add AltDiffusion to webui

Signed-off-by: zhaohu xing <920232796@qq.com>

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diff --git a/ldm/modules/attention.py b/ldm/modules/attention.py
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+from inspect import isfunction
+import math
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from torch import nn, einsum
+from einops import rearrange, repeat
+
+from ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.util import checkpoint
+
+
+def exists(val):
+    return val is not None
+
+
+def uniq(arr):
+    return{el: True for el in arr}.keys()
+
+
+def default(val, d):
+    if exists(val):
+        return val
+    return d() if isfunction(d) else d
+
+
+def max_neg_value(t):
+    return -torch.finfo(t.dtype).max
+
+
+def init_(tensor):
+    dim = tensor.shape[-1]
+    std = 1 / math.sqrt(dim)
+    tensor.uniform_(-std, std)
+    return tensor
+
+
+# feedforward
+class GEGLU(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim_in, dim_out):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.proj = nn.Linear(dim_in, dim_out * 2)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x, gate = self.proj(x).chunk(2, dim=-1)
+        return x * F.gelu(gate)
+
+
+class FeedForward(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, dim_out=None, mult=4, glu=False, dropout=0.):
+        super().__init__()
+        inner_dim = int(dim * mult)
+        dim_out = default(dim_out, dim)
+        project_in = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(dim, inner_dim),
+            nn.GELU()
+        ) if not glu else GEGLU(dim, inner_dim)
+
+        self.net = nn.Sequential(
+            project_in,
+            nn.Dropout(dropout),
+            nn.Linear(inner_dim, dim_out)
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.net(x)
+
+
+def zero_module(module):
+    """
+    Zero out the parameters of a module and return it.
+    """
+    for p in module.parameters():
+        p.detach().zero_()
+    return module
+
+
+def Normalize(in_channels):
+    return torch.nn.GroupNorm(num_groups=32, num_channels=in_channels, eps=1e-6, affine=True)
+
+
+class LinearAttention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, heads=4, dim_head=32):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.heads = heads
+        hidden_dim = dim_head * heads
+        self.to_qkv = nn.Conv2d(dim, hidden_dim * 3, 1, bias = False)
+        self.to_out = nn.Conv2d(hidden_dim, dim, 1)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        b, c, h, w = x.shape
+        qkv = self.to_qkv(x)
+        q, k, v = rearrange(qkv, 'b (qkv heads c) h w -> qkv b heads c (h w)', heads = self.heads, qkv=3)
+        k = k.softmax(dim=-1)  
+        context = torch.einsum('bhdn,bhen->bhde', k, v)
+        out = torch.einsum('bhde,bhdn->bhen', context, q)
+        out = rearrange(out, 'b heads c (h w) -> b (heads c) h w', heads=self.heads, h=h, w=w)
+        return self.to_out(out)
+
+
+class SpatialSelfAttention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+
+        self.norm = Normalize(in_channels)
+        self.q = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 in_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+        self.k = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 in_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+        self.v = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 in_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+        self.proj_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                        in_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=1,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=0)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        h_ = x
+        h_ = self.norm(h_)
+        q = self.q(h_)
+        k = self.k(h_)
+        v = self.v(h_)
+
+        # compute attention
+        b,c,h,w = q.shape
+        q = rearrange(q, 'b c h w -> b (h w) c')
+        k = rearrange(k, 'b c h w -> b c (h w)')
+        w_ = torch.einsum('bij,bjk->bik', q, k)
+
+        w_ = w_ * (int(c)**(-0.5))
+        w_ = torch.nn.functional.softmax(w_, dim=2)
+
+        # attend to values
+        v = rearrange(v, 'b c h w -> b c (h w)')
+        w_ = rearrange(w_, 'b i j -> b j i')
+        h_ = torch.einsum('bij,bjk->bik', v, w_)
+        h_ = rearrange(h_, 'b c (h w) -> b c h w', h=h)
+        h_ = self.proj_out(h_)
+
+        return x+h_
+
+
+class CrossAttention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, query_dim, context_dim=None, heads=8, dim_head=64, dropout=0.):
+        super().__init__()
+        inner_dim = dim_head * heads
+        context_dim = default(context_dim, query_dim)
+
+        self.scale = dim_head ** -0.5
+        self.heads = heads
+
+        self.to_q = nn.Linear(query_dim, inner_dim, bias=False)
+        self.to_k = nn.Linear(context_dim, inner_dim, bias=False)
+        self.to_v = nn.Linear(context_dim, inner_dim, bias=False)
+
+        self.to_out = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(inner_dim, query_dim),
+            nn.Dropout(dropout)
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x, context=None, mask=None):
+        h = self.heads
+
+        q = self.to_q(x)
+        context = default(context, x)
+        k = self.to_k(context)
+        v = self.to_v(context)
+
+        q, k, v = map(lambda t: rearrange(t, 'b n (h d) -> (b h) n d', h=h), (q, k, v))
+
+        sim = einsum('b i d, b j d -> b i j', q, k) * self.scale
+
+        if exists(mask):
+            mask = rearrange(mask, 'b ... -> b (...)')
+            max_neg_value = -torch.finfo(sim.dtype).max
+            mask = repeat(mask, 'b j -> (b h) () j', h=h)
+            sim.masked_fill_(~mask, max_neg_value)
+
+        # attention, what we cannot get enough of
+        attn = sim.softmax(dim=-1)
+
+        out = einsum('b i j, b j d -> b i d', attn, v)
+        out = rearrange(out, '(b h) n d -> b n (h d)', h=h)
+        return self.to_out(out)
+
+
+class BasicTransformerBlock(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, n_heads, d_head, dropout=0., context_dim=None, gated_ff=True, checkpoint=True):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.attn1 = CrossAttention(query_dim=dim, heads=n_heads, dim_head=d_head, dropout=dropout)  # is a self-attention
+        self.ff = FeedForward(dim, dropout=dropout, glu=gated_ff)
+        self.attn2 = CrossAttention(query_dim=dim, context_dim=context_dim,
+                                    heads=n_heads, dim_head=d_head, dropout=dropout)  # is self-attn if context is none
+        self.norm1 = nn.LayerNorm(dim)
+        self.norm2 = nn.LayerNorm(dim)
+        self.norm3 = nn.LayerNorm(dim)
+        self.checkpoint = checkpoint
+
+    def forward(self, x, context=None):
+        return checkpoint(self._forward, (x, context), self.parameters(), self.checkpoint)
+
+    def _forward(self, x, context=None):
+        x = self.attn1(self.norm1(x)) + x
+        x = self.attn2(self.norm2(x), context=context) + x
+        x = self.ff(self.norm3(x)) + x
+        return x
+
+
+class SpatialTransformer(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Transformer block for image-like data.
+    First, project the input (aka embedding)
+    and reshape to b, t, d.
+    Then apply standard transformer action.
+    Finally, reshape to image
+    """
+    def __init__(self, in_channels, n_heads, d_head,
+                 depth=1, dropout=0., context_dim=None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+        inner_dim = n_heads * d_head
+        self.norm = Normalize(in_channels)
+
+        self.proj_in = nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 inner_dim,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+
+        self.transformer_blocks = nn.ModuleList(
+            [BasicTransformerBlock(inner_dim, n_heads, d_head, dropout=dropout, context_dim=context_dim)
+                for d in range(depth)]
+        )
+
+        self.proj_out = zero_module(nn.Conv2d(inner_dim,
+                                              in_channels,
+                                              kernel_size=1,
+                                              stride=1,
+                                              padding=0))
+
+    def forward(self, x, context=None):
+        # note: if no context is given, cross-attention defaults to self-attention
+        b, c, h, w = x.shape
+        x_in = x
+        x = self.norm(x)
+        x = self.proj_in(x)
+        x = rearrange(x, 'b c h w -> b (h w) c')
+        for block in self.transformer_blocks:
+            x = block(x, context=context)
+        x = rearrange(x, 'b (h w) c -> b c h w', h=h, w=w)
+        x = self.proj_out(x)
+        return x + x_in
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diff --git a/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/__init__.py b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/__init__.py
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+++ b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/__init__.py
diff --git a/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/model.py b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/model.py
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+# pytorch_diffusion + derived encoder decoder
+import math
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import numpy as np
+from einops import rearrange
+
+from ldm.util import instantiate_from_config
+from ldm.modules.attention import LinearAttention
+
+
+def get_timestep_embedding(timesteps, embedding_dim):
+    """
+    This matches the implementation in Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models:
+    From Fairseq.
+    Build sinusoidal embeddings.
+    This matches the implementation in tensor2tensor, but differs slightly
+    from the description in Section 3.5 of "Attention Is All You Need".
+    """
+    assert len(timesteps.shape) == 1
+
+    half_dim = embedding_dim // 2
+    emb = math.log(10000) / (half_dim - 1)
+    emb = torch.exp(torch.arange(half_dim, dtype=torch.float32) * -emb)
+    emb = emb.to(device=timesteps.device)
+    emb = timesteps.float()[:, None] * emb[None, :]
+    emb = torch.cat([torch.sin(emb), torch.cos(emb)], dim=1)
+    if embedding_dim % 2 == 1:  # zero pad
+        emb = torch.nn.functional.pad(emb, (0,1,0,0))
+    return emb
+
+
+def nonlinearity(x):
+    # swish
+    return x*torch.sigmoid(x)
+
+
+def Normalize(in_channels, num_groups=32):
+    return torch.nn.GroupNorm(num_groups=num_groups, num_channels=in_channels, eps=1e-6, affine=True)
+
+
+class Upsample(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels, with_conv):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.with_conv = with_conv
+        if self.with_conv:
+            self.conv = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                        in_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x = torch.nn.functional.interpolate(x, scale_factor=2.0, mode="nearest")
+        if self.with_conv:
+            x = self.conv(x)
+        return x
+
+
+class Downsample(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels, with_conv):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.with_conv = with_conv
+        if self.with_conv:
+            # no asymmetric padding in torch conv, must do it ourselves
+            self.conv = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                        in_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=2,
+                                        padding=0)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        if self.with_conv:
+            pad = (0,1,0,1)
+            x = torch.nn.functional.pad(x, pad, mode="constant", value=0)
+            x = self.conv(x)
+        else:
+            x = torch.nn.functional.avg_pool2d(x, kernel_size=2, stride=2)
+        return x
+
+
+class ResnetBlock(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, *, in_channels, out_channels=None, conv_shortcut=False,
+                 dropout, temb_channels=512):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+        out_channels = in_channels if out_channels is None else out_channels
+        self.out_channels = out_channels
+        self.use_conv_shortcut = conv_shortcut
+
+        self.norm1 = Normalize(in_channels)
+        self.conv1 = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                     out_channels,
+                                     kernel_size=3,
+                                     stride=1,
+                                     padding=1)
+        if temb_channels > 0:
+            self.temb_proj = torch.nn.Linear(temb_channels,
+                                             out_channels)
+        self.norm2 = Normalize(out_channels)
+        self.dropout = torch.nn.Dropout(dropout)
+        self.conv2 = torch.nn.Conv2d(out_channels,
+                                     out_channels,
+                                     kernel_size=3,
+                                     stride=1,
+                                     padding=1)
+        if self.in_channels != self.out_channels:
+            if self.use_conv_shortcut:
+                self.conv_shortcut = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                                     out_channels,
+                                                     kernel_size=3,
+                                                     stride=1,
+                                                     padding=1)
+            else:
+                self.nin_shortcut = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                                    out_channels,
+                                                    kernel_size=1,
+                                                    stride=1,
+                                                    padding=0)
+
+    def forward(self, x, temb):
+        h = x
+        h = self.norm1(h)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        h = self.conv1(h)
+
+        if temb is not None:
+            h = h + self.temb_proj(nonlinearity(temb))[:,:,None,None]
+
+        h = self.norm2(h)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        h = self.dropout(h)
+        h = self.conv2(h)
+
+        if self.in_channels != self.out_channels:
+            if self.use_conv_shortcut:
+                x = self.conv_shortcut(x)
+            else:
+                x = self.nin_shortcut(x)
+
+        return x+h
+
+
+class LinAttnBlock(LinearAttention):
+    """to match AttnBlock usage"""
+    def __init__(self, in_channels):
+        super().__init__(dim=in_channels, heads=1, dim_head=in_channels)
+
+
+class AttnBlock(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+
+        self.norm = Normalize(in_channels)
+        self.q = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 in_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+        self.k = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 in_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+        self.v = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 in_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=1,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=0)
+        self.proj_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                        in_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=1,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=0)
+
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        h_ = x
+        h_ = self.norm(h_)
+        q = self.q(h_)
+        k = self.k(h_)
+        v = self.v(h_)
+
+        # compute attention
+        b,c,h,w = q.shape
+        q = q.reshape(b,c,h*w)
+        q = q.permute(0,2,1)   # b,hw,c
+        k = k.reshape(b,c,h*w) # b,c,hw
+        w_ = torch.bmm(q,k)     # b,hw,hw    w[b,i,j]=sum_c q[b,i,c]k[b,c,j]
+        w_ = w_ * (int(c)**(-0.5))
+        w_ = torch.nn.functional.softmax(w_, dim=2)
+
+        # attend to values
+        v = v.reshape(b,c,h*w)
+        w_ = w_.permute(0,2,1)   # b,hw,hw (first hw of k, second of q)
+        h_ = torch.bmm(v,w_)     # b, c,hw (hw of q) h_[b,c,j] = sum_i v[b,c,i] w_[b,i,j]
+        h_ = h_.reshape(b,c,h,w)
+
+        h_ = self.proj_out(h_)
+
+        return x+h_
+
+
+def make_attn(in_channels, attn_type="vanilla"):
+    assert attn_type in ["vanilla", "linear", "none"], f'attn_type {attn_type} unknown'
+    print(f"making attention of type '{attn_type}' with {in_channels} in_channels")
+    if attn_type == "vanilla":
+        return AttnBlock(in_channels)
+    elif attn_type == "none":
+        return nn.Identity(in_channels)
+    else:
+        return LinAttnBlock(in_channels)
+
+
+class Model(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, *, ch, out_ch, ch_mult=(1,2,4,8), num_res_blocks,
+                 attn_resolutions, dropout=0.0, resamp_with_conv=True, in_channels,
+                 resolution, use_timestep=True, use_linear_attn=False, attn_type="vanilla"):
+        super().__init__()
+        if use_linear_attn: attn_type = "linear"
+        self.ch = ch
+        self.temb_ch = self.ch*4
+        self.num_resolutions = len(ch_mult)
+        self.num_res_blocks = num_res_blocks
+        self.resolution = resolution
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+
+        self.use_timestep = use_timestep
+        if self.use_timestep:
+            # timestep embedding
+            self.temb = nn.Module()
+            self.temb.dense = nn.ModuleList([
+                torch.nn.Linear(self.ch,
+                                self.temb_ch),
+                torch.nn.Linear(self.temb_ch,
+                                self.temb_ch),
+            ])
+
+        # downsampling
+        self.conv_in = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                       self.ch,
+                                       kernel_size=3,
+                                       stride=1,
+                                       padding=1)
+
+        curr_res = resolution
+        in_ch_mult = (1,)+tuple(ch_mult)
+        self.down = nn.ModuleList()
+        for i_level in range(self.num_resolutions):
+            block = nn.ModuleList()
+            attn = nn.ModuleList()
+            block_in = ch*in_ch_mult[i_level]
+            block_out = ch*ch_mult[i_level]
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks):
+                block.append(ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                         out_channels=block_out,
+                                         temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                         dropout=dropout))
+                block_in = block_out
+                if curr_res in attn_resolutions:
+                    attn.append(make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type))
+            down = nn.Module()
+            down.block = block
+            down.attn = attn
+            if i_level != self.num_resolutions-1:
+                down.downsample = Downsample(block_in, resamp_with_conv)
+                curr_res = curr_res // 2
+            self.down.append(down)
+
+        # middle
+        self.mid = nn.Module()
+        self.mid.block_1 = ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                       out_channels=block_in,
+                                       temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                       dropout=dropout)
+        self.mid.attn_1 = make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type)
+        self.mid.block_2 = ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                       out_channels=block_in,
+                                       temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                       dropout=dropout)
+
+        # upsampling
+        self.up = nn.ModuleList()
+        for i_level in reversed(range(self.num_resolutions)):
+            block = nn.ModuleList()
+            attn = nn.ModuleList()
+            block_out = ch*ch_mult[i_level]
+            skip_in = ch*ch_mult[i_level]
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks+1):
+                if i_block == self.num_res_blocks:
+                    skip_in = ch*in_ch_mult[i_level]
+                block.append(ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in+skip_in,
+                                         out_channels=block_out,
+                                         temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                         dropout=dropout))
+                block_in = block_out
+                if curr_res in attn_resolutions:
+                    attn.append(make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type))
+            up = nn.Module()
+            up.block = block
+            up.attn = attn
+            if i_level != 0:
+                up.upsample = Upsample(block_in, resamp_with_conv)
+                curr_res = curr_res * 2
+            self.up.insert(0, up) # prepend to get consistent order
+
+        # end
+        self.norm_out = Normalize(block_in)
+        self.conv_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(block_in,
+                                        out_ch,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, x, t=None, context=None):
+        #assert x.shape[2] == x.shape[3] == self.resolution
+        if context is not None:
+            # assume aligned context, cat along channel axis
+            x = torch.cat((x, context), dim=1)
+        if self.use_timestep:
+            # timestep embedding
+            assert t is not None
+            temb = get_timestep_embedding(t, self.ch)
+            temb = self.temb.dense[0](temb)
+            temb = nonlinearity(temb)
+            temb = self.temb.dense[1](temb)
+        else:
+            temb = None
+
+        # downsampling
+        hs = [self.conv_in(x)]
+        for i_level in range(self.num_resolutions):
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks):
+                h = self.down[i_level].block[i_block](hs[-1], temb)
+                if len(self.down[i_level].attn) > 0:
+                    h = self.down[i_level].attn[i_block](h)
+                hs.append(h)
+            if i_level != self.num_resolutions-1:
+                hs.append(self.down[i_level].downsample(hs[-1]))
+
+        # middle
+        h = hs[-1]
+        h = self.mid.block_1(h, temb)
+        h = self.mid.attn_1(h)
+        h = self.mid.block_2(h, temb)
+
+        # upsampling
+        for i_level in reversed(range(self.num_resolutions)):
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks+1):
+                h = self.up[i_level].block[i_block](
+                    torch.cat([h, hs.pop()], dim=1), temb)
+                if len(self.up[i_level].attn) > 0:
+                    h = self.up[i_level].attn[i_block](h)
+            if i_level != 0:
+                h = self.up[i_level].upsample(h)
+
+        # end
+        h = self.norm_out(h)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        h = self.conv_out(h)
+        return h
+
+    def get_last_layer(self):
+        return self.conv_out.weight
+
+
+class Encoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, *, ch, out_ch, ch_mult=(1,2,4,8), num_res_blocks,
+                 attn_resolutions, dropout=0.0, resamp_with_conv=True, in_channels,
+                 resolution, z_channels, double_z=True, use_linear_attn=False, attn_type="vanilla",
+                 **ignore_kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+        if use_linear_attn: attn_type = "linear"
+        self.ch = ch
+        self.temb_ch = 0
+        self.num_resolutions = len(ch_mult)
+        self.num_res_blocks = num_res_blocks
+        self.resolution = resolution
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+
+        # downsampling
+        self.conv_in = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                       self.ch,
+                                       kernel_size=3,
+                                       stride=1,
+                                       padding=1)
+
+        curr_res = resolution
+        in_ch_mult = (1,)+tuple(ch_mult)
+        self.in_ch_mult = in_ch_mult
+        self.down = nn.ModuleList()
+        for i_level in range(self.num_resolutions):
+            block = nn.ModuleList()
+            attn = nn.ModuleList()
+            block_in = ch*in_ch_mult[i_level]
+            block_out = ch*ch_mult[i_level]
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks):
+                block.append(ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                         out_channels=block_out,
+                                         temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                         dropout=dropout))
+                block_in = block_out
+                if curr_res in attn_resolutions:
+                    attn.append(make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type))
+            down = nn.Module()
+            down.block = block
+            down.attn = attn
+            if i_level != self.num_resolutions-1:
+                down.downsample = Downsample(block_in, resamp_with_conv)
+                curr_res = curr_res // 2
+            self.down.append(down)
+
+        # middle
+        self.mid = nn.Module()
+        self.mid.block_1 = ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                       out_channels=block_in,
+                                       temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                       dropout=dropout)
+        self.mid.attn_1 = make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type)
+        self.mid.block_2 = ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                       out_channels=block_in,
+                                       temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                       dropout=dropout)
+
+        # end
+        self.norm_out = Normalize(block_in)
+        self.conv_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(block_in,
+                                        2*z_channels if double_z else z_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        # timestep embedding
+        temb = None
+
+        # downsampling
+        hs = [self.conv_in(x)]
+        for i_level in range(self.num_resolutions):
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks):
+                h = self.down[i_level].block[i_block](hs[-1], temb)
+                if len(self.down[i_level].attn) > 0:
+                    h = self.down[i_level].attn[i_block](h)
+                hs.append(h)
+            if i_level != self.num_resolutions-1:
+                hs.append(self.down[i_level].downsample(hs[-1]))
+
+        # middle
+        h = hs[-1]
+        h = self.mid.block_1(h, temb)
+        h = self.mid.attn_1(h)
+        h = self.mid.block_2(h, temb)
+
+        # end
+        h = self.norm_out(h)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        h = self.conv_out(h)
+        return h
+
+
+class Decoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, *, ch, out_ch, ch_mult=(1,2,4,8), num_res_blocks,
+                 attn_resolutions, dropout=0.0, resamp_with_conv=True, in_channels,
+                 resolution, z_channels, give_pre_end=False, tanh_out=False, use_linear_attn=False,
+                 attn_type="vanilla", **ignorekwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+        if use_linear_attn: attn_type = "linear"
+        self.ch = ch
+        self.temb_ch = 0
+        self.num_resolutions = len(ch_mult)
+        self.num_res_blocks = num_res_blocks
+        self.resolution = resolution
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+        self.give_pre_end = give_pre_end
+        self.tanh_out = tanh_out
+
+        # compute in_ch_mult, block_in and curr_res at lowest res
+        in_ch_mult = (1,)+tuple(ch_mult)
+        block_in = ch*ch_mult[self.num_resolutions-1]
+        curr_res = resolution // 2**(self.num_resolutions-1)
+        self.z_shape = (1,z_channels,curr_res,curr_res)
+        print("Working with z of shape {} = {} dimensions.".format(
+            self.z_shape, np.prod(self.z_shape)))
+
+        # z to block_in
+        self.conv_in = torch.nn.Conv2d(z_channels,
+                                       block_in,
+                                       kernel_size=3,
+                                       stride=1,
+                                       padding=1)
+
+        # middle
+        self.mid = nn.Module()
+        self.mid.block_1 = ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                       out_channels=block_in,
+                                       temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                       dropout=dropout)
+        self.mid.attn_1 = make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type)
+        self.mid.block_2 = ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                       out_channels=block_in,
+                                       temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                       dropout=dropout)
+
+        # upsampling
+        self.up = nn.ModuleList()
+        for i_level in reversed(range(self.num_resolutions)):
+            block = nn.ModuleList()
+            attn = nn.ModuleList()
+            block_out = ch*ch_mult[i_level]
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks+1):
+                block.append(ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                         out_channels=block_out,
+                                         temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                         dropout=dropout))
+                block_in = block_out
+                if curr_res in attn_resolutions:
+                    attn.append(make_attn(block_in, attn_type=attn_type))
+            up = nn.Module()
+            up.block = block
+            up.attn = attn
+            if i_level != 0:
+                up.upsample = Upsample(block_in, resamp_with_conv)
+                curr_res = curr_res * 2
+            self.up.insert(0, up) # prepend to get consistent order
+
+        # end
+        self.norm_out = Normalize(block_in)
+        self.conv_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(block_in,
+                                        out_ch,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, z):
