Lumina

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Showcase ​

Real output from the Lumina pipeline: original pages next to pages that Lumina detected, translated, inpainted, and typeset. The examples below may not be frequently updated and may not represent the effect of the current main branch version.

The app ​

The Lumina desktop app with a manga page open in the editor

Before and after ​

Drag the divider — or focus it and use the arrow keys — to compare the original page with Lumina's result.

Full pipeline ​

A manga page translated with the full Lumina pipeline
A manga page translated with the full Lumina pipeline — Original
OriginalLumina

Example 1 — full pipeline: detection, OCR, translation, inpainting, and typesetting. (Source: @rikak on X.)

Page sourced from MangaDex ​

A manga page sourced from MangaDex, translated with the full Lumina pipeline
A manga page sourced from MangaDex, translated with the full Lumina pipeline — Original
OriginalLumina

Example 2 — full pipeline: detection, OCR, translation, inpainting, and typesetting. The original page comes from a MangaDex title; the translation shown here is a showcase only and was not uploaded to MangaDex.

Inpainting only ​

A manga page with text regions removed by Lumina's inpainting
A manga page with text regions removed by Lumina's inpainting — Original
OriginalCleaned

Example 3 — inpainting only: text regions were removed and the artwork reconstructed, with no typesetting added. (Source: @hiduki_yayoi on X.)

Lumina in action on MangaDex ​

The lumina-tl group on MangaDex is used to upload translations made with Lumina. The list below is fetched live from the MangaDex API when this page loads.

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