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Upscayl Changelog

What's new in Upscayl 2.11.0

Apr 25, 2024
  • 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!

New in Upscayl 2.10.0 (Feb 29, 2024)

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

New in Upscayl 2.9.9 (Feb 11, 2024)

  • 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 🍎
  • 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 in Upscayl 2.9.9 Pre-release (Feb 9, 2024)

  • New sidebar for image options 🫲
  • Updated upscayl-ncnn to latest Vulkan version and more fixes! 😄
  • Added NEW LENS VIEW feature ✨🔍
  • Added a new custom width option, unlimited upscaling yay! 👏
  • Upscayl will now ignore hidden files and folders automatically 😀
  • Upgrade react-compare-slider for keyboard controls and improved a11y by @nerdyman in #655
  • Change .desktop Exec= to reflect linux binary name by @MrPenguin07 in #661
  • Add Gentoo ebuild repo to #Installation by @MrPenguin07 in #665
  • Fixed #687 bug 🫡
  • Fixed #653
  • Fixed #615

New in Upscayl 2.9.8 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • 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 🧿

New in Upscayl 2.9.7 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • 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 💅🏻

New in Upscayl 2.9.5 (Dec 5, 2023)

  • Fixed batch upscayl bug #585
  • Update Upscayl for Flathub

New in Upscayl 2.9.4 (Dec 4, 2023)

  • Fix Batch Upscayl scaling bug
  • Fix Batch Upscayl hidden files/folders error issue
  • Add new compression for PNGs, it'll work way better!
  • Compression, Scale, Overwrite and other options now work in real-time! No need to restart Upscayl anymore!
  • Make the file select dialog only show images
  • Better logging
  • Upscayl news delivered right to you
  • Bump sharp from 0.32.5 to 0.32.6 by @dependabot in #570
  • Fix a typo on decoding error message by @headquarter8302 in #575

New in Upscayl 2.9.1 (Oct 29, 2023)

  • NCNN update! Vulkan SDK and a lot of libraries have been updated, expect bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Fix macOS App Store build. Launching soon!
  • Starting Upscayl 2.9, we're using a different App ID for macOS, which means auto-update won't work for v2.8.6. I promise this won't happen again
  • Updated dependencies
  • Fix #499 - Remove redundant upscaled files
  • Fix #488 - Batch Upscale empty progress bug
  • Security updates
  • Skip conversion for 4x PNG upscaling

New in Upscayl 2.8.6 (Sep 23, 2023)

  • Fix a single bug #485

New in Upscayl 2.8.5 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • Updated electron version
  • Fixed scaling and conversion
  • Added 4:4:4 subsampling by default
  • Added the option to switch of post-processing
  • MacOS builds are now signed, which means no weird security warnings (App Store soon 😉)
  • Fixed macOS issue with closed Windows (#471)
  • Fixed grainy picture issue (#474)
  • Fixed compression

New in Upscayl 2.8.1 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • We're introducing MacOS Apple Chip support in v2.8.1 🥳
  • HUGE codebase refactor, to save us devs some time 🥇
  • Batch upscale will now show you progress 💯
  • We've integrated better compression and scaling ♻️
  • Fixed the empty upscaled image bug 🗑️
  • Added helpful tips for Upscayl options in settings 💁🏻‍♀️
  • Added performance mode reminder for Windows users 🏇🏻
  • Fix large image upscale performance bug 🐌
  • Auto-update for MacOS, sorry for ignoring for so long 😅
  • Fixed the annoying Upscayl Cloud bug. It won't appear again and again and you can make it disappear like it's MAGIC! 🪄
  • Fix re-upscayl folder progress bug 🐞
  • Fixed #457 👶🏻
  • Fixed #453 👶🏻
  • Fixed #452 👶🏻
  • Fixed #445 👶🏻
  • Fixed #444 👶🏻
  • Fixed #443 👶🏻
  • Fixed #433 👶🏻
  • Added #432 👶🏻

New in Upscayl 2.7.5 (Sep 10, 2023)

  • New website launch! 🎉
  • Fixed 2x, 3x scale issue #303 😌
  • Added compression and fixed JPEG/PNG output forever 😤
  • Added output type and compression options for batch upscale 💪🏻
  • Added fix for empty upscaled image #354 🫙
  • Added a totally new Upscayl theme. 💅🏻
  • Fix scale resolution #433 ⚖️
  • Started to integrate Upscayl Cloud (more at https://upscayl.org) ☁️
  • Added toggle to allow overwriting upscaled photos. 🚨
  • Added new Upscayl theme and macOS look. 🥰
  • Batch upscale will now delete .DS_Store files in macOS. 🗑️

New in Upscayl 2.5.5 (Jun 4, 2023)

  • Added wiki option in the settings
  • Added DMG background
  • Added warnings for Scale issue
  • Fixed upscale resolution warning above 32k #332
  • Fixed batch folder output folder bug #319
  • Updated macOS icons #306
  • Disabled auto install on new updates #305

