Anybody else getting washed out colors

[oisilener1982]

The output quality of v-express is not that great. Sadtalker does not have this problem. I hope tencent would be able to fix this

[tiankuan93]

What kind of script, data did you use? And what kind of results?

[oisilener1982]

I used this tutorial to install locally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEOIg9j2B4&t=327s

These are the sample results and the output does not have the same quality as the reference.

The video below was created using sadtalker and it retained the skin color and texture.
https://youtube.com/shorts/qJR0m4jGeGw?feature=share

This is the Video output from V-express
https://youtube.com/shorts/LCOiMrVLwaE?feature=share

[tiankuan93]

Since we only use portrait data for training, we currently only support a large and clear face image. Instead of a bust photo, you should enter an input like the one below.

[oisilener1982]

Since we only use portrait data for training, we currently only support a large and clear face image. Instead of a bust photo, you should enter an input like the one below.

Thanks for the clarification but in the image below the reference image is high quality with clear skin texture while the output video has washed out color and too bright light. The animation is actually good and much better than Sadtalker but v-express has some output quality issues. IF this can be fixed then i will definitely switch to v-express

[zhangjun001]

I did not test the gradio version. The ComfyUI version works well for me.
My settings are shown bellow:

test3.53.mp4

[oisilener1982]

I just installed comfyui but i dont have any idea :)

Hope someone could post a tutorial about how to use v-express in comfyui

[oisilener1982]

I did not test the gradio version. The ComfyUI version works well for me. My settings are shown bellow:

test3.53.mp4

Would it be ok if you try this exact image?

This is my output

NEw.mp4

[zhangjun001]

Here are some results from my test

test3.61.mp4

test3.63.mp4

test3.59.mp4

[zhangjun001]

Take a look at this one. I adjusted the parameter of cfg=1.5.

test3.68.mp4

test3.69.mp4

[zhangjun001]

It's our fault for not giving good instructions and guidance. Maybe after some time, I can provide a simple tutorial to tell you how to select kps videos and how to set parameters.

[oisilener1982]

Thanks for this.
Test3.61 and test3.63 both have washed up color. Test3.59 and Test3.68 are fine but a lot can still be improved in terms of quality. What settings do you have for 59 and 68? Is it just the cfg 1.5 what was adjusted? Thanks in advance

I hope you improve the skin color and texture to match better the Reference image.

[oisilener1982]

This is what i mean with better skin texture and output that closely resemble the Reference image. I made this from sadtalker but sadly the emotional expression is missing and v-express is way better in this aspect.

xxxxxx.mp4

[zhangjun001]

Thanks for this. Test3.61 and test3.63 both have washed up color. Test3.59 and Test3.68 are fine but a lot can still be improved in terms of quality. What settings do you have for 59 and 68? Is it just the cfg 1.5 what was adjusted? Thanks in advance

I hope you improve the skin color and texture to match better the Reference image.

Since I want to do it using a retargeting strategy, the results will be more natural. And because naive-retarget cannot be effective for any facial posture, choosing a kps video with a roughly similar facial posture to drive can often achieve better results.

test3.74.mp4