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    V10 is sponsored significantly by Wizz (https://civarchive.com/user/_Wizz_) - check him out, amazingly kind and knowledgeable guy.


    Please consider joining my Patreon so I can keep most of my work available for everyone - I'll be releasing early access models there for a cheaper monthly fee than buying them here individually, and also will be providing exclusive models and more!

    For business inquiries, commercial licensing, custom models, and consultations, please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also contact me here through CivitAI DM or join my Discord.

    If you see this model on a commercial product/website that is not CivitAI, then the website you are seeing it on is stealing and profiting on my work. Please contact me. If you currently offer it commercially, contact me to avoid being called out publicly.

    Note: commercial licensing is a requirement for all generative services other than CivitAI. It's also a requirement for companies using it in a commercial setting; e.g. marketing materials, fashion shoots, apps for photo/video editing, etcetera. The only commercial usage that does not need a commercial license is for artists selling their imagery as prints and such.


    Consider using DPM++ 3M SDE Exponential or DPM++ SDE Karras for this model, I personally like them best, 3M SDE Expo for most styles, DPM++ SDE Karras for photorealistic. Make sure to read the prompt advice further on in this section if you want to create photorealistic images as well as some of the sample images.

    Introduction

    A model line that should be a continuance of the ZavyMix SD1.5 model for SDXL. The primary focus is to get a similar feeling in style and uniqueness that model had, where it's good at merging magic with realism, really merging them together seamlessly. Of course with the evolution to SDXL this model should have better quality and coherance for a lot of things, including the eyes and teeth than the SD1.5 models. This model has no need to use the refiner for great results, in fact it usually is preferable to not use the refiner. Recommended to use ultimate SD upscaler to get the most amazing results.

    Continue reading for more information and some tips and tricks.

    I kindly request that you share your creations both here and on my Discord server, as I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to see them and motivate me to spend more time in further ventures here.

    Pros and cons

    Pros

    • Much better saturation than base model.

    • Much better teeth, eyes, hands and feet.

    • Increased realism.

    • Less blurry edges but still keeps a certain pleasing softness to the image.

    • Better looking people.

    • Great texture and tonality.

    Cons

    • NSFW much better than base, but still somewhat lacking without LORAs.

    Roadmap

    1. Training the SDXL model continuously.

    2. Pioneering uncharted LORA subjects (withholding specifics to prevent preemption).

    Tips

    • To better understand the preferences of the model, individuals are encouraged to utilise the provided prompts as a foundation and then customise, modify, or expand upon them according to their desired objectives.

    • Ditch the refiner, an img2img ultimate SD upscaler gets better results when you select this model for it.

    • For photorealism, use nmkdSiaxCX_200k for initial upscale, consider using ultramix_balanced for final upscale/pass to lessen grainy pictures.

    • Consider using face restoration techniques when the result for the face is subpar, but the rest of the image is interesting.

    • If you find that the details in your work are lacking, consider using wowifier if you’re unable to fix it with prompt alone. wowifier or similar tools can enhance and enrich the level of detail, resulting in a more compelling output.

    • ComfyUI is the UI I use for my SDXL images.

    • Your 1.5 LORAs won't work in SDXL.

    • Consider finding new prompts, don't use the standard 1.5 ones. SDXL likes a combination of a natural sentence with some keywords added behind.

    • To maintain optimal results and avoid excessive duplication of subjects, limit the generated image size to a maximum of 1024x1024 pixels or 640x1536 (or vice versa). If you require higher resolutions, it is recommended to utilise the Hires fix, followed by the img2img upscale technique, with particular emphasis on the controlnet tile upscale method. This approach will help you achieve superior results when aiming for higher resolution outputs. However, as this workflow doesn't work with SDXL yet, you may want to use an SD1.5 model for the img2img step.

    Prompts

    Recommended positive prompts for specifically photorealism: 2000s vintage RAW photo, photorealistic, film grain, candid camera, color graded cinematic, eye catchlights, atmospheric lighting, macro shot, skin pores, imperfections, natural, shallow dof, or other photography related tokens.

    Recommended negative prompts: As few negative prompts as you can, only use it when it does something you do not want, like watermarks. Consider using high contrast, oily skin, plastic skin if the skin is too contrasting or too oily/plastic. Also make sure to add anime to negative prompt if you want better photorealism, and more mature looking characters.

    You are further encouraged to include additional specific details regarding the desired output. This should involve specifying the preferred style, camera angle, lighting techniques, poses, color schemes, and other relevant factors.

    Recommended settings

    • sdxl_vae.safetensors (baked in).

    • DPM++ 3M SDE Exponential, DPM++ SDE Karras, DPM++ 2M SDE Karras, DPM++ 2M Karras, Euler A

    • Steps 20~40 (lower range for DPM, higher range for Euler).

    • Hires upscaler: nmkdSiaxCX_200k, UltraMix_Balanced.

    • Hires upscale: Whatever maximum your GPU is capable of, but preferably between 1.5x~2x.

    • CFG scale 4-10 (preferably somewhere around cfg 6-7)

    Lightning LoRA specific settings:

    • Euler sampler with SGM Uniform as Scheduler.

