2.9.8...v2.9.9

Upscayl v2.9.8 🫵🏻

Hotfix update for v2.9.7

What's Changed 🤓

• Fixed the issue that caused batch mode to only output PNG files 🫡
• Added helpful hint for custom model option 📧
• Added turn off notification option in the settings 🙈
• Upscayl will now delete desktop.ini, .DS_Store and other hidden files before performing batch upscale 😀
• Fixed a bug that caused Fast model to not work when custom models are enabled 🧿

v2.9.7 Changes 🙈

• Improved automatic model scale detection (For example, it now detects '2x' and 'x2' both) 😎
• Added WEBP as an export option! 🥳
• Fixed Batch Upscayl direct output. Now JPG/WEBP will directly output their own format! ✅
• Fixed Batch Upscayl transparent PNG processing bug 🐞
• Added Upscayl success/failure system notifications! 📢
• Fixed overwrite image bug 🐞
• Added Upscayl News 📰
• Fixed the 'Release Notes' bug that causes the updater dialog to close 📝
• Added extra information hint to Batch Upscayl progress 🫡
• Fixed encode image failure issue for Mac App Store build 🖥️
• Added Email Developer button for Mac App Store users 📧
• Added helpful information hint for Mac App Store users ℹ️
• Updated Upscayl Progress animation 🦄
• Polished the UI some more 💅🏻

Full Changelog: v2.9.7...v2.9.8

We're getting close to 3.0 😳

Upscayl v2.9.7 🥳 (don't ask me what happened to 2.9.6 😳)

What's Changed 🤓

• Improved automatic model scale detection (For example, it now detects '2x' and 'x2' both) 😎
• Added WEBP as an export option! 🥳
• Fixed Batch Upscayl direct output. Now JPG/WEBP will directly output their own format! ✅
• Fixed Batch Upscayl transparent PNG processing bug 🐞
• Added Upscayl success/failure system notifications! 📢
• Fixed overwrite image bug 🐞
• Added Upscayl News 📰
• Fixed the 'Release Notes' bug that causes the updater dialog to close 📝
• Added extra information hint to Batch Upscayl progress 🫡
• Fixed encode image failure issue for Mac App Store build 🖥️
• Added Email Developer button for Mac App Store users 📧
• Added helpful information hint for Mac App Store users ℹ️
• Updated Upscayl Progress animation 🦄
• Polished the UI some more 💅🏻

Special Thanks 😊

• @aaronliu0130 for being so proactive with the issues and the project. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Full Changelog: v2.9.5...v2.9.7