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chaiNNer
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chaiNNer

A node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks easy and customizable. Born as an AI upscaling application, chaiNNer has grown into an extremely flexible and powerful programmatic image processing application.

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A node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks easy and customizable. Born as an AI upscaling application, chaiNNer has grown into an extremely flexible and powerful programmatic image processing application.

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Observed mentions: 2022-11-06 13:02:36 UTC to 2025-12-03 21:22:47 UTC.

012022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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There are actually a number of more-or-less node/graph-based image editors: # chaiNNer Fully node-based image processing. https://github.com/chaiNNer-org/chaiNNer # vkdt Node-based raw and video editor. Sort of the evolution of darktable, by the original developer. https://jo.dreggn.org/vkdt/readme.html # darktable The graph is strictly linear (single input, single output), but you can change the order of the processing and insert new nodes as you want. https://www.darktable.org Pretty sure there are some others, but those are the three I can remember right now.
In Shaderblocks: Block-based image editing
For anyone interested in different upscaling models, there is a collection in the wiki here: https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database My personal favourite is Remacri for photographs, but you should download a few of them and try what works best for the photo/image you have. You can use either Automatic1111's repo for stable diffusion to try them out (put the model file in the ESRGAN directory), or also chaiNNer (https://github.com/chaiNNer-org/chaiNNer)
In QualityScaler: Image/video deeplearning upscaler with any GPU

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