* ABOUT GFPGAN
Working with GFPGAN
GFPGAN restores photographs rather than generating them. It lifts overall quality and resolution, which makes it the standard first pass on archival scans, old family photos and any source degraded before it reached you.
When to choose GFPGAN
Choose GFPGAN for restoration of a whole photograph. Real-ESRGAN Face Enhancer is the sharper tool when only the face needs work, and a general upscaler is better when the source is already clean.
* FREQUENTLY ASKED
About GFPGAN
- What does GFPGAN restore?
- Overall photo quality and resolution, which covers faces but is not limited to them the way a face-specific enhancer is.
- Does GFPGAN change the content of a photo?
- It reconstructs detail rather than reimagining the scene, so the subject and composition stay as they were.
- Should I run GFPGAN before an upscaler?
- Usually yes. Restoring first gives an upscaler cleaner detail to work with than enlarging the damage.