Realism from HaDeS XL

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Still, it is possible to use it normally, as long as the CFG does not exceed 4.Recommended Settings for the Lightning Version:Width/Height: 1024x1408Sampler: Depending on the Sampler we use, the number of steps must be adapted. For example, all samplers adapted to work with few steps (SGMUniform, LCM, Turbo, etc.) will need fewer steps (between 4-8), those that are not adapted but give good results with this checkpoint (DPM++ 2M Karras, DPM++ 3M SDE, to give an example), will need between 8-10 steps. See sample images prompts for some more info.Steps: 4-10CFG: 1-2VAE: Already baked in.Negative Prompt: No negative prompt needed, add afterwards the things you don´t want to see in the image.HiRes: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k or 4x_foolhardy_Remacri with with half the regular steps and 0.15/0.25 Denoise + 1.5/2 UpscaleRecommended Settings for the Standard Version:Width/Height: 1024x1328Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, DPM++ 3M SDESteps: Around 30CFG: 2-4VAE: Already baked in.Negative Prompt: No negative prompt needed, add afterwards the things you don´t want to see in the image.HiRes: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k or 4x_foolhardy_Remacri with with half the regular steps and 0.15/0.25 Denoise + 1.5/2 UpscaleFinally, I just want to comment that I still recommend the full version of Realism of HaDeS XL v4.5 in terms of quality. Version 5.x is in beta testing and will be released throughout the month of June. I hope you like the Checkpoint and I'm looking forward to seeing your creations on this wall. Give it approval if you like it and the reviews are greatly appreciated, as they help me a lot to improve.Realism From HaDeS XL v4.5This update is the next evolution of Realism from HaDeS v3.5 EVO and is intended to be the transition to the next v5.x that will be released in several weeks and which will bring many improvements and new features. This update is focused on getting the highest possible quality from the generated images.Recommended Settings:Width/Height: 1024x1408Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDE KarrasSteps: Around 30CFG: 4.5-12.5 (The lower the CFG, the more realism and less details.)VAE: Already baked in.Negative Prompt: No negative prompt needed, add afterwards the things you don´t want to see in the image.HiRes: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k with half the regular steps and 0.15 Denoise + 1.5 UpscaleFinally, I just want to comment that I greatly appreciate the support received, I greatly enjoy your reviews and the images you share on this wall (I hope to see many more). Version 5.x is now underway and I promise you that it will surprise you. Unfortunately, it will take several weeks due to the little time I can dedicate to this project, something I do as a hobby and that I love. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this release and give it all your love. See you in v5.x!Realism From HaDeS XL Lightning V2This checkpoint is a merge of Realism from HaDeS v4 (unreleased) and the 8-steps release of SDXL Lightning (ByteDance/SDXL-Lightning · Hugging Face).The basic idea of this update was to work on an improved version of Realism from HaDeS XL Lightning. In this release, the images generated are much more detailed, thanks to the flexibility of the CFG variable, which works between values 2-4 (instead of 1-2). At the same time, it is possible to use several different samplers and obtain very good results (Although I still recommend DPM++ 3M SDE, for me the most stable).Recommended Settings for the Lightning Version:Width/Height: 1024x1408Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDE (Others give very good results too, but I'm still in the testing phase)Steps: 8-10CFG: 2-4VAE: Already baked in.Negative Prompt: No negative prompt needed, add afterwards the things you don´t want to see in the image.HiRes: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k with 5 Steps and 0.15 Denoise + 1.5 UpscaleThe use of FreeU and SelfAttentionGuidance is optional but highly recommended due to the great improvement in Lightning models. Although I clarify that in this update, I have not used them yet and they are pending testing. Next, some settings that works especially well in the previous version, from here you can tweak it to your liking:FreeUB1: 1.34B2: 1.19S1: 0.67S2: 0.27SelfAttentionGuidanceScale: 0.5Blur Sigma: 2Recommended Settings for the Standard Version:Width/Height: 1024x1328Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDE ExponentialSteps: Around 40CFG: 4-12 (The lower the CFG, the more realism and less details.)VAE: Already baked in.Negative Prompt: No negative prompt needed, add afterwards the things