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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What changes in this version? I could say everything but that would make me lose the positive things that were achieved with a long training, I tried to improve as always to be more realistic but there is something that for me is everything, the realistic Pony or Illustrious models have always had a big problem with different ethnicities or very similar faces, my main focus was to create as many ethnicities as possible so that everyone could create images closer to what is in their imagination, I hope you share as many images as possible to be able to improve, thank you.
The VAE is not baked, use SDXL_vae
Upscaler: Im using Remacri_original or 4x_foolhardy_Remacri, upscale 1.5 Steps 10 denois 0.35 Hires CFG 5,
Width and height: 896*1152
CFG Scale: 6
Steps: 35
The sampling method i use is Euler A-SGM Uniform, sometimes i use DPM++2M Karras but is less clean
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Question about upscaling. I tried to use latent upscaler with settings mentioned in description. Sadly, in the end images lose some details, especially skin details from original image.
Sometimes I try lowering the cfg scale on the hi res fix
@Sateluco Thanks, yeah. That helps a bit. I'll try to play with it a bit more to find the best result.
Trying different samplers for the second ksampler helped. Some add even more detail to original image.
@petrifan1 if you can share your settings could be awesome
@Sateluco I used all recommended settings from model description then latent upscale node with 1.5 upscale, bilinear method (other ones might be good too), then in second Ksampler I used random seed, 10-15 steps, CFG from 5 to 7. Res_multistep, uni_pc_bh2, dpmpp_3m_sde_GPU samplers worked best for me. sgm_uniform scheduler. Denoise from 0.29 to 0.40 but currently I use 0.38. Denoise and sampler probably affect final image most.
Still my favorite model. Sometimes it can generate what I wanted without me prompting it.
Great model, adds details that you couldn't even think about. Extremely detailed images.
The model is great but produces artifacts here
Hi, first of all, thank you for your work and for sharing these wonderful checkpoints with us. :D I have a "small question." I love how realistic it looks using the IllustriousSat-IORV2 checkpoint, but I'm having a lot of problems with the LoRas' clothing, etc. (the clothes don't look anything like they should, not even the color). However, using IllustriousSat-RealV2, the clothing and colors appear as they do on the LoRas, but it doesn't seem as realistic to me. I'm using the same prompt, LoRa, and only changing the Ksampler values according to the checkpoint.
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