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Victor KuznetsovandClaude Opus 5 52b2c115e8 Delete every knob the fixed profiles cannot honor
The CLI still advertised --model, --steps, --guidance-scale, --device and a
deprecated --auto. Each pinned a value the two surviving profiles fix -- the
model stack, the per-stage distilled schedule, CFG 1.0, CUDA -- so the only
outcome any of them had was an error raised several frames below the caller,
under a message naming an internal profile. A flag whose sole result is a
refusal is worse than no flag: it advertises a capability that does not exist,
and it lets a wrapper thread a value that will silently do nothing. They are
gone from the parser, from InvisibleEngine, and from WatermarkRemover, so the
failure is now a TypeError or a Click "No such option" at the point the caller
can act on.

The install hint was wrong in the same way. is_available() checked torch and
diffusers, then told the user to install [diffusion] -- which contains neither
DiffSynth nor the Z-Image face stage both profiles run. Following the advice
produced a second, different failure. The module list and the extra name now
live once in watermark_profiles (REMOVAL_MODULES, INVISIBLE_EXTRA) and are read
by both the CLI gate and the remover's precondition, which cannot drift apart
because they are the same tuple.

The adaptive-polish default moved out of the argument parser. It was resolved by
reading Click's parameter source, which put per-profile data in the CLI layer,
left the engine declaring the opposite default (False vs True) so a library
caller and a CLI caller on one profile got different output, and lost the polish
entirely for anything that supplies the flag non-interactively. The flag is now
tri-state (default=None) and resolve_adaptive_polish owns the per-profile
answer. The seed follows the same rule: the CLI stopped pre-resolving it.

Dead code removed with it: six scan_*_video wrappers and the _scan_video helper
none of them had a caller for, PNG_METADATA_KEYS, feather_region_composite and
the remover region path that was only reachable from a no-caller convenience
wrapper, remove_watermark_batch on both layers, try_empty_device_cache, the
_generate/_run_qwen_zimage pass-through pair, self.model_id, and the _internal
PEP 562 shim that no caller ever went through. get_device now answers cuda or
cpu only: mps and xpu travelled one frame to the same CUDA-only refusal while
costing a device probe each, and that refusal now names the resolved device, so
device=None on a CUDA-less host says 'cpu' rather than 'None'. The XPU wheel
index went with them.

Docs: README, cli, installation, python-api, supported-signals,
known-limitations and module-internals all still described the removed profiles,
the CPU/MPS/XPU ladder, a `default`->`sdxl` alias, and the wrong extra.
known-limitations still listed the retired SDXL strength ladder as current.
scripts/smoke_matrix.py and real_examples_e2e.py drove --device mps.

Next release is 0.25.0, not a patch: this removes public parameters and
narrows a published extra on top of the released 0.24.0.

pre-commit: 1) maintain.sh - exit 0 (1091 tests, Pyright 0 errors, no
vulnerabilities); 2) /simplify - 4 agents, 11 findings applied, 2 skipped
(dropping the `device` parameter entirely, which raiw-app pins; folding
diffsynth into the `diffusion` extra, which video-only callers do not need);
3) docs sync - grepped every removed identifier across README, docs/, scripts/,
.claude/; updated 9 docs; 4) CLAUDE.md - added the no-error-only-knobs rule to
.claude/rules/development.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-03 15:38:40 -07:00