New in Upscayl 2.5.1 (May 10, 2023)

  • UNLIMITED NEW AI MODELS! Upscayl now allows you to import your own models! (Wiki to be updated soon)
  • Upscayl will now remember all your settings, even after you close it ;) ✍
  • New Settings tab!
  • Flathub release will be out in a few days!
  • We're now on Snap Store!
  • Reduced size since v2.0.1.
  • Updated Ultrasharp model
  • Added FAST Real-ESRGAN Model
  • New custom models repository!
  • A cancel upscaling button, finally!
  • More visible progress bar
  • New log area. Now you can directly see the logs and report bugs.
  • Batch Mode is now persisted across sessions.
  • Output Folder is now persisted across sessions.
  • New experimental scale option. ⚖
  • Removed sharpen option (it was useless tbh)
  • Fixed issue with upscaling images with special characters in their name.
  • Massively improved logging.
  • Bug fixes Bug fixes Bug ̢̭͇̱̬̩̜ͦͣͪ̎f̨̺̳͎̓͊ͯī̸͔̺̫̲ͅxͤͬ҉̲͖̗̪̪͇e̛̟̦̠̗͇̭̲ͩ̎̿͒ͅs̫̰̘̻̙̍͊̓͜
  • Bug additions Bug additions B̵̩̰͋͑̀̽u̙͖͔ͤͦ͗͝g̩̳ͪ̆̔̀̚ ̧̝̣͈̲̜̖ͤͨͅA͇̜ͪ̓ͨ͢d̔ͫ͋͆͏̮̠̩ḑ̞̱̻̲̖͔͇̘̾̇i̛̩͙̻͙̮͓̠ͬͥ̂t͕̲̑̒̀i̧̘͉̫̞̜̘̬ͩo̗̞̰͖͔͍̞̤̒͑ͩ͜n̛͙̘̅͊̄̚ (hope not )

New in Upscayl 2.0.1 (Dec 27, 2022)

  • Fixed model selection issue #165 #167
  • Fixed PNG to JPG preview issue. #167
  • Added GPU-ID auto-save.
  • Fixed Image Options to appear on most backgrounds without problems
  • Set default zoom level to 100%
  • Added a donate button

New in Upscayl 2.0.0 (Dec 27, 2022)

  • NEW THEME! No wait, 29 new themes!
  • 3 NEW AI MODELS!
  • Upscayl will now remember your settings even after you close it ;)
  • New Advanced Options! Now you can save images in PNG, JPG or WEBP format.
  • Added Manual GPU ID control for people with Multi-GPUs.
  • New Image Zoom options! Now you can zoom your images by 200%.
  • Added an option to view the original and upscaled resolution.
  • Reduced size since v2 BETA.
  • Added Remacri
  • Added Ultramix Balanced
  • Added Ultrasharp
  • Bug fixes

New in Upscayl 2.0.0 Beta (Dec 23, 2022)

  • NEW THEME! No wait, 29 new themes!
  • 3 NEW AI MODELS!
  • Upscayl will now remember your settings even after you close it ;)
  • New Advanced Options! Now you can save images in PNG, JPG or WEBP format.
  • Added Manual GPU ID control for people with Multi-GPUs.
  • New Image Zoom options! Now you can zoom your images by 200%.
  • Added Remacri
  • Added Ultramix Balanced
  • Added Ultrasharp
  • Bug fixes

New in Upscayl 1.5.5 (Oct 2, 2022)

  • Fixed invalid Image bug 🤓
  • New Dropdown menu with Search capability ⌨
  • Fixed other minor UI issues 👌
  • Fixed #80: Upscayl stuck on 'Hold on...', Stops working after first time
  • Fixed #71: Upscaling options disappear when maximizing/minimizing the window
  • Fixed #53: Upscayl EXEC PATH is wrong
  • Fixed #81: Decoding Error when using Sharpen Image
  • Fixed #69: Cosmetic: 'Original' text bubble in bottom-left disappears

New in Upscayl 1.5.0 (Sep 20, 2022)

  • Added batch upscale mode for your meme folder 🤓
  • New design (it broke my back) 🖌
  • New logo! Thanks to gigachad @NicKoehler 🗿
  • Double Upscayl option. Now you can see all those spongebob pores in detail! 👶
  • New REALSR integration! Now you can sharpen your images! AMD FSR but for your trip photos 🤳
  • Bug fixes Bug fixes Bug ̢̭͇̱̬̩̜ͦͣͪ̎f̨̺̳͎̓͊ͯī̸͔̺̫̲ͅxͤͬ҉̲͖̗̪̪͇e̛̟̦̠̗͇̭̲ͩ̎̿͒ͅs̫̰̘̻̙̍͊̓͜

New in Upscayl 1.2.0 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • MacOS🍎 support
  • Windows🙈 support
  • Reset button added
  • Drag and drop support for images
  • Clipboard paste support for images
  • GPU and Encoding/Decoding errors warning
  • Fixed empty upscale bug
  • Fixed image render view
  • Changed Image Type options