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SVFR - Video Face Restoration

SVFR (Stable Video Face Restoration) brings old and degraded videos back to life by restoring faces with remarkable detail. This model offers three powerful restoration options:

Face restoration - Enhances facial details and sharpness
Face restoration + colorization - Brings both enhanced details and vibrant colors
Full restoration pipeline - Complete enhancement including masked inpainting

Inputs Required

A video file (MP4 or other common formats)
Choice of restoration type
Optional mask image for inpainting (required only for full pipeline)
Random seed for reproducible results

Notes

The model works best with clear, front-facing facial footage
For inpainting, provide a black & white mask where white areas indicate regions to restore
Processing time depends on video length and chosen restoration options

License

Available for non-commercial research purposes only. See SVFR paper for details.

BibTex

@misc{wang2025svfrunifiedframeworkgeneralized,
      title={SVFR: A Unified Framework for Generalized Video Face Restoration}, 
      author={Zhiyao Wang and Xu Chen and Chengming Xu and Junwei Zhu and Xiaobin Hu and Jiangning Zhang and Chengjie Wang and Yuqi Liu and Yiyi Zhou and Rongrong Ji},
      year={2025},
      eprint={2501.01235},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CV},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01235}, 
}

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