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    Research Model - How to Build Protogen
    ProtoGen_X3.4 - Enbrace the ugly, if you dare...
    By Downloading you agree to the
    Seek Art Mega License, and the CreativeML Open RAIL-M
    Model Weights thanks to reddit user u/jonesaid
    Running on Apple Silicon devices ? Try this instead
    Trigger words are available for the hassan1.4 and f222, might have to google them :)

    Seriously, removing off (ugly) on negative prompts brings out some really detailed shots of what real life consist of, decay, rubble, grass, worned clothing...Have fun and keep it fluffy!

    Live Demo at Available on Hugging Face


    Comprehensive guide to camera control

    This is Protogen_v2.2 with 5% of the following

    • roboDiffusion_v1.ckpt

    • openjourney-v2-unpruned.ckpt

    • analog-diffusion-1.0.ckpt

    • rpg_v2Beta.ckpt

    The result is Photorealism, with RPG elements, Scifi, and some creative flow from OpenJourney model.

    Let me know how are the outputs on The Dicussion Below, and I will continue to release more models based on the feedback...Enjoy!

    Description

    FAQ

    Comments (78)

    alexds9Jan 1, 2023· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    Can you please add trigger words so it would be easier to know how to use the model properly?
    Thanks!

    lesaniJan 1, 2023· 5 reactions

    looking at the sample generations it seems to be "modelshoot style, (extremely detailed CG unity 8k wallpaper)"

    alexds9Jan 1, 2023

    Thanks The One. I wonder if there are additional trigger words that can be used.

    Cascade420Jan 1, 2023· 2 reactions

    It's a mix of models that have no particular trigger words, the exception is modelshoot, so "modelshoot style" should have some sort of effect.

    alexds9Jan 1, 2023

    Thanks!

    norried990Jan 1, 2023
    CivitAI

    Don't use for commercial?

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 1, 2023

    Updated it to research model

    caine94Jan 1, 2023· 9 reactions
    CivitAI

    what VAE you suggest?

    muunkkyJan 1, 2023· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    Can you please point to the best yaml and vae files please

    an303042Jan 1, 2023
    CivitAI

    Was generating images of batman with other models, changed to this one and learned that it has no idea who batman is. interesting. Doesn't know superman either.

    DanzelusJan 2, 2023
    CivitAI

    how you removed negative prompts from model?

    mumbledoreJan 3, 2023
    CivitAI

    I'm having a bit of trouble with faces... I tried copying the generation data from the images posted here and the faces still look weird. Any tips?

    jfosterdesignsJan 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    Could you post one of your images? I could take a look at all the parameters and see what I get when using those settings.

    TheFlyingDog42Feb 8, 2023· 1 reaction

    I'm having the same issue, I think it is the lower resolution that is the problem, But I can't test any larger than 768x768 so I don't know.

    Edit: It is the lower resolution that is causing problems, you can upscale images with fixres and faces look as amazing as the preview images.

    leezilJan 3, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    New to SD, any tips on some prompts that can help get the sort of models I'm seeing? :o

    vgbxJan 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    if you click the i symbol on bottom right corner it shows the prompts used

    mppservis11Jan 4, 2023
    CivitAI

    hei! nice work! but which "promt words" you are used? for this mans, and womans ?

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 4, 2023· 1 reaction

    The images on the model preview are on the far lower right, its a white I system, it has all the information on the prompt

    zimzaderk_Jan 5, 2023
    CivitAI

    anyone have thoughts on why nmkd would show incompatible when the 22 version works fine

    kapibaraJan 5, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Hello, can you give me some manual to instal?

    danGorstJan 6, 2023
    CivitAI

    do you recommend using x5.3 over this or this one still has some merit? it's not clear from the descriptions :)

    JINNILJan 7, 2023· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    Hello, can you give me some manual to instal? HELP PLEASE

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 7, 2023· 1 reaction
    JINNILJan 7, 2023

    thank you, but there the video is in .ckpt format, and I downloaded it here in .safetensors format. Should I download everything again?

