bloc97/Anime4K v4.0.0-RC

GLSL (v4.0.0 Release Candidate)

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Installation Instructions for GLSL/MPV (v4.0)

What's new:

• Every change from v3.2 is included.
• Ten variants for line reconstruction shaders. 2 Strengths with 5 network sizes (S/M/L/VL/UL).
• Improved line reconstruction shaders.
• Reduced unwanted ringing, aliasing and banding artifacts for line reconstruction shaders.
• Improved text legibility for line reconstruction shaders.

Major Changes:

• All shaders now work on RGB space instead of Luma.
• This version breaks compatibility with all versions before v3.2! Mixing with older shaders might cause issues.
• Removed RA, Upscale+Deblur CNN and Deblur CNN shaders, as they are superseded by v4.x Restore shaders.
• Removed Heavy variant for line reconstruction. The Moderate variant has been tweaked for better reconstruction of low quality images.

Minor Changes:

• Standardized network/model size convention. Each increase in size doubles the amount of computation required.
• Standardized shader naming convention. All shader names now take the form Anime4K-[Type-Subtype]-[Strength]-[Quality/Speed].
• Line reconstruction shaders renamed to a shorter name: Restore.