+        #assert z.shape[1:] == self.z_shape[1:]
+        self.last_z_shape = z.shape
+
+        # timestep embedding
+        temb = None
+
+        # z to block_in
+        h = self.conv_in(z)
+
+        # middle
+        h = self.mid.block_1(h, temb)
+        h = self.mid.attn_1(h)
+        h = self.mid.block_2(h, temb)
+
+        # upsampling
+        for i_level in reversed(range(self.num_resolutions)):
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks+1):
+                h = self.up[i_level].block[i_block](h, temb)
+                if len(self.up[i_level].attn) > 0:
+                    h = self.up[i_level].attn[i_block](h)
+            if i_level != 0:
+                h = self.up[i_level].upsample(h)
+
+        # end
+        if self.give_pre_end:
+            return h
+
+        h = self.norm_out(h)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        h = self.conv_out(h)
+        if self.tanh_out:
+            h = torch.tanh(h)
+        return h
+
+
+class SimpleDecoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model = nn.ModuleList([nn.Conv2d(in_channels, in_channels, 1),
+                                     ResnetBlock(in_channels=in_channels,
+                                                 out_channels=2 * in_channels,
+                                                 temb_channels=0, dropout=0.0),
+                                     ResnetBlock(in_channels=2 * in_channels,
+                                                out_channels=4 * in_channels,
+                                                temb_channels=0, dropout=0.0),
+                                     ResnetBlock(in_channels=4 * in_channels,
+                                                out_channels=2 * in_channels,
+                                                temb_channels=0, dropout=0.0),
+                                     nn.Conv2d(2*in_channels, in_channels, 1),
+                                     Upsample(in_channels, with_conv=True)])
+        # end
+        self.norm_out = Normalize(in_channels)
+        self.conv_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                        out_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        for i, layer in enumerate(self.model):
+            if i in [1,2,3]:
+                x = layer(x, None)
+            else:
+                x = layer(x)
+
+        h = self.norm_out(x)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        x = self.conv_out(h)
+        return x
+
+
+class UpsampleDecoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels, ch, num_res_blocks, resolution,
+                 ch_mult=(2,2), dropout=0.0):
+        super().__init__()
+        # upsampling
+        self.temb_ch = 0
+        self.num_resolutions = len(ch_mult)
+        self.num_res_blocks = num_res_blocks
+        block_in = in_channels
+        curr_res = resolution // 2 ** (self.num_resolutions - 1)
+        self.res_blocks = nn.ModuleList()
+        self.upsample_blocks = nn.ModuleList()
+        for i_level in range(self.num_resolutions):
+            res_block = []
+            block_out = ch * ch_mult[i_level]
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks + 1):
+                res_block.append(ResnetBlock(in_channels=block_in,
+                                         out_channels=block_out,
+                                         temb_channels=self.temb_ch,
+                                         dropout=dropout))
+                block_in = block_out
+            self.res_blocks.append(nn.ModuleList(res_block))
+            if i_level != self.num_resolutions - 1:
+                self.upsample_blocks.append(Upsample(block_in, True))
+                curr_res = curr_res * 2
+
+        # end
+        self.norm_out = Normalize(block_in)
+        self.conv_out = torch.nn.Conv2d(block_in,
+                                        out_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=3,
+                                        stride=1,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        # upsampling
+        h = x
+        for k, i_level in enumerate(range(self.num_resolutions)):
+            for i_block in range(self.num_res_blocks + 1):
+                h = self.res_blocks[i_level][i_block](h, None)
+            if i_level != self.num_resolutions - 1:
+                h = self.upsample_blocks[k](h)
+        h = self.norm_out(h)
+        h = nonlinearity(h)
+        h = self.conv_out(h)
+        return h
+
+
+class LatentRescaler(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, factor, in_channels, mid_channels, out_channels, depth=2):
+        super().__init__()
+        # residual block, interpolate, residual block
+        self.factor = factor
+        self.conv_in = nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                 mid_channels,
+                                 kernel_size=3,
+                                 stride=1,
+                                 padding=1)
+        self.res_block1 = nn.ModuleList([ResnetBlock(in_channels=mid_channels,
+                                                     out_channels=mid_channels,
+                                                     temb_channels=0,
+                                                     dropout=0.0) for _ in range(depth)])
+        self.attn = AttnBlock(mid_channels)
+        self.res_block2 = nn.ModuleList([ResnetBlock(in_channels=mid_channels,
+                                                     out_channels=mid_channels,
+                                                     temb_channels=0,
+                                                     dropout=0.0) for _ in range(depth)])
+
+        self.conv_out = nn.Conv2d(mid_channels,
+                                  out_channels,
+                                  kernel_size=1,
+                                  )
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x = self.conv_in(x)
+        for block in self.res_block1:
+            x = block(x, None)
+        x = torch.nn.functional.interpolate(x, size=(int(round(x.shape[2]*self.factor)), int(round(x.shape[3]*self.factor))))
+        x = self.attn(x)
+        for block in self.res_block2:
+            x = block(x, None)
+        x = self.conv_out(x)
+        return x
+
+
+class MergedRescaleEncoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels, ch, resolution, out_ch, num_res_blocks,
+                 attn_resolutions, dropout=0.0, resamp_with_conv=True,
+                 ch_mult=(1,2,4,8), rescale_factor=1.0, rescale_module_depth=1):
+        super().__init__()
+        intermediate_chn = ch * ch_mult[-1]
+        self.encoder = Encoder(in_channels=in_channels, num_res_blocks=num_res_blocks, ch=ch, ch_mult=ch_mult,
+                               z_channels=intermediate_chn, double_z=False, resolution=resolution,
+                               attn_resolutions=attn_resolutions, dropout=dropout, resamp_with_conv=resamp_with_conv,
+                               out_ch=None)
+        self.rescaler = LatentRescaler(factor=rescale_factor, in_channels=intermediate_chn,
+                                       mid_channels=intermediate_chn, out_channels=out_ch, depth=rescale_module_depth)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x = self.encoder(x)
+        x = self.rescaler(x)
+        return x
+
+
+class MergedRescaleDecoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, z_channels, out_ch, resolution, num_res_blocks, attn_resolutions, ch, ch_mult=(1,2,4,8),
+                 dropout=0.0, resamp_with_conv=True, rescale_factor=1.0, rescale_module_depth=1):
+        super().__init__()
+        tmp_chn = z_channels*ch_mult[-1]
+        self.decoder = Decoder(out_ch=out_ch, z_channels=tmp_chn, attn_resolutions=attn_resolutions, dropout=dropout,
+                               resamp_with_conv=resamp_with_conv, in_channels=None, num_res_blocks=num_res_blocks,
+                               ch_mult=ch_mult, resolution=resolution, ch=ch)
+        self.rescaler = LatentRescaler(factor=rescale_factor, in_channels=z_channels, mid_channels=tmp_chn,
+                                       out_channels=tmp_chn, depth=rescale_module_depth)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x = self.rescaler(x)
+        x = self.decoder(x)
+        return x
+
+
+class Upsampler(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_size, out_size, in_channels, out_channels, ch_mult=2):
+        super().__init__()
+        assert out_size >= in_size
+        num_blocks = int(np.log2(out_size//in_size))+1
+        factor_up = 1.+ (out_size % in_size)
+        print(f"Building {self.__class__.__name__} with in_size: {in_size} --> out_size {out_size} and factor {factor_up}")
+        self.rescaler = LatentRescaler(factor=factor_up, in_channels=in_channels, mid_channels=2*in_channels,
+                                       out_channels=in_channels)
+        self.decoder = Decoder(out_ch=out_channels, resolution=out_size, z_channels=in_channels, num_res_blocks=2,
+                               attn_resolutions=[], in_channels=None, ch=in_channels,
+                               ch_mult=[ch_mult for _ in range(num_blocks)])
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x = self.rescaler(x)
+        x = self.decoder(x)
+        return x
+
+
+class Resize(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, in_channels=None, learned=False, mode="bilinear"):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.with_conv = learned
+        self.mode = mode
+        if self.with_conv:
+            print(f"Note: {self.__class__.__name} uses learned downsampling and will ignore the fixed {mode} mode")
+            raise NotImplementedError()
+            assert in_channels is not None
+            # no asymmetric padding in torch conv, must do it ourselves
+            self.conv = torch.nn.Conv2d(in_channels,
+                                        in_channels,
+                                        kernel_size=4,
+                                        stride=2,
+                                        padding=1)
+
+    def forward(self, x, scale_factor=1.0):
+        if scale_factor==1.0:
+            return x
+        else:
+            x = torch.nn.functional.interpolate(x, mode=self.mode, align_corners=False, scale_factor=scale_factor)
+        return x
+
+class FirstStagePostProcessor(nn.Module):
+
+    def __init__(self, ch_mult:list, in_channels,
+                 pretrained_model:nn.Module=None,
+                 reshape=False,
+                 n_channels=None,
+                 dropout=0.,
+                 pretrained_config=None):
+        super().__init__()
+        if pretrained_config is None:
+            assert pretrained_model is not None, 'Either "pretrained_model" or "pretrained_config" must not be None'
+            self.pretrained_model = pretrained_model
+        else:
+            assert pretrained_config is not None, 'Either "pretrained_model" or "pretrained_config" must not be None'
+            self.instantiate_pretrained(pretrained_config)
+
+        self.do_reshape = reshape
+
+        if n_channels is None:
+            n_channels = self.pretrained_model.encoder.ch
+
+        self.proj_norm = Normalize(in_channels,num_groups=in_channels//2)
+        self.proj = nn.Conv2d(in_channels,n_channels,kernel_size=3,
+                            stride=1,padding=1)
+
+        blocks = []
+        downs = []
+        ch_in = n_channels
+        for m in ch_mult:
+            blocks.append(ResnetBlock(in_channels=ch_in,out_channels=m*n_channels,dropout=dropout))
+            ch_in = m * n_channels
+            downs.append(Downsample(ch_in, with_conv=False))
+
+        self.model = nn.ModuleList(blocks)
+        self.downsampler = nn.ModuleList(downs)
+
+
+    def instantiate_pretrained(self, config):
+        model = instantiate_from_config(config)
+        self.pretrained_model = model.eval()
+        # self.pretrained_model.train = False
+        for param in self.pretrained_model.parameters():
+            param.requires_grad = False
+
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def encode_with_pretrained(self,x):
+        c = self.pretrained_model.encode(x)
+        if isinstance(c, DiagonalGaussianDistribution):
+            c = c.mode()
+        return  c
+
+    def forward(self,x):
+        z_fs = self.encode_with_pretrained(x)
+        z = self.proj_norm(z_fs)
+        z = self.proj(z)
+        z = nonlinearity(z)
+
+        for submodel, downmodel in zip(self.model,self.downsampler):
+            z = submodel(z,temb=None)
+            z = downmodel(z)
+
+        if self.do_reshape:
+            z = rearrange(z,'b c h w -> b (h w) c')
+        return z
+
diff --git a/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcf95d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/openaimodel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,961 @@
+from abc import abstractmethod
+from functools import partial
+import math
+from typing import Iterable
+
+import numpy as np
+import torch as th
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+
+from ldm.modules.diffusionmodules.util import (
+    checkpoint,
+    conv_nd,
+    linear,
+    avg_pool_nd,
+    zero_module,
+    normalization,
+    timestep_embedding,
+)
+from ldm.modules.attention import SpatialTransformer
+
+
+# dummy replace
+def convert_module_to_f16(x):
+    pass
+
+def convert_module_to_f32(x):
+    pass
+
+
+## go
+class AttentionPool2d(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Adapted from CLIP: https://github.com/openai/CLIP/blob/main/clip/model.py
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        spacial_dim: int,
+        embed_dim: int,
+        num_heads_channels: int,
+        output_dim: int = None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.positional_embedding = nn.Parameter(th.randn(embed_dim, spacial_dim ** 2 + 1) / embed_dim ** 0.5)
+        self.qkv_proj = conv_nd(1, embed_dim, 3 * embed_dim, 1)
+        self.c_proj = conv_nd(1, embed_dim, output_dim or embed_dim, 1)
+        self.num_heads = embed_dim // num_heads_channels
+        self.attention = QKVAttention(self.num_heads)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        b, c, *_spatial = x.shape
+        x = x.reshape(b, c, -1)  # NC(HW)
+        x = th.cat([x.mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True), x], dim=-1)  # NC(HW+1)
+        x = x + self.positional_embedding[None, :, :].to(x.dtype)  # NC(HW+1)
+        x = self.qkv_proj(x)
+        x = self.attention(x)
+        x = self.c_proj(x)
+        return x[:, :, 0]
+
+
+class TimestepBlock(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Any module where forward() takes timestep embeddings as a second argument.
+    """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def forward(self, x, emb):
+        """
+        Apply the module to `x` given `emb` timestep embeddings.
+        """
+
+
+class TimestepEmbedSequential(nn.Sequential, TimestepBlock):
+    """
+    A sequential module that passes timestep embeddings to the children that
+    support it as an extra input.
+    """
+
+    def forward(self, x, emb, context=None):
+        for layer in self:
+            if isinstance(layer, TimestepBlock):
+                x = layer(x, emb)
+            elif isinstance(layer, SpatialTransformer):
+                x = layer(x, context)
+            else:
+                x = layer(x)
+        return x
+
+
+class Upsample(nn.Module):
+    """
+    An upsampling layer with an optional convolution.
+    :param channels: channels in the inputs and outputs.
+    :param use_conv: a bool determining if a convolution is applied.
+    :param dims: determines if the signal is 1D, 2D, or 3D. If 3D, then
+                 upsampling occurs in the inner-two dimensions.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, channels, use_conv, dims=2, out_channels=None, padding=1):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.channels = channels
+        self.out_channels = out_channels or channels
+        self.use_conv = use_conv
+        self.dims = dims
+        if use_conv:
+            self.conv = conv_nd(dims, self.channels, self.out_channels, 3, padding=padding)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        assert x.shape[1] == self.channels
+        if self.dims == 3:
+            x = F.interpolate(
+                x, (x.shape[2], x.shape[3] * 2, x.shape[4] * 2), mode="nearest"
+            )
+        else:
+            x = F.interpolate(x, scale_factor=2, mode="nearest")
+        if self.use_conv:
+            x = self.conv(x)
+        return x
+
+class TransposedUpsample(nn.Module):
+    'Learned 2x upsampling without padding'
+    def __init__(self, channels, out_channels=None, ks=5):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.channels = channels
+        self.out_channels = out_channels or channels
+
+        self.up = nn.ConvTranspose2d(self.channels,self.out_channels,kernel_size=ks,stride=2)
+
+    def forward(self,x):
+        return self.up(x)
+
+
+class Downsample(nn.Module):
+    """
+    A downsampling layer with an optional convolution.
+    :param channels: channels in the inputs and outputs.
+    :param use_conv: a bool determining if a convolution is applied.
+    :param dims: determines if the signal is 1D, 2D, or 3D. If 3D, then
+                 downsampling occurs in the inner-two dimensions.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, channels, use_conv, dims=2, out_channels=None,padding=1):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.channels = channels
+        self.out_channels = out_channels or channels
+        self.use_conv = use_conv
+        self.dims = dims
+        stride = 2 if dims != 3 else (1, 2, 2)
+        if use_conv:
+            self.op = conv_nd(
+                dims, self.channels, self.out_channels, 3, stride=stride, padding=padding
+            )
+        else:
+            assert self.channels == self.out_channels
+            self.op = avg_pool_nd(dims, kernel_size=stride, stride=stride)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        assert x.shape[1] == self.channels
+        return self.op(x)
+
+
+class ResBlock(TimestepBlock):
+    """
+    A residual block that can optionally change the number of channels.
+    :param channels: the number of input channels.
+    :param emb_channels: the number of timestep embedding channels.
+    :param dropout: the rate of dropout.
+    :param out_channels: if specified, the number of out channels.
+    :param use_conv: if True and out_channels is specified, use a spatial
+        convolution instead of a smaller 1x1 convolution to change the
+        channels in the skip connection.
+    :param dims: determines if the signal is 1D, 2D, or 3D.
+    :param use_checkpoint: if True, use gradient checkpointing on this module.
+    :param up: if True, use this block for upsampling.
+    :param down: if True, use this block for downsampling.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        channels,
+        emb_channels,
+        dropout,
+        out_channels=None,
+        use_conv=False,
+        use_scale_shift_norm=False,
+        dims=2,
+        use_checkpoint=False,
+        up=False,
+        down=False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.channels = channels
+        self.emb_channels = emb_channels
+        self.dropout = dropout
+        self.out_channels = out_channels or channels
+        self.use_conv = use_conv
+        self.use_checkpoint = use_checkpoint
+        self.use_scale_shift_norm = use_scale_shift_norm
+
+        self.in_layers = nn.Sequential(
+            normalization(channels),
+            nn.SiLU(),
+            conv_nd(dims, channels, self.out_channels, 3, padding=1),
+        )
+
+        self.updown = up or down
+
+        if up:
+            self.h_upd = Upsample(channels, False, dims)
+            self.x_upd = Upsample(channels, False, dims)
+        elif down:
+            self.h_upd = Downsample(channels, False, dims)
+            self.x_upd = Downsample(channels, False, dims)
+        else:
+            self.h_upd = self.x_upd = nn.Identity()
+
+        self.emb_layers = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.SiLU(),
+            linear(
+                emb_channels,
+                2 * self.out_channels if use_scale_shift_norm else self.out_channels,
+            ),
+        )
+        self.out_layers = nn.Sequential(
+            normalization(self.out_channels),
+            nn.SiLU(),
+            nn.Dropout(p=dropout),
+            zero_module(
+                conv_nd(dims, self.out_channels, self.out_channels, 3, padding=1)
+            ),
+        )
+
+        if self.out_channels == channels:
+            self.skip_connection = nn.Identity()
+        elif use_conv:
+            self.skip_connection = conv_nd(
+                dims, channels, self.out_channels, 3, padding=1
+            )
+        else:
+            self.skip_connection = conv_nd(dims, channels, self.out_channels, 1)
+
+    def forward(self, x, emb):
+        """
+        Apply the block to a Tensor, conditioned on a timestep embedding.
+        :param x: an [N x C x ...] Tensor of features.
+        :param emb: an [N x emb_channels] Tensor of timestep embeddings.
+        :return: an [N x C x ...] Tensor of outputs.
+        """
+        return checkpoint(
+            self._forward, (x, emb), self.parameters(), self.use_checkpoint
+        )
+
+
+    def _forward(self, x, emb):
+        if self.updown:
+            in_rest, in_conv = self.in_layers[:-1], self.in_layers[-1]
+            h = in_rest(x)
+            h = self.h_upd(h)
+            x = self.x_upd(x)
+            h = in_conv(h)
+        else:
+            h = self.in_layers(x)
+        emb_out = self.emb_layers(emb).type(h.dtype)
+        while len(emb_out.shape) < len(h.shape):
+            emb_out = emb_out[..., None]
+        if self.use_scale_shift_norm:
+            out_norm, out_rest = self.out_layers[0], self.out_layers[1:]
+            scale, shift = th.chunk(emb_out, 2, dim=1)
+            h = out_norm(h) * (1 + scale) + shift
+            h = out_rest(h)
+        else:
+            h = h + emb_out
+            h = self.out_layers(h)
+        return self.skip_connection(x) + h
+
+
+class AttentionBlock(nn.Module):
+    """
+    An attention block that allows spatial positions to attend to each other.
+    Originally ported from here, but adapted to the N-d case.
+    https://github.com/hojonathanho/diffusion/blob/1e0dceb3b3495bbe19116a5e1b3596cd0706c543/diffusion_tf/models/unet.py#L66.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        channels,
+        num_heads=1,
+        num_head_channels=-1,
+        use_checkpoint=False,
+        use_new_attention_order=False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.channels = channels
+        if num_head_channels == -1:
+            self.num_heads = num_heads
+        else:
+            assert (
+                channels % num_head_channels == 0
+            ), f"q,k,v channels {channels} is not divisible by num_head_channels {num_head_channels}"
+            self.num_heads = channels // num_head_channels
+        self.use_checkpoint = use_checkpoint
+        self.norm = normalization(channels)
+        self.qkv = conv_nd(1, channels, channels * 3, 1)
+        if use_new_attention_order:
+            # split qkv before split heads
+            self.attention = QKVAttention(self.num_heads)
+        else:
+            # split heads before split qkv
+            self.attention = QKVAttentionLegacy(self.num_heads)
+
+        self.proj_out = zero_module(conv_nd(1, channels, channels, 1))
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return checkpoint(self._forward, (x,), self.parameters(), True)   # TODO: check checkpoint usage, is True # TODO: fix the .half call!!!
+        #return pt_checkpoint(self._forward, x)  # pytorch
+
+    def _forward(self, x):
+        b, c, *spatial = x.shape
+        x = x.reshape(b, c, -1)
+        qkv = self.qkv(self.norm(x))
+        h = self.attention(qkv)
+        h = self.proj_out(h)
+        return (x + h).reshape(b, c, *spatial)
+
+
+def count_flops_attn(model, _x, y):
+    """
+    A counter for the `thop` package to count the operations in an
+    attention operation.
+    Meant to be used like:
+        macs, params = thop.profile(
+            model,
+            inputs=(inputs, timestamps),
+            custom_ops={QKVAttention: QKVAttention.count_flops},
+        )
+    """
+    b, c, *spatial = y[0].shape
+    num_spatial = int(np.prod(spatial))
+    # We perform two matmuls with the same number of ops.
+    # The first computes the weight matrix, the second computes
+    # the combination of the value vectors.
+    matmul_ops = 2 * b * (num_spatial ** 2) * c
+    model.total_ops += th.DoubleTensor([matmul_ops])
+
+
+class QKVAttentionLegacy(nn.Module):
+    """
+    A module which performs QKV attention. Matches legacy QKVAttention + input/ouput heads shaping
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, n_heads):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.n_heads = n_heads
+
+    def forward(self, qkv):
+        """
+        Apply QKV attention.
+        :param qkv: an [N x (H * 3 * C) x T] tensor of Qs, Ks, and Vs.
+        :return: an [N x (H * C) x T] tensor after attention.
+        """
+        bs, width, length = qkv.shape
+        assert width % (3 * self.n_heads) == 0
+        ch = width // (3 * self.n_heads)
+        q, k, v = qkv.reshape(bs * self.n_heads, ch * 3, length).split(ch, dim=1)
+        scale = 1 / math.sqrt(math.sqrt(ch))
+        weight = th.einsum(
+            "bct,bcs->bts", q * scale, k * scale
+        )  # More stable with f16 than dividing afterwards
+        weight = th.softmax(weight.float(), dim=-1).type(weight.dtype)
+        a = th.einsum("bts,bcs->bct", weight, v)
+        return a.reshape(bs, -1, length)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def count_flops(model, _x, y):
+        return count_flops_attn(model, _x, y)
+
+
+class QKVAttention(nn.Module):
+    """
+    A module which performs QKV attention and splits in a different order.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, n_heads):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.n_heads = n_heads
+
+    def forward(self, qkv):
+        """
+        Apply QKV attention.
+        :param qkv: an [N x (3 * H * C) x T] tensor of Qs, Ks, and Vs.
+        :return: an [N x (H * C) x T] tensor after attention.
+        """
+        bs, width, length = qkv.shape
+        assert width % (3 * self.n_heads) == 0
+        ch = width // (3 * self.n_heads)
+        q, k, v = qkv.chunk(3, dim=1)
+        scale = 1 / math.sqrt(math.sqrt(ch))
+        weight = th.einsum(
+            "bct,bcs->bts",
+            (q * scale).view(bs * self.n_heads, ch, length),
+            (k * scale).view(bs * self.n_heads, ch, length),
+        )  # More stable with f16 than dividing afterwards
+        weight = th.softmax(weight.float(), dim=-1).type(weight.dtype)
+        a = th.einsum("bts,bcs->bct", weight, v.reshape(bs * self.n_heads, ch, length))
+        return a.reshape(bs, -1, length)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def count_flops(model, _x, y):
+        return count_flops_attn(model, _x, y)
+
+
+class UNetModel(nn.Module):
+    """
+    The full UNet model with attention and timestep embedding.
+    :param in_channels: channels in the input Tensor.
+    :param model_channels: base channel count for the model.
+    :param out_channels: channels in the output Tensor.
+    :param num_res_blocks: number of residual blocks per downsample.
+    :param attention_resolutions: a collection of downsample rates at which
+        attention will take place. May be a set, list, or tuple.
+        For example, if this contains 4, then at 4x downsampling, attention
+        will be used.
+    :param dropout: the dropout probability.
+    :param channel_mult: channel multiplier for each level of the UNet.
+    :param conv_resample: if True, use learned convolutions for upsampling and
+        downsampling.
+    :param dims: determines if the signal is 1D, 2D, or 3D.
+    :param num_classes: if specified (as an int), then this model will be
+        class-conditional with `num_classes` classes.
+    :param use_checkpoint: use gradient checkpointing to reduce memory usage.
+    :param num_heads: the number of attention heads in each attention layer.
+    :param num_heads_channels: if specified, ignore num_heads and instead use
+                               a fixed channel width per attention head.
+    :param num_heads_upsample: works with num_heads to set a different number
+                               of heads for upsampling. Deprecated.
+    :param use_scale_shift_norm: use a FiLM-like conditioning mechanism.
+    :param resblock_updown: use residual blocks for up/downsampling.
+    :param use_new_attention_order: use a different attention pattern for potentially
+                                    increased efficiency.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        image_size,
+        in_channels,
+        model_channels,
+        out_channels,
+        num_res_blocks,
+        attention_resolutions,
+        dropout=0,
+        channel_mult=(1, 2, 4, 8),
+        conv_resample=True,
+        dims=2,
+        num_classes=None,
+        use_checkpoint=False,
+        use_fp16=False,
+        num_heads=-1,
+        num_head_channels=-1,
+        num_heads_upsample=-1,
+        use_scale_shift_norm=False,
+        resblock_updown=False,
+        use_new_attention_order=False,
+        use_spatial_transformer=False,    # custom transformer support
+        transformer_depth=1,              # custom transformer support
+        context_dim=None,                 # custom transformer support
+        n_embed=None,                     # custom support for prediction of discrete ids into codebook of first stage vq model
+        legacy=True,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        if use_spatial_transformer:
+            assert context_dim is not None, 'Fool!! You forgot to include the dimension of your cross-attention conditioning...'
+
+        if context_dim is not None:
+            assert use_spatial_transformer, 'Fool!! You forgot to use the spatial transformer for your cross-attention conditioning...'
