Gpen-bfr-2048.pth Site
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The filename appears to be a combination of terms that suggest a modified, experimental, or potentially mislabeled custom model: gpen-bfr-2048.pth
No official GPEN release from the original authors (papers like GPEN: GAN-based Prior for Blind Face Restoration) includes a file named exactly gpen-bfr-2048.pth. Official models are typically named GPEN_bfr_256.pth, GPEN_bfr_512.pth, etc. I will not fabricate technical details, usage instructions,
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