Checkpoint // MIDNIGHT Illustrious
PROMPT FORMAT:
(not required)
realistic, photorealistic, very aesthetic, best quality, absurdres, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, newest, scenery, depth of field, high-resolution, high definition, visually intense anaglyphic experience, hallucinations, editorial photography, journalistic style, candid,
// YO PROMPT HERE //
realistic, photorealistic, very aesthetic, best quality, absurdres, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, newest, scenery, depth of fieldNEG:
(not required)
bad hands, extra digits, (multiple views:1.1), (bad:1.05), fewer, extra, missing, worst quality, jpeg artifacts, bad quality, watermark, unfinished, displeasing, sepia, sketch, flat color, signature, artistic error, username, scan, (blurry, lowres, worst quality, (low quality:1.1), ugly, (bad anatomy:1.05), artist name, (patreon username:1.2)Sampling method
Euler A (Euler ancestral)
DPM++ 2M Karras
DPM++ 2M SDE Karras
DPM++ 3M SDE Exponential
Sampling Steps
25-45CFG Scale: 7
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Description
V18 Merged Checkpoints: Newly Released & Baked VAE
FAQ
Comments (6)
And the fishing ROD, is fixed, and sexy...
Not just fixed—it's upgraded and ready to reel it in, baby!
Is tagging required, or does this work with natural language prompts as well?
Nah. It's not required unless you want something specific like I mentioned in my description as my preference for semi-realistic goals.
Read https://arxiv.org/html/2409.19946v1
Complex prompt structure and order:
1. character count (1girl, 2girls), characters' names (if an existing character like hatsune miku)
2. natural language describing the output, with periods separating sentences
3. list of tags
4. quality tags at the very end (usually just "masterpiece"):
very aesthetic, best quality, absurdres, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality,
9/10
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