+            from omegaconf.listconfig import ListConfig
+            if type(context_dim) == ListConfig:
+                context_dim = list(context_dim)
+
+        if num_heads_upsample == -1:
+            num_heads_upsample = num_heads
+
+        if num_heads == -1:
+            assert num_head_channels != -1, 'Either num_heads or num_head_channels has to be set'
+
+        if num_head_channels == -1:
+            assert num_heads != -1, 'Either num_heads or num_head_channels has to be set'
+
+        self.image_size = image_size
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+        self.model_channels = model_channels
+        self.out_channels = out_channels
+        self.num_res_blocks = num_res_blocks
+        self.attention_resolutions = attention_resolutions
+        self.dropout = dropout
+        self.channel_mult = channel_mult
+        self.conv_resample = conv_resample
+        self.num_classes = num_classes
+        self.use_checkpoint = use_checkpoint
+        self.dtype = th.float16 if use_fp16 else th.float32
+        self.num_heads = num_heads
+        self.num_head_channels = num_head_channels
+        self.num_heads_upsample = num_heads_upsample
+        self.predict_codebook_ids = n_embed is not None
+
+        time_embed_dim = model_channels * 4
+        self.time_embed = nn.Sequential(
+            linear(model_channels, time_embed_dim),
+            nn.SiLU(),
+            linear(time_embed_dim, time_embed_dim),
+        )
+
+        if self.num_classes is not None:
+            self.label_emb = nn.Embedding(num_classes, time_embed_dim)
+
+        self.input_blocks = nn.ModuleList(
+            [
+                TimestepEmbedSequential(
+                    conv_nd(dims, in_channels, model_channels, 3, padding=1)
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+        self._feature_size = model_channels
+        input_block_chans = [model_channels]
+        ch = model_channels
+        ds = 1
+        for level, mult in enumerate(channel_mult):
+            for _ in range(num_res_blocks):
+                layers = [
+                    ResBlock(
+                        ch,
+                        time_embed_dim,
+                        dropout,
+                        out_channels=mult * model_channels,
+                        dims=dims,
+                        use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                        use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+                    )
+                ]
+                ch = mult * model_channels
+                if ds in attention_resolutions:
+                    if num_head_channels == -1:
+                        dim_head = ch // num_heads
+                    else:
+                        num_heads = ch // num_head_channels
+                        dim_head = num_head_channels
+                    if legacy:
+                        #num_heads = 1
+                        dim_head = ch // num_heads if use_spatial_transformer else num_head_channels
+                    layers.append(
+                        AttentionBlock(
+                            ch,
+                            use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                            num_heads=num_heads,
+                            num_head_channels=dim_head,
+                            use_new_attention_order=use_new_attention_order,
+                        ) if not use_spatial_transformer else SpatialTransformer(
+                            ch, num_heads, dim_head, depth=transformer_depth, context_dim=context_dim
+                        )
+                    )
+                self.input_blocks.append(TimestepEmbedSequential(*layers))
+                self._feature_size += ch
+                input_block_chans.append(ch)
+            if level != len(channel_mult) - 1:
+                out_ch = ch
+                self.input_blocks.append(
+                    TimestepEmbedSequential(
+                        ResBlock(
+                            ch,
+                            time_embed_dim,
+                            dropout,
+                            out_channels=out_ch,
+                            dims=dims,
+                            use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                            use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+                            down=True,
+                        )
+                        if resblock_updown
+                        else Downsample(
+                            ch, conv_resample, dims=dims, out_channels=out_ch
+                        )
+                    )
+                )
+                ch = out_ch
+                input_block_chans.append(ch)
+                ds *= 2
+                self._feature_size += ch
+
+        if num_head_channels == -1:
+            dim_head = ch // num_heads
+        else:
+            num_heads = ch // num_head_channels
+            dim_head = num_head_channels
+        if legacy:
+            #num_heads = 1
+            dim_head = ch // num_heads if use_spatial_transformer else num_head_channels
+        self.middle_block = TimestepEmbedSequential(
+            ResBlock(
+                ch,
+                time_embed_dim,
+                dropout,
+                dims=dims,
+                use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+            ),
+            AttentionBlock(
+                ch,
+                use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                num_heads=num_heads,
+                num_head_channels=dim_head,
+                use_new_attention_order=use_new_attention_order,
+            ) if not use_spatial_transformer else SpatialTransformer(
+                            ch, num_heads, dim_head, depth=transformer_depth, context_dim=context_dim
+                        ),
+            ResBlock(
+                ch,
+                time_embed_dim,
+                dropout,
+                dims=dims,
+                use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+            ),
+        )
+        self._feature_size += ch
+
+        self.output_blocks = nn.ModuleList([])
+        for level, mult in list(enumerate(channel_mult))[::-1]:
+            for i in range(num_res_blocks + 1):
+                ich = input_block_chans.pop()
+                layers = [
+                    ResBlock(
+                        ch + ich,
+                        time_embed_dim,
+                        dropout,
+                        out_channels=model_channels * mult,
+                        dims=dims,
+                        use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                        use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+                    )
+                ]
+                ch = model_channels * mult
+                if ds in attention_resolutions:
+                    if num_head_channels == -1:
+                        dim_head = ch // num_heads
+                    else:
+                        num_heads = ch // num_head_channels
+                        dim_head = num_head_channels
+                    if legacy:
+                        #num_heads = 1
+                        dim_head = ch // num_heads if use_spatial_transformer else num_head_channels
+                    layers.append(
+                        AttentionBlock(
+                            ch,
+                            use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                            num_heads=num_heads_upsample,
+                            num_head_channels=dim_head,
+                            use_new_attention_order=use_new_attention_order,
+                        ) if not use_spatial_transformer else SpatialTransformer(
+                            ch, num_heads, dim_head, depth=transformer_depth, context_dim=context_dim
+                        )
+                    )
+                if level and i == num_res_blocks:
+                    out_ch = ch
+                    layers.append(
+                        ResBlock(
+                            ch,
+                            time_embed_dim,
+                            dropout,
+                            out_channels=out_ch,
+                            dims=dims,
+                            use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                            use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+                            up=True,
+                        )
+                        if resblock_updown
+                        else Upsample(ch, conv_resample, dims=dims, out_channels=out_ch)
+                    )
+                    ds //= 2
+                self.output_blocks.append(TimestepEmbedSequential(*layers))
+                self._feature_size += ch
+
+        self.out = nn.Sequential(
+            normalization(ch),
+            nn.SiLU(),
+            zero_module(conv_nd(dims, model_channels, out_channels, 3, padding=1)),
+        )
+        if self.predict_codebook_ids:
+            self.id_predictor = nn.Sequential(
+            normalization(ch),
+            conv_nd(dims, model_channels, n_embed, 1),
+            #nn.LogSoftmax(dim=1)  # change to cross_entropy and produce non-normalized logits
+        )
+
+    def convert_to_fp16(self):
+        """
+        Convert the torso of the model to float16.
+        """
+        self.input_blocks.apply(convert_module_to_f16)
+        self.middle_block.apply(convert_module_to_f16)
+        self.output_blocks.apply(convert_module_to_f16)
+
+    def convert_to_fp32(self):
+        """
+        Convert the torso of the model to float32.
+        """
+        self.input_blocks.apply(convert_module_to_f32)
+        self.middle_block.apply(convert_module_to_f32)
+        self.output_blocks.apply(convert_module_to_f32)
+
+    def forward(self, x, timesteps=None, context=None, y=None,**kwargs):
+        """
+        Apply the model to an input batch.
+        :param x: an [N x C x ...] Tensor of inputs.
+        :param timesteps: a 1-D batch of timesteps.
+        :param context: conditioning plugged in via crossattn
+        :param y: an [N] Tensor of labels, if class-conditional.
+        :return: an [N x C x ...] Tensor of outputs.
+        """
+        assert (y is not None) == (
+            self.num_classes is not None
+        ), "must specify y if and only if the model is class-conditional"
+        hs = []
+        t_emb = timestep_embedding(timesteps, self.model_channels, repeat_only=False)
+        emb = self.time_embed(t_emb)
+
+        if self.num_classes is not None:
+            assert y.shape == (x.shape[0],)
+            emb = emb + self.label_emb(y)
+
+        h = x.type(self.dtype)
+        for module in self.input_blocks:
+            h = module(h, emb, context)
+            hs.append(h)
+        h = self.middle_block(h, emb, context)
+        for module in self.output_blocks:
+            h = th.cat([h, hs.pop()], dim=1)
+            h = module(h, emb, context)
+        h = h.type(x.dtype)
+        if self.predict_codebook_ids:
+            return self.id_predictor(h)
+        else:
+            return self.out(h)
+
+
+class EncoderUNetModel(nn.Module):
+    """
+    The half UNet model with attention and timestep embedding.
+    For usage, see UNet.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        image_size,
+        in_channels,
+        model_channels,
+        out_channels,
+        num_res_blocks,
+        attention_resolutions,
+        dropout=0,
+        channel_mult=(1, 2, 4, 8),
+        conv_resample=True,
+        dims=2,
+        use_checkpoint=False,
+        use_fp16=False,
+        num_heads=1,
+        num_head_channels=-1,
+        num_heads_upsample=-1,
+        use_scale_shift_norm=False,
+        resblock_updown=False,
+        use_new_attention_order=False,
+        pool="adaptive",
+        *args,
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        if num_heads_upsample == -1:
+            num_heads_upsample = num_heads
+
+        self.in_channels = in_channels
+        self.model_channels = model_channels
+        self.out_channels = out_channels
+        self.num_res_blocks = num_res_blocks
+        self.attention_resolutions = attention_resolutions
+        self.dropout = dropout
+        self.channel_mult = channel_mult
+        self.conv_resample = conv_resample
+        self.use_checkpoint = use_checkpoint
+        self.dtype = th.float16 if use_fp16 else th.float32
+        self.num_heads = num_heads
+        self.num_head_channels = num_head_channels
+        self.num_heads_upsample = num_heads_upsample
+
+        time_embed_dim = model_channels * 4
+        self.time_embed = nn.Sequential(
+            linear(model_channels, time_embed_dim),
+            nn.SiLU(),
+            linear(time_embed_dim, time_embed_dim),
+        )
+
+        self.input_blocks = nn.ModuleList(
+            [
+                TimestepEmbedSequential(
+                    conv_nd(dims, in_channels, model_channels, 3, padding=1)
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+        self._feature_size = model_channels
+        input_block_chans = [model_channels]
+        ch = model_channels
+        ds = 1
+        for level, mult in enumerate(channel_mult):
+            for _ in range(num_res_blocks):
+                layers = [
+                    ResBlock(
+                        ch,
+                        time_embed_dim,
+                        dropout,
+                        out_channels=mult * model_channels,
+                        dims=dims,
+                        use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                        use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+                    )
+                ]
+                ch = mult * model_channels
+                if ds in attention_resolutions:
+                    layers.append(
+                        AttentionBlock(
+                            ch,
+                            use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                            num_heads=num_heads,
+                            num_head_channels=num_head_channels,
+                            use_new_attention_order=use_new_attention_order,
+                        )
+                    )
+                self.input_blocks.append(TimestepEmbedSequential(*layers))
+                self._feature_size += ch
+                input_block_chans.append(ch)
+            if level != len(channel_mult) - 1:
+                out_ch = ch
+                self.input_blocks.append(
+                    TimestepEmbedSequential(
+                        ResBlock(
+                            ch,
+                            time_embed_dim,
+                            dropout,
+                            out_channels=out_ch,
+                            dims=dims,
+                            use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                            use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+                            down=True,
+                        )
+                        if resblock_updown
+                        else Downsample(
+                            ch, conv_resample, dims=dims, out_channels=out_ch
+                        )
+                    )
+                )
+                ch = out_ch
+                input_block_chans.append(ch)
+                ds *= 2
+                self._feature_size += ch
+
+        self.middle_block = TimestepEmbedSequential(
+            ResBlock(
+                ch,
+                time_embed_dim,
+                dropout,
+                dims=dims,
+                use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+            ),
+            AttentionBlock(
+                ch,
+                use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                num_heads=num_heads,
+                num_head_channels=num_head_channels,
+                use_new_attention_order=use_new_attention_order,
+            ),
+            ResBlock(
+                ch,
+                time_embed_dim,
+                dropout,
+                dims=dims,
+                use_checkpoint=use_checkpoint,
+                use_scale_shift_norm=use_scale_shift_norm,
+            ),
+        )
+        self._feature_size += ch
+        self.pool = pool
+        if pool == "adaptive":
+            self.out = nn.Sequential(
+                normalization(ch),
+                nn.SiLU(),
+                nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d((1, 1)),
+                zero_module(conv_nd(dims, ch, out_channels, 1)),
+                nn.Flatten(),
+            )
+        elif pool == "attention":
+            assert num_head_channels != -1
+            self.out = nn.Sequential(
+                normalization(ch),
+                nn.SiLU(),
+                AttentionPool2d(
+                    (image_size // ds), ch, num_head_channels, out_channels
+                ),
+            )
+        elif pool == "spatial":
+            self.out = nn.Sequential(
+                nn.Linear(self._feature_size, 2048),
+                nn.ReLU(),
+                nn.Linear(2048, self.out_channels),
+            )
+        elif pool == "spatial_v2":
+            self.out = nn.Sequential(
+                nn.Linear(self._feature_size, 2048),
+                normalization(2048),
+                nn.SiLU(),
+                nn.Linear(2048, self.out_channels),
+            )
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError(f"Unexpected {pool} pooling")
+
+    def convert_to_fp16(self):
+        """
+        Convert the torso of the model to float16.
+        """
+        self.input_blocks.apply(convert_module_to_f16)
+        self.middle_block.apply(convert_module_to_f16)
+
+    def convert_to_fp32(self):
+        """
+        Convert the torso of the model to float32.
+        """
+        self.input_blocks.apply(convert_module_to_f32)
+        self.middle_block.apply(convert_module_to_f32)
+
+    def forward(self, x, timesteps):
+        """
+        Apply the model to an input batch.
+        :param x: an [N x C x ...] Tensor of inputs.
+        :param timesteps: a 1-D batch of timesteps.
+        :return: an [N x K] Tensor of outputs.
+        """
+        emb = self.time_embed(timestep_embedding(timesteps, self.model_channels))
+
+        results = []
+        h = x.type(self.dtype)
+        for module in self.input_blocks:
+            h = module(h, emb)
+            if self.pool.startswith("spatial"):
+                results.append(h.type(x.dtype).mean(dim=(2, 3)))
+        h = self.middle_block(h, emb)
+        if self.pool.startswith("spatial"):
+            results.append(h.type(x.dtype).mean(dim=(2, 3)))
+            h = th.cat(results, axis=-1)
+            return self.out(h)
+        else:
+            h = h.type(x.dtype)
+            return self.out(h)
+
diff --git a/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a952e6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/diffusionmodules/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+# adopted from
+# https://github.com/openai/improved-diffusion/blob/main/improved_diffusion/gaussian_diffusion.py
+# and
+# https://github.com/lucidrains/denoising-diffusion-pytorch/blob/7706bdfc6f527f58d33f84b7b522e61e6e3164b3/denoising_diffusion_pytorch/denoising_diffusion_pytorch.py
+# and
+# https://github.com/openai/guided-diffusion/blob/0ba878e517b276c45d1195eb29f6f5f72659a05b/guided_diffusion/nn.py
+#
+# thanks!
+
+
+import os
+import math
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+import numpy as np
+from einops import repeat
+
+from ldm.util import instantiate_from_config
+
+
+def make_beta_schedule(schedule, n_timestep, linear_start=1e-4, linear_end=2e-2, cosine_s=8e-3):
+    if schedule == "linear":
+        betas = (
+                torch.linspace(linear_start ** 0.5, linear_end ** 0.5, n_timestep, dtype=torch.float64) ** 2
+        )
+
+    elif schedule == "cosine":
+        timesteps = (
+                torch.arange(n_timestep + 1, dtype=torch.float64) / n_timestep + cosine_s
+        )
+        alphas = timesteps / (1 + cosine_s) * np.pi / 2
+        alphas = torch.cos(alphas).pow(2)
+        alphas = alphas / alphas[0]
+        betas = 1 - alphas[1:] / alphas[:-1]
+        betas = np.clip(betas, a_min=0, a_max=0.999)
+
+    elif schedule == "sqrt_linear":
+        betas = torch.linspace(linear_start, linear_end, n_timestep, dtype=torch.float64)
+    elif schedule == "sqrt":
+        betas = torch.linspace(linear_start, linear_end, n_timestep, dtype=torch.float64) ** 0.5
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"schedule '{schedule}' unknown.")
+    return betas.numpy()
+
+
+def make_ddim_timesteps(ddim_discr_method, num_ddim_timesteps, num_ddpm_timesteps, verbose=True):
+    if ddim_discr_method == 'uniform':
+        c = num_ddpm_timesteps // num_ddim_timesteps
+        ddim_timesteps = np.asarray(list(range(0, num_ddpm_timesteps, c)))
+    elif ddim_discr_method == 'quad':
+        ddim_timesteps = ((np.linspace(0, np.sqrt(num_ddpm_timesteps * .8), num_ddim_timesteps)) ** 2).astype(int)
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError(f'There is no ddim discretization method called "{ddim_discr_method}"')
+
+    # assert ddim_timesteps.shape[0] == num_ddim_timesteps
+    # add one to get the final alpha values right (the ones from first scale to data during sampling)
+    steps_out = ddim_timesteps + 1
+    if verbose:
+        print(f'Selected timesteps for ddim sampler: {steps_out}')
+    return steps_out
+
+
+def make_ddim_sampling_parameters(alphacums, ddim_timesteps, eta, verbose=True):
+    # select alphas for computing the variance schedule
+    alphas = alphacums[ddim_timesteps]
+    alphas_prev = np.asarray([alphacums[0]] + alphacums[ddim_timesteps[:-1]].tolist())
+
+    # according the the formula provided in https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.02502
+    sigmas = eta * np.sqrt((1 - alphas_prev) / (1 - alphas) * (1 - alphas / alphas_prev))
+    if verbose:
+        print(f'Selected alphas for ddim sampler: a_t: {alphas}; a_(t-1): {alphas_prev}')
+        print(f'For the chosen value of eta, which is {eta}, '
+              f'this results in the following sigma_t schedule for ddim sampler {sigmas}')
+    return sigmas, alphas, alphas_prev
+
+
+def betas_for_alpha_bar(num_diffusion_timesteps, alpha_bar, max_beta=0.999):
+    """
+    Create a beta schedule that discretizes the given alpha_t_bar function,
+    which defines the cumulative product of (1-beta) over time from t = [0,1].
+    :param num_diffusion_timesteps: the number of betas to produce.
+    :param alpha_bar: a lambda that takes an argument t from 0 to 1 and
+                      produces the cumulative product of (1-beta) up to that
+                      part of the diffusion process.
+    :param max_beta: the maximum beta to use; use values lower than 1 to
+                     prevent singularities.
+    """
+    betas = []
+    for i in range(num_diffusion_timesteps):
+        t1 = i / num_diffusion_timesteps
+        t2 = (i + 1) / num_diffusion_timesteps
+        betas.append(min(1 - alpha_bar(t2) / alpha_bar(t1), max_beta))
+    return np.array(betas)
+
+
+def extract_into_tensor(a, t, x_shape):
+    b, *_ = t.shape
+    out = a.gather(-1, t)
+    return out.reshape(b, *((1,) * (len(x_shape) - 1)))
+
+
+def checkpoint(func, inputs, params, flag):
+    """
+    Evaluate a function without caching intermediate activations, allowing for
+    reduced memory at the expense of extra compute in the backward pass.
+    :param func: the function to evaluate.
+    :param inputs: the argument sequence to pass to `func`.
+    :param params: a sequence of parameters `func` depends on but does not
+                   explicitly take as arguments.
+    :param flag: if False, disable gradient checkpointing.
+    """
+    if flag:
+        args = tuple(inputs) + tuple(params)
+        return CheckpointFunction.apply(func, len(inputs), *args)
+    else:
+        return func(*inputs)
+
+
+class CheckpointFunction(torch.autograd.Function):
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(ctx, run_function, length, *args):
+        ctx.run_function = run_function
+        ctx.input_tensors = list(args[:length])
+        ctx.input_params = list(args[length:])
+
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            output_tensors = ctx.run_function(*ctx.input_tensors)
+        return output_tensors
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx, *output_grads):
+        ctx.input_tensors = [x.detach().requires_grad_(True) for x in ctx.input_tensors]
+        with torch.enable_grad():
+            # Fixes a bug where the first op in run_function modifies the
+            # Tensor storage in place, which is not allowed for detach()'d
+            # Tensors.
+            shallow_copies = [x.view_as(x) for x in ctx.input_tensors]
+            output_tensors = ctx.run_function(*shallow_copies)
+        input_grads = torch.autograd.grad(
+            output_tensors,
+            ctx.input_tensors + ctx.input_params,
+            output_grads,
+            allow_unused=True,
+        )
+        del ctx.input_tensors
+        del ctx.input_params
+        del output_tensors
+        return (None, None) + input_grads
+
+
+def timestep_embedding(timesteps, dim, max_period=10000, repeat_only=False):
+    """
+    Create sinusoidal timestep embeddings.
+    :param timesteps: a 1-D Tensor of N indices, one per batch element.
+                      These may be fractional.
+    :param dim: the dimension of the output.
+    :param max_period: controls the minimum frequency of the embeddings.
+    :return: an [N x dim] Tensor of positional embeddings.
+    """
+    if not repeat_only:
+        half = dim // 2
+        freqs = torch.exp(
+            -math.log(max_period) * torch.arange(start=0, end=half, dtype=torch.float32) / half
+        ).to(device=timesteps.device)
+        args = timesteps[:, None].float() * freqs[None]
+        embedding = torch.cat([torch.cos(args), torch.sin(args)], dim=-1)
+        if dim % 2:
+            embedding = torch.cat([embedding, torch.zeros_like(embedding[:, :1])], dim=-1)
+    else:
+        embedding = repeat(timesteps, 'b -> b d', d=dim)
+    return embedding
+
+
+def zero_module(module):
+    """
+    Zero out the parameters of a module and return it.
+    """
+    for p in module.parameters():
+        p.detach().zero_()
+    return module
+
+
+def scale_module(module, scale):
+    """
+    Scale the parameters of a module and return it.
+    """
+    for p in module.parameters():
+        p.detach().mul_(scale)
+    return module
+
+
+def mean_flat(tensor):
+    """
+    Take the mean over all non-batch dimensions.
+    """
+    return tensor.mean(dim=list(range(1, len(tensor.shape))))
+
+
+def normalization(channels):
+    """
+    Make a standard normalization layer.
+    :param channels: number of input channels.
+    :return: an nn.Module for normalization.
+    """
+    return GroupNorm32(32, channels)
+
+
+# PyTorch 1.7 has SiLU, but we support PyTorch 1.5.
+class SiLU(nn.Module):
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return x * torch.sigmoid(x)
+
+
+class GroupNorm32(nn.GroupNorm):
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return super().forward(x.float()).type(x.dtype)
+
+def conv_nd(dims, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Create a 1D, 2D, or 3D convolution module.
+    """
+    if dims == 1:
+        return nn.Conv1d(*args, **kwargs)
+    elif dims == 2:
+        return nn.Conv2d(*args, **kwargs)
+    elif dims == 3:
+        return nn.Conv3d(*args, **kwargs)
+    raise ValueError(f"unsupported dimensions: {dims}")
+
+
+def linear(*args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Create a linear module.
+    """
+    return nn.Linear(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def avg_pool_nd(dims, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Create a 1D, 2D, or 3D average pooling module.
+    """
+    if dims == 1:
+        return nn.AvgPool1d(*args, **kwargs)
+    elif dims == 2:
+        return nn.AvgPool2d(*args, **kwargs)
+    elif dims == 3:
+        return nn.AvgPool3d(*args, **kwargs)
+    raise ValueError(f"unsupported dimensions: {dims}")
+
+
+class HybridConditioner(nn.Module):
+
+    def __init__(self, c_concat_config, c_crossattn_config):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.concat_conditioner = instantiate_from_config(c_concat_config)
+        self.crossattn_conditioner = instantiate_from_config(c_crossattn_config)
+
+    def forward(self, c_concat, c_crossattn):
+        c_concat = self.concat_conditioner(c_concat)
+        c_crossattn = self.crossattn_conditioner(c_crossattn)
+        return {'c_concat': [c_concat], 'c_crossattn': [c_crossattn]}
+
+
+def noise_like(shape, device, repeat=False):
+    repeat_noise = lambda: torch.randn((1, *shape[1:]), device=device).repeat(shape[0], *((1,) * (len(shape) - 1)))
+    noise = lambda: torch.randn(shape, device=device)
+    return repeat_noise() if repeat else noise()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ldm/modules/distributions/__init__.py b/ldm/modules/distributions/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/distributions/__init__.py
diff --git a/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py b/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2b8ef90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/distributions/distributions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import torch
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class AbstractDistribution:
+    def sample(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def mode(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class DiracDistribution(AbstractDistribution):
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+
+    def sample(self):
+        return self.value
+
+    def mode(self):
+        return self.value
+
+
+class DiagonalGaussianDistribution(object):
+    def __init__(self, parameters, deterministic=False):
+        self.parameters = parameters
+        self.mean, self.logvar = torch.chunk(parameters, 2, dim=1)
+        self.logvar = torch.clamp(self.logvar, -30.0, 20.0)
+        self.deterministic = deterministic
+        self.std = torch.exp(0.5 * self.logvar)
+        self.var = torch.exp(self.logvar)
+        if self.deterministic:
+            self.var = self.std = torch.zeros_like(self.mean).to(device=self.parameters.device)
+
+    def sample(self):
+        x = self.mean + self.std * torch.randn(self.mean.shape).to(device=self.parameters.device)
+        return x
+
+    def kl(self, other=None):
+        if self.deterministic:
+            return torch.Tensor([0.])
+        else:
+            if other is None:
+                return 0.5 * torch.sum(torch.pow(self.mean, 2)
+                                       + self.var - 1.0 - self.logvar,
+                                       dim=[1, 2, 3])
+            else:
+                return 0.5 * torch.sum(
+                    torch.pow(self.mean - other.mean, 2) / other.var
+                    + self.var / other.var - 1.0 - self.logvar + other.logvar,
+                    dim=[1, 2, 3])
+
+    def nll(self, sample, dims=[1,2,3]):
+        if self.deterministic:
+            return torch.Tensor([0.])
+        logtwopi = np.log(2.0 * np.pi)
+        return 0.5 * torch.sum(
+            logtwopi + self.logvar + torch.pow(sample - self.mean, 2) / self.var,
+            dim=dims)
+
+    def mode(self):
+        return self.mean
+
+
+def normal_kl(mean1, logvar1, mean2, logvar2):
+    """
+    source: https://github.com/openai/guided-diffusion/blob/27c20a8fab9cb472df5d6bdd6c8d11c8f430b924/guided_diffusion/losses.py#L12
+    Compute the KL divergence between two gaussians.
+    Shapes are automatically broadcasted, so batches can be compared to
+    scalars, among other use cases.
+    """
+    tensor = None
+    for obj in (mean1, logvar1, mean2, logvar2):
+        if isinstance(obj, torch.Tensor):
+            tensor = obj
+            break
+    assert tensor is not None, "at least one argument must be a Tensor"
+
+    # Force variances to be Tensors. Broadcasting helps convert scalars to
+    # Tensors, but it does not work for torch.exp().
+    logvar1, logvar2 = [
+        x if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else torch.tensor(x).to(tensor)
+        for x in (logvar1, logvar2)
+    ]
+
+    return 0.5 * (
+        -1.0
+        + logvar2
+        - logvar1
+        + torch.exp(logvar1 - logvar2)
+        + ((mean1 - mean2) ** 2) * torch.exp(-logvar2)
+    )
diff --git a/ldm/modules/ema.py b/ldm/modules/ema.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8c75af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/ema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+
+class LitEma(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, model, decay=0.9999, use_num_upates=True):
+        super().__init__()
+        if decay < 0.0 or decay > 1.0:
+            raise ValueError('Decay must be between 0 and 1')
+
+        self.m_name2s_name = {}
+        self.register_buffer('decay', torch.tensor(decay, dtype=torch.float32))
+        self.register_buffer('num_updates', torch.tensor(0,dtype=torch.int) if use_num_upates
+                             else torch.tensor(-1,dtype=torch.int))
+
+        for name, p in model.named_parameters():
+            if p.requires_grad:
+                #remove as '.'-character is not allowed in buffers
+                s_name = name.replace('.','')
+                self.m_name2s_name.update({name:s_name})
+                self.register_buffer(s_name,p.clone().detach().data)
+
+        self.collected_params = []
+
+    def forward(self,model):
+        decay = self.decay
+
+        if self.num_updates >= 0:
+            self.num_updates += 1
+            decay = min(self.decay,(1 + self.num_updates) / (10 + self.num_updates))
+
+        one_minus_decay = 1.0 - decay
+
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            m_param = dict(model.named_parameters())
+            shadow_params = dict(self.named_buffers())
+
+            for key in m_param:
+                if m_param[key].requires_grad:
+                    sname = self.m_name2s_name[key]
+                    shadow_params[sname] = shadow_params[sname].type_as(m_param[key])
+                    shadow_params[sname].sub_(one_minus_decay * (shadow_params[sname] - m_param[key]))
+                else:
+                    assert not key in self.m_name2s_name
+
+    def copy_to(self, model):
+        m_param = dict(model.named_parameters())
+        shadow_params = dict(self.named_buffers())
+        for key in m_param:
+            if m_param[key].requires_grad:
+                m_param[key].data.copy_(shadow_params[self.m_name2s_name[key]].data)
+            else:
+                assert not key in self.m_name2s_name
+
+    def store(self, parameters):
+        """
+        Save the current parameters for restoring later.
