lllyasviel / lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge

banding artifacts in hires fix

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Description

Using hires makes vertical/horizontal banding artifects. I have tested with different hires upscalers some are less noticable, but it is visible depending on the image. Also it is more prominent if we use higher multiplier in hires. My example (on her face, click on full res to see):
![kép](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/901e1760-980a-45fa-adfa-8201d9f51bc6)

You can read more about this issue here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1eyrljx/what_am_i_doing_that_is_causing_the_banding/

I'm not sure about the Tiled Diffusion possible solution though.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported vertical and horizontal banding with hires using different upscalers and higher multipliers, referring to the attached full-resolution example. Read the linked Reddit discussion and investigate whether the mentioned Tiled Diffusion approach is relevant; done means identifying a reproducible cause and confirming that the artifacts are resolved.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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