About This Model
CodeFormer is a Transformer-based face restoration model that excels at repairing blurry, damaged, or low-quality face photos. It offers a unique fidelity slider to balance between quality enhancement and faithfulness to the original face.
Key Features
- Face-specialized — Trained specifically for face restoration, not general upscaling
- Fidelity control — Adjust the balance between quality and original likeness
- Built-in upscale — Includes 1x-4x upscaling alongside restoration
- Multi-face support — Can restore multiple faces in a single image
Best For
- Restoring blurry selfies and portraits
- Enhancing old family photos with faces
- Improving low-resolution profile pictures
- Repairing AI-generated faces with artifacts
Tips
- Fidelity 0.5 — Good default balance for most photos
- Lower fidelity (0.1-0.3) — Better quality but may alter facial features
- Higher fidelity (0.7-1.0) — More faithful to original but less enhancement