+        Args:
+          parameters: Iterable of `torch.nn.Parameter`; the parameters to be
+            temporarily stored.
+        """
+        self.collected_params = [param.clone() for param in parameters]
+
+    def restore(self, parameters):
+        """
+        Restore the parameters stored with the `store` method.
+        Useful to validate the model with EMA parameters without affecting the
+        original optimization process. Store the parameters before the
+        `copy_to` method. After validation (or model saving), use this to
+        restore the former parameters.
+        Args:
+          parameters: Iterable of `torch.nn.Parameter`; the parameters to be
+            updated with the stored parameters.
+        """
+        for c_param, param in zip(self.collected_params, parameters):
+            param.data.copy_(c_param.data)
diff --git a/ldm/modules/encoders/__init__.py b/ldm/modules/encoders/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/encoders/__init__.py
diff --git a/ldm/modules/encoders/modules.py b/ldm/modules/encoders/modules.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ededbe43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/encoders/modules.py
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from functools import partial
+import clip
+from einops import rearrange, repeat
+from transformers import CLIPTokenizer, CLIPTextModel
+import kornia
+
+from ldm.modules.x_transformer import Encoder, TransformerWrapper  # TODO: can we directly rely on lucidrains code and simply add this as a reuirement? --> test
+
+
+class AbstractEncoder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def encode(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+
+class ClassEmbedder(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, embed_dim, n_classes=1000, key='class'):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.key = key
+        self.embedding = nn.Embedding(n_classes, embed_dim)
+
+    def forward(self, batch, key=None):
+        if key is None:
+            key = self.key
+        # this is for use in crossattn
+        c = batch[key][:, None]
+        c = self.embedding(c)
+        return c
+
+
+class TransformerEmbedder(AbstractEncoder):
+    """Some transformer encoder layers"""
+    def __init__(self, n_embed, n_layer, vocab_size, max_seq_len=77, device="cuda"):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.device = device
+        self.transformer = TransformerWrapper(num_tokens=vocab_size, max_seq_len=max_seq_len,
+                                              attn_layers=Encoder(dim=n_embed, depth=n_layer))
+
+    def forward(self, tokens):
+        tokens = tokens.to(self.device)  # meh
+        z = self.transformer(tokens, return_embeddings=True)
+        return z
+
+    def encode(self, x):
+        return self(x)
+
+
+class BERTTokenizer(AbstractEncoder):
+    """ Uses a pretrained BERT tokenizer by huggingface. Vocab size: 30522 (?)"""
+    def __init__(self, device="cuda", vq_interface=True, max_length=77):
+        super().__init__()
+        from transformers import BertTokenizerFast  # TODO: add to reuquirements
+        self.tokenizer = BertTokenizerFast.from_pretrained("bert-base-uncased")
+        self.device = device
+        self.vq_interface = vq_interface
+        self.max_length = max_length
+
+    def forward(self, text):
+        batch_encoding = self.tokenizer(text, truncation=True, max_length=self.max_length, return_length=True,
+                                        return_overflowing_tokens=False, padding="max_length", return_tensors="pt")
+        tokens = batch_encoding["input_ids"].to(self.device)
+        return tokens
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def encode(self, text):
+        tokens = self(text)
+        if not self.vq_interface:
+            return tokens
+        return None, None, [None, None, tokens]
+
+    def decode(self, text):
+        return text
+
+
+class BERTEmbedder(AbstractEncoder):
+    """Uses the BERT tokenizr model and add some transformer encoder layers"""
+    def __init__(self, n_embed, n_layer, vocab_size=30522, max_seq_len=77,
+                 device="cuda",use_tokenizer=True, embedding_dropout=0.0):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.use_tknz_fn = use_tokenizer
+        if self.use_tknz_fn:
+            self.tknz_fn = BERTTokenizer(vq_interface=False, max_length=max_seq_len)
+        self.device = device
+        self.transformer = TransformerWrapper(num_tokens=vocab_size, max_seq_len=max_seq_len,
+                                              attn_layers=Encoder(dim=n_embed, depth=n_layer),
+                                              emb_dropout=embedding_dropout)
+
+    def forward(self, text):
+        if self.use_tknz_fn:
+            tokens = self.tknz_fn(text)#.to(self.device)
+        else:
+            tokens = text
+        z = self.transformer(tokens, return_embeddings=True)
+        return z
+
+    def encode(self, text):
+        # output of length 77
+        return self(text)
+
+
+class SpatialRescaler(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 n_stages=1,
+                 method='bilinear',
+                 multiplier=0.5,
+                 in_channels=3,
+                 out_channels=None,
+                 bias=False):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.n_stages = n_stages
+        assert self.n_stages >= 0
+        assert method in ['nearest','linear','bilinear','trilinear','bicubic','area']
+        self.multiplier = multiplier
+        self.interpolator = partial(torch.nn.functional.interpolate, mode=method)
+        self.remap_output = out_channels is not None
+        if self.remap_output:
+            print(f'Spatial Rescaler mapping from {in_channels} to {out_channels} channels after resizing.')
+            self.channel_mapper = nn.Conv2d(in_channels,out_channels,1,bias=bias)
+
+    def forward(self,x):
+        for stage in range(self.n_stages):
+            x = self.interpolator(x, scale_factor=self.multiplier)
+
+
+        if self.remap_output:
+            x = self.channel_mapper(x)
+        return x
+
+    def encode(self, x):
+        return self(x)
+
+class FrozenCLIPEmbedder(AbstractEncoder):
+    """Uses the CLIP transformer encoder for text (from Hugging Face)"""
+    def __init__(self, version="openai/clip-vit-large-patch14", device="cuda", max_length=77):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.tokenizer = CLIPTokenizer.from_pretrained(version)
+        self.transformer = CLIPTextModel.from_pretrained(version)
+        self.device = device
+        self.max_length = max_length
+        self.freeze()
+
+    def freeze(self):
+        self.transformer = self.transformer.eval()
+        for param in self.parameters():
+            param.requires_grad = False
+
+    def forward(self, text):
+        batch_encoding = self.tokenizer(text, truncation=True, max_length=self.max_length, return_length=True,
+                                        return_overflowing_tokens=False, padding="max_length", return_tensors="pt")
+        tokens = batch_encoding["input_ids"].to(self.device)
+        outputs = self.transformer(input_ids=tokens)
+
+        z = outputs.last_hidden_state
+        return z
+
+    def encode(self, text):
+        return self(text)
+
+
+class FrozenCLIPTextEmbedder(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Uses the CLIP transformer encoder for text.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, version='ViT-L/14', device="cuda", max_length=77, n_repeat=1, normalize=True):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model, _ = clip.load(version, jit=False, device="cpu")
+        self.device = device
+        self.max_length = max_length
+        self.n_repeat = n_repeat
+        self.normalize = normalize
+
+    def freeze(self):
+        self.model = self.model.eval()
+        for param in self.parameters():
+            param.requires_grad = False
+
+    def forward(self, text):
+        tokens = clip.tokenize(text).to(self.device)
+        z = self.model.encode_text(tokens)
+        if self.normalize:
+            z = z / torch.linalg.norm(z, dim=1, keepdim=True)
+        return z
+
+    def encode(self, text):
+        z = self(text)
+        if z.ndim==2:
+            z = z[:, None, :]
+        z = repeat(z, 'b 1 d -> b k d', k=self.n_repeat)
+        return z
+
+
+class FrozenClipImageEmbedder(nn.Module):
+    """
+        Uses the CLIP image encoder.
+        """
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            model,
+            jit=False,
+            device='cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu',
+            antialias=False,
+        ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model, _ = clip.load(name=model, device=device, jit=jit)
+
+        self.antialias = antialias
+
+        self.register_buffer('mean', torch.Tensor([0.48145466, 0.4578275, 0.40821073]), persistent=False)
+        self.register_buffer('std', torch.Tensor([0.26862954, 0.26130258, 0.27577711]), persistent=False)
+
+    def preprocess(self, x):
+        # normalize to [0,1]
+        x = kornia.geometry.resize(x, (224, 224),
+                                   interpolation='bicubic',align_corners=True,
+                                   antialias=self.antialias)
+        x = (x + 1.) / 2.
+        # renormalize according to clip
+        x = kornia.enhance.normalize(x, self.mean, self.std)
+        return x
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        # x is assumed to be in range [-1,1]
+        return self.model.encode_image(self.preprocess(x))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from ldm.util import count_params
+    model = FrozenCLIPEmbedder()
+    count_params(model, verbose=True)
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diff --git a/ldm/modules/encoders/xlmr.py b/ldm/modules/encoders/xlmr.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..beab3fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/encoders/xlmr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+from transformers import BertPreTrainedModel,BertModel,BertConfig
+import torch.nn as nn
+import torch
+from transformers.models.xlm_roberta.configuration_xlm_roberta import XLMRobertaConfig
+from transformers import XLMRobertaModel,XLMRobertaTokenizer
+from typing import Optional
+
+class BertSeriesConfig(BertConfig):
+    def __init__(self, vocab_size=30522, hidden_size=768, num_hidden_layers=12, num_attention_heads=12, intermediate_size=3072, hidden_act="gelu", hidden_dropout_prob=0.1, attention_probs_dropout_prob=0.1, max_position_embeddings=512, type_vocab_size=2, initializer_range=0.02, layer_norm_eps=1e-12, pad_token_id=0, position_embedding_type="absolute", use_cache=True, classifier_dropout=None,project_dim=512, pooler_fn="average",learn_encoder=False,model_type='bert',**kwargs):
+
+        super().__init__(vocab_size, hidden_size, num_hidden_layers, num_attention_heads, intermediate_size, hidden_act, hidden_dropout_prob, attention_probs_dropout_prob, max_position_embeddings, type_vocab_size, initializer_range, layer_norm_eps, pad_token_id, position_embedding_type, use_cache, classifier_dropout, **kwargs)
+        self.project_dim = project_dim
+        self.pooler_fn = pooler_fn
+        self.learn_encoder = learn_encoder
+
+class RobertaSeriesConfig(XLMRobertaConfig):
+    def __init__(self, pad_token_id=1, bos_token_id=0, eos_token_id=2,project_dim=512,pooler_fn='cls',learn_encoder=False, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(pad_token_id=pad_token_id, bos_token_id=bos_token_id, eos_token_id=eos_token_id, **kwargs)
+        self.project_dim = project_dim
+        self.pooler_fn = pooler_fn
+        self.learn_encoder = learn_encoder
+
+
+class BertSeriesModelWithTransformation(BertPreTrainedModel):
+
+    _keys_to_ignore_on_load_unexpected = [r"pooler"]
+    _keys_to_ignore_on_load_missing = [r"position_ids", r"predictions.decoder.bias"]
+    config_class = BertSeriesConfig
+
+    def __init__(self, config=None, **kargs):
+        # modify initialization for autoloading 
+        if config is None:
+            config = XLMRobertaConfig()
+            config.attention_probs_dropout_prob= 0.1
+            config.bos_token_id=0
+            config.eos_token_id=2
+            config.hidden_act='gelu'
+            config.hidden_dropout_prob=0.1
+            config.hidden_size=1024
+            config.initializer_range=0.02
+            config.intermediate_size=4096
+            config.layer_norm_eps=1e-05
+            config.max_position_embeddings=514
+
+            config.num_attention_heads=16
+            config.num_hidden_layers=24
+            config.output_past=True
+            config.pad_token_id=1
+            config.position_embedding_type= "absolute"
+
+            config.type_vocab_size= 1
+            config.use_cache=True
+            config.vocab_size= 250002
+            config.project_dim = 768
+            config.learn_encoder = False
+        super().__init__(config)
+        self.roberta = XLMRobertaModel(config)
+        self.transformation = nn.Linear(config.hidden_size,config.project_dim)
+        self.pre_LN=nn.LayerNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.layer_norm_eps)
+        self.tokenizer = XLMRobertaTokenizer.from_pretrained('xlm-roberta-large')
+        self.pooler = lambda x: x[:,0]
+        self.post_init()
+
+    def encode(self,c):
+        device = next(self.parameters()).device
+        text = self.tokenizer(c,
+                        truncation=True,
+                        max_length=77,
+                        return_length=False,
+                        return_overflowing_tokens=False,
+                        padding="max_length",
+                        return_tensors="pt")
+        text["input_ids"] = torch.tensor(text["input_ids"]).to(device)
+        text["attention_mask"] = torch.tensor(
+            text['attention_mask']).to(device)
+        features = self(**text)
+        return features['projection_state'] 
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        input_ids: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        token_type_ids: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        position_ids: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        head_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        inputs_embeds: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        encoder_hidden_states: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        encoder_attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        output_attentions: Optional[bool] = None,
+        return_dict: Optional[bool] = None,
+        output_hidden_states: Optional[bool] = None,
+    ) :
+        r"""
+        """
+
+        return_dict = return_dict if return_dict is not None else self.config.use_return_dict
+
+
+        outputs = self.roberta(
+            input_ids=input_ids,
+            attention_mask=attention_mask,
+            token_type_ids=token_type_ids,
+            position_ids=position_ids,
+            head_mask=head_mask,
+            inputs_embeds=inputs_embeds,
+            encoder_hidden_states=encoder_hidden_states,
+            encoder_attention_mask=encoder_attention_mask,
+            output_attentions=output_attentions,
+            output_hidden_states=True,
+            return_dict=return_dict,
+        )
+
+        # last module outputs
+        sequence_output = outputs[0]
+
+
+        # project every module
+        sequence_output_ln = self.pre_LN(sequence_output)
+
+        # pooler
+        pooler_output = self.pooler(sequence_output_ln)
+        pooler_output = self.transformation(pooler_output)
+        projection_state = self.transformation(outputs.last_hidden_state)
+
+        return {
+            'pooler_output':pooler_output,
+            'last_hidden_state':outputs.last_hidden_state,
+            'hidden_states':outputs.hidden_states,
+            'attentions':outputs.attentions,
+            'projection_state':projection_state,
+            'sequence_out': sequence_output
+        }
+
+
+class RobertaSeriesModelWithTransformation(BertSeriesModelWithTransformation):
+    base_model_prefix = 'roberta'
+    config_class= RobertaSeriesConfig
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diff --git a/ldm/modules/image_degradation/__init__.py b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7836cada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from ldm.modules.image_degradation.bsrgan import degradation_bsrgan_variant as degradation_fn_bsr
+from ldm.modules.image_degradation.bsrgan_light import degradation_bsrgan_variant as degradation_fn_bsr_light
diff --git a/ldm/modules/image_degradation/bsrgan.py b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/bsrgan.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32ef5616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/bsrgan.py
@@ -0,0 +1,730 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+# --------------------------------------------
+# Super-Resolution
+# --------------------------------------------
+#
+# Kai Zhang (cskaizhang@gmail.com)
+# https://github.com/cszn
+# From 2019/03--2021/08
+# --------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+import torch
+
+from functools import partial
+import random
+from scipy import ndimage
+import scipy
+import scipy.stats as ss
+from scipy.interpolate import interp2d
+from scipy.linalg import orth
+import albumentations
+
+import ldm.modules.image_degradation.utils_image as util
+
+
+def modcrop_np(img, sf):
+    '''
+    Args:
+        img: numpy image, WxH or WxHxC
+        sf: scale factor
+    Return:
+        cropped image
+    '''
+    w, h = img.shape[:2]
+    im = np.copy(img)
+    return im[:w - w % sf, :h - h % sf, ...]
+
+
+"""
+# --------------------------------------------
+# anisotropic Gaussian kernels
+# --------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+
+def analytic_kernel(k):
+    """Calculate the X4 kernel from the X2 kernel (for proof see appendix in paper)"""
+    k_size = k.shape[0]
+    # Calculate the big kernels size
+    big_k = np.zeros((3 * k_size - 2, 3 * k_size - 2))
+    # Loop over the small kernel to fill the big one
+    for r in range(k_size):
+        for c in range(k_size):
+            big_k[2 * r:2 * r + k_size, 2 * c:2 * c + k_size] += k[r, c] * k
+    # Crop the edges of the big kernel to ignore very small values and increase run time of SR
+    crop = k_size // 2
+    cropped_big_k = big_k[crop:-crop, crop:-crop]
+    # Normalize to 1
+    return cropped_big_k / cropped_big_k.sum()
+
+
+def anisotropic_Gaussian(ksize=15, theta=np.pi, l1=6, l2=6):
+    """ generate an anisotropic Gaussian kernel
+    Args:
+        ksize : e.g., 15, kernel size
+        theta : [0,  pi], rotation angle range
+        l1    : [0.1,50], scaling of eigenvalues
+        l2    : [0.1,l1], scaling of eigenvalues
+        If l1 = l2, will get an isotropic Gaussian kernel.
+    Returns:
+        k     : kernel
+    """
+
+    v = np.dot(np.array([[np.cos(theta), -np.sin(theta)], [np.sin(theta), np.cos(theta)]]), np.array([1., 0.]))
+    V = np.array([[v[0], v[1]], [v[1], -v[0]]])
+    D = np.array([[l1, 0], [0, l2]])
+    Sigma = np.dot(np.dot(V, D), np.linalg.inv(V))
+    k = gm_blur_kernel(mean=[0, 0], cov=Sigma, size=ksize)
+
+    return k
+
+
+def gm_blur_kernel(mean, cov, size=15):
+    center = size / 2.0 + 0.5
+    k = np.zeros([size, size])
+    for y in range(size):
+        for x in range(size):
+            cy = y - center + 1
+            cx = x - center + 1
+            k[y, x] = ss.multivariate_normal.pdf([cx, cy], mean=mean, cov=cov)
+
+    k = k / np.sum(k)
+    return k
+
+
+def shift_pixel(x, sf, upper_left=True):
+    """shift pixel for super-resolution with different scale factors
+    Args:
+        x: WxHxC or WxH
+        sf: scale factor
+        upper_left: shift direction
+    """
+    h, w = x.shape[:2]
+    shift = (sf - 1) * 0.5
+    xv, yv = np.arange(0, w, 1.0), np.arange(0, h, 1.0)
+    if upper_left:
+        x1 = xv + shift
+        y1 = yv + shift
+    else:
+        x1 = xv - shift
+        y1 = yv - shift
+
+    x1 = np.clip(x1, 0, w - 1)
+    y1 = np.clip(y1, 0, h - 1)
+
+    if x.ndim == 2:
+        x = interp2d(xv, yv, x)(x1, y1)
+    if x.ndim == 3:
+        for i in range(x.shape[-1]):
+            x[:, :, i] = interp2d(xv, yv, x[:, :, i])(x1, y1)
+
+    return x
+
+
+def blur(x, k):
+    '''
+    x: image, NxcxHxW
+    k: kernel, Nx1xhxw
+    '''
+    n, c = x.shape[:2]
+    p1, p2 = (k.shape[-2] - 1) // 2, (k.shape[-1] - 1) // 2
+    x = torch.nn.functional.pad(x, pad=(p1, p2, p1, p2), mode='replicate')
+    k = k.repeat(1, c, 1, 1)
+    k = k.view(-1, 1, k.shape[2], k.shape[3])
+    x = x.view(1, -1, x.shape[2], x.shape[3])
+    x = torch.nn.functional.conv2d(x, k, bias=None, stride=1, padding=0, groups=n * c)
+    x = x.view(n, c, x.shape[2], x.shape[3])
+
+    return x
+
+
+def gen_kernel(k_size=np.array([15, 15]), scale_factor=np.array([4, 4]), min_var=0.6, max_var=10., noise_level=0):
+    """"
+    # modified version of https://github.com/assafshocher/BlindSR_dataset_generator
+    # Kai Zhang
+    # min_var = 0.175 * sf  # variance of the gaussian kernel will be sampled between min_var and max_var
+    # max_var = 2.5 * sf
+    """
+    # Set random eigen-vals (lambdas) and angle (theta) for COV matrix
+    lambda_1 = min_var + np.random.rand() * (max_var - min_var)
+    lambda_2 = min_var + np.random.rand() * (max_var - min_var)
+    theta = np.random.rand() * np.pi  # random theta
+    noise = -noise_level + np.random.rand(*k_size) * noise_level * 2
+
+    # Set COV matrix using Lambdas and Theta
+    LAMBDA = np.diag([lambda_1, lambda_2])
+    Q = np.array([[np.cos(theta), -np.sin(theta)],
+                  [np.sin(theta), np.cos(theta)]])
+    SIGMA = Q @ LAMBDA @ Q.T
+    INV_SIGMA = np.linalg.inv(SIGMA)[None, None, :, :]
+
+    # Set expectation position (shifting kernel for aligned image)
+    MU = k_size // 2 - 0.5 * (scale_factor - 1)  # - 0.5 * (scale_factor - k_size % 2)
+    MU = MU[None, None, :, None]
+
+    # Create meshgrid for Gaussian
+    [X, Y] = np.meshgrid(range(k_size[0]), range(k_size[1]))
+    Z = np.stack([X, Y], 2)[:, :, :, None]
+
+    # Calcualte Gaussian for every pixel of the kernel
+    ZZ = Z - MU
+    ZZ_t = ZZ.transpose(0, 1, 3, 2)
+    raw_kernel = np.exp(-0.5 * np.squeeze(ZZ_t @ INV_SIGMA @ ZZ)) * (1 + noise)
+
+    # shift the kernel so it will be centered
+    # raw_kernel_centered = kernel_shift(raw_kernel, scale_factor)
+
+    # Normalize the kernel and return
+    # kernel = raw_kernel_centered / np.sum(raw_kernel_centered)
+    kernel = raw_kernel / np.sum(raw_kernel)
+    return kernel
+
+
+def fspecial_gaussian(hsize, sigma):
+    hsize = [hsize, hsize]
+    siz = [(hsize[0] - 1.0) / 2.0, (hsize[1] - 1.0) / 2.0]
+    std = sigma
+    [x, y] = np.meshgrid(np.arange(-siz[1], siz[1] + 1), np.arange(-siz[0], siz[0] + 1))
+    arg = -(x * x + y * y) / (2 * std * std)
+    h = np.exp(arg)
+    h[h < scipy.finfo(float).eps * h.max()] = 0
+    sumh = h.sum()
+    if sumh != 0:
+        h = h / sumh
+    return h
+
+
+def fspecial_laplacian(alpha):
+    alpha = max([0, min([alpha, 1])])
+    h1 = alpha / (alpha + 1)
+    h2 = (1 - alpha) / (alpha + 1)
+    h = [[h1, h2, h1], [h2, -4 / (alpha + 1), h2], [h1, h2, h1]]
+    h = np.array(h)
+    return h
+
+
+def fspecial(filter_type, *args, **kwargs):
+    '''
+    python code from:
+    https://github.com/ronaldosena/imagens-medicas-2/blob/40171a6c259edec7827a6693a93955de2bd39e76/Aulas/aula_2_-_uniform_filter/matlab_fspecial.py
+    '''
+    if filter_type == 'gaussian':
+        return fspecial_gaussian(*args, **kwargs)
+    if filter_type == 'laplacian':
+        return fspecial_laplacian(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+"""
+# --------------------------------------------
+# degradation models
+# --------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+
+def bicubic_degradation(x, sf=3):
+    '''
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        bicubicly downsampled LR image
+    '''
+    x = util.imresize_np(x, scale=1 / sf)
+    return x
+
+
+def srmd_degradation(x, k, sf=3):
+    ''' blur + bicubic downsampling
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]
+        k: hxw, double
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        downsampled LR image
+    Reference:
+        @inproceedings{zhang2018learning,
+          title={Learning a single convolutional super-resolution network for multiple degradations},
+          author={Zhang, Kai and Zuo, Wangmeng and Zhang, Lei},
+          booktitle={IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
+          pages={3262--3271},
+          year={2018}
+        }
+    '''
+    x = ndimage.filters.convolve(x, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='wrap')  # 'nearest' | 'mirror'
+    x = bicubic_degradation(x, sf=sf)
+    return x
+
+
+def dpsr_degradation(x, k, sf=3):
+    ''' bicubic downsampling + blur
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]
+        k: hxw, double
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        downsampled LR image
+    Reference:
+        @inproceedings{zhang2019deep,
+          title={Deep Plug-and-Play Super-Resolution for Arbitrary Blur Kernels},
+          author={Zhang, Kai and Zuo, Wangmeng and Zhang, Lei},
+          booktitle={IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
+          pages={1671--1681},
+          year={2019}
+        }
+    '''
+    x = bicubic_degradation(x, sf=sf)
+    x = ndimage.filters.convolve(x, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='wrap')
+    return x
+
+
+def classical_degradation(x, k, sf=3):
+    ''' blur + downsampling
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]/[0, 255]
+        k: hxw, double
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        downsampled LR image
+    '''
+    x = ndimage.filters.convolve(x, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='wrap')
+    # x = filters.correlate(x, np.expand_dims(np.flip(k), axis=2))
+    st = 0
+    return x[st::sf, st::sf, ...]
+
+
+def add_sharpening(img, weight=0.5, radius=50, threshold=10):
+    """USM sharpening. borrowed from real-ESRGAN
+    Input image: I; Blurry image: B.
+    1. K = I + weight * (I - B)
+    2. Mask = 1 if abs(I - B) > threshold, else: 0
+    3. Blur mask:
+    4. Out = Mask * K + (1 - Mask) * I
+    Args:
+        img (Numpy array): Input image, HWC, BGR; float32, [0, 1].
+        weight (float): Sharp weight. Default: 1.
+        radius (float): Kernel size of Gaussian blur. Default: 50.
