Protected baseline
Original Upscayl Vulkan
Kept available as the protected compatibility path for established Upscayl processing.
Designer workstation / local processing / Windows 10/11 x64
Upscale with
proof in view.
Choose the model and device, inspect the result, and keep the source under your control. Rastercue turns the proven Upscayl core into a focused local studio.
ACTIVE JOBUPSCALE / PASS 1
2048 → 8192 PX
DEVICE 0
MODEL Standard 4×
DEVICE verified before processing
FILES remain local
01Original core preservedProtected command and model behaviour
02No silent fallbackDevice and backend stay visible
03Owner-tested on AMDAccepted on the RX 580 work PC
The workstation
The image stays central.
The evidence stays close.
Controls on the left. Inspection on the right. A large, undistorted preview between them.
The non-negotiable
A better studio around the processing that already works.
Rastercue is an independently branded derivative of Upscayl. The established native Vulkan path, model contracts and output behaviour form the protected baseline—not disposable scaffolding.
New compute choices sit beside that baseline and earn their place through regression tests, packaged checks and explicit hardware evidence.
Read engine provenanceHardware-aware compute
Detect first.
Recommend second.
Rastercue 1.0 distinguishes what Windows detects, what the engine can use and what actually completed the job. Compatibility is measured on the machine—not inferred from a logo.
Engine-probed
Any probed Vulkan device
No vendor whitelist. A device appears when the bundled engine can enumerate and probe it.
Native backend included
CPU only
Genuine NCNN CPU processing passed its no-Vulkan probe and packaged workflow test. Software Vulkan is never relabelled as CPU.
Evidence boundary: a vendor name is never treated as proof. Compatibility and speed claims require a successful packaged engine probe and a completed job on that device.
Model library
Choose by purpose.
Measure on your device.
StandardGeneral image enlargement
Recommended start
Digital ArtIllustration and clean edges
Available
Nomos8kSCDetailed restoration candidate
Licence noted
Searchable categories, limitations, creator and licence details keep model choice grounded. Optional benchmarks use a bundled non-user image and report measured results for the exact device, driver, engine, model and settings.
Not benchmarked on this deviceNo estimate is shown until a local measurement exists.
Visible processing
Know where the job is.
Know where it stopped.
- 01Validate inputDimensions, format, memory and colour boundary
- 02Select deviceChosen backend and actual device stay visible
- 03ProcessModel load, pass one and optional pass two
- 04Encode & verifyFormat, metadata, dimensions and readable output
- 05RecordThumbnail, history and optional archive
Restorable work
History for recall.
Archives for recovery.
History stays lightweight. When a job matters, an on-demand archive can preserve the exact original, exact output, settings, checksums and thumbnails without lossy recompression.
Archive restore validates paths, expanded size and checksums before writing into a user-selected location.
Truth before launch
A claim is only ready
when the package proves it.
Golden outputs
Protected arguments, source hashes, decoded pixels, dimensions and cancellation.
Evidence, not logos
AMD RX 580 owner-tested. Intel, NVIDIA and other devices remain engine-probe based.
Exact recovery
Format validation, safe temporary work and checksum-verified archive restore.
Human approval
Kirsten accepted the Windows app and product website on 24 September 2026.
Local by design
Your image is not a diagnostic.
Processing stays on the machine. Diagnostic capture is local, bounded and reviewable. Images, usernames, absolute paths and private filenames are excluded before a support bundle is shared manually.
NOAUTO
UPLOADNothing is sent without your action.
UPLOADNothing is sent without your action.
Rastercue 1.0.0
Built locally.
Released deliberately.
Rastercue 1.0 is the stable Windows foundation: owner-tested on the AMD work PC, released with source, documentation and an honest boundary around unsigned binaries and probe-based hardware support.