swinir
Maintainer: jingyunliang
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Model overview
swinir is an image restoration model based on the Swin Transformer architecture, developed by researchers at ETH Zurich. It achieves state-of-the-art performance on a variety of image restoration tasks, including classical image super-resolution, lightweight image super-resolution, real-world image super-resolution, grayscale and color image denoising, and JPEG compression artifact reduction. The model is trained on diverse datasets like DIV2K, Flickr2K, and OST, and outperforms previous state-of-the-art methods by up to 0.45 dB while reducing the parameter count by up to 67%.
Model inputs and outputs
swinir takes in an image and performs various image restoration tasks. The model can handle different input sizes and scales, and supports tasks like super-resolution, denoising, and JPEG artifact reduction.
Inputs
- Image: The input image to be restored.
- Task type: The specific image restoration task to be performed, such as classical super-resolution, lightweight super-resolution, real-world super-resolution, grayscale denoising, color denoising, or JPEG artifact reduction.
- Scale factor: The desired upscaling factor for super-resolution tasks.
- Noise level: The noise level for denoising tasks.
- JPEG quality: The JPEG quality factor for JPEG artifact reduction tasks.
Outputs
- Restored image: The output image with the requested restoration applied, such as a high-resolution, denoised, or JPEG artifact-reduced version of the input.
Capabilities
swinir is capable of performing a wide range of image restoration tasks with state-of-the-art performance. For example, it can take a low-resolution, noisy, or JPEG-compressed image and output a high-quality, clean, and artifact-free version. The model works well on a variety of image types, including natural scenes, faces, and text-heavy images.
What can I use it for?
swinir can be used in a variety of applications that require high-quality image restoration, such as:
- Enhancing the resolution and quality of low-quality images for use in social media, e-commerce, or photography.
- Improving the visual fidelity of images generated by GFPGAN or Codeformer for better face restoration.
- Reducing noise and artifacts in images captured in low-light or poor conditions for better visualization and analysis.
- Preprocessing images for downstream computer vision tasks like object detection or classification.
Things to try
One interesting thing to try with swinir is using it to restore real-world images that have been degraded by various factors, such as low resolution, noise, or JPEG artifacts. The model's ability to handle diverse degradation types and produce high-quality results makes it a powerful tool for practical image restoration applications.
Another interesting experiment would be to compare swinir's performance to other state-of-the-art image restoration models like SuperPR or Swin2SR on a range of benchmark datasets and tasks. This could help understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches.
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