+        threshold (int):
+    """
+    if radius % 2 == 0:
+        radius += 1
+    blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (radius, radius), 0)
+    residual = img - blur
+    mask = np.abs(residual) * 255 > threshold
+    mask = mask.astype('float32')
+    soft_mask = cv2.GaussianBlur(mask, (radius, radius), 0)
+
+    K = img + weight * residual
+    K = np.clip(K, 0, 1)
+    return soft_mask * K + (1 - soft_mask) * img
+
+
+def add_blur(img, sf=4):
+    wd2 = 4.0 + sf
+    wd = 2.0 + 0.2 * sf
+    if random.random() < 0.5:
+        l1 = wd2 * random.random()
+        l2 = wd2 * random.random()
+        k = anisotropic_Gaussian(ksize=2 * random.randint(2, 11) + 3, theta=random.random() * np.pi, l1=l1, l2=l2)
+    else:
+        k = fspecial('gaussian', 2 * random.randint(2, 11) + 3, wd * random.random())
+    img = ndimage.filters.convolve(img, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='mirror')
+
+    return img
+
+
+def add_resize(img, sf=4):
+    rnum = np.random.rand()
+    if rnum > 0.8:  # up
+        sf1 = random.uniform(1, 2)
+    elif rnum < 0.7:  # down
+        sf1 = random.uniform(0.5 / sf, 1)
+    else:
+        sf1 = 1.0
+    img = cv2.resize(img, (int(sf1 * img.shape[1]), int(sf1 * img.shape[0])), interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+    return img
+
+
+# def add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25):
+#     noise_level = random.randint(noise_level1, noise_level2)
+#     rnum = np.random.rand()
+#     if rnum > 0.6:  # add color Gaussian noise
+#         img += np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, img.shape).astype(np.float32)
+#     elif rnum < 0.4:  # add grayscale Gaussian noise
+#         img += np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, (*img.shape[:2], 1)).astype(np.float32)
+#     else:  # add  noise
+#         L = noise_level2 / 255.
+#         D = np.diag(np.random.rand(3))
+#         U = orth(np.random.rand(3, 3))
+#         conv = np.dot(np.dot(np.transpose(U), D), U)
+#         img += np.random.multivariate_normal([0, 0, 0], np.abs(L ** 2 * conv), img.shape[:2]).astype(np.float32)
+#     img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+#     return img
+
+def add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25):
+    noise_level = random.randint(noise_level1, noise_level2)
+    rnum = np.random.rand()
+    if rnum > 0.6:  # add color Gaussian noise
+        img = img + np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, img.shape).astype(np.float32)
+    elif rnum < 0.4:  # add grayscale Gaussian noise
+        img = img + np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, (*img.shape[:2], 1)).astype(np.float32)
+    else:  # add  noise
+        L = noise_level2 / 255.
+        D = np.diag(np.random.rand(3))
+        U = orth(np.random.rand(3, 3))
+        conv = np.dot(np.dot(np.transpose(U), D), U)
+        img = img + np.random.multivariate_normal([0, 0, 0], np.abs(L ** 2 * conv), img.shape[:2]).astype(np.float32)
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    return img
+
+
+def add_speckle_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25):
+    noise_level = random.randint(noise_level1, noise_level2)
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    rnum = random.random()
+    if rnum > 0.6:
+        img += img * np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, img.shape).astype(np.float32)
+    elif rnum < 0.4:
+        img += img * np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, (*img.shape[:2], 1)).astype(np.float32)
+    else:
+        L = noise_level2 / 255.
+        D = np.diag(np.random.rand(3))
+        U = orth(np.random.rand(3, 3))
+        conv = np.dot(np.dot(np.transpose(U), D), U)
+        img += img * np.random.multivariate_normal([0, 0, 0], np.abs(L ** 2 * conv), img.shape[:2]).astype(np.float32)
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    return img
+
+
+def add_Poisson_noise(img):
+    img = np.clip((img * 255.0).round(), 0, 255) / 255.
+    vals = 10 ** (2 * random.random() + 2.0)  # [2, 4]
+    if random.random() < 0.5:
+        img = np.random.poisson(img * vals).astype(np.float32) / vals
+    else:
+        img_gray = np.dot(img[..., :3], [0.299, 0.587, 0.114])
+        img_gray = np.clip((img_gray * 255.0).round(), 0, 255) / 255.
+        noise_gray = np.random.poisson(img_gray * vals).astype(np.float32) / vals - img_gray
+        img += noise_gray[:, :, np.newaxis]
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    return img
+
+
+def add_JPEG_noise(img):
+    quality_factor = random.randint(30, 95)
+    img = cv2.cvtColor(util.single2uint(img), cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
+    result, encimg = cv2.imencode('.jpg', img, [int(cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY), quality_factor])
+    img = cv2.imdecode(encimg, 1)
+    img = cv2.cvtColor(util.uint2single(img), cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+    return img
+
+
+def random_crop(lq, hq, sf=4, lq_patchsize=64):
+    h, w = lq.shape[:2]
+    rnd_h = random.randint(0, h - lq_patchsize)
+    rnd_w = random.randint(0, w - lq_patchsize)
+    lq = lq[rnd_h:rnd_h + lq_patchsize, rnd_w:rnd_w + lq_patchsize, :]
+
+    rnd_h_H, rnd_w_H = int(rnd_h * sf), int(rnd_w * sf)
+    hq = hq[rnd_h_H:rnd_h_H + lq_patchsize * sf, rnd_w_H:rnd_w_H + lq_patchsize * sf, :]
+    return lq, hq
+
+
+def degradation_bsrgan(img, sf=4, lq_patchsize=72, isp_model=None):
+    """
+    This is the degradation model of BSRGAN from the paper
+    "Designing a Practical Degradation Model for Deep Blind Image Super-Resolution"
+    ----------
+    img: HXWXC, [0, 1], its size should be large than (lq_patchsizexsf)x(lq_patchsizexsf)
+    sf: scale factor
+    isp_model: camera ISP model
+    Returns
+    -------
+    img: low-quality patch, size: lq_patchsizeXlq_patchsizeXC, range: [0, 1]
+    hq: corresponding high-quality patch, size: (lq_patchsizexsf)X(lq_patchsizexsf)XC, range: [0, 1]
+    """
+    isp_prob, jpeg_prob, scale2_prob = 0.25, 0.9, 0.25
+    sf_ori = sf
+
+    h1, w1 = img.shape[:2]
+    img = img.copy()[:w1 - w1 % sf, :h1 - h1 % sf, ...]  # mod crop
+    h, w = img.shape[:2]
+
+    if h < lq_patchsize * sf or w < lq_patchsize * sf:
+        raise ValueError(f'img size ({h1}X{w1}) is too small!')
+
+    hq = img.copy()
+
+    if sf == 4 and random.random() < scale2_prob:  # downsample1
+        if np.random.rand() < 0.5:
+            img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / 2 * img.shape[1]), int(1 / 2 * img.shape[0])),
+                             interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+        else:
+            img = util.imresize_np(img, 1 / 2, True)
+        img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+        sf = 2
+
+    shuffle_order = random.sample(range(7), 7)
+    idx1, idx2 = shuffle_order.index(2), shuffle_order.index(3)
+    if idx1 > idx2:  # keep downsample3 last
+        shuffle_order[idx1], shuffle_order[idx2] = shuffle_order[idx2], shuffle_order[idx1]
+
+    for i in shuffle_order:
+
+        if i == 0:
+            img = add_blur(img, sf=sf)
+
+        elif i == 1:
+            img = add_blur(img, sf=sf)
+
+        elif i == 2:
+            a, b = img.shape[1], img.shape[0]
+            # downsample2
+            if random.random() < 0.75:
+                sf1 = random.uniform(1, 2 * sf)
+                img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / sf1 * img.shape[1]), int(1 / sf1 * img.shape[0])),
+                                 interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            else:
+                k = fspecial('gaussian', 25, random.uniform(0.1, 0.6 * sf))
+                k_shifted = shift_pixel(k, sf)
+                k_shifted = k_shifted / k_shifted.sum()  # blur with shifted kernel
+                img = ndimage.filters.convolve(img, np.expand_dims(k_shifted, axis=2), mode='mirror')
+                img = img[0::sf, 0::sf, ...]  # nearest downsampling
+            img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 3:
+            # downsample3
+            img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / sf * a), int(1 / sf * b)), interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 4:
+            # add Gaussian noise
+            img = add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25)
+
+        elif i == 5:
+            # add JPEG noise
+            if random.random() < jpeg_prob:
+                img = add_JPEG_noise(img)
+
+        elif i == 6:
+            # add processed camera sensor noise
+            if random.random() < isp_prob and isp_model is not None:
+                with torch.no_grad():
+                    img, hq = isp_model.forward(img.copy(), hq)
+
+    # add final JPEG compression noise
+    img = add_JPEG_noise(img)
+
+    # random crop
+    img, hq = random_crop(img, hq, sf_ori, lq_patchsize)
+
+    return img, hq
+
+
+# todo no isp_model?
+def degradation_bsrgan_variant(image, sf=4, isp_model=None):
+    """
+    This is the degradation model of BSRGAN from the paper
+    "Designing a Practical Degradation Model for Deep Blind Image Super-Resolution"
+    ----------
+    sf: scale factor
+    isp_model: camera ISP model
+    Returns
+    -------
+    img: low-quality patch, size: lq_patchsizeXlq_patchsizeXC, range: [0, 1]
+    hq: corresponding high-quality patch, size: (lq_patchsizexsf)X(lq_patchsizexsf)XC, range: [0, 1]
+    """
+    image = util.uint2single(image)
+    isp_prob, jpeg_prob, scale2_prob = 0.25, 0.9, 0.25
+    sf_ori = sf
+
+    h1, w1 = image.shape[:2]
+    image = image.copy()[:w1 - w1 % sf, :h1 - h1 % sf, ...]  # mod crop
+    h, w = image.shape[:2]
+
+    hq = image.copy()
+
+    if sf == 4 and random.random() < scale2_prob:  # downsample1
+        if np.random.rand() < 0.5:
+            image = cv2.resize(image, (int(1 / 2 * image.shape[1]), int(1 / 2 * image.shape[0])),
+                               interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+        else:
+            image = util.imresize_np(image, 1 / 2, True)
+        image = np.clip(image, 0.0, 1.0)
+        sf = 2
+
+    shuffle_order = random.sample(range(7), 7)
+    idx1, idx2 = shuffle_order.index(2), shuffle_order.index(3)
+    if idx1 > idx2:  # keep downsample3 last
+        shuffle_order[idx1], shuffle_order[idx2] = shuffle_order[idx2], shuffle_order[idx1]
+
+    for i in shuffle_order:
+
+        if i == 0:
+            image = add_blur(image, sf=sf)
+
+        elif i == 1:
+            image = add_blur(image, sf=sf)
+
+        elif i == 2:
+            a, b = image.shape[1], image.shape[0]
+            # downsample2
+            if random.random() < 0.75:
+                sf1 = random.uniform(1, 2 * sf)
+                image = cv2.resize(image, (int(1 / sf1 * image.shape[1]), int(1 / sf1 * image.shape[0])),
+                                   interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            else:
+                k = fspecial('gaussian', 25, random.uniform(0.1, 0.6 * sf))
+                k_shifted = shift_pixel(k, sf)
+                k_shifted = k_shifted / k_shifted.sum()  # blur with shifted kernel
+                image = ndimage.filters.convolve(image, np.expand_dims(k_shifted, axis=2), mode='mirror')
+                image = image[0::sf, 0::sf, ...]  # nearest downsampling
+            image = np.clip(image, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 3:
+            # downsample3
+            image = cv2.resize(image, (int(1 / sf * a), int(1 / sf * b)), interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            image = np.clip(image, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 4:
+            # add Gaussian noise
+            image = add_Gaussian_noise(image, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25)
+
+        elif i == 5:
+            # add JPEG noise
+            if random.random() < jpeg_prob:
+                image = add_JPEG_noise(image)
+
+        # elif i == 6:
+        #     # add processed camera sensor noise
+        #     if random.random() < isp_prob and isp_model is not None:
+        #         with torch.no_grad():
+        #             img, hq = isp_model.forward(img.copy(), hq)
+
+    # add final JPEG compression noise
+    image = add_JPEG_noise(image)
+    image = util.single2uint(image)
+    example = {"image":image}
+    return example
+
+
+# TODO incase there is a pickle error one needs to replace a += x with a = a + x in add_speckle_noise etc...
+def degradation_bsrgan_plus(img, sf=4, shuffle_prob=0.5, use_sharp=True, lq_patchsize=64, isp_model=None):
+    """
+    This is an extended degradation model by combining
+    the degradation models of BSRGAN and Real-ESRGAN
+    ----------
+    img: HXWXC, [0, 1], its size should be large than (lq_patchsizexsf)x(lq_patchsizexsf)
+    sf: scale factor
+    use_shuffle: the degradation shuffle
+    use_sharp: sharpening the img
+    Returns
+    -------
+    img: low-quality patch, size: lq_patchsizeXlq_patchsizeXC, range: [0, 1]
+    hq: corresponding high-quality patch, size: (lq_patchsizexsf)X(lq_patchsizexsf)XC, range: [0, 1]
+    """
+
+    h1, w1 = img.shape[:2]
+    img = img.copy()[:w1 - w1 % sf, :h1 - h1 % sf, ...]  # mod crop
+    h, w = img.shape[:2]
+
+    if h < lq_patchsize * sf or w < lq_patchsize * sf:
+        raise ValueError(f'img size ({h1}X{w1}) is too small!')
+
+    if use_sharp:
+        img = add_sharpening(img)
+    hq = img.copy()
+
+    if random.random() < shuffle_prob:
+        shuffle_order = random.sample(range(13), 13)
+    else:
+        shuffle_order = list(range(13))
+        # local shuffle for noise, JPEG is always the last one
+        shuffle_order[2:6] = random.sample(shuffle_order[2:6], len(range(2, 6)))
+        shuffle_order[9:13] = random.sample(shuffle_order[9:13], len(range(9, 13)))
+
+    poisson_prob, speckle_prob, isp_prob = 0.1, 0.1, 0.1
+
+    for i in shuffle_order:
+        if i == 0:
+            img = add_blur(img, sf=sf)
+        elif i == 1:
+            img = add_resize(img, sf=sf)
+        elif i == 2:
+            img = add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25)
+        elif i == 3:
+            if random.random() < poisson_prob:
+                img = add_Poisson_noise(img)
+        elif i == 4:
+            if random.random() < speckle_prob:
+                img = add_speckle_noise(img)
+        elif i == 5:
+            if random.random() < isp_prob and isp_model is not None:
+                with torch.no_grad():
+                    img, hq = isp_model.forward(img.copy(), hq)
+        elif i == 6:
+            img = add_JPEG_noise(img)
+        elif i == 7:
+            img = add_blur(img, sf=sf)
+        elif i == 8:
+            img = add_resize(img, sf=sf)
+        elif i == 9:
+            img = add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25)
+        elif i == 10:
+            if random.random() < poisson_prob:
+                img = add_Poisson_noise(img)
+        elif i == 11:
+            if random.random() < speckle_prob:
+                img = add_speckle_noise(img)
+        elif i == 12:
+            if random.random() < isp_prob and isp_model is not None:
+                with torch.no_grad():
+                    img, hq = isp_model.forward(img.copy(), hq)
+        else:
+            print('check the shuffle!')
+
+    # resize to desired size
+    img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / sf * hq.shape[1]), int(1 / sf * hq.shape[0])),
+                     interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+
+    # add final JPEG compression noise
+    img = add_JPEG_noise(img)
+
+    # random crop
+    img, hq = random_crop(img, hq, sf, lq_patchsize)
+
+    return img, hq
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	print("hey")
+	img = util.imread_uint('utils/test.png', 3)
+	print(img)
+	img = util.uint2single(img)
+	print(img)
+	img = img[:448, :448]
+	h = img.shape[0] // 4
+	print("resizing to", h)
+	sf = 4
+	deg_fn = partial(degradation_bsrgan_variant, sf=sf)
+	for i in range(20):
+		print(i)
+		img_lq = deg_fn(img)
+		print(img_lq)
+		img_lq_bicubic = albumentations.SmallestMaxSize(max_size=h, interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)(image=img)["image"]
+		print(img_lq.shape)
+		print("bicubic", img_lq_bicubic.shape)
+		print(img_hq.shape)
+		lq_nearest = cv2.resize(util.single2uint(img_lq), (int(sf * img_lq.shape[1]), int(sf * img_lq.shape[0])),
+		                        interpolation=0)
+		lq_bicubic_nearest = cv2.resize(util.single2uint(img_lq_bicubic), (int(sf * img_lq.shape[1]), int(sf * img_lq.shape[0])),
+		                        interpolation=0)
+		img_concat = np.concatenate([lq_bicubic_nearest, lq_nearest, util.single2uint(img_hq)], axis=1)
+		util.imsave(img_concat, str(i) + '.png')
+
+
diff --git a/ldm/modules/image_degradation/bsrgan_light.py b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/bsrgan_light.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e1f8239
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+++ b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/bsrgan_light.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+import torch
+
+from functools import partial
+import random
+from scipy import ndimage
+import scipy
+import scipy.stats as ss
+from scipy.interpolate import interp2d
+from scipy.linalg import orth
+import albumentations
+
+import ldm.modules.image_degradation.utils_image as util
+
+"""
+# --------------------------------------------
+# Super-Resolution
+# --------------------------------------------
+#
+# Kai Zhang (cskaizhang@gmail.com)
+# https://github.com/cszn
+# From 2019/03--2021/08
+# --------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+
+def modcrop_np(img, sf):
+    '''
+    Args:
+        img: numpy image, WxH or WxHxC
+        sf: scale factor
+    Return:
+        cropped image
+    '''
+    w, h = img.shape[:2]
+    im = np.copy(img)
+    return im[:w - w % sf, :h - h % sf, ...]
+
+
+"""
+# --------------------------------------------
+# anisotropic Gaussian kernels
+# --------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+
+def analytic_kernel(k):
+    """Calculate the X4 kernel from the X2 kernel (for proof see appendix in paper)"""
+    k_size = k.shape[0]
+    # Calculate the big kernels size
+    big_k = np.zeros((3 * k_size - 2, 3 * k_size - 2))
+    # Loop over the small kernel to fill the big one
+    for r in range(k_size):
+        for c in range(k_size):
+            big_k[2 * r:2 * r + k_size, 2 * c:2 * c + k_size] += k[r, c] * k
+    # Crop the edges of the big kernel to ignore very small values and increase run time of SR
+    crop = k_size // 2
+    cropped_big_k = big_k[crop:-crop, crop:-crop]
+    # Normalize to 1
+    return cropped_big_k / cropped_big_k.sum()
+
+
+def anisotropic_Gaussian(ksize=15, theta=np.pi, l1=6, l2=6):
+    """ generate an anisotropic Gaussian kernel
+    Args:
+        ksize : e.g., 15, kernel size
+        theta : [0,  pi], rotation angle range
+        l1    : [0.1,50], scaling of eigenvalues
+        l2    : [0.1,l1], scaling of eigenvalues
+        If l1 = l2, will get an isotropic Gaussian kernel.
+    Returns:
+        k     : kernel
+    """
+
+    v = np.dot(np.array([[np.cos(theta), -np.sin(theta)], [np.sin(theta), np.cos(theta)]]), np.array([1., 0.]))
+    V = np.array([[v[0], v[1]], [v[1], -v[0]]])
+    D = np.array([[l1, 0], [0, l2]])
+    Sigma = np.dot(np.dot(V, D), np.linalg.inv(V))
+    k = gm_blur_kernel(mean=[0, 0], cov=Sigma, size=ksize)
+
+    return k
+
+
+def gm_blur_kernel(mean, cov, size=15):
+    center = size / 2.0 + 0.5
+    k = np.zeros([size, size])
+    for y in range(size):
+        for x in range(size):
+            cy = y - center + 1
+            cx = x - center + 1
+            k[y, x] = ss.multivariate_normal.pdf([cx, cy], mean=mean, cov=cov)
+
+    k = k / np.sum(k)
+    return k
+
+
+def shift_pixel(x, sf, upper_left=True):
+    """shift pixel for super-resolution with different scale factors
+    Args:
+        x: WxHxC or WxH
+        sf: scale factor
+        upper_left: shift direction
+    """
+    h, w = x.shape[:2]
+    shift = (sf - 1) * 0.5
+    xv, yv = np.arange(0, w, 1.0), np.arange(0, h, 1.0)
+    if upper_left:
+        x1 = xv + shift
+        y1 = yv + shift
+    else:
+        x1 = xv - shift
+        y1 = yv - shift
+
+    x1 = np.clip(x1, 0, w - 1)
+    y1 = np.clip(y1, 0, h - 1)
+
+    if x.ndim == 2:
+        x = interp2d(xv, yv, x)(x1, y1)
+    if x.ndim == 3:
+        for i in range(x.shape[-1]):
+            x[:, :, i] = interp2d(xv, yv, x[:, :, i])(x1, y1)
+
+    return x
+
+
+def blur(x, k):
+    '''
+    x: image, NxcxHxW
+    k: kernel, Nx1xhxw
+    '''
+    n, c = x.shape[:2]
+    p1, p2 = (k.shape[-2] - 1) // 2, (k.shape[-1] - 1) // 2
+    x = torch.nn.functional.pad(x, pad=(p1, p2, p1, p2), mode='replicate')
+    k = k.repeat(1, c, 1, 1)
+    k = k.view(-1, 1, k.shape[2], k.shape[3])
+    x = x.view(1, -1, x.shape[2], x.shape[3])
+    x = torch.nn.functional.conv2d(x, k, bias=None, stride=1, padding=0, groups=n * c)
+    x = x.view(n, c, x.shape[2], x.shape[3])
+
+    return x
+
+
+def gen_kernel(k_size=np.array([15, 15]), scale_factor=np.array([4, 4]), min_var=0.6, max_var=10., noise_level=0):
+    """"
+    # modified version of https://github.com/assafshocher/BlindSR_dataset_generator
+    # Kai Zhang
+    # min_var = 0.175 * sf  # variance of the gaussian kernel will be sampled between min_var and max_var
+    # max_var = 2.5 * sf
+    """
+    # Set random eigen-vals (lambdas) and angle (theta) for COV matrix
+    lambda_1 = min_var + np.random.rand() * (max_var - min_var)
+    lambda_2 = min_var + np.random.rand() * (max_var - min_var)
+    theta = np.random.rand() * np.pi  # random theta
+    noise = -noise_level + np.random.rand(*k_size) * noise_level * 2
+
+    # Set COV matrix using Lambdas and Theta
+    LAMBDA = np.diag([lambda_1, lambda_2])
+    Q = np.array([[np.cos(theta), -np.sin(theta)],
+                  [np.sin(theta), np.cos(theta)]])
+    SIGMA = Q @ LAMBDA @ Q.T
+    INV_SIGMA = np.linalg.inv(SIGMA)[None, None, :, :]
+
+    # Set expectation position (shifting kernel for aligned image)
+    MU = k_size // 2 - 0.5 * (scale_factor - 1)  # - 0.5 * (scale_factor - k_size % 2)
+    MU = MU[None, None, :, None]
+
+    # Create meshgrid for Gaussian
+    [X, Y] = np.meshgrid(range(k_size[0]), range(k_size[1]))
+    Z = np.stack([X, Y], 2)[:, :, :, None]
+
+    # Calcualte Gaussian for every pixel of the kernel
+    ZZ = Z - MU
+    ZZ_t = ZZ.transpose(0, 1, 3, 2)
+    raw_kernel = np.exp(-0.5 * np.squeeze(ZZ_t @ INV_SIGMA @ ZZ)) * (1 + noise)
+
+    # shift the kernel so it will be centered
+    # raw_kernel_centered = kernel_shift(raw_kernel, scale_factor)
+
+    # Normalize the kernel and return
+    # kernel = raw_kernel_centered / np.sum(raw_kernel_centered)
+    kernel = raw_kernel / np.sum(raw_kernel)
+    return kernel
+
+
+def fspecial_gaussian(hsize, sigma):
+    hsize = [hsize, hsize]
+    siz = [(hsize[0] - 1.0) / 2.0, (hsize[1] - 1.0) / 2.0]
+    std = sigma
+    [x, y] = np.meshgrid(np.arange(-siz[1], siz[1] + 1), np.arange(-siz[0], siz[0] + 1))
+    arg = -(x * x + y * y) / (2 * std * std)
+    h = np.exp(arg)
+    h[h < scipy.finfo(float).eps * h.max()] = 0
+    sumh = h.sum()
+    if sumh != 0:
+        h = h / sumh
+    return h
+
+
+def fspecial_laplacian(alpha):
+    alpha = max([0, min([alpha, 1])])
+    h1 = alpha / (alpha + 1)
+    h2 = (1 - alpha) / (alpha + 1)
+    h = [[h1, h2, h1], [h2, -4 / (alpha + 1), h2], [h1, h2, h1]]
+    h = np.array(h)
+    return h
+
+
+def fspecial(filter_type, *args, **kwargs):
+    '''
+    python code from:
+    https://github.com/ronaldosena/imagens-medicas-2/blob/40171a6c259edec7827a6693a93955de2bd39e76/Aulas/aula_2_-_uniform_filter/matlab_fspecial.py
+    '''
+    if filter_type == 'gaussian':
+        return fspecial_gaussian(*args, **kwargs)
+    if filter_type == 'laplacian':
+        return fspecial_laplacian(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+"""
+# --------------------------------------------
+# degradation models
+# --------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+
+def bicubic_degradation(x, sf=3):
+    '''
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        bicubicly downsampled LR image
+    '''
+    x = util.imresize_np(x, scale=1 / sf)
+    return x
+
+
+def srmd_degradation(x, k, sf=3):
+    ''' blur + bicubic downsampling
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]
+        k: hxw, double
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        downsampled LR image
+    Reference:
+        @inproceedings{zhang2018learning,
+          title={Learning a single convolutional super-resolution network for multiple degradations},
+          author={Zhang, Kai and Zuo, Wangmeng and Zhang, Lei},
+          booktitle={IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
+          pages={3262--3271},
+          year={2018}
+        }
+    '''
+    x = ndimage.filters.convolve(x, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='wrap')  # 'nearest' | 'mirror'
+    x = bicubic_degradation(x, sf=sf)
+    return x
+
+
+def dpsr_degradation(x, k, sf=3):
+    ''' bicubic downsampling + blur
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]
+        k: hxw, double
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        downsampled LR image
+    Reference:
+        @inproceedings{zhang2019deep,
+          title={Deep Plug-and-Play Super-Resolution for Arbitrary Blur Kernels},
+          author={Zhang, Kai and Zuo, Wangmeng and Zhang, Lei},
+          booktitle={IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition},
+          pages={1671--1681},
+          year={2019}
+        }
+    '''
+    x = bicubic_degradation(x, sf=sf)
+    x = ndimage.filters.convolve(x, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='wrap')
+    return x
+
+
+def classical_degradation(x, k, sf=3):
+    ''' blur + downsampling
+    Args:
+        x: HxWxC image, [0, 1]/[0, 255]
+        k: hxw, double
+        sf: down-scale factor
+    Return:
+        downsampled LR image
+    '''
+    x = ndimage.filters.convolve(x, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='wrap')
+    # x = filters.correlate(x, np.expand_dims(np.flip(k), axis=2))
+    st = 0
+    return x[st::sf, st::sf, ...]
