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

Upscayl v2.11 Pre-release! 🥳 (Please report bugs)

BIG CHANGES THIS TIME!

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! 🆕
• 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 📺
• New error toasts that let you copy the errors easily! 📋
• Fixed the upscayl resolution when using custom width 💯
• Made slider the default view 🛝
• Sidebar can now be made to hide! 🫣
• Fix 'remember output folder path' option ✅ Upscayl will now permanently remember the output path!

Full Changelog: v2.10.0...v2.10.9

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 v2.9.9 Pre-release 🥳 (Please report bugs if any!)

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) 🖼️
• 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 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

Upscayl v2.9.5

Minor update to fix a few 'bugs' (forbidden word) 😅

Changelog

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

Full Changelog: v2.9.4...v2.9.5

Upscayl v2.9.4 🥳

As always, working hard to give all of you free updates

What's Changed 🤓

• 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 Contributors

• @headquarter8302 made their first contribution in #575

Full Changelog: v2.9.1...v2.9.4

Upscayl v2.9.1 🥳

ok, no bugs this time!

What's Changed 🤓

• 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 ⏭️

Full Changelog: v2.8.6...v2.9.1