    maladymawrJan 8, 2023· 1 reaction

    no the safetensors is all you need. you pick one or the other. Safetensors > .ckpt unless you have some technical reason for doing so.

    budhuwJan 19, 2023· 1 reaction

    Hi if you are not running this in Stable Diffusion Automatic or similar convert the Safetensors file to .ckpt. The easiest way to do this is to downdoad NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI this is a one click install easy to setup and use. when installed top bar: Convert Models: Allows you to convert model weights between Pytorch (ckpt/pt), Diffusers, Diffusers ONNX, and SafeTensors formats. point this to the folder containing Safetensors file, ensure Safetensors is selected in the drop down menu then convert it will save the ckpt file in the same folder. Move ckpt file to "wherever installed"\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Stable-diffusion this answer is not specifically for you but this question keeps on being asked in various forms and being answered by technically competent people who tend to miss steps out because they always expect others to be as capable as them. Huw

    WASJan 7, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    If the model is creativeml-openrail-m, you can't arbitrarily say "no hosted services". That's already be explicitly allowed by the license. You need to pick a new license for that to be applicable and enforceable. Though considering what it's based on, that isn't possible to relicense it.

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 7, 2023

    is this for hugging face ? because its fixed on what can only be selected

    WASJan 9, 2023

    Yeah, listed in the license that it's linking: https://huggingface.co/spaces/CompVis/stable-diffusion-license

    prints4lifeJan 10, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    I can't use this in Dreambooth, keep getting an error when trying to create a model, HELP!

    mjkJan 14, 2023· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    It's great but literally doesn't make black people....

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 14, 2023

    give this prompt a try (came from reddit), also its a bit nsfw, so careful prompting at work :)

    beautiful ebony woman, highly detailed, detailed realistic dark skin, detailed realistic rasta hairs, detailed realistic expressive black eyes, detailed realistic thicc lips, intricate detailed dress, intricate, detailed, 4k, hdr, masterpiece, african tribal style, ((full body view)), detailed ancient mayan temple as background, bokeh

    MagovitchJan 16, 2023· 3 reactions

    I trained the model with dreambooth with photos of my Rwandan girlfriend and I had very good results afterwards

    JIM_POISONJan 15, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Please! Create a model to create paintings in the style of Dan Mumford! At the moment, the best AI that can do this is MidJourney :(

    Fal191Jan 16, 2023· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Does this work to produce dark skinned, or black people? I am trying to find one that isn't white-washed.

    Jetro30087Jan 17, 2023· 2 reactions

    Try brown skin as a modifier. Works with 2.2 and get a brown to black tone based on other things like name,ect. Also try by nation of origin "ghana, mexico, ect" as a modifier. You can also get African American characters by using certain styles of naming common in American culture. Gl.

    Fal191Jan 23, 2023

    @Jetro30087 thank you!

    In my experience, f222 does pretty well about it; you could also try "dark skin" as part of your prompt, I've found that helps.

    PergetoryofdreamJan 21, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Detected: Trojan: Win32/Sirefef!cfg

    Almost All that I downloaded

    Use an offline version like “invoke Ai.” Or in a Virtual machine

    Misunderstanding or not I am going on what I have seen.

    from windows Defender after scan

    Detected: Trojan: Win32/Sirefef!cfg

    Status: Remove failed

    This treat or app might not be completely remediated.

    Date: 2023/01/21 12:38

    Details: This program is dangerous executes commands from an attacker. “Severe”

     

    PikaroJan 21, 2023· 3 reactions

    Hey bro, I use paid Kaspersky antivirus and it doesn't report any viruses

    PergetoryofdreamJan 21, 2023

    @Pikaro - https://civitai.com/user/claulis - Gave an explanation - will keep it in mind, that falls positives are a possibility, and generally Happens with window Defender

    thank you for the follow up.

    Claulis response was.