+
+
+def add_sharpening(img, weight=0.5, radius=50, threshold=10):
+    """USM sharpening. borrowed from real-ESRGAN
+    Input image: I; Blurry image: B.
+    1. K = I + weight * (I - B)
+    2. Mask = 1 if abs(I - B) > threshold, else: 0
+    3. Blur mask:
+    4. Out = Mask * K + (1 - Mask) * I
+    Args:
+        img (Numpy array): Input image, HWC, BGR; float32, [0, 1].
+        weight (float): Sharp weight. Default: 1.
+        radius (float): Kernel size of Gaussian blur. Default: 50.
+        threshold (int):
+    """
+    if radius % 2 == 0:
+        radius += 1
+    blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (radius, radius), 0)
+    residual = img - blur
+    mask = np.abs(residual) * 255 > threshold
+    mask = mask.astype('float32')
+    soft_mask = cv2.GaussianBlur(mask, (radius, radius), 0)
+
+    K = img + weight * residual
+    K = np.clip(K, 0, 1)
+    return soft_mask * K + (1 - soft_mask) * img
+
+
+def add_blur(img, sf=4):
+    wd2 = 4.0 + sf
+    wd = 2.0 + 0.2 * sf
+
+    wd2 = wd2/4
+    wd = wd/4
+
+    if random.random() < 0.5:
+        l1 = wd2 * random.random()
+        l2 = wd2 * random.random()
+        k = anisotropic_Gaussian(ksize=random.randint(2, 11) + 3, theta=random.random() * np.pi, l1=l1, l2=l2)
+    else:
+        k = fspecial('gaussian', random.randint(2, 4) + 3, wd * random.random())
+    img = ndimage.filters.convolve(img, np.expand_dims(k, axis=2), mode='mirror')
+
+    return img
+
+
+def add_resize(img, sf=4):
+    rnum = np.random.rand()
+    if rnum > 0.8:  # up
+        sf1 = random.uniform(1, 2)
+    elif rnum < 0.7:  # down
+        sf1 = random.uniform(0.5 / sf, 1)
+    else:
+        sf1 = 1.0
+    img = cv2.resize(img, (int(sf1 * img.shape[1]), int(sf1 * img.shape[0])), interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+    return img
+
+
+# def add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25):
+#     noise_level = random.randint(noise_level1, noise_level2)
+#     rnum = np.random.rand()
+#     if rnum > 0.6:  # add color Gaussian noise
+#         img += np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, img.shape).astype(np.float32)
+#     elif rnum < 0.4:  # add grayscale Gaussian noise
+#         img += np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, (*img.shape[:2], 1)).astype(np.float32)
+#     else:  # add  noise
+#         L = noise_level2 / 255.
+#         D = np.diag(np.random.rand(3))
+#         U = orth(np.random.rand(3, 3))
+#         conv = np.dot(np.dot(np.transpose(U), D), U)
+#         img += np.random.multivariate_normal([0, 0, 0], np.abs(L ** 2 * conv), img.shape[:2]).astype(np.float32)
+#     img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+#     return img
+
+def add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25):
+    noise_level = random.randint(noise_level1, noise_level2)
+    rnum = np.random.rand()
+    if rnum > 0.6:  # add color Gaussian noise
+        img = img + np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, img.shape).astype(np.float32)
+    elif rnum < 0.4:  # add grayscale Gaussian noise
+        img = img + np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, (*img.shape[:2], 1)).astype(np.float32)
+    else:  # add  noise
+        L = noise_level2 / 255.
+        D = np.diag(np.random.rand(3))
+        U = orth(np.random.rand(3, 3))
+        conv = np.dot(np.dot(np.transpose(U), D), U)
+        img = img + np.random.multivariate_normal([0, 0, 0], np.abs(L ** 2 * conv), img.shape[:2]).astype(np.float32)
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    return img
+
+
+def add_speckle_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=25):
+    noise_level = random.randint(noise_level1, noise_level2)
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    rnum = random.random()
+    if rnum > 0.6:
+        img += img * np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, img.shape).astype(np.float32)
+    elif rnum < 0.4:
+        img += img * np.random.normal(0, noise_level / 255.0, (*img.shape[:2], 1)).astype(np.float32)
+    else:
+        L = noise_level2 / 255.
+        D = np.diag(np.random.rand(3))
+        U = orth(np.random.rand(3, 3))
+        conv = np.dot(np.dot(np.transpose(U), D), U)
+        img += img * np.random.multivariate_normal([0, 0, 0], np.abs(L ** 2 * conv), img.shape[:2]).astype(np.float32)
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    return img
+
+
+def add_Poisson_noise(img):
+    img = np.clip((img * 255.0).round(), 0, 255) / 255.
+    vals = 10 ** (2 * random.random() + 2.0)  # [2, 4]
+    if random.random() < 0.5:
+        img = np.random.poisson(img * vals).astype(np.float32) / vals
+    else:
+        img_gray = np.dot(img[..., :3], [0.299, 0.587, 0.114])
+        img_gray = np.clip((img_gray * 255.0).round(), 0, 255) / 255.
+        noise_gray = np.random.poisson(img_gray * vals).astype(np.float32) / vals - img_gray
+        img += noise_gray[:, :, np.newaxis]
+    img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+    return img
+
+
+def add_JPEG_noise(img):
+    quality_factor = random.randint(80, 95)
+    img = cv2.cvtColor(util.single2uint(img), cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
+    result, encimg = cv2.imencode('.jpg', img, [int(cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY), quality_factor])
+    img = cv2.imdecode(encimg, 1)
+    img = cv2.cvtColor(util.uint2single(img), cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+    return img
+
+
+def random_crop(lq, hq, sf=4, lq_patchsize=64):
+    h, w = lq.shape[:2]
+    rnd_h = random.randint(0, h - lq_patchsize)
+    rnd_w = random.randint(0, w - lq_patchsize)
+    lq = lq[rnd_h:rnd_h + lq_patchsize, rnd_w:rnd_w + lq_patchsize, :]
+
+    rnd_h_H, rnd_w_H = int(rnd_h * sf), int(rnd_w * sf)
+    hq = hq[rnd_h_H:rnd_h_H + lq_patchsize * sf, rnd_w_H:rnd_w_H + lq_patchsize * sf, :]
+    return lq, hq
+
+
+def degradation_bsrgan(img, sf=4, lq_patchsize=72, isp_model=None):
+    """
+    This is the degradation model of BSRGAN from the paper
+    "Designing a Practical Degradation Model for Deep Blind Image Super-Resolution"
+    ----------
+    img: HXWXC, [0, 1], its size should be large than (lq_patchsizexsf)x(lq_patchsizexsf)
+    sf: scale factor
+    isp_model: camera ISP model
+    Returns
+    -------
+    img: low-quality patch, size: lq_patchsizeXlq_patchsizeXC, range: [0, 1]
+    hq: corresponding high-quality patch, size: (lq_patchsizexsf)X(lq_patchsizexsf)XC, range: [0, 1]
+    """
+    isp_prob, jpeg_prob, scale2_prob = 0.25, 0.9, 0.25
+    sf_ori = sf
+
+    h1, w1 = img.shape[:2]
+    img = img.copy()[:w1 - w1 % sf, :h1 - h1 % sf, ...]  # mod crop
+    h, w = img.shape[:2]
+
+    if h < lq_patchsize * sf or w < lq_patchsize * sf:
+        raise ValueError(f'img size ({h1}X{w1}) is too small!')
+
+    hq = img.copy()
+
+    if sf == 4 and random.random() < scale2_prob:  # downsample1
+        if np.random.rand() < 0.5:
+            img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / 2 * img.shape[1]), int(1 / 2 * img.shape[0])),
+                             interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+        else:
+            img = util.imresize_np(img, 1 / 2, True)
+        img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+        sf = 2
+
+    shuffle_order = random.sample(range(7), 7)
+    idx1, idx2 = shuffle_order.index(2), shuffle_order.index(3)
+    if idx1 > idx2:  # keep downsample3 last
+        shuffle_order[idx1], shuffle_order[idx2] = shuffle_order[idx2], shuffle_order[idx1]
+
+    for i in shuffle_order:
+
+        if i == 0:
+            img = add_blur(img, sf=sf)
+
+        elif i == 1:
+            img = add_blur(img, sf=sf)
+
+        elif i == 2:
+            a, b = img.shape[1], img.shape[0]
+            # downsample2
+            if random.random() < 0.75:
+                sf1 = random.uniform(1, 2 * sf)
+                img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / sf1 * img.shape[1]), int(1 / sf1 * img.shape[0])),
+                                 interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            else:
+                k = fspecial('gaussian', 25, random.uniform(0.1, 0.6 * sf))
+                k_shifted = shift_pixel(k, sf)
+                k_shifted = k_shifted / k_shifted.sum()  # blur with shifted kernel
+                img = ndimage.filters.convolve(img, np.expand_dims(k_shifted, axis=2), mode='mirror')
+                img = img[0::sf, 0::sf, ...]  # nearest downsampling
+            img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 3:
+            # downsample3
+            img = cv2.resize(img, (int(1 / sf * a), int(1 / sf * b)), interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            img = np.clip(img, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 4:
+            # add Gaussian noise
+            img = add_Gaussian_noise(img, noise_level1=2, noise_level2=8)
+
+        elif i == 5:
+            # add JPEG noise
+            if random.random() < jpeg_prob:
+                img = add_JPEG_noise(img)
+
+        elif i == 6:
+            # add processed camera sensor noise
+            if random.random() < isp_prob and isp_model is not None:
+                with torch.no_grad():
+                    img, hq = isp_model.forward(img.copy(), hq)
+
+    # add final JPEG compression noise
+    img = add_JPEG_noise(img)
+
+    # random crop
+    img, hq = random_crop(img, hq, sf_ori, lq_patchsize)
+
+    return img, hq
+
+
+# todo no isp_model?
+def degradation_bsrgan_variant(image, sf=4, isp_model=None):
+    """
+    This is the degradation model of BSRGAN from the paper
+    "Designing a Practical Degradation Model for Deep Blind Image Super-Resolution"
+    ----------
+    sf: scale factor
+    isp_model: camera ISP model
+    Returns
+    -------
+    img: low-quality patch, size: lq_patchsizeXlq_patchsizeXC, range: [0, 1]
+    hq: corresponding high-quality patch, size: (lq_patchsizexsf)X(lq_patchsizexsf)XC, range: [0, 1]
+    """
+    image = util.uint2single(image)
+    isp_prob, jpeg_prob, scale2_prob = 0.25, 0.9, 0.25
+    sf_ori = sf
+
+    h1, w1 = image.shape[:2]
+    image = image.copy()[:w1 - w1 % sf, :h1 - h1 % sf, ...]  # mod crop
+    h, w = image.shape[:2]
+
+    hq = image.copy()
+
+    if sf == 4 and random.random() < scale2_prob:  # downsample1
+        if np.random.rand() < 0.5:
+            image = cv2.resize(image, (int(1 / 2 * image.shape[1]), int(1 / 2 * image.shape[0])),
+                               interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+        else:
+            image = util.imresize_np(image, 1 / 2, True)
+        image = np.clip(image, 0.0, 1.0)
+        sf = 2
+
+    shuffle_order = random.sample(range(7), 7)
+    idx1, idx2 = shuffle_order.index(2), shuffle_order.index(3)
+    if idx1 > idx2:  # keep downsample3 last
+        shuffle_order[idx1], shuffle_order[idx2] = shuffle_order[idx2], shuffle_order[idx1]
+
+    for i in shuffle_order:
+
+        if i == 0:
+            image = add_blur(image, sf=sf)
+
+        # elif i == 1:
+        #     image = add_blur(image, sf=sf)
+
+        if i == 0:
+            pass
+
+        elif i == 2:
+            a, b = image.shape[1], image.shape[0]
+            # downsample2
+            if random.random() < 0.8:
+                sf1 = random.uniform(1, 2 * sf)
+                image = cv2.resize(image, (int(1 / sf1 * image.shape[1]), int(1 / sf1 * image.shape[0])),
+                                   interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            else:
+                k = fspecial('gaussian', 25, random.uniform(0.1, 0.6 * sf))
+                k_shifted = shift_pixel(k, sf)
+                k_shifted = k_shifted / k_shifted.sum()  # blur with shifted kernel
+                image = ndimage.filters.convolve(image, np.expand_dims(k_shifted, axis=2), mode='mirror')
+                image = image[0::sf, 0::sf, ...]  # nearest downsampling
+
+            image = np.clip(image, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 3:
+            # downsample3
+            image = cv2.resize(image, (int(1 / sf * a), int(1 / sf * b)), interpolation=random.choice([1, 2, 3]))
+            image = np.clip(image, 0.0, 1.0)
+
+        elif i == 4:
+            # add Gaussian noise
+            image = add_Gaussian_noise(image, noise_level1=1, noise_level2=2)
+
+        elif i == 5:
+            # add JPEG noise
+            if random.random() < jpeg_prob:
+                image = add_JPEG_noise(image)
+        #
+        # elif i == 6:
+        #     # add processed camera sensor noise
+        #     if random.random() < isp_prob and isp_model is not None:
+        #         with torch.no_grad():
+        #             img, hq = isp_model.forward(img.copy(), hq)
+
+    # add final JPEG compression noise
+    image = add_JPEG_noise(image)
+    image = util.single2uint(image)
+    example = {"image": image}
+    return example
+
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print("hey")
+    img = util.imread_uint('utils/test.png', 3)
+    img = img[:448, :448]
+    h = img.shape[0] // 4
+    print("resizing to", h)
+    sf = 4
+    deg_fn = partial(degradation_bsrgan_variant, sf=sf)
+    for i in range(20):
+        print(i)
+        img_hq = img
+        img_lq = deg_fn(img)["image"]
+        img_hq, img_lq = util.uint2single(img_hq), util.uint2single(img_lq)
+        print(img_lq)
+        img_lq_bicubic = albumentations.SmallestMaxSize(max_size=h, interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)(image=img_hq)["image"]
+        print(img_lq.shape)
+        print("bicubic", img_lq_bicubic.shape)
+        print(img_hq.shape)
+        lq_nearest = cv2.resize(util.single2uint(img_lq), (int(sf * img_lq.shape[1]), int(sf * img_lq.shape[0])),
+                                interpolation=0)
+        lq_bicubic_nearest = cv2.resize(util.single2uint(img_lq_bicubic),
+                                        (int(sf * img_lq.shape[1]), int(sf * img_lq.shape[0])),
+                                        interpolation=0)
+        img_concat = np.concatenate([lq_bicubic_nearest, lq_nearest, util.single2uint(img_hq)], axis=1)
+        util.imsave(img_concat, str(i) + '.png')
diff --git a/ldm/modules/image_degradation/utils/test.png b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/utils/test.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4249b43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/utils/test.png
diff --git a/ldm/modules/image_degradation/utils_image.py b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/utils_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0175f155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/image_degradation/utils_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,916 @@
+import os
+import math
+import random
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+import cv2
+from torchvision.utils import make_grid
+from datetime import datetime
+#import matplotlib.pyplot as plt   # TODO: check with Dominik, also bsrgan.py vs bsrgan_light.py
+
+
+os.environ["KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK"]="TRUE"
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# Kai Zhang (github: https://github.com/cszn)
+# 03/Mar/2019
+# --------------------------------------------
+# https://github.com/twhui/SRGAN-pyTorch
+# https://github.com/xinntao/BasicSR
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+IMG_EXTENSIONS = ['.jpg', '.JPG', '.jpeg', '.JPEG', '.png', '.PNG', '.ppm', '.PPM', '.bmp', '.BMP', '.tif']
+
+
+def is_image_file(filename):
+    return any(filename.endswith(extension) for extension in IMG_EXTENSIONS)
+
+
+def get_timestamp():
+    return datetime.now().strftime('%y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+
+
+def imshow(x, title=None, cbar=False, figsize=None):
+    plt.figure(figsize=figsize)
+    plt.imshow(np.squeeze(x), interpolation='nearest', cmap='gray')
+    if title:
+        plt.title(title)
+    if cbar:
+        plt.colorbar()
+    plt.show()
+
+
+def surf(Z, cmap='rainbow', figsize=None):
+    plt.figure(figsize=figsize)
+    ax3 = plt.axes(projection='3d')
+
+    w, h = Z.shape[:2]
+    xx = np.arange(0,w,1)
+    yy = np.arange(0,h,1)
+    X, Y = np.meshgrid(xx, yy)
+    ax3.plot_surface(X,Y,Z,cmap=cmap)
+    #ax3.contour(X,Y,Z, zdim='z',offset=-2，cmap=cmap)
+    plt.show()
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# get image pathes
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+def get_image_paths(dataroot):
+    paths = None  # return None if dataroot is None
+    if dataroot is not None:
+        paths = sorted(_get_paths_from_images(dataroot))
+    return paths
+
+
+def _get_paths_from_images(path):
+    assert os.path.isdir(path), '{:s} is not a valid directory'.format(path)
+    images = []
+    for dirpath, _, fnames in sorted(os.walk(path)):
+        for fname in sorted(fnames):
+            if is_image_file(fname):
+                img_path = os.path.join(dirpath, fname)
+                images.append(img_path)
+    assert images, '{:s} has no valid image file'.format(path)
+    return images
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# split large images into small images 
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+def patches_from_image(img, p_size=512, p_overlap=64, p_max=800):
+    w, h = img.shape[:2]
+    patches = []
+    if w > p_max and h > p_max:
+        w1 = list(np.arange(0, w-p_size, p_size-p_overlap, dtype=np.int))
+        h1 = list(np.arange(0, h-p_size, p_size-p_overlap, dtype=np.int))
+        w1.append(w-p_size)
+        h1.append(h-p_size)
+#        print(w1)
+#        print(h1)
+        for i in w1:
+            for j in h1:
+                patches.append(img[i:i+p_size, j:j+p_size,:])
+    else:
+        patches.append(img)
+
+    return patches
+
+
+def imssave(imgs, img_path):
+    """
+    imgs: list, N images of size WxHxC
+    """
+    img_name, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(img_path))
+
+    for i, img in enumerate(imgs):
+        if img.ndim == 3:
+            img = img[:, :, [2, 1, 0]]
+        new_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(img_path), img_name+str('_s{:04d}'.format(i))+'.png')
+        cv2.imwrite(new_path, img)
+
+
+def split_imageset(original_dataroot, taget_dataroot, n_channels=3, p_size=800, p_overlap=96, p_max=1000):
+    """
+    split the large images from original_dataroot into small overlapped images with size (p_size)x(p_size),
+    and save them into taget_dataroot; only the images with larger size than (p_max)x(p_max)
+    will be splitted.
+    Args:
+        original_dataroot:
+        taget_dataroot:
+        p_size: size of small images
+        p_overlap: patch size in training is a good choice
+        p_max: images with smaller size than (p_max)x(p_max) keep unchanged.
+    """
+    paths = get_image_paths(original_dataroot)
+    for img_path in paths:
+        # img_name, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(img_path))
+        img = imread_uint(img_path, n_channels=n_channels)
+        patches = patches_from_image(img, p_size, p_overlap, p_max)
+        imssave(patches, os.path.join(taget_dataroot,os.path.basename(img_path)))
+        #if original_dataroot == taget_dataroot:
+        #del img_path
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# makedir
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+def mkdir(path):
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        os.makedirs(path)
+
+
+def mkdirs(paths):
+    if isinstance(paths, str):
+        mkdir(paths)
+    else:
+        for path in paths:
+            mkdir(path)
+
+
+def mkdir_and_rename(path):
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        new_name = path + '_archived_' + get_timestamp()
+        print('Path already exists. Rename it to [{:s}]'.format(new_name))
+        os.rename(path, new_name)
+    os.makedirs(path)
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# read image from path
+# opencv is fast, but read BGR numpy image
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# get uint8 image of size HxWxn_channles (RGB)
+# --------------------------------------------
+def imread_uint(path, n_channels=3):
+    #  input: path
+    # output: HxWx3(RGB or GGG), or HxWx1 (G)
+    if n_channels == 1:
+        img = cv2.imread(path, 0)  # cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE
+        img = np.expand_dims(img, axis=2)  # HxWx1
+    elif n_channels == 3:
+        img = cv2.imread(path, cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)  # BGR or G
+        if img.ndim == 2:
+            img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2RGB)  # GGG
+        else:
+            img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)  # RGB
+    return img
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# matlab's imwrite
+# --------------------------------------------
+def imsave(img, img_path):
+    img = np.squeeze(img)
+    if img.ndim == 3:
+        img = img[:, :, [2, 1, 0]]
+    cv2.imwrite(img_path, img)
+
+def imwrite(img, img_path):
+    img = np.squeeze(img)
+    if img.ndim == 3:
+        img = img[:, :, [2, 1, 0]]
+    cv2.imwrite(img_path, img)
+
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# get single image of size HxWxn_channles (BGR)
+# --------------------------------------------
+def read_img(path):
+    # read image by cv2
+    # return: Numpy float32, HWC, BGR, [0,1]
+    img = cv2.imread(path, cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)  # cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE
+    img = img.astype(np.float32) / 255.
+    if img.ndim == 2:
+        img = np.expand_dims(img, axis=2)
+    # some images have 4 channels
+    if img.shape[2] > 3:
+        img = img[:, :, :3]
+    return img
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# image format conversion
+# --------------------------------------------
+# numpy(single) <--->  numpy(unit)
+# numpy(single) <--->  tensor
+# numpy(unit)   <--->  tensor
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# numpy(single) [0, 1] <--->  numpy(unit)
+# --------------------------------------------
+
+
+def uint2single(img):
+
+    return np.float32(img/255.)
+
+
+def single2uint(img):
+
+    return np.uint8((img.clip(0, 1)*255.).round())
+
+
+def uint162single(img):
+
+    return np.float32(img/65535.)
+
+
+def single2uint16(img):
+
+    return np.uint16((img.clip(0, 1)*65535.).round())
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# numpy(unit) (HxWxC or HxW) <--->  tensor
+# --------------------------------------------
+
+
+# convert uint to 4-dimensional torch tensor
+def uint2tensor4(img):
+    if img.ndim == 2:
+        img = np.expand_dims(img, axis=2)
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).permute(2, 0, 1).float().div(255.).unsqueeze(0)
+
+
+# convert uint to 3-dimensional torch tensor
+def uint2tensor3(img):
+    if img.ndim == 2:
+        img = np.expand_dims(img, axis=2)
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).permute(2, 0, 1).float().div(255.)
+
+
+# convert 2/3/4-dimensional torch tensor to uint
+def tensor2uint(img):
+    img = img.data.squeeze().float().clamp_(0, 1).cpu().numpy()
+    if img.ndim == 3:
+        img = np.transpose(img, (1, 2, 0))
+    return np.uint8((img*255.0).round())
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# numpy(single) (HxWxC) <--->  tensor
+# --------------------------------------------
+
+
+# convert single (HxWxC) to 3-dimensional torch tensor
+def single2tensor3(img):
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).permute(2, 0, 1).float()
+
+
+# convert single (HxWxC) to 4-dimensional torch tensor
+def single2tensor4(img):
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).permute(2, 0, 1).float().unsqueeze(0)
+
+
+# convert torch tensor to single
+def tensor2single(img):
+    img = img.data.squeeze().float().cpu().numpy()
+    if img.ndim == 3:
+        img = np.transpose(img, (1, 2, 0))
+
+    return img
+
+# convert torch tensor to single
+def tensor2single3(img):
+    img = img.data.squeeze().float().cpu().numpy()
+    if img.ndim == 3:
+        img = np.transpose(img, (1, 2, 0))
+    elif img.ndim == 2:
+        img = np.expand_dims(img, axis=2)
+    return img
+
+
+def single2tensor5(img):
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).permute(2, 0, 1, 3).float().unsqueeze(0)
+
+
+def single32tensor5(img):
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).float().unsqueeze(0).unsqueeze(0)
+
+
+def single42tensor4(img):
+    return torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img)).permute(2, 0, 1, 3).float()
+
+
+# from skimage.io import imread, imsave
+def tensor2img(tensor, out_type=np.uint8, min_max=(0, 1)):
+    '''
+    Converts a torch Tensor into an image Numpy array of BGR channel order
+    Input: 4D(B,(3/1),H,W), 3D(C,H,W), or 2D(H,W), any range, RGB channel order
+    Output: 3D(H,W,C) or 2D(H,W), [0,255], np.uint8 (default)
+    '''
+    tensor = tensor.squeeze().float().cpu().clamp_(*min_max)  # squeeze first, then clamp
+    tensor = (tensor - min_max[0]) / (min_max[1] - min_max[0])  # to range [0,1]
+    n_dim = tensor.dim()
+    if n_dim == 4:
+        n_img = len(tensor)
+        img_np = make_grid(tensor, nrow=int(math.sqrt(n_img)), normalize=False).numpy()
+        img_np = np.transpose(img_np[[2, 1, 0], :, :], (1, 2, 0))  # HWC, BGR
+    elif n_dim == 3:
+        img_np = tensor.numpy()
+        img_np = np.transpose(img_np[[2, 1, 0], :, :], (1, 2, 0))  # HWC, BGR
+    elif n_dim == 2:
+        img_np = tensor.numpy()
+    else:
+        raise TypeError(
+            'Only support 4D, 3D and 2D tensor. But received with dimension: {:d}'.format(n_dim))
+    if out_type == np.uint8:
+        img_np = (img_np * 255.0).round()
+        # Important. Unlike matlab, numpy.unit8() WILL NOT round by default.
+    return img_np.astype(out_type)
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# Augmentation, flipe and/or rotate
+# --------------------------------------------
+# The following two are enough.
