Tencent ARCFastHigh

GFPGAN

Tencent ARC's face restoration model — 115M+ runs, the most-run model in the restoration collection. Restores old/blurry photos and fixes faces in AI-generated images.

6 credits

per image

115M+ runs — the standard for face restoration

Restores old, blurry, or damaged photos

Fixes distorted faces in AI-generated images

Four versions incl. RestoreFormer

Adjustable rescaling factor

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Quick Start

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/v1/predictions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "tencentarc/gfpgan",
  "input": {
    "img": "https://example.com/old-photo.jpg",
    "version": "v1.4",
    "scale": 2
  }
}'

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`img`	string	Yes	-	Input image with faces to restore
`version`	string	No	v1.4	v1.3: better quality. v1.4: more details and better identity. RestoreFormer: alternative architecture v1.2v1.3v1.4RestoreFormer
`scale`	number	No	2	Rescaling factor for the output

How to Provide File Input

There are 3 ways to provide files for the img parameter:

Recommended

Direct Upload (Multipart)

Attach files directly to POST /v1/predictions/upload. No separate upload step needed.

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/v1/predictions/upload" \
  -H "X-API-Key: cdt_your_api_key" \
  -F "model=tencentarc/gfpgan" \
  -F 'input={"prompt":"your prompt here"}' \
  -F "file:img=@your_file.png"

Image URL

Pass a publicly accessible URL directly. You can also use file_url from the Storage API.

{
  "model": "tencentarc/gfpgan",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "your prompt here",
    "img": "https://example.com/image.jpg"
  }
}

See the File Upload docs for more upload methods including Presigned URLs.

Common Parameters

Common parameters used when calling POST /v1/predictions.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`model`	string	Yes	-	Model identifier
`input`	object	Yes	-	Object containing the model-specific parameters from the table above
`output_folder`	string	No	-	Folder path for output files (max 256 chars, '..' not allowed)
`webhook_url`	string	No	-	Webhook URL to call on completion
`is_public`	boolean	No	false	If true, output files are also available via permanent public URLs

Examples

Old Photo Restoration

Restore a blurry old family photo at 2x

curl -X POST "https://api.core.today/v1/predictions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: cdt_your_api_key" \
  -d '{
  "model": "tencentarc/gfpgan",
  "input": {
    "img": "https://example.com/old-photo.jpg",
    "version": "v1.4",
    "scale": 2
  }
}'