    (1) For the pickled and infected file issue, it is a false alarm, the developer who did the finetune of Anything-v3.0 (on hf) confirms it as a false positive. Some versions of SD get false flagged.

    (2) As the detection footprint for this particular trojan is a mere 2048 byte date/timestamp footprint as reported by trend micro, I'm inclined to think false positive as it is very feasible for byte conversion of floats to match such a small heuristic test over a large number of gigabytes.

    Microsoft Defender AV is typically the only one that reports it. We have tested with Bitdefender, Kaspersky, NOD32, and ClamAV here and nothing.

    * (1) https://huggingface.co/Linaqruf/anything-v3.0/discussions/15

    * (2) https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/troj_sirefef.cfg

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 21, 2023· 1 reaction

    @Pergetoryofdream there is safetensors available, the ckpt are there because people use them outside of automatic1111, and are requested even with false positives..

    ZombiefxFeb 11, 2023

    never rely on windows defender.. just dont

    TheLegend27Jan 26, 2023· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    screw this license

    derikbrJan 26, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    I can post the photos generated by me, on my social midia,instagram, facebook? non-profit, I don't need to mention anything?

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Jan 26, 2023· 2 reactions

    of course, the license is usually for websites for profit and such..

    derikbrJan 26, 2023

    @darkstorm2150 oh I understand, thank you very much

    NOOBDAJan 29, 2023· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Can someone please share prompts!!
    My generated content is nowhere like any of yours.

    schmidtmichail935119Mar 11, 2023· 1 reaction

    Click on any image and you will see hints

    ferchitoFeb 9, 2023· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    What are the best resolution settings for this model?

    dilletantishFeb 27, 2023· 6 reactions
    CivitAI

    Please answer this question: The way I read the license, the only thing I'm allowed to do with this model is use the model to generate pretty pictures for my own personal use? I can't generate artwork and print it on a canvas that I then sell at a local market, I can't design character art or cover art for products? Basically, any art I make I'm not allowed to sell in any way? If this is true, what is the point of using any Protogen models?

    AdamMMar 1, 2023

    Just use other models with commercial opportunities

    DukeNukem47May 29, 2023

    i just saw this. omw. been wondering if I should keep using protogen as the outputs are very off sometimes now I have a reason to wipe this model

    DarkZephyrAug 6, 2023

    From the License:

    "Personal use Exception. As an individual unaffiliated with any commercial entity or business, you may use model output (images) for commercial purposes, respecting section 5.

    5. Use-based restrictions. The restrictions set forth in Attachment A are considered Use-based restrictions. Therefore You cannot use the Model and the Derivatives of the Model for the specified restricted uses. You may use the Model subject to this License, including only for lawful purposes and in accordance with the License. Use may include creating any content with, finetuning, updating, running, training, evaluating and/or reparametrizing the Model. You shall require all of Your users who use the Model or a Derivative of the Model to comply with the terms of this paragraph (paragraph 5)."

    https://huggingface.co/coreco/seek.art_MEGA/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

    mggebrielFeb 28, 2023· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    PROMPT BUG ISSUE

    Hey there,

    Initially gr8 work with the Protogen models, I love em.

    I'm writing here as There is no other means to communicate with you as the developer. I'm sure you are aware of the prompt bug with Protogen

    https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/10baavg/bug_warning_with_some_models_other_than_sd14_like/

    Has there been any solution to that or at least an intention to solve this issue?

    If not, I'm currently writing the prompts so that they lead with a comma or underscore, would that be enough to solve the issue?

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    May 5, 2023

    Hi, the solution is to sacrifice a char, for example "a beautiful portrait of a cat" should be "_a beautiful portrait of a cat" using _ , should suffice.

    huh2739May 24, 2023

    @mggebriel

    Thank you for this absolutely essential information! It means all my tests were wrong and I have to retake them...

