Maximum resolution is increased to 640.
‘hd’ archi is removed. ‘hd’ was experimental archi created to remove subpixel shake, but ‘lr_dropout’ and ‘disable random warping’ do that better.
‘uhd’ is renamed to ‘-u’
dfuhd and liaeuhd will be automatically renamed to df-u and liae-u in existing models.
Added new experimental archi (key -d) which doubles the resolution using the same computation cost.
It is mean same configs will be x2 faster, or for example you can set 448 resolution and it will train as 224.
Strongly recommended not to train from scratch and use pretrained models.
New archi naming:
'df' keeps more identity-preserved face.
'liae' can fix overly different face shapes.
'-u' increased likeness of the face.
'-d' (experimental) doubling the resolution using the same computation cost
Examples: df, liae, df-d, df-ud, liae-ud, ...
Improved GAN training (GAN_power option). It was used for dst model, but actually we don’t need it for dst.
Instead, a second src GAN model with x2 smaller patch size was added, so the overall quality for hi-res models should be higher.
Added option ‘Uniform yaw distribution of samples (y/n)’:
Helps to fix blurry side faces due to small amount of them in the faceset.
Quick96:
Now based on df-ud archi and 20% faster.
XSeg trainer:
Improved sample generator.
Now it randomly adds the background from other samples.
Result is reduced chance of random mask noise on the area outside the face.
Now you can specify ‘batch_size’ in range 2-16.
Reduced size of samples with applied XSeg mask. Thus size of packed samples with applied xseg mask is also reduced.
Fixed "Write preview history". Now it writes all subpreviews in separated folders
https://i.imgur.com/IszifCJ.jpg
also the last preview saved as _last.jpg before the first file
https://i.imgur.com/Ls1AOK4.jpg
thus you can easily check the changes with the first file in photo viewer
‘cpu’ mean enabled on CPU. This allows not to use extra VRAM, sacrificing 20% time of iteration.
SAEHD: resolution >= 256 now has second dssim loss function
It is useful for small, blurry, undetectable faces, animal faces.
https://i.imgur.com/8kmVgg8.jpg
Warning: such frames must be used only with XSeg workflow !
Landmarks cannot be placed on the face precisely, and they are actually used for positioning the red frame.
Try to keep the red frame the same as the adjacent frames.
Now you can replace the head.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr5FHd0AdlQ
Requirements:
Post processing skill in Adobe After Effects or Davinci Resolve.
Usage:
1) Find suitable dst footage with the monotonous background behind head
2) Use “extract head” script
3) Gather rich src headset from only one scene (same color and haircut)
4) Mask whole head for src and dst using XSeg editor
5) Train XSeg
6) Apply trained XSeg mask for src and dst headsets
7) Train SAEHD using ‘head’ face_type as regular deepfake model with DF archi. You can use pretrained model for head. Minimum recommended resolution for head is 224.
8) Extract multiple tracks, using Merger:
a. Raw-rgb
b. XSeg-prd mask
c. XSeg-dst mask
9) Using AAE or DavinciResolve, do:
a. Hide source head using XSeg-prd mask: content-aware-fill, clone-stamp, background retraction, or other technique
b. Overlay new head using XSeg-dst mask
Warning: Head faceset can be used for whole_face or less types of training only with XSeg masking.
XSegEditor: added button ‘view trained XSeg mask’, so you can see which frames should be masked to improve mask quality.
New help messages for these options:
Face style power
Learn the color of the predicted face to be the same as dst inside mask.
If you want to use this option with 'whole_face' you have to use XSeg trained mask.
Warning: Enable it only after 10k iters, when predicted face is clear enough to start learn style.
Start from 0.001 value and check history changes.
Enabling this option increases the chance of model collapse
Background style power
Learn the area outside mask of the predicted face to be the same as dst.
If you want to use this option with 'whole_face' you have to use XSeg trained mask.
This can make face more like dst.
Enabling this option increases the chance of model collapse. Typical value is 2.0
5.XSeg) data_dst/src mask for XSeg trainer - fetch.bat
Copies faces containing XSeg polygons to aligned_xseg\ dir.
Useful only if you want to collect labeled faces and reuse them in other fakes.
Now you can use trained XSeg mask in the SAEHD training process.
It’s mean default ‘full_face’ mask obtained from landmarks will be replaced with the mask obtained from the trained XSeg model.
use
5.XSeg.optional) trained mask for data_dst/data_src - apply.bat
5.XSeg.optional) trained mask for data_dst/data_src - remove.bat
Normally you don’t need it. You can use it, if you want to use ‘face_style’ and ‘bg_style’ with obstructions.
XSeg trainer : now you can choose type of face
XSeg trainer : now you can restart training in “override settings”
Merger: XSeg-* modes now can be used with all types of faces.
Therefore old MaskEditor, FANSEG models, and FAN-x modes have been removed,
because the new XSeg solution is better, simpler and more convenient, which costs only 1 hour of manual masking for regular deepfake.
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