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After 4 months of community-driven development, SeedVR2 v2.5 brings a complete architectural redesign. New 4-node system, GGUF quantization for 8GB GPUs, torch.compile optimization, and production-ready CLI make professional upscaling accessible to everyone.
Read more →ByteDance's SeedVR2 transforms video upscaling with one-step restoration instead of 15-50. Complete tutorial covering ComfyUI setup, BlockSwap for consumer GPUs, alpha channel workflows, and production optimization.
Read more →Four practical techniques for faster, better video generation: MagCache accelerates diffusion 2-3x, NAG brings back negative prompting to distilled models, DLoRAL upscales in one step, and MIT shows how AI helps preserve paintings.
Read more →Four groundbreaking papers democratizing AI development - from training competitive video models with 256 NPUs to tracking through occlusions, streaming video generation, and climate modeling.
Read more →Transform a single LEGO photo into a complete animated shot using WAN 2.1 with ATI trajectory animation, CoTracker motion tracking, SAM2 segmentation, and VACE inpainting in ComfyUI.
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