How to direct SR on images without preliminary degradation?

[rabbitlingli]

Dear Author,

Greetings to you. Firstly, please accept my heartfelt appreciation for kindly providing such excellent code. Moving forward, I have a query that emerged while perusing both the readme and the evaluation.sh script. It appears that prior to conducting any super-resolution (SR) work, it is mandatory to apply either a "degradation operator" or perform a "deg_scale" operation. May I directly employ the SR algorithm on my images without resorting to the "degradation operator"? If so, could you kindly guide me on how to proceed accordingly?

Your expert guidance in this matter would be immensely appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.

Best regards lilingli