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    3/3/26 UPDATE

    I've uploaded a custom merge of the 2603 2-step lora and my key edit of the 2602 8-step lora. This has resulted in a nice, flexible distill that can generate great outputs from 4-10 steps. It has also helped the gridmarking artifacts that were visible at 1.0 strength with the 8-step 2602 UDCAI Edit lora. Please check it out!

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    Credit to alibaba-pai for their fantastic work! This is a step and cfg distill lora to be applied to Z-Image base model and its derivatives. The lora has been converted to be compatible for use in ComfyUI.

    Best run at 8 steps with CFG 1. Avoid sageattention. Samplers that add noise per step such as LCM or dpmpp_SDE seem to work well.

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    New 2-step lora trained by alibaba-pai. The tests posted are using bong_tangent scheduler for consistency across comparisons but I do not recommend it for such low steps. Better to go with something like simple or beta.

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    Comments (4)

    ThorKirienkoMar 6, 2026· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Thanks UDCAI.

    2603 UDCAI Edit works great for me: 8 steps, cfg 1.5, euler ancestral + simple.

    rlewisfr346Mar 14, 2026
    CivitAI

    Is it just me or is every noise image pattern start with aliens? LOL I know I sound nuts, but the initial noise patterns are almost all large headed alien silhouettes.

    UDCAI
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    Mar 14, 2026

    I’ve definitely come across that on occasion, but certainly not every time lol.

    rlewisfr346Mar 16, 2026· 1 reaction

    @UDCAI Must be the large headed alien porn I'm prompting then... LOL jk