    AcelotTheSeriousMar 20, 2023· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Normal and Pruned versions are completely different models. (both models have same hash: ef8629e2c8)
    For other models I get exactly the same results on fixed seed but for this one I'm getting two completely different images. It would be great if someone tests it

    huangdeyinApr 4, 2023· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    I want to train my own checkpoint model. I have about 10,000 high-quality pictures. How can I do it? Does anyone know? If you provide relevant technical documents or solutions, I will be very grateful

    thushanthanApr 10, 2023

    try dreambooth

    huangdeyinApr 13, 2023

    @thushanthan thanks,let me try

    iamddtlaApr 11, 2023· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    nice!

    rexluscusMay 23, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Hi there,

    These are lovely results - I'm trying to recreate them as a way to calibrate my local setup. I'm using (presumably) the same model, and getting very different results - still lovely, just different lovely. I'm using exactly the provided prompt, seed, steps etc. The only thing potentially missing is the resolution used for generation (I'm using the local web ui from https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui). Can you share the resolution used for generation, and what machine/setup was used? again, this is a sanity check to calibrate a local setup, as I'm somewhat new to this...

    huh2739May 24, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Is it necessary to use any VAE? In the demo on huggingface I often got blue spots on the persons.

    woessmichAug 25, 2023· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Has anybody got it to run with the "Accelerate with OpenVino" script for Intel Arc?
    The pruned version gives me errors: NotImplementedError: Could not run 'aten::_local_scalar_dense' with arguments from the 'Meta' backend.
    And the full version gives me different results than what I get online with the model.

    AphaitasSep 2, 2023· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Can this model do NSFW? The mentioning of Hassan and F222 makes me think, yes!?

    starovizkiyrv617Nov 5, 2023· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Hello, when I try to make an image using your model (512*512, 30 steps), the program generates the image for 10-15 seconds, and then is interrupted by the following “error: Could not load the stable-diffusion model! Reason: Cannot copy out of meta tensor; no data!". Although my friend has your model working stably. Please, can you tell me how to fix this?

    mstrblstr475Dec 26, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Hi! Cool checkpoint! All example image are kinda anime/cartoonish which is nice if you are going for that. Would be awesome if you would like to share example image prompt of a realistic photograph render. :)

    929969691903Apr 12, 2024· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    How do I know which version of the model to download and what is the difference between the four versions here?

    muxiaohuApr 18, 2024

    I want to know too

    4AIadamSep 3, 2024

    Bsed on what i know from SD tutorial , download the most recent one ,2 options: safetensor,pickletensor, they should bothe work well

    AphaitasApr 26, 2024· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    3.4 stopped working for me. New A1111 1.9.0 installation.
    It says "Error: Protogen... checkpouint not found: Loading Fallback. But I definitely have it. I re-downloaded. When selecting it and rebooting, it loads, but does not generate anything resembling my prompt. Just some paper stuff. And if I get it to generate after restart, the quality is abyssmal. Other models are OK. Something got messed up. Full model also as abyssmal quality suddenly.

    NourdalSep 23, 2024· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Due to the fact that this model is already very old, it looks quite fresh ... :) Unusual faces, different composition and reaction to prompts. Of course, it is already very outdated, but in some places it looks good. Thanks! It was once a very cool model...

    frikitinOct 15, 2025
    CivitAI

    Any of Protocgen checkpoints works in KRITA..

    Clip ERROR at generating start...¿?

    darkstorm2150
    Author
    Oct 16, 2025

    It was developed for only AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui.

    I didn't know KRITA uses stable diffusion models

    frikitinOct 17, 2025

    ... with a pluging named "Krita AI Diffusion" that installs a custom server inside with ComfyUI. ok, that should be the problem. Sorry. Thanks for yout time.

    Checkpoint
    SD 1.5

    Details

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    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
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    Created
    1/1/2023
    Updated
    5/11/2026
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    Trigger Words:
    modelshoot style
    analog style
    mdjrny-v4 style
    nousr robot

    Files

    protogenX34Photorealism_protogenX34.ckpt