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"""Diffusion engine for regenerating images that carry invisible AI watermarks.
Requires the 'qwen-zimage' extra and a CUDA device:
uv pip install 'remove-ai-watermarks[qwen-zimage]'
"""
# cv2/torch boundary: this engine wraps cv2 (resize/imwrite/cvtColor) and the
# humanizer, none of which carry usable element types; relax the unknown-type
# rules for this file only.
# pyright: reportUnknownMemberType=false, reportUnknownArgumentType=false, reportUnknownVariableType=false, reportUnknownParameterType=false, reportMissingTypeArgument=false, reportMissingTypeStubs=false, reportMissingImports=false, reportArgumentType=false, reportAssignmentType=false, reportReturnType=false, reportCallIssue=false, reportIndexIssue=false, reportOperatorIssue=false, reportOptionalMemberAccess=false, reportOptionalCall=false, reportOptionalSubscript=false, reportOptionalOperand=false, reportAttributeAccessIssue=false, reportPrivateImportUsage=false, reportPrivateUsage=false, reportInvalidTypeForm=false, reportConstantRedefinition=false, reportUnnecessaryComparison=false
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import os
import warnings
from pathlib import Path
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
from ._internal.watermark_profiles import (
DEFAULT_PROFILE,
REMOVAL_MODULES,
resolve_adaptive_polish,
resolve_seed,
)
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from collections.abc import Callable
# Suppress verbose deprecation warnings from diffusers/transformers/huggingface_hub
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=FutureWarning)
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning, module="huggingface_hub")
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning, module="diffusers")
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", module="transformers")
# Suppress HuggingFace internal logging
os.environ["TRANSFORMERS_VERBOSITY"] = "error"
os.environ["DIFFUSERS_VERBOSITY"] = "error"
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def is_available() -> bool:
"""Whether the dependencies for a real removal run are installed.
Shares :data:`REMOVAL_MODULES` with the remover's own precondition so the two
cannot drift. When they did, a torch+diffusers-only environment passed this gate
and then died at the DiffSynth face stage.
"""
from .optional_deps import module_available
return module_available(*REMOVAL_MODULES)
def _target_size(width: int, height: int, max_resolution: int) -> tuple[int, int] | None:
"""Compute the (width, height) to process at, or None for native.
One long-side adjustment: if it exceeds ``max_resolution``, scale DOWN to it
(integer-truncated, matching the PIL ``resize`` call site). 0/negative = no cap.
Set only to bound GPU/MPS memory on very large inputs (issue #10).
There was also a ``min_resolution`` floor that scaled small inputs UP toward
SDXL's ~1024 training size. It went with the SDXL profiles: both surviving
profiles run at native geometry, so the floor was forced to 0 on every path and
could not fire.
Returns None when the cap does not apply (native resolution). Pure function so the
resolution decision is unit-testable without loading the diffusion model.
"""
long_side = max(width, height)
if max_resolution > 0 and long_side > max_resolution:
ratio = max_resolution / long_side
# Clamp the short side to >=1: extreme aspect ratios (e.g. 5000x3 capped
# at 1024) would otherwise truncate it to 0 and crash image.resize().
return (max(1, int(width * ratio)), max(1, int(height * ratio)))
return None
class InvisibleEngine:
"""Remove invisible AI watermarks using diffusion model regeneration.
The approach encodes the image into latent space, injects controlled noise
to break watermark patterns, and reconstructs via reverse diffusion.
"""
def __init__(
self,
device: str | None = None,
pipeline: str = DEFAULT_PROFILE,
hf_token: str | None = None,
progress_callback: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
controlnet_conditioning_scale: float = 1.0,
cpu_offload: bool = False,
) -> None:
"""Initialize the invisible watermark removal engine.
Args:
device: Device for inference. Both profiles are CUDA-only, so the
usable values are "cuda" and None/"auto" (which detects it);
anything else raises rather than falling back.
