[idea] small suggestion on "default input.conf" selection

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an idea to change the order from A, B, C, A+A, B+B, C+A to
A+A, A, B+B, B, C+A, C
to reflect a hierarchy of quality range Highest -> Lowest
https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K/blob/master/GLSL_Instructions.md

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instead of changing, adding a note for alternative input.conf ?

a quick reordering:

CTRL+2 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode A (HQ)"
CTRL+4 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode B (HQ)"
CTRL+6 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_Denoise_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode C (HQ)"
CTRL+1 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_M.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode A+A (HQ)"
CTRL+3 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_M.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode B+B (HQ)"
CTRL+5 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_Denoise_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_M.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode C+A (HQ)"

CTRL+0 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders clr ""; show-text "GLSL shaders cleared"

numerical reodering:

CTRL+1 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_M.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode A+A (HQ)"
CTRL+2 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode A (HQ)"
CTRL+3 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_M.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode B+B (HQ)"
CTRL+4 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_Soft_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode B (HQ)"
CTRL+5 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_Denoise_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Restore_CNN_M.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode C+A (HQ)"
CTRL+6 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders set "~~/shaders/Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_Denoise_CNN_x2_VL.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x2.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_AutoDownscalePre_x4.glsl:~~/shaders/Anime4K_Upscale_CNN_x2_M.glsl"; show-text "Anime4K: Mode C (HQ)"

CTRL+0 no-osd change-list glsl-shaders clr ""; show-text "GLSL shaders cleared"

which your guide is just an example, a template for users to create options with
just an idea. thanks for your work!

[hooke007]

why u think it 'reflect a hierarchy of quality range Highest -> Lowest' ?

[bloc97]

It would be fine to arrange the shaders this way if not for A+A B+B and C+A having severe artifacting issues on about 1/3rd of modern anime. They work exceptionally well when used for specific cases but should not be tried first as they might look good for one scene and not look good for another scene in the same anime.

The intended usage is to find the correct mode A, B or C for the anime first, then use the secondary mode if you prefer a higher perceptual quality over accuracy.

On a side note, this mess should be gone after I port the newer networks to GLSL. In the future there should be only 2 modes (with restoration and without). An auxiliary style network will encode the global style of the image before passing it to the SRGAN and it will automatically decide how to improve the image and reduce noise. I had very little time to work on porting the new architecture to GLSL (some operations are hard to translate to GLSL without using compute shaders as mpv doesn't support the full compute shader extensions), but it should be out soon...

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judging by a still image, the qualities order as i described are more apparent
while different A,B,C might do different things for specific types of anime
a simple analysis of sharpening A+A -> C -> Off by sequential order is apparent

these are just default sample configurations, or best use.

noted i dont only use this scaling and sharpening GLSL for anime. i also use it for live action films, photos, and live streams.
comparison differences between 240p/480p videos at 1080p
and 1080p videos sharpened at 1080p
black and white films at 480p, images of various sizes and quality, etc.

its a simple logic of going through each step:
CTRL+1, CTRL+2, CTRL+3, CTRL+4, CTRL+5, CTRL+6, CTRL+0
or
CTRL+1, CTRL+0, CTRL+2, CTRL+0, etc
or
CTRL+1, CTRL+2, CTRL+1, CTRL+2, etc.
thats the comparison to be made, on different types of still images, and media types, and sizes.

if you dont believe there is a "hierarchal quality" sequence then maybe you need to analyse the testing method
and do some comparison yourself