Many people asked me for a complete version of my realistic illustrious model after I launched the turbo model, it took me a while because I felt that it was not well tuned but after many hours of work I was finally able to launch this version which I called Imitation Of Reality because I think that is what best describes it, what improvements does it have over the turbo versions, undoubtedly the understanding of the prompt would be number one, much less artifacts, better eyes and cleaner images, maybe have a little less detail but that helps create more realistic images.
Translating an illustrious model to its realistic version is not easy at all, so I understand that you will find some flaws, I hope you can experiment with the model, not only images of daily life but also everything that your imagination has, it is excellent in fantasy images.
The parameters i use to generate the examples are as follow, It has much more versatility than the turbo models but these are the ones I used, you can experiment with the ones you want :
The VAE is not baked, use SDXL_vae
Upscaler: Im using Latent(antialiased) upscale 1.5 Steps 10 denois 0.35 Hires CFG 5, sometimes i use Remacri_original, less realistic but with cleaner images
Width and height: 896*1152
CFG Scale: 5
Steps: 35
The sampling method i use is Euler A-SGM Uniform
As I said in my other models I don't like to put my models in early access because I like everyone to have access from the moment I publish it but any tips and Buzz are welcome.
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The realism is much improved without losing the Illustrious qualities, I am always trying to improve the realism in my models, sometimes you have to make a little sacrifices in this case there are some flaws in the hands, nothing that you cannot fix easily, I really hope you can try it and more importantly share your images, it is the only way to have feedback and continue improving the models,
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"Oh I know it's difficult and you'll find some flaws..."
- proceeds to release one of the best (if not the best) realistic IL model out there.
Mate... Good job.
love it :D
Amazing work. Everything is great, but there is one small but. Very often I can not get the character to look at the camera. Every now and then the character's gaze is directed to the side. Using tags does not help. But, overall, great work. Probably the best.
Maybe you can try "looking_to_side" or "side_view" in Negative prompt?
@homoludensThanks for the advice, but this is not quite right. Sometimes you need a side view, but the character should be looking at the camera. Increasing the weight of the "looking at viewer" tag to 1.3 gives a positive result. But again, this does not always work.
@barinovrs433agree with your point. didn't think abot the case you mentioned.
And using the weight 1.3 or higher in prompts is a high risk. I remember the DucHaiten's model instabilities in the case of big dynamic range between lowest and highest weighes in prompt (which I tried to fix in one of my models but didn't fix by 100%). So, yes.. :1.3 is risky.
You can try "uncanny valley" in negative.