+# (1) augmet_img: numpy image of WxHxC or WxH
+# (2) augment_img_tensor4: tensor image 1xCxWxH
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+def augment_img(img, mode=0):
+    '''Kai Zhang (github: https://github.com/cszn)
+    '''
+    if mode == 0:
+        return img
+    elif mode == 1:
+        return np.flipud(np.rot90(img))
+    elif mode == 2:
+        return np.flipud(img)
+    elif mode == 3:
+        return np.rot90(img, k=3)
+    elif mode == 4:
+        return np.flipud(np.rot90(img, k=2))
+    elif mode == 5:
+        return np.rot90(img)
+    elif mode == 6:
+        return np.rot90(img, k=2)
+    elif mode == 7:
+        return np.flipud(np.rot90(img, k=3))
+
+
+def augment_img_tensor4(img, mode=0):
+    '''Kai Zhang (github: https://github.com/cszn)
+    '''
+    if mode == 0:
+        return img
+    elif mode == 1:
+        return img.rot90(1, [2, 3]).flip([2])
+    elif mode == 2:
+        return img.flip([2])
+    elif mode == 3:
+        return img.rot90(3, [2, 3])
+    elif mode == 4:
+        return img.rot90(2, [2, 3]).flip([2])
+    elif mode == 5:
+        return img.rot90(1, [2, 3])
+    elif mode == 6:
+        return img.rot90(2, [2, 3])
+    elif mode == 7:
+        return img.rot90(3, [2, 3]).flip([2])
+
+
+def augment_img_tensor(img, mode=0):
+    '''Kai Zhang (github: https://github.com/cszn)
+    '''
+    img_size = img.size()
+    img_np = img.data.cpu().numpy()
+    if len(img_size) == 3:
+        img_np = np.transpose(img_np, (1, 2, 0))
+    elif len(img_size) == 4:
+        img_np = np.transpose(img_np, (2, 3, 1, 0))
+    img_np = augment_img(img_np, mode=mode)
+    img_tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(img_np))
+    if len(img_size) == 3:
+        img_tensor = img_tensor.permute(2, 0, 1)
+    elif len(img_size) == 4:
+        img_tensor = img_tensor.permute(3, 2, 0, 1)
+
+    return img_tensor.type_as(img)
+
+
+def augment_img_np3(img, mode=0):
+    if mode == 0:
+        return img
+    elif mode == 1:
+        return img.transpose(1, 0, 2)
+    elif mode == 2:
+        return img[::-1, :, :]
+    elif mode == 3:
+        img = img[::-1, :, :]
+        img = img.transpose(1, 0, 2)
+        return img
+    elif mode == 4:
+        return img[:, ::-1, :]
+    elif mode == 5:
+        img = img[:, ::-1, :]
+        img = img.transpose(1, 0, 2)
+        return img
+    elif mode == 6:
+        img = img[:, ::-1, :]
+        img = img[::-1, :, :]
+        return img
+    elif mode == 7:
+        img = img[:, ::-1, :]
+        img = img[::-1, :, :]
+        img = img.transpose(1, 0, 2)
+        return img
+
+
+def augment_imgs(img_list, hflip=True, rot=True):
+    # horizontal flip OR rotate
+    hflip = hflip and random.random() < 0.5
+    vflip = rot and random.random() < 0.5
+    rot90 = rot and random.random() < 0.5
+
+    def _augment(img):
+        if hflip:
+            img = img[:, ::-1, :]
+        if vflip:
+            img = img[::-1, :, :]
+        if rot90:
+            img = img.transpose(1, 0, 2)
+        return img
+
+    return [_augment(img) for img in img_list]
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# modcrop and shave
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+def modcrop(img_in, scale):
+    # img_in: Numpy, HWC or HW
+    img = np.copy(img_in)
+    if img.ndim == 2:
+        H, W = img.shape
+        H_r, W_r = H % scale, W % scale
+        img = img[:H - H_r, :W - W_r]
+    elif img.ndim == 3:
+        H, W, C = img.shape
+        H_r, W_r = H % scale, W % scale
+        img = img[:H - H_r, :W - W_r, :]
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Wrong img ndim: [{:d}].'.format(img.ndim))
+    return img
+
+
+def shave(img_in, border=0):
+    # img_in: Numpy, HWC or HW
+    img = np.copy(img_in)
+    h, w = img.shape[:2]
+    img = img[border:h-border, border:w-border]
+    return img
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# image processing process on numpy image
+# channel_convert(in_c, tar_type, img_list):
+# rgb2ycbcr(img, only_y=True):
+# bgr2ycbcr(img, only_y=True):
+# ycbcr2rgb(img):
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+def rgb2ycbcr(img, only_y=True):
+    '''same as matlab rgb2ycbcr
+    only_y: only return Y channel
+    Input:
+        uint8, [0, 255]
+        float, [0, 1]
+    '''
+    in_img_type = img.dtype
+    img.astype(np.float32)
+    if in_img_type != np.uint8:
+        img *= 255.
+    # convert
+    if only_y:
+        rlt = np.dot(img, [65.481, 128.553, 24.966]) / 255.0 + 16.0
+    else:
+        rlt = np.matmul(img, [[65.481, -37.797, 112.0], [128.553, -74.203, -93.786],
+                              [24.966, 112.0, -18.214]]) / 255.0 + [16, 128, 128]
+    if in_img_type == np.uint8:
+        rlt = rlt.round()
+    else:
+        rlt /= 255.
+    return rlt.astype(in_img_type)
+
+
+def ycbcr2rgb(img):
+    '''same as matlab ycbcr2rgb
+    Input:
+        uint8, [0, 255]
+        float, [0, 1]
+    '''
+    in_img_type = img.dtype
+    img.astype(np.float32)
+    if in_img_type != np.uint8:
+        img *= 255.
+    # convert
+    rlt = np.matmul(img, [[0.00456621, 0.00456621, 0.00456621], [0, -0.00153632, 0.00791071],
+                          [0.00625893, -0.00318811, 0]]) * 255.0 + [-222.921, 135.576, -276.836]
+    if in_img_type == np.uint8:
+        rlt = rlt.round()
+    else:
+        rlt /= 255.
+    return rlt.astype(in_img_type)
+
+
+def bgr2ycbcr(img, only_y=True):
+    '''bgr version of rgb2ycbcr
+    only_y: only return Y channel
+    Input:
+        uint8, [0, 255]
+        float, [0, 1]
+    '''
+    in_img_type = img.dtype
+    img.astype(np.float32)
+    if in_img_type != np.uint8:
+        img *= 255.
+    # convert
+    if only_y:
+        rlt = np.dot(img, [24.966, 128.553, 65.481]) / 255.0 + 16.0
+    else:
+        rlt = np.matmul(img, [[24.966, 112.0, -18.214], [128.553, -74.203, -93.786],
+                              [65.481, -37.797, 112.0]]) / 255.0 + [16, 128, 128]
+    if in_img_type == np.uint8:
+        rlt = rlt.round()
+    else:
+        rlt /= 255.
+    return rlt.astype(in_img_type)
+
+
+def channel_convert(in_c, tar_type, img_list):
+    # conversion among BGR, gray and y
+    if in_c == 3 and tar_type == 'gray':  # BGR to gray
+        gray_list = [cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) for img in img_list]
+        return [np.expand_dims(img, axis=2) for img in gray_list]
+    elif in_c == 3 and tar_type == 'y':  # BGR to y
+        y_list = [bgr2ycbcr(img, only_y=True) for img in img_list]
+        return [np.expand_dims(img, axis=2) for img in y_list]
+    elif in_c == 1 and tar_type == 'RGB':  # gray/y to BGR
+        return [cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR) for img in img_list]
+    else:
+        return img_list
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# metric, PSNR and SSIM
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# PSNR
+# --------------------------------------------
+def calculate_psnr(img1, img2, border=0):
+    # img1 and img2 have range [0, 255]
+    #img1 = img1.squeeze()
+    #img2 = img2.squeeze()
+    if not img1.shape == img2.shape:
+        raise ValueError('Input images must have the same dimensions.')
+    h, w = img1.shape[:2]
+    img1 = img1[border:h-border, border:w-border]
+    img2 = img2[border:h-border, border:w-border]
+
+    img1 = img1.astype(np.float64)
+    img2 = img2.astype(np.float64)
+    mse = np.mean((img1 - img2)**2)
+    if mse == 0:
+        return float('inf')
+    return 20 * math.log10(255.0 / math.sqrt(mse))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# SSIM
+# --------------------------------------------
+def calculate_ssim(img1, img2, border=0):
+    '''calculate SSIM
+    the same outputs as MATLAB's
+    img1, img2: [0, 255]
+    '''
+    #img1 = img1.squeeze()
+    #img2 = img2.squeeze()
+    if not img1.shape == img2.shape:
+        raise ValueError('Input images must have the same dimensions.')
+    h, w = img1.shape[:2]
+    img1 = img1[border:h-border, border:w-border]
+    img2 = img2[border:h-border, border:w-border]
+
+    if img1.ndim == 2:
+        return ssim(img1, img2)
+    elif img1.ndim == 3:
+        if img1.shape[2] == 3:
+            ssims = []
+            for i in range(3):
+                ssims.append(ssim(img1[:,:,i], img2[:,:,i]))
+            return np.array(ssims).mean()
+        elif img1.shape[2] == 1:
+            return ssim(np.squeeze(img1), np.squeeze(img2))
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Wrong input image dimensions.')
+
+
+def ssim(img1, img2):
+    C1 = (0.01 * 255)**2
+    C2 = (0.03 * 255)**2
+
+    img1 = img1.astype(np.float64)
+    img2 = img2.astype(np.float64)
+    kernel = cv2.getGaussianKernel(11, 1.5)
+    window = np.outer(kernel, kernel.transpose())
+
+    mu1 = cv2.filter2D(img1, -1, window)[5:-5, 5:-5]  # valid
+    mu2 = cv2.filter2D(img2, -1, window)[5:-5, 5:-5]
+    mu1_sq = mu1**2
+    mu2_sq = mu2**2
+    mu1_mu2 = mu1 * mu2
+    sigma1_sq = cv2.filter2D(img1**2, -1, window)[5:-5, 5:-5] - mu1_sq
+    sigma2_sq = cv2.filter2D(img2**2, -1, window)[5:-5, 5:-5] - mu2_sq
+    sigma12 = cv2.filter2D(img1 * img2, -1, window)[5:-5, 5:-5] - mu1_mu2
+
+    ssim_map = ((2 * mu1_mu2 + C1) * (2 * sigma12 + C2)) / ((mu1_sq + mu2_sq + C1) *
+                                                            (sigma1_sq + sigma2_sq + C2))
+    return ssim_map.mean()
+
+
+'''
+# --------------------------------------------
+# matlab's bicubic imresize (numpy and torch) [0, 1]
+# --------------------------------------------
+'''
+
+
+# matlab 'imresize' function, now only support 'bicubic'
+def cubic(x):
+    absx = torch.abs(x)
+    absx2 = absx**2
+    absx3 = absx**3
+    return (1.5*absx3 - 2.5*absx2 + 1) * ((absx <= 1).type_as(absx)) + \
+        (-0.5*absx3 + 2.5*absx2 - 4*absx + 2) * (((absx > 1)*(absx <= 2)).type_as(absx))
+
+
+def calculate_weights_indices(in_length, out_length, scale, kernel, kernel_width, antialiasing):
+    if (scale < 1) and (antialiasing):
+        # Use a modified kernel to simultaneously interpolate and antialias- larger kernel width
+        kernel_width = kernel_width / scale
+
+    # Output-space coordinates
+    x = torch.linspace(1, out_length, out_length)
+
+    # Input-space coordinates. Calculate the inverse mapping such that 0.5
+    # in output space maps to 0.5 in input space, and 0.5+scale in output
+    # space maps to 1.5 in input space.
+    u = x / scale + 0.5 * (1 - 1 / scale)
+
+    # What is the left-most pixel that can be involved in the computation?
+    left = torch.floor(u - kernel_width / 2)
+
+    # What is the maximum number of pixels that can be involved in the
+    # computation?  Note: it's OK to use an extra pixel here; if the
+    # corresponding weights are all zero, it will be eliminated at the end
+    # of this function.
+    P = math.ceil(kernel_width) + 2
+
+    # The indices of the input pixels involved in computing the k-th output
+    # pixel are in row k of the indices matrix.
+    indices = left.view(out_length, 1).expand(out_length, P) + torch.linspace(0, P - 1, P).view(
+        1, P).expand(out_length, P)
+
+    # The weights used to compute the k-th output pixel are in row k of the
+    # weights matrix.
+    distance_to_center = u.view(out_length, 1).expand(out_length, P) - indices
+    # apply cubic kernel
+    if (scale < 1) and (antialiasing):
+        weights = scale * cubic(distance_to_center * scale)
+    else:
+        weights = cubic(distance_to_center)
+    # Normalize the weights matrix so that each row sums to 1.
+    weights_sum = torch.sum(weights, 1).view(out_length, 1)
+    weights = weights / weights_sum.expand(out_length, P)
+
+    # If a column in weights is all zero, get rid of it. only consider the first and last column.
+    weights_zero_tmp = torch.sum((weights == 0), 0)
+    if not math.isclose(weights_zero_tmp[0], 0, rel_tol=1e-6):
+        indices = indices.narrow(1, 1, P - 2)
+        weights = weights.narrow(1, 1, P - 2)
+    if not math.isclose(weights_zero_tmp[-1], 0, rel_tol=1e-6):
+        indices = indices.narrow(1, 0, P - 2)
+        weights = weights.narrow(1, 0, P - 2)
+    weights = weights.contiguous()
+    indices = indices.contiguous()
+    sym_len_s = -indices.min() + 1
+    sym_len_e = indices.max() - in_length
+    indices = indices + sym_len_s - 1
+    return weights, indices, int(sym_len_s), int(sym_len_e)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# imresize for tensor image [0, 1]
+# --------------------------------------------
+def imresize(img, scale, antialiasing=True):
+    # Now the scale should be the same for H and W
+    # input: img: pytorch tensor, CHW or HW [0,1]
+    # output: CHW or HW [0,1] w/o round
+    need_squeeze = True if img.dim() == 2 else False
+    if need_squeeze:
+        img.unsqueeze_(0)
+    in_C, in_H, in_W = img.size()
+    out_C, out_H, out_W = in_C, math.ceil(in_H * scale), math.ceil(in_W * scale)
+    kernel_width = 4
+    kernel = 'cubic'
+
+    # Return the desired dimension order for performing the resize.  The
+    # strategy is to perform the resize first along the dimension with the
+    # smallest scale factor.
+    # Now we do not support this.
+
+    # get weights and indices
+    weights_H, indices_H, sym_len_Hs, sym_len_He = calculate_weights_indices(
+        in_H, out_H, scale, kernel, kernel_width, antialiasing)
+    weights_W, indices_W, sym_len_Ws, sym_len_We = calculate_weights_indices(
+        in_W, out_W, scale, kernel, kernel_width, antialiasing)
+    # process H dimension
+    # symmetric copying
+    img_aug = torch.FloatTensor(in_C, in_H + sym_len_Hs + sym_len_He, in_W)
+    img_aug.narrow(1, sym_len_Hs, in_H).copy_(img)
+
+    sym_patch = img[:, :sym_len_Hs, :]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(1) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(1, inv_idx)
+    img_aug.narrow(1, 0, sym_len_Hs).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    sym_patch = img[:, -sym_len_He:, :]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(1) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(1, inv_idx)
+    img_aug.narrow(1, sym_len_Hs + in_H, sym_len_He).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    out_1 = torch.FloatTensor(in_C, out_H, in_W)
+    kernel_width = weights_H.size(1)
+    for i in range(out_H):
+        idx = int(indices_H[i][0])
+        for j in range(out_C):
+            out_1[j, i, :] = img_aug[j, idx:idx + kernel_width, :].transpose(0, 1).mv(weights_H[i])
+
+    # process W dimension
+    # symmetric copying
+    out_1_aug = torch.FloatTensor(in_C, out_H, in_W + sym_len_Ws + sym_len_We)
+    out_1_aug.narrow(2, sym_len_Ws, in_W).copy_(out_1)
+
+    sym_patch = out_1[:, :, :sym_len_Ws]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(2) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(2, inv_idx)
+    out_1_aug.narrow(2, 0, sym_len_Ws).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    sym_patch = out_1[:, :, -sym_len_We:]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(2) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(2, inv_idx)
+    out_1_aug.narrow(2, sym_len_Ws + in_W, sym_len_We).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    out_2 = torch.FloatTensor(in_C, out_H, out_W)
+    kernel_width = weights_W.size(1)
+    for i in range(out_W):
+        idx = int(indices_W[i][0])
+        for j in range(out_C):
+            out_2[j, :, i] = out_1_aug[j, :, idx:idx + kernel_width].mv(weights_W[i])
+    if need_squeeze:
+        out_2.squeeze_()
+    return out_2
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# imresize for numpy image [0, 1]
+# --------------------------------------------
+def imresize_np(img, scale, antialiasing=True):
+    # Now the scale should be the same for H and W
+    # input: img: Numpy, HWC or HW [0,1]
+    # output: HWC or HW [0,1] w/o round
+    img = torch.from_numpy(img)
+    need_squeeze = True if img.dim() == 2 else False
+    if need_squeeze:
+        img.unsqueeze_(2)
+
+    in_H, in_W, in_C = img.size()
+    out_C, out_H, out_W = in_C, math.ceil(in_H * scale), math.ceil(in_W * scale)
+    kernel_width = 4
+    kernel = 'cubic'
+
+    # Return the desired dimension order for performing the resize.  The
+    # strategy is to perform the resize first along the dimension with the
+    # smallest scale factor.
+    # Now we do not support this.
+
+    # get weights and indices
+    weights_H, indices_H, sym_len_Hs, sym_len_He = calculate_weights_indices(
+        in_H, out_H, scale, kernel, kernel_width, antialiasing)
+    weights_W, indices_W, sym_len_Ws, sym_len_We = calculate_weights_indices(
+        in_W, out_W, scale, kernel, kernel_width, antialiasing)
+    # process H dimension
+    # symmetric copying
+    img_aug = torch.FloatTensor(in_H + sym_len_Hs + sym_len_He, in_W, in_C)
+    img_aug.narrow(0, sym_len_Hs, in_H).copy_(img)
+
+    sym_patch = img[:sym_len_Hs, :, :]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(0) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(0, inv_idx)
+    img_aug.narrow(0, 0, sym_len_Hs).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    sym_patch = img[-sym_len_He:, :, :]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(0) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(0, inv_idx)
+    img_aug.narrow(0, sym_len_Hs + in_H, sym_len_He).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    out_1 = torch.FloatTensor(out_H, in_W, in_C)
+    kernel_width = weights_H.size(1)
+    for i in range(out_H):
+        idx = int(indices_H[i][0])
+        for j in range(out_C):
+            out_1[i, :, j] = img_aug[idx:idx + kernel_width, :, j].transpose(0, 1).mv(weights_H[i])
+
+    # process W dimension
+    # symmetric copying
+    out_1_aug = torch.FloatTensor(out_H, in_W + sym_len_Ws + sym_len_We, in_C)
+    out_1_aug.narrow(1, sym_len_Ws, in_W).copy_(out_1)
+
+    sym_patch = out_1[:, :sym_len_Ws, :]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(1) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(1, inv_idx)
+    out_1_aug.narrow(1, 0, sym_len_Ws).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    sym_patch = out_1[:, -sym_len_We:, :]
+    inv_idx = torch.arange(sym_patch.size(1) - 1, -1, -1).long()
+    sym_patch_inv = sym_patch.index_select(1, inv_idx)
+    out_1_aug.narrow(1, sym_len_Ws + in_W, sym_len_We).copy_(sym_patch_inv)
+
+    out_2 = torch.FloatTensor(out_H, out_W, in_C)
+    kernel_width = weights_W.size(1)
+    for i in range(out_W):
+        idx = int(indices_W[i][0])
+        for j in range(out_C):
+            out_2[:, i, j] = out_1_aug[:, idx:idx + kernel_width, j].mv(weights_W[i])
+    if need_squeeze:
+        out_2.squeeze_()
+
+    return out_2.numpy()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print('---')
+#    img = imread_uint('test.bmp', 3)
+#    img = uint2single(img)
+#    img_bicubic = imresize_np(img, 1/4)
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diff --git a/ldm/modules/losses/__init__.py b/ldm/modules/losses/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..876d7c5b
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+++ b/ldm/modules/losses/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from ldm.modules.losses.contperceptual import LPIPSWithDiscriminator
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diff --git a/ldm/modules/losses/contperceptual.py b/ldm/modules/losses/contperceptual.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..672c1e32
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+++ b/ldm/modules/losses/contperceptual.py
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+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from taming.modules.losses.vqperceptual import *  # TODO: taming dependency yes/no?
+
+
+class LPIPSWithDiscriminator(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, disc_start, logvar_init=0.0, kl_weight=1.0, pixelloss_weight=1.0,
+                 disc_num_layers=3, disc_in_channels=3, disc_factor=1.0, disc_weight=1.0,
+                 perceptual_weight=1.0, use_actnorm=False, disc_conditional=False,
+                 disc_loss="hinge"):
+
+        super().__init__()
+        assert disc_loss in ["hinge", "vanilla"]
+        self.kl_weight = kl_weight
+        self.pixel_weight = pixelloss_weight
+        self.perceptual_loss = LPIPS().eval()
+        self.perceptual_weight = perceptual_weight
+        # output log variance
+        self.logvar = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(size=()) * logvar_init)
+
+        self.discriminator = NLayerDiscriminator(input_nc=disc_in_channels,
+                                                 n_layers=disc_num_layers,
+                                                 use_actnorm=use_actnorm
+                                                 ).apply(weights_init)
+        self.discriminator_iter_start = disc_start
+        self.disc_loss = hinge_d_loss if disc_loss == "hinge" else vanilla_d_loss
+        self.disc_factor = disc_factor
+        self.discriminator_weight = disc_weight
+        self.disc_conditional = disc_conditional
+
+    def calculate_adaptive_weight(self, nll_loss, g_loss, last_layer=None):
+        if last_layer is not None:
+            nll_grads = torch.autograd.grad(nll_loss, last_layer, retain_graph=True)[0]
+            g_grads = torch.autograd.grad(g_loss, last_layer, retain_graph=True)[0]
+        else:
+            nll_grads = torch.autograd.grad(nll_loss, self.last_layer[0], retain_graph=True)[0]
+            g_grads = torch.autograd.grad(g_loss, self.last_layer[0], retain_graph=True)[0]
+
+        d_weight = torch.norm(nll_grads) / (torch.norm(g_grads) + 1e-4)
+        d_weight = torch.clamp(d_weight, 0.0, 1e4).detach()
+        d_weight = d_weight * self.discriminator_weight
+        return d_weight
+
+    def forward(self, inputs, reconstructions, posteriors, optimizer_idx,
+                global_step, last_layer=None, cond=None, split="train",
+                weights=None):
+        rec_loss = torch.abs(inputs.contiguous() - reconstructions.contiguous())
+        if self.perceptual_weight > 0:
+            p_loss = self.perceptual_loss(inputs.contiguous(), reconstructions.contiguous())
+            rec_loss = rec_loss + self.perceptual_weight * p_loss
+
+        nll_loss = rec_loss / torch.exp(self.logvar) + self.logvar
+        weighted_nll_loss = nll_loss
+        if weights is not None:
+            weighted_nll_loss = weights*nll_loss
+        weighted_nll_loss = torch.sum(weighted_nll_loss) / weighted_nll_loss.shape[0]
+        nll_loss = torch.sum(nll_loss) / nll_loss.shape[0]
+        kl_loss = posteriors.kl()
+        kl_loss = torch.sum(kl_loss) / kl_loss.shape[0]
+
+        # now the GAN part
+        if optimizer_idx == 0:
+            # generator update
+            if cond is None:
+                assert not self.disc_conditional
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(reconstructions.contiguous())
+            else:
+                assert self.disc_conditional
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(torch.cat((reconstructions.contiguous(), cond), dim=1))
+            g_loss = -torch.mean(logits_fake)
+
+            if self.disc_factor > 0.0:
+                try:
+                    d_weight = self.calculate_adaptive_weight(nll_loss, g_loss, last_layer=last_layer)
+                except RuntimeError:
+                    assert not self.training
+                    d_weight = torch.tensor(0.0)
+            else:
+                d_weight = torch.tensor(0.0)
+
+            disc_factor = adopt_weight(self.disc_factor, global_step, threshold=self.discriminator_iter_start)
+            loss = weighted_nll_loss + self.kl_weight * kl_loss + d_weight * disc_factor * g_loss
+
+            log = {"{}/total_loss".format(split): loss.clone().detach().mean(), "{}/logvar".format(split): self.logvar.detach(),
+                   "{}/kl_loss".format(split): kl_loss.detach().mean(), "{}/nll_loss".format(split): nll_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/rec_loss".format(split): rec_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/d_weight".format(split): d_weight.detach(),
+                   "{}/disc_factor".format(split): torch.tensor(disc_factor),
+                   "{}/g_loss".format(split): g_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   }
+            return loss, log
+
+        if optimizer_idx == 1:
+            # second pass for discriminator update
+            if cond is None:
+                logits_real = self.discriminator(inputs.contiguous().detach())
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(reconstructions.contiguous().detach())
+            else:
+                logits_real = self.discriminator(torch.cat((inputs.contiguous().detach(), cond), dim=1))
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(torch.cat((reconstructions.contiguous().detach(), cond), dim=1))
+
+            disc_factor = adopt_weight(self.disc_factor, global_step, threshold=self.discriminator_iter_start)
+            d_loss = disc_factor * self.disc_loss(logits_real, logits_fake)
+
+            log = {"{}/disc_loss".format(split): d_loss.clone().detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/logits_real".format(split): logits_real.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/logits_fake".format(split): logits_fake.detach().mean()
+                   }
+            return d_loss, log
+
diff --git a/ldm/modules/losses/vqperceptual.py b/ldm/modules/losses/vqperceptual.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6998176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/losses/vqperceptual.py
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from einops import repeat
+
+from taming.modules.discriminator.model import NLayerDiscriminator, weights_init
+from taming.modules.losses.lpips import LPIPS
+from taming.modules.losses.vqperceptual import hinge_d_loss, vanilla_d_loss
+
+
+def hinge_d_loss_with_exemplar_weights(logits_real, logits_fake, weights):
+    assert weights.shape[0] == logits_real.shape[0] == logits_fake.shape[0]
+    loss_real = torch.mean(F.relu(1. - logits_real), dim=[1,2,3])
+    loss_fake = torch.mean(F.relu(1. + logits_fake), dim=[1,2,3])
+    loss_real = (weights * loss_real).sum() / weights.sum()
+    loss_fake = (weights * loss_fake).sum() / weights.sum()
+    d_loss = 0.5 * (loss_real + loss_fake)
+    return d_loss
+
+def adopt_weight(weight, global_step, threshold=0, value=0.):
+    if global_step < threshold:
+        weight = value
+    return weight
+
+
+def measure_perplexity(predicted_indices, n_embed):
+    # src: https://github.com/karpathy/deep-vector-quantization/blob/main/model.py
+    # eval cluster perplexity. when perplexity == num_embeddings then all clusters are used exactly equally
+    encodings = F.one_hot(predicted_indices, n_embed).float().reshape(-1, n_embed)
+    avg_probs = encodings.mean(0)
+    perplexity = (-(avg_probs * torch.log(avg_probs + 1e-10)).sum()).exp()
+    cluster_use = torch.sum(avg_probs > 0)
+    return perplexity, cluster_use
+
+def l1(x, y):
+    return torch.abs(x-y)
+
+
+def l2(x, y):
+    return torch.pow((x-y), 2)
+
+
+class VQLPIPSWithDiscriminator(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, disc_start, codebook_weight=1.0, pixelloss_weight=1.0,
+                 disc_num_layers=3, disc_in_channels=3, disc_factor=1.0, disc_weight=1.0,
+                 perceptual_weight=1.0, use_actnorm=False, disc_conditional=False,
+                 disc_ndf=64, disc_loss="hinge", n_classes=None, perceptual_loss="lpips",
+                 pixel_loss="l1"):
+        super().__init__()
+        assert disc_loss in ["hinge", "vanilla"]
+        assert perceptual_loss in ["lpips", "clips", "dists"]
+        assert pixel_loss in ["l1", "l2"]
+        self.codebook_weight = codebook_weight
+        self.pixel_weight = pixelloss_weight
+        if perceptual_loss == "lpips":
+            print(f"{self.__class__.__name__}: Running with LPIPS.")
