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TianZerL edited this page Jun 6, 2020 · 2 revisions

What is ACNet

ACNet is the abbreviation of Anime4KCPP Net, designed for high-performance anime style image and video upscaling, so it has nothing to do with Asymmetric Convolution Net, although they have the same abbreviation. ACNet is Anime4KCPP own CNN based algorithm.

Structure

ACNet use less convolutions per layer (Up to 8) but more layers to get less parameters while ensuring quality.
Waifu2x's Upconv_7 has 552,480 parameters total, and 7 layers.
ACNet has 4,784‬ parameters total, and 10 layers.

Performance

In VapourSynth plugin of Anime4KCPP with ACNet on

hardware origin zoom factor input color format FPS
i7 8750h, GTX1060, 32G RAM 480P(720x480) 2 YUV444 93
i7 8750h, GTX1060, 32G RAM 480P(720x480) 2 RGB24 86
i5 4590, GTX1050, 8G RAM 480P(720x480) 2 YUV444 76
i5 4590, GTX1050, 8G RAM 480P(720x480) 2 RGB24 60