you don´t want to see in the image.HiRes: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k with half the regular steps and 0.15 Denoise + 1.5 UpscaleFinally, I just want to comment that I still recommend the full version of Realism of HaDeS XL v3.5 EVO in terms of quality. Version 4.x is being tested and will be released throughout the month of April. I hope you like the model and I'm looking forward to seeing your creations on this wall. Give it approval if you like it and the reviews are greatly appreciated, as they help me a lot to improve this checkpoint.Realism From HaDeS XL LightningThis checkpoint is a merge of Realism from HaDeS v3.5 EVO and the 8-steps release of SDXL Lightning (ByteDance/SDXL-Lightning · Hugging Face).The idea was obviously to release a version of Realism from HaDeS XL that everyone could use, even users with less powerful hardware. But in practice, maintaining a dual balance between an 8-step checkpoint and a normal SDXL 1.0 checkpoint without losing quality has not been an easy task.Recommended Settings for the Lightning Version:Width/Height: 1024x1328Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDESteps: 8-10CFG: 1-2VAE: Already baked in.Negative Prompt: No negative prompt needed, add afterwards the things you don´t want to see in the image.HiRes: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k with 5 Steps and 0.15 Denoise + 1.5 UpscaleThe use of FreeU and SelfAttentionGuidance is optional but highly recommended due to the great improvement in Lightning models. Next, a little help about some settings that works especially well in this checkpoint, from here you can tweak it to your liking:FreeUB1: 1.34B2: 1.19S1: 0.67S2: 0.27SelfAttentionGuidanceScale: 0.5Blur Sigma: 2Recommended Settings ll are appreciated, and as always... see you in the next update.Realism from HaDeS SDXL v2.0Update v2.0This v2.0 brings many new features, especially in the image quality.Negative prompts can improve the image somewhat but are no longer mandatory or necessary.Refineer not necessaryVAE includedRealism from HaDeS SDXL v1.5BUpdate v1.5BTips and Settings I usually use:Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDE Exponential, DPM++ 3M SDE KarrasSteps: 32-50CFG: 7 or 7.5, although the model works well between 5 and 8.5, I do not usually change the scale.VAE: You don't need any, it already has it.Hires.fix: Not necessary but it can be useful sometimes. I usually use 4x-UltraSharp but I usually test with 4x_fatal_Anime_500000_G and it usually gives me good results too.Upscaled by: It depends on your PC, for my garbager configuration I use 1.5, but on other machines I tried 2 and 2.5 and it rescaled perfectly.Realism from HaDeS SDXL v1.0Update v1.0Some bugs fixed.Realism from HaDeS SDXL v0.9cIntroduction to the v0.9CThe SDXL version of Realism from HaDeS it's almost ready. I thought I wouldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, it's not a real 1.0 version yet, but it's very close and I wanted to share it with everyone.A little retrospective before going into more technical details. I started developing this model at the same time as version 5 of Realism from Hades for SD 1.5. I quickly realized, to my dismay, that my PC could not train in SDXL, so I put the project aside for a couple of weeks.Then I discovered runpod.io and dreamlook.ai and decided to invest time and some money in training this checkpoint since I was using SDXL more and more.I had problems with a thousand things, with the optimal resolution of the model, the VAE that I should use, I got errors trying to mix the Dreambooth and dreamlook.ai models, I tried a million different solutions, I had to ask for help many times on Discord. .. But... Here we are, and I am very satisfied with the result. The knowledge acquired during this arduous journey has no price.Tips and Settings I usually use:Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDE ExponentialSteps: 30 or moreCFG: 7 or 7.5, although the model works well between 5 and 8.5, I do not usually change the scale.VAE: You don't need any, it already has it.Hires.fix: I usually use 4x-UltraSharp but I usually test with 4x_fatal_Anime_500000_G and it usually gives me good results too.Upscaled by: It depends on your PC, for my garbager configuration I use 1.5, but on other machines I tried 2 and 2.5 and it rescaled perfectly.Finally, I just hope you enjoy it, I'm looking forward to seeing many of your images below and thank you in advance for trying it. Hoping that you give as much love to this version as you do to the Stable Diffusion 1.5 ones. And of course, reading your feedback to complete v1.0.if you like my work and want to support me, or are interested in information about my upcoming projects or updates to my models, visit: https://ko-fi.com/devildonia.