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🎬 The Anime Scripter (TAS)

High-performance AI video enhancement toolkit for creators

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📋 Overview

TheAnimeScripter (TAS) is a cutting-edge AI-powered video enhancement toolkit specialized for anime and general video content. It seamlessly integrates with Adobe After Effects while also offering standalone functionality, bringing professional-grade AI upscaling, interpolation, and restoration to creators.

Table of Contents

• Key Features
• 🖥️ User Interfaces
• 🛠️ Installation Guide
• 📚 Command Reference
• 📁 Supported Models
• 📈 Performance Benchmarks
• 👨‍ Contributors
• ⭐ Project Growth
• 🎥 Demo & Examples

🚀 Key Features

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🎞️ Video Enhancement

• Motion Interpolation: Create buttery-smooth animation with advanced frame interpolation
• AI Upscaling: Enhance resolution with AI-powered upscaling (2x)
• Smart Deduplication: Optimize file size and interpolation by removing redundant frames

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🎭 Advanced Editing

• Background-Foreground Segmentation: Precise automatic rotobrushing
• Depth Map Generation: 3D-ready depth maps for creative effects

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🔧 Workflow Optimization

• After Effects Integration: Seamless plugin for AE workflow
• Model Chaining: Combine multiple effects in a single processing pass
• In-Memory Processing: Efficient frame handling without redundant disk operations

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🧠 AI Flexibility

• Multi-Backend Support: CUDA, TensorRT, DirectML, and OpenVINO acceleration
• Custom Model Support: Import your own trained models
• Restoration Options: Denoise, dejpeg, sharpen, and line enhancement

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🖥️ User Interfaces

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<img src="https://img.icons8.com/color/24/000000/adobe-after-effects--v1.png" width="20"/> Adobe After Effects Integration

Currently being enhanced with new features and optimizations

Adobe plugin provides seamless integration directly within your AE workflow, enabling AI-powered video enhancement without leaving your editing environment.

<img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b89e785b-34e4-4be4-911f-79433cd5c5c8" width="300" alt="Adobe GUI">

<img src="https://img.icons8.com/color/24/000000/windows-10.png" width="20"/> Windows Standalone

Under active development - coming soon

The native Windows application will provide a dedicated environment optimized for batch processing and advanced customization options.

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🛠️ Getting Started

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<img src="https://img.icons8.com/color/24/000000/adobe-after-effects--v1.png" width="20"/> Adobe After Effects Plugin

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System Requirements:

• After Effects 2022 or higher
• Compatible GPU recommended:
  • Modern NVIDIA (RTX 20/30/40, GTX 16 series): Full CUDA/TensorRT support
  • Older NVIDIA (GTX 1000 series/Pascal): DirectML backend
  • Intel dGPU / iGPU: OpenVINO backend
  • AMD/Intel: DirectML backend

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Installation Steps:

1. Download the TAS-AdobeEdition from the releases page
2. Extract the .zip file to a location of your choice
3. Follow the installation tutorial to add TAS to After Effects

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Need help? Watch the video tutorial

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<img src="https://img.icons8.com/fluency/24/000000/windows-client.png" width="20"/> Standalone Application

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Development Status: Currently in active development. Join the Discord for development updates.

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<img src="https://img.icons8.com/color/24/000000/console.png" width="20"/> Command Line Interface

Get the most powerful and flexible version of TAS with the command-line interface:

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• ⬇️ Stable Release — Recommended for production work
• ⬇️ Nightly Builds — Latest features (may contain bugs)

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For local development, create the environment from the lockfile and run the CLI with UV:

uv sync --extra runtime-windows-lite
uv run python main.py -h

Windows CLI Installer

Use this one-liner:

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NevermindNilas/TheAnimeScripter/main/install.ps1 | iex

It installs into a TheAnimeScripter folder inside the directory you launch it from and prompts whether that folder should be added to your user PATH.

After installation, you can use tas --help or theanimescripter --help.

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📚 Available Inputs

All available parameters for interacting with the CLI or directly with main.py can be found in the Parameters guide.

📁 Available Models

🆙 Upscaling Models

| Model | CUDA | TensorRT | DirectML | OpenVINO | | --------------------- | :---: | :------: | :------: | :---: | | ShuffleCugan | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Fallin Soft | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Fallin Strong | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Span | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | SRVGGNet (Compact) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | SRVGGNet (UltraCompact) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | SRVGGNet (SuperUltraCompact) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | OpenProteus | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | AniScale 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | RTMOSR | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Saryn ( RTMOSR based ) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Gauss ( DIS based ) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Custom (Spandrel) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |

⏱️ Interpolation Models (RIFE)

| Version | CUDA | TensorRT | DirectML | OpenVINO | | --------------------- | :---: | :------: | :------: | :---: | | 4.6 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.15 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.15-lite | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.16-lite | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | 4.17 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.18 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.20 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.21 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.22 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.22-lite | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.25 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | 4.25-heavy | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Rife_Elexor (mod 4.7) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

🔧 Restoration Models

| Model | CUDA | TensorRT | DirectML | OpenVINO | | ------------------- | :---: | :------: | :------: | :---: | | SCUNet (Denoise) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | | NAFNet (Denoise) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | DPIR (Denoise) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | DeJpeg ( Real-Plksr ) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Anime1080fixer | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | FastLineDarken | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | | GaterV3 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | | DeH264 ( Real-Plksr ) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

🌊 Depth Map Models

| Model | CUDA | TensorRT | DirectML | OpenVINO | | ------------------------------------- | :---: | :------: | :------: | :---: | | "Faster" Depth-Anything v2 Models | | | | | | Small v2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Base v2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Large v2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | "Faster" Distilled Models | | | | | | Distill Small v2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Distill Base v2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