pipeline: Pipeline profile, one of "qwen-zimage" (DEFAULT;
Qwen-Image-2512 Lightning + Canny, then SAM-masked Z-Image face repair)
or "sdxl-zimage" (the same recipe and the same face stage on an SDXL
global pass, vendor-adaptive strength because an SDXL global stage
needs more of it). BOTH ARE CUDA-ONLY -- there is no CPU or MPS path
for invisible-watermark removal.
hf_token: HuggingFace API token.
progress_callback: Optional callback for progress messages.
controlnet_conditioning_scale: Canny ControlNet structure-preservation
strength on the global stage of both profiles.
cpu_offload: Offload model components to CPU between CUDA calls instead
of keeping the whole pipeline in VRAM, at the cost of speed. For
qwen-zimage, force the face stack to offload instead of using automatic
residency. CUDA only.
"""
from remove_ai_watermarks._internal.watermark_remover import WatermarkRemover
self._remover = WatermarkRemover(
device=device,
progress_callback=progress_callback,
hf_token=hf_token,
pipeline=pipeline,
controlnet_conditioning_scale=controlnet_conditioning_scale,
cpu_offload=cpu_offload,
)
self._progress_callback = progress_callback
def preload(self, *, global_only: bool = False) -> None:
"""Eagerly load the pipeline so download progress is visible.
For ``qwen-zimage``, ``global_only=True`` loads the mandatory Qwen stage
and leaves the optional Z-Image and SAM face stack lazy until a face is
detected. Other profiles have no optional stage and ignore the flag.
"""
self._remover.preload(global_only=global_only)
def remove_watermark(
self,
image_path: Path,
output_path: Path | None = None,
strength: float | None = None,
seed: int | None = None,
humanize: float = 0.0,
max_resolution: int = 0,
vendor: str | None = None,
unsharp: float = 0.0,
adaptive_polish: bool | None = None,
tile: bool = False,
tile_size: int = 1024,
tile_overlap: int = 128,
) -> Path:
"""Remove invisible watermark from an image.
Args:
image_path: Path to the watermarked image.
output_path: Output path (None = overwrite source).
strength: Denoising strength (0.0-1.0). None -> the profile's calibrated
default (resolution-adaptive for qwen-zimage, vendor-adaptive for
sdxl-zimage).
seed: Random seed for reproducibility. None resolves to 0, because both
profiles are certified at a fixed seed.
humanize: Intensity of Analog Humanizer film grain (0 = off).
unsharp: Final unsharp-mask sharpening strength (0 = off, default).
Applied last to counter the soft / over-smoothed look of the
diffusion pass; ~0.5-0.8 is a safe range, higher risks edge halos.
adaptive_polish: Restore the input's detail level in the softened
output: a capped unsharp + edge-masked grain targeting the input's
Laplacian variance. Self-limiting -- a no-op when the output already
meets the input's detail level (text/flat graphics), so it only acts on
over-smoothed photo/face texture. Runs LAST. None (the default) follows
the profile: off for qwen-zimage, on for sdxl-zimage. This resolves
through the same ``resolve_adaptive_polish`` the CLI uses, so a library
caller and a CLI caller on one profile get the same output.
max_resolution: Cap the long side (px) before diffusion. 0 (default)
= no cap. Set a positive value only to bound GPU memory on very large
inputs (it reintroduces a lossy downscale->upscale round-trip).
tile: Process the diffusion pass in overlapping tiles instead of one
forward pass. This retains the input's native dimensions instead
of applying ``max_resolution``, but each tile is still regenerated.
Engages only when the long side exceeds ``tile_size``.
tile_size: Tile dimension in px (default 1024).
tile_overlap: Overlap between adjacent tiles in px (default 128).
Returns:
Path to the cleaned image.
"""
import tempfile
seed = resolve_seed(seed)
adaptive_polish = resolve_adaptive_polish(adaptive_polish, self._remover.model_profile)
from PIL import Image, ImageOps
# Resolution policy: a max_resolution cap (0 = none) bounds memory on huge
# inputs. See _target_size for why it is the only lever left.
# Register the HEIF/AVIF opener so a .heic/.avif input (now a SUPPORTED_FORMAT)
# decodes here too. The --force skip path bypasses image_io.imread, which is
# what would otherwise register it, so a bare Image.open would fail on HEIC.
from remove_ai_watermarks import image_io
image_io._register_heif()
image = Image.open(image_path)