+            self.perceptual_loss = LPIPS().eval()
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unknown perceptual loss: >> {perceptual_loss} <<")
+        self.perceptual_weight = perceptual_weight
+
+        if pixel_loss == "l1":
+            self.pixel_loss = l1
+        else:
+            self.pixel_loss = l2
+
+        self.discriminator = NLayerDiscriminator(input_nc=disc_in_channels,
+                                                 n_layers=disc_num_layers,
+                                                 use_actnorm=use_actnorm,
+                                                 ndf=disc_ndf
+                                                 ).apply(weights_init)
+        self.discriminator_iter_start = disc_start
+        if disc_loss == "hinge":
+            self.disc_loss = hinge_d_loss
+        elif disc_loss == "vanilla":
+            self.disc_loss = vanilla_d_loss
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unknown GAN loss '{disc_loss}'.")
+        print(f"VQLPIPSWithDiscriminator running with {disc_loss} loss.")
+        self.disc_factor = disc_factor
+        self.discriminator_weight = disc_weight
+        self.disc_conditional = disc_conditional
+        self.n_classes = n_classes
+
+    def calculate_adaptive_weight(self, nll_loss, g_loss, last_layer=None):
+        if last_layer is not None:
+            nll_grads = torch.autograd.grad(nll_loss, last_layer, retain_graph=True)[0]
+            g_grads = torch.autograd.grad(g_loss, last_layer, retain_graph=True)[0]
+        else:
+            nll_grads = torch.autograd.grad(nll_loss, self.last_layer[0], retain_graph=True)[0]
+            g_grads = torch.autograd.grad(g_loss, self.last_layer[0], retain_graph=True)[0]
+
+        d_weight = torch.norm(nll_grads) / (torch.norm(g_grads) + 1e-4)
+        d_weight = torch.clamp(d_weight, 0.0, 1e4).detach()
+        d_weight = d_weight * self.discriminator_weight
+        return d_weight
+
+    def forward(self, codebook_loss, inputs, reconstructions, optimizer_idx,
+                global_step, last_layer=None, cond=None, split="train", predicted_indices=None):
+        if not exists(codebook_loss):
+            codebook_loss = torch.tensor([0.]).to(inputs.device)
+        #rec_loss = torch.abs(inputs.contiguous() - reconstructions.contiguous())
+        rec_loss = self.pixel_loss(inputs.contiguous(), reconstructions.contiguous())
+        if self.perceptual_weight > 0:
+            p_loss = self.perceptual_loss(inputs.contiguous(), reconstructions.contiguous())
+            rec_loss = rec_loss + self.perceptual_weight * p_loss
+        else:
+            p_loss = torch.tensor([0.0])
+
+        nll_loss = rec_loss
+        #nll_loss = torch.sum(nll_loss) / nll_loss.shape[0]
+        nll_loss = torch.mean(nll_loss)
+
+        # now the GAN part
+        if optimizer_idx == 0:
+            # generator update
+            if cond is None:
+                assert not self.disc_conditional
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(reconstructions.contiguous())
+            else:
+                assert self.disc_conditional
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(torch.cat((reconstructions.contiguous(), cond), dim=1))
+            g_loss = -torch.mean(logits_fake)
+
+            try:
+                d_weight = self.calculate_adaptive_weight(nll_loss, g_loss, last_layer=last_layer)
+            except RuntimeError:
+                assert not self.training
+                d_weight = torch.tensor(0.0)
+
+            disc_factor = adopt_weight(self.disc_factor, global_step, threshold=self.discriminator_iter_start)
+            loss = nll_loss + d_weight * disc_factor * g_loss + self.codebook_weight * codebook_loss.mean()
+
+            log = {"{}/total_loss".format(split): loss.clone().detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/quant_loss".format(split): codebook_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/nll_loss".format(split): nll_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/rec_loss".format(split): rec_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/p_loss".format(split): p_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/d_weight".format(split): d_weight.detach(),
+                   "{}/disc_factor".format(split): torch.tensor(disc_factor),
+                   "{}/g_loss".format(split): g_loss.detach().mean(),
+                   }
+            if predicted_indices is not None:
+                assert self.n_classes is not None
+                with torch.no_grad():
+                    perplexity, cluster_usage = measure_perplexity(predicted_indices, self.n_classes)
+                log[f"{split}/perplexity"] = perplexity
+                log[f"{split}/cluster_usage"] = cluster_usage
+            return loss, log
+
+        if optimizer_idx == 1:
+            # second pass for discriminator update
+            if cond is None:
+                logits_real = self.discriminator(inputs.contiguous().detach())
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(reconstructions.contiguous().detach())
+            else:
+                logits_real = self.discriminator(torch.cat((inputs.contiguous().detach(), cond), dim=1))
+                logits_fake = self.discriminator(torch.cat((reconstructions.contiguous().detach(), cond), dim=1))
+
+            disc_factor = adopt_weight(self.disc_factor, global_step, threshold=self.discriminator_iter_start)
+            d_loss = disc_factor * self.disc_loss(logits_real, logits_fake)
+
+            log = {"{}/disc_loss".format(split): d_loss.clone().detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/logits_real".format(split): logits_real.detach().mean(),
+                   "{}/logits_fake".format(split): logits_fake.detach().mean()
+                   }
+            return d_loss, log
diff --git a/ldm/modules/x_transformer.py b/ldm/modules/x_transformer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fc15bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldm/modules/x_transformer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,641 @@
+"""shout-out to https://github.com/lucidrains/x-transformers/tree/main/x_transformers"""
+import torch
+from torch import nn, einsum
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from functools import partial
+from inspect import isfunction
+from collections import namedtuple
+from einops import rearrange, repeat, reduce
+
+# constants
+
+DEFAULT_DIM_HEAD = 64
+
+Intermediates = namedtuple('Intermediates', [
+    'pre_softmax_attn',
+    'post_softmax_attn'
+])
+
+LayerIntermediates = namedtuple('Intermediates', [
+    'hiddens',
+    'attn_intermediates'
+])
+
+
+class AbsolutePositionalEmbedding(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, max_seq_len):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.emb = nn.Embedding(max_seq_len, dim)
+        self.init_()
+
+    def init_(self):
+        nn.init.normal_(self.emb.weight, std=0.02)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        n = torch.arange(x.shape[1], device=x.device)
+        return self.emb(n)[None, :, :]
+
+
+class FixedPositionalEmbedding(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim):
+        super().__init__()
+        inv_freq = 1. / (10000 ** (torch.arange(0, dim, 2).float() / dim))
+        self.register_buffer('inv_freq', inv_freq)
+
+    def forward(self, x, seq_dim=1, offset=0):
+        t = torch.arange(x.shape[seq_dim], device=x.device).type_as(self.inv_freq) + offset
+        sinusoid_inp = torch.einsum('i , j -> i j', t, self.inv_freq)
+        emb = torch.cat((sinusoid_inp.sin(), sinusoid_inp.cos()), dim=-1)
+        return emb[None, :, :]
+
+
+# helpers
+
+def exists(val):
+    return val is not None
+
+
+def default(val, d):
+    if exists(val):
+        return val
+    return d() if isfunction(d) else d
+
+
+def always(val):
+    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
+        return val
+    return inner
+
+
+def not_equals(val):
+    def inner(x):
+        return x != val
+    return inner
+
+
+def equals(val):
+    def inner(x):
+        return x == val
+    return inner
+
+
+def max_neg_value(tensor):
+    return -torch.finfo(tensor.dtype).max
+
+
+# keyword argument helpers
+
+def pick_and_pop(keys, d):
+    values = list(map(lambda key: d.pop(key), keys))
+    return dict(zip(keys, values))
+
+
+def group_dict_by_key(cond, d):
+    return_val = [dict(), dict()]
+    for key in d.keys():
+        match = bool(cond(key))
+        ind = int(not match)
+        return_val[ind][key] = d[key]
+    return (*return_val,)
+
+
+def string_begins_with(prefix, str):
+    return str.startswith(prefix)
+
+
+def group_by_key_prefix(prefix, d):
+    return group_dict_by_key(partial(string_begins_with, prefix), d)
+
+
+def groupby_prefix_and_trim(prefix, d):
+    kwargs_with_prefix, kwargs = group_dict_by_key(partial(string_begins_with, prefix), d)
+    kwargs_without_prefix = dict(map(lambda x: (x[0][len(prefix):], x[1]), tuple(kwargs_with_prefix.items())))
+    return kwargs_without_prefix, kwargs
+
+
+# classes
+class Scale(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, value, fn):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.value = value
+        self.fn = fn
+
+    def forward(self, x, **kwargs):
+        x, *rest = self.fn(x, **kwargs)
+        return (x * self.value, *rest)
+
+
+class Rezero(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, fn):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.fn = fn
+        self.g = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(1))
+
+    def forward(self, x, **kwargs):
+        x, *rest = self.fn(x, **kwargs)
+        return (x * self.g, *rest)
+
+
+class ScaleNorm(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, eps=1e-5):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.scale = dim ** -0.5
+        self.eps = eps
+        self.g = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(1))
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        norm = torch.norm(x, dim=-1, keepdim=True) * self.scale
+        return x / norm.clamp(min=self.eps) * self.g
+
+
+class RMSNorm(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, eps=1e-8):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.scale = dim ** -0.5
+        self.eps = eps
+        self.g = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(dim))
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        norm = torch.norm(x, dim=-1, keepdim=True) * self.scale
+        return x / norm.clamp(min=self.eps) * self.g
+
+
+class Residual(nn.Module):
+    def forward(self, x, residual):
+        return x + residual
+
+
+class GRUGating(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.gru = nn.GRUCell(dim, dim)
+
+    def forward(self, x, residual):
+        gated_output = self.gru(
+            rearrange(x, 'b n d -> (b n) d'),
+            rearrange(residual, 'b n d -> (b n) d')
+        )
+
+        return gated_output.reshape_as(x)
+
+
+# feedforward
+
+class GEGLU(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim_in, dim_out):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.proj = nn.Linear(dim_in, dim_out * 2)
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        x, gate = self.proj(x).chunk(2, dim=-1)
+        return x * F.gelu(gate)
+
+
+class FeedForward(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dim, dim_out=None, mult=4, glu=False, dropout=0.):
+        super().__init__()
+        inner_dim = int(dim * mult)
+        dim_out = default(dim_out, dim)
+        project_in = nn.Sequential(
+            nn.Linear(dim, inner_dim),
+            nn.GELU()
+        ) if not glu else GEGLU(dim, inner_dim)
+
+        self.net = nn.Sequential(
+            project_in,
+            nn.Dropout(dropout),
+            nn.Linear(inner_dim, dim_out)
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.net(x)
+
+
+# attention.
+class Attention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            dim,
+            dim_head=DEFAULT_DIM_HEAD,
+            heads=8,
+            causal=False,
+            mask=None,
+            talking_heads=False,
+            sparse_topk=None,
+            use_entmax15=False,
+            num_mem_kv=0,
+            dropout=0.,
+            on_attn=False
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        if use_entmax15:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Check out entmax activation instead of softmax activation!")
+        self.scale = dim_head ** -0.5
+        self.heads = heads
+        self.causal = causal
+        self.mask = mask
+
+        inner_dim = dim_head * heads
+
+        self.to_q = nn.Linear(dim, inner_dim, bias=False)
+        self.to_k = nn.Linear(dim, inner_dim, bias=False)
+        self.to_v = nn.Linear(dim, inner_dim, bias=False)
+        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout)
+
+        # talking heads
+        self.talking_heads = talking_heads
+        if talking_heads:
+            self.pre_softmax_proj = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(heads, heads))
+            self.post_softmax_proj = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(heads, heads))
+
+        # explicit topk sparse attention
+        self.sparse_topk = sparse_topk
+
+        # entmax
+        #self.attn_fn = entmax15 if use_entmax15 else F.softmax
+        self.attn_fn = F.softmax
+
+        # add memory key / values
+        self.num_mem_kv = num_mem_kv
+        if num_mem_kv > 0:
+            self.mem_k = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(heads, num_mem_kv, dim_head))
+            self.mem_v = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(heads, num_mem_kv, dim_head))
+
+        # attention on attention
+        self.attn_on_attn = on_attn
+        self.to_out = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(inner_dim, dim * 2), nn.GLU()) if on_attn else nn.Linear(inner_dim, dim)
+
+    def forward(
+            self,
+            x,
+            context=None,
+            mask=None,
+            context_mask=None,
+            rel_pos=None,
+            sinusoidal_emb=None,
+            prev_attn=None,
+            mem=None
+    ):
+        b, n, _, h, talking_heads, device = *x.shape, self.heads, self.talking_heads, x.device
+        kv_input = default(context, x)
+
+        q_input = x
+        k_input = kv_input
+        v_input = kv_input
+
+        if exists(mem):
+            k_input = torch.cat((mem, k_input), dim=-2)
+            v_input = torch.cat((mem, v_input), dim=-2)
+
+        if exists(sinusoidal_emb):
+            # in shortformer, the query would start at a position offset depending on the past cached memory
+            offset = k_input.shape[-2] - q_input.shape[-2]
+            q_input = q_input + sinusoidal_emb(q_input, offset=offset)
+            k_input = k_input + sinusoidal_emb(k_input)
+
+        q = self.to_q(q_input)
+        k = self.to_k(k_input)
+        v = self.to_v(v_input)
+
+        q, k, v = map(lambda t: rearrange(t, 'b n (h d) -> b h n d', h=h), (q, k, v))
+
+        input_mask = None
+        if any(map(exists, (mask, context_mask))):
+            q_mask = default(mask, lambda: torch.ones((b, n), device=device).bool())
+            k_mask = q_mask if not exists(context) else context_mask
+            k_mask = default(k_mask, lambda: torch.ones((b, k.shape[-2]), device=device).bool())
+            q_mask = rearrange(q_mask, 'b i -> b () i ()')
+            k_mask = rearrange(k_mask, 'b j -> b () () j')
+            input_mask = q_mask * k_mask
+
+        if self.num_mem_kv > 0:
+            mem_k, mem_v = map(lambda t: repeat(t, 'h n d -> b h n d', b=b), (self.mem_k, self.mem_v))
+            k = torch.cat((mem_k, k), dim=-2)
+            v = torch.cat((mem_v, v), dim=-2)
+            if exists(input_mask):
+                input_mask = F.pad(input_mask, (self.num_mem_kv, 0), value=True)
+
+        dots = einsum('b h i d, b h j d -> b h i j', q, k) * self.scale
+        mask_value = max_neg_value(dots)
+
+        if exists(prev_attn):
+            dots = dots + prev_attn
+
+        pre_softmax_attn = dots
+
+        if talking_heads:
+            dots = einsum('b h i j, h k -> b k i j', dots, self.pre_softmax_proj).contiguous()
+
+        if exists(rel_pos):
+            dots = rel_pos(dots)
+
+        if exists(input_mask):
+            dots.masked_fill_(~input_mask, mask_value)
+            del input_mask
+
+        if self.causal:
+            i, j = dots.shape[-2:]
+            r = torch.arange(i, device=device)
+            mask = rearrange(r, 'i -> () () i ()') < rearrange(r, 'j -> () () () j')
+            mask = F.pad(mask, (j - i, 0), value=False)
+            dots.masked_fill_(mask, mask_value)
+            del mask
+
+        if exists(self.sparse_topk) and self.sparse_topk < dots.shape[-1]:
+            top, _ = dots.topk(self.sparse_topk, dim=-1)
+            vk = top[..., -1].unsqueeze(-1).expand_as(dots)
+            mask = dots < vk
+            dots.masked_fill_(mask, mask_value)
+            del mask
+
+        attn = self.attn_fn(dots, dim=-1)
+        post_softmax_attn = attn
+
+        attn = self.dropout(attn)
+
+        if talking_heads:
+            attn = einsum('b h i j, h k -> b k i j', attn, self.post_softmax_proj).contiguous()
+
+        out = einsum('b h i j, b h j d -> b h i d', attn, v)
+        out = rearrange(out, 'b h n d -> b n (h d)')
+
+        intermediates = Intermediates(
+            pre_softmax_attn=pre_softmax_attn,
+            post_softmax_attn=post_softmax_attn
+        )
+
+        return self.to_out(out), intermediates
+
+
+class AttentionLayers(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            dim,
+            depth,
+            heads=8,
+            causal=False,
+            cross_attend=False,
+            only_cross=False,
+            use_scalenorm=False,
+            use_rmsnorm=False,
+            use_rezero=False,
+            rel_pos_num_buckets=32,
+            rel_pos_max_distance=128,
+            position_infused_attn=False,
+            custom_layers=None,
+            sandwich_coef=None,
+            par_ratio=None,
+            residual_attn=False,
+            cross_residual_attn=False,
+            macaron=False,
+            pre_norm=True,
+            gate_residual=False,
+            **kwargs
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        ff_kwargs, kwargs = groupby_prefix_and_trim('ff_', kwargs)
+        attn_kwargs, _ = groupby_prefix_and_trim('attn_', kwargs)
+
+        dim_head = attn_kwargs.get('dim_head', DEFAULT_DIM_HEAD)
+
+        self.dim = dim
+        self.depth = depth
+        self.layers = nn.ModuleList([])
+
+        self.has_pos_emb = position_infused_attn
+        self.pia_pos_emb = FixedPositionalEmbedding(dim) if position_infused_attn else None
+        self.rotary_pos_emb = always(None)
+
+        assert rel_pos_num_buckets <= rel_pos_max_distance, 'number of relative position buckets must be less than the relative position max distance'
+        self.rel_pos = None
+
+        self.pre_norm = pre_norm
+
+        self.residual_attn = residual_attn
+        self.cross_residual_attn = cross_residual_attn
+
+        norm_class = ScaleNorm if use_scalenorm else nn.LayerNorm
+        norm_class = RMSNorm if use_rmsnorm else norm_class
+        norm_fn = partial(norm_class, dim)
+
+        norm_fn = nn.Identity if use_rezero else norm_fn
+        branch_fn = Rezero if use_rezero else None
+
+        if cross_attend and not only_cross:
+            default_block = ('a', 'c', 'f')
+        elif cross_attend and only_cross:
+            default_block = ('c', 'f')
+        else:
+            default_block = ('a', 'f')
+
+        if macaron:
+            default_block = ('f',) + default_block
+
+        if exists(custom_layers):
+            layer_types = custom_layers
+        elif exists(par_ratio):
+            par_depth = depth * len(default_block)
+            assert 1 < par_ratio <= par_depth, 'par ratio out of range'
+            default_block = tuple(filter(not_equals('f'), default_block))
+            par_attn = par_depth // par_ratio
+            depth_cut = par_depth * 2 // 3  # 2 / 3 attention layer cutoff suggested by PAR paper
+            par_width = (depth_cut + depth_cut // par_attn) // par_attn
+            assert len(default_block) <= par_width, 'default block is too large for par_ratio'
+            par_block = default_block + ('f',) * (par_width - len(default_block))
+            par_head = par_block * par_attn
+            layer_types = par_head + ('f',) * (par_depth - len(par_head))
+        elif exists(sandwich_coef):
+            assert sandwich_coef > 0 and sandwich_coef <= depth, 'sandwich coefficient should be less than the depth'
+            layer_types = ('a',) * sandwich_coef + default_block * (depth - sandwich_coef) + ('f',) * sandwich_coef
+        else:
+            layer_types = default_block * depth
+
+        self.layer_types = layer_types
+        self.num_attn_layers = len(list(filter(equals('a'), layer_types)))
+
+        for layer_type in self.layer_types:
+            if layer_type == 'a':
+                layer = Attention(dim, heads=heads, causal=causal, **attn_kwargs)
+            elif layer_type == 'c':
+                layer = Attention(dim, heads=heads, **attn_kwargs)
+            elif layer_type == 'f':
+                layer = FeedForward(dim, **ff_kwargs)
+                layer = layer if not macaron else Scale(0.5, layer)
+            else:
+                raise Exception(f'invalid layer type {layer_type}')
+
+            if isinstance(layer, Attention) and exists(branch_fn):
+                layer = branch_fn(layer)
+
+            if gate_residual:
+                residual_fn = GRUGating(dim)
+            else:
+                residual_fn = Residual()
+
+            self.layers.append(nn.ModuleList([
+                norm_fn(),
+                layer,
+                residual_fn
+            ]))
+
+    def forward(
+            self,
+            x,
+            context=None,
+            mask=None,
+            context_mask=None,
+            mems=None,
+            return_hiddens=False
+    ):
+        hiddens = []
+        intermediates = []
+        prev_attn = None
+        prev_cross_attn = None
+
+        mems = mems.copy() if exists(mems) else [None] * self.num_attn_layers
+
+        for ind, (layer_type, (norm, block, residual_fn)) in enumerate(zip(self.layer_types, self.layers)):
+            is_last = ind == (len(self.layers) - 1)
+
+            if layer_type == 'a':
+                hiddens.append(x)
+                layer_mem = mems.pop(0)
+
+            residual = x
+
+            if self.pre_norm:
+                x = norm(x)
+
+            if layer_type == 'a':
+                out, inter = block(x, mask=mask, sinusoidal_emb=self.pia_pos_emb, rel_pos=self.rel_pos,
+                                   prev_attn=prev_attn, mem=layer_mem)
+            elif layer_type == 'c':
+                out, inter = block(x, context=context, mask=mask, context_mask=context_mask, prev_attn=prev_cross_attn)
+            elif layer_type == 'f':
+                out = block(x)
+
+            x = residual_fn(out, residual)
+
+            if layer_type in ('a', 'c'):
+                intermediates.append(inter)
+
+            if layer_type == 'a' and self.residual_attn:
+                prev_attn = inter.pre_softmax_attn
+            elif layer_type == 'c' and self.cross_residual_attn:
+                prev_cross_attn = inter.pre_softmax_attn
+
+            if not self.pre_norm and not is_last:
+                x = norm(x)
+
+        if return_hiddens:
+            intermediates = LayerIntermediates(
+                hiddens=hiddens,
+                attn_intermediates=intermediates
+            )
+
+            return x, intermediates
+
+        return x
+
+
+class Encoder(AttentionLayers):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        assert 'causal' not in kwargs, 'cannot set causality on encoder'
+        super().__init__(causal=False, **kwargs)
+
+
+
+class TransformerWrapper(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            *,
+            num_tokens,
+            max_seq_len,
+            attn_layers,
+            emb_dim=None,
+            max_mem_len=0.,
+            emb_dropout=0.,
+            num_memory_tokens=None,
+            tie_embedding=False,
+            use_pos_emb=True
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        assert isinstance(attn_layers, AttentionLayers), 'attention layers must be one of Encoder or Decoder'
+
+        dim = attn_layers.dim
+        emb_dim = default(emb_dim, dim)
+
+        self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
+        self.max_mem_len = max_mem_len
+        self.num_tokens = num_tokens
+
+        self.token_emb = nn.Embedding(num_tokens, emb_dim)
+        self.pos_emb = AbsolutePositionalEmbedding(emb_dim, max_seq_len) if (
+                    use_pos_emb and not attn_layers.has_pos_emb) else always(0)
+        self.emb_dropout = nn.Dropout(emb_dropout)
+
+        self.project_emb = nn.Linear(emb_dim, dim) if emb_dim != dim else nn.Identity()
+        self.attn_layers = attn_layers
+        self.norm = nn.LayerNorm(dim)
+
+        self.init_()
+
+        self.to_logits = nn.Linear(dim, num_tokens) if not tie_embedding else lambda t: t @ self.token_emb.weight.t()
+
+        # memory tokens (like [cls]) from Memory Transformers paper
+        num_memory_tokens = default(num_memory_tokens, 0)
+        self.num_memory_tokens = num_memory_tokens
+        if num_memory_tokens > 0:
+            self.memory_tokens = nn.Parameter(torch.randn(num_memory_tokens, dim))
+
+            # let funnel encoder know number of memory tokens, if specified
+            if hasattr(attn_layers, 'num_memory_tokens'):
+                attn_layers.num_memory_tokens = num_memory_tokens
+
+    def init_(self):
+        nn.init.normal_(self.token_emb.weight, std=0.02)
+
+    def forward(
+            self,
+            x,
+            return_embeddings=False,
+            mask=None,
+            return_mems=False,
+            return_attn=False,
+            mems=None,
+            **kwargs
+    ):
+        b, n, device, num_mem = *x.shape, x.device, self.num_memory_tokens
+        x = self.token_emb(x)
+        x += self.pos_emb(x)
+        x = self.emb_dropout(x)
+
+        x = self.project_emb(x)
+
+        if num_mem > 0:
+            mem = repeat(self.memory_tokens, 'n d -> b n d', b=b)
+            x = torch.cat((mem, x), dim=1)
+
+            # auto-handle masking after appending memory tokens
+            if exists(mask):
+                mask = F.pad(mask, (num_mem, 0), value=True)
+
+        x, intermediates = self.attn_layers(x, mask=mask, mems=mems, return_hiddens=True, **kwargs)
+        x = self.norm(x)
+
+        mem, x = x[:, :num_mem], x[:, num_mem:]
+
+        out = self.to_logits(x) if not return_embeddings else x
+
+        if return_mems:
+            hiddens = intermediates.hiddens
+            new_mems = list(map(lambda pair: torch.cat(pair, dim=-2), zip(mems, hiddens))) if exists(mems) else hiddens
+            new_mems = list(map(lambda t: t[..., -self.max_mem_len:, :].detach(), new_mems))
+            return out, new_mems
+
+        if return_attn:
+            attn_maps = list(map(lambda t: t.post_softmax_attn, intermediates.attn_intermediates))
+            return out, attn_maps
+
+        return out
+