image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
orig_size = image.size # (width, height)
# Full-res original, kept for the adaptive-polish detail target (image is
# reassigned to the resized copy below; PIL resize returns a new object).
reference_pil = image
# Both profiles run at the input's native geometry, so only the explicit max
# cap can move it, and it can only ever scale down.
target = _target_size(image.width, image.height, max_resolution)
if target is not None:
if self._progress_callback:
self._progress_callback(
f"Downscaling {image.width}x{image.height} to {target[0]}x{target[1]} "
f"(max-resolution cap {max_resolution}px)..."
)
image = image.resize(target, Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
# Always persist to a temp file, even without downscaling: WatermarkRemover
# reloads by path, so the EXIF-transposed pixels must be saved or rotation
# is lost. Written as PNG (lossless) regardless of the input format, so a JPEG
# input does not feed a re-compressed copy into the diffusion pass.
# Cleaned up in the finally block via _tmp_path.
_tmp_fd, _tmp_str = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".png")
_tmp_path = Path(_tmp_str)
# Convert to RGB before the PNG temp: the diffusion pass is RGB anyway, and a
# non-RGB source mode (e.g. a CMYK JPEG) cannot be written as PNG and would raise.
image.convert("RGB").save(_tmp_path)
os.close(_tmp_fd)
image_path = _tmp_path
try:
out_path = self._remover.remove_watermark(
image_path=image_path,
output_path=output_path,
strength=strength,
seed=seed,
vendor=vendor,
tile=tile,
tile_size=tile_size,
tile_overlap=tile_overlap,
)
# Post-processing chain: decode the diffusion output ONCE, apply the
# optional stages in memory in order (humanize -> restore original
# resolution -> unsharp -> adaptive polish), and write ONCE. Previously
# each stage independently imread/imwrote the full-res output, so a run
# with several stages PNG-decoded+re-encoded the same image 2-4 times.
# PNG is lossless, so the single-write output is byte-identical.
# Diffusers rounds native dimensions down to the latent grid (multiples
# of 8), even when our own resolution policy did not resize the input.
# Route those outputs through the same final resize so --no-polish does
# not silently change e.g. 1448x1086 into 1448x1080.
needs_restore = target is not None or any(dimension % 8 for dimension in orig_size)
if humanize > 0.0 or unsharp > 0.0 or adaptive_polish or needs_restore:
import cv2
from remove_ai_watermarks import image_io
out_cv = image_io.imread(out_path, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
if out_cv is None:
return out_path
if humanize > 0.0:
if self._progress_callback:
self._progress_callback(f"Applying Analog Humanizer (grain: {humanize})...")
from remove_ai_watermarks.humanizer import apply_analog_humanizer
out_cv = apply_analog_humanizer(out_cv, grain_intensity=humanize, chromatic_shift=1)
# Restore original resolution if the input was resized for diffusion.
if (out_cv.shape[1], out_cv.shape[0]) != orig_size:
if self._progress_callback:
self._progress_callback(
f"Upscaling result back to original resolution {orig_size[0]}x{orig_size[1]}..."
)
out_cv = cv2.resize(out_cv, orig_size, interpolation=cv2.INTER_LANCZOS4)
if unsharp > 0.0:
if self._progress_callback:
self._progress_callback(f"Sharpening (unsharp mask: {unsharp})...")
from remove_ai_watermarks.humanizer import unsharp_mask
out_cv = unsharp_mask(out_cv, amount=unsharp)
# Adaptive polish (CLI default): restore the input's detail level in the
# softened output, sparing text/edges. Self-limiting where no deficit.
if adaptive_polish:
import numpy as np
from remove_ai_watermarks import humanizer
ref = cv2.cvtColor(np.array(reference_pil.convert("RGB")), cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
if (ref.shape[1], ref.shape[0]) != (out_cv.shape[1], out_cv.shape[0]):
ref = cv2.resize(ref, (out_cv.shape[1], out_cv.shape[0]), interpolation=cv2.INTER_LANCZOS4)
if self._progress_callback:
self._progress_callback("Adaptive polish (sharpen + grain to the input's detail level)...")
out_cv = humanizer.adaptive_polish(out_cv, ref, seed=seed)
image_io.imwrite(out_path, out_cv)
return out_path
finally:
# _tmp_path is always set above (we persist the image unconditionally).
if _tmp_path.exists():
_tmp_path.unlink()