    • Steps 4 (use the 4 steps LoRA)

    • CFG scale 1-2 (CFG 1 at the higher weights for the LoRA)

    • LoRA weight 0.6-1

    Model recipe

    Trained from SDXL 1.0.

    Social media

    You are welcome to join my recently created Discord server, where we can engage in discussions, share our experiences in AI, and showcase the things we’ve made with AI. You are encouraged to join and ask any questions or seek additional tips and tricks related to my models or AI in general. Your participation would be greatly appreciated.

    Description

    We're back!

    • This update is a more wide model, excelling at painting as well as photography styles.

    • Significantly increased pupil roundness and fingers coherance (hands placed on the ground may still look like feet though).

    • Best results after hires upscale.

    FAQ

    Comments (51)

    DeverDec 6, 2023· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    so excited to try this, thank you

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    You too, you've posted some great images!

    DeverDec 7, 2023

    @Zavy thank you !

    BilboTagginsDec 6, 2023· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Looks great! Any chance for a baked VAE version? Unfortunately my current limited setup doesn’t support utilizing a separate VAE.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 6, 2023· 3 reactions

    It is baked in the latest versions, you can use as is. Maybe I should specify :).

    BilboTagginsDec 6, 2023

    @Zavy Awesome, thanks!

    KandooAIDec 6, 2023· 7 reactions
    CivitAI

    I like the new Update. Great Work :)

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    Oh my, an appraisal by Juggernaut's creator! Thanks! Your model's skin texture is a benchmark for SDXL. I find myself checking with it often. Actually I should review it sometime too.

    Mech4nimaLDec 6, 2023· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Previews look great, excited to try :)

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023

    Thanks, have fun with it!

    blahblahsnahdahDec 7, 2023· 14 reactions
    CivitAI

    3.0 is great, a clear iterative improvement over 2.1 in my testing. Nice one. I love your decision to skip Turbo and focus on quality over speed.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    Thanks for the appreciation and understanding :)!

    EricRollei21Dec 7, 2023

    I also appreciate the pursuit of quality over speed. I do wonder though if Turbo might be able to produce higher quality when run at the same steps as a regular SDXL model (and not just at 1-4 steps). The SAI paper suggests it can achieve higher quality than the base at 50 steps. I tested some of the first turbo merges and I think it's possible it can be better. But if the licensing is more restrictive then that settles the decision anyhow.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    @EricRollei21 That's a good point, I should take some time to try that sometime, possibly compare towards SDXL base. Although, I don't have much trust in SAI lately, they overstate the abilities ever since SD2.0 and soured even further with the refiner that clearly wasn't needed. Either way though, it's an interesting test to do, so thanks for mentioning this :).

    nexus99Dec 7, 2023· 32 reactions
    CivitAI

    If you keep hiding your prompts like that, your model will be less useful to people.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 15 reactions

    Not sure how that matters to me. Besides, it wouldn't be useful as you do not get the same result for you do not have my ComfyUI workflow. And I'm not inclined to share that. Not everything is free.

    There are enough others who share their prompt in the gallery section, if you really need to copy-paste.

    nexus99Dec 7, 2023· 12 reactions

    I don't need to copy paste. I don't need your workflow. But like every other good model out there, you should have at least a few flagship examples to show. Together with recommended keywords, especially recommended negative prompt to get the best out of the model. Anyway, it is just a suggestion, no need to be touchy.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 9 reactions

    @nexus99 Well, you're clearly trying to put in the least bit of effort, for there's recommended keywords and negative keywords in the written text for the model. Must've missed that.

    As for whether I'm touchy, I'm not. Like I said, I don't care. It doesn't matter to me whether people need my prompt or not, I provide a good model and show what it can do, I don't have to provide a further service than that. Generally, if you want a service, people pay. Anyway, I suggest you go read your original phrasing to see who is touchy here.

    Also, as an addage, just googling some of your used prompts, most are copied from PromptHero. So... I do not believe you when you say you don't need to copy paste :).

    nexus99Dec 7, 2023· 5 reactions

    @Zavy If you look at my join date, you can see I'm a new user and I'm in the process of learning generative AI. Of course it is allowed to copy prompts. People copy my prompts also. That's the reason for those prompt sharing websites exist, testing and learning. I have thousands of images in my pc, I share only a few here, they are experiments. So if you do not care about people using your model and love to be greedy, why are you sharing it here? Why do you use this website? You can just play with your friends in your shitty discord channel. No need for this childish behaviour.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 5 reactions

    @nexus99 That wasn't my point. You act as if you didn't want/use them, but you clearly do.

    I share my model here as courtesy and to have some friendly competition between other model trainers. I do not share it to get some mileage out of adulation or greed (your suggestion of such tells more about yourself than me). To suggest that I shouldn't even use the website to share my model for whomever likes to use it, simply because I do not share prompts anymore is a really funny conclusion. I think you're just being salty for being called out now. When you fling accusations, at least be able to take it when it fires back. Anyway, as for learning, I suggest you start molding your own prompts, you learn more by doing than copying.

    And again, who is acting touchy here? You can't even keep it remotely mature.

    nexus99Dec 7, 2023· 3 reactions

    @Zavy You are the immature one here. I'm sure I can find tons of copied prompts in your images also, but you cowardly hide all your prompts. At least I'm being honest. And you are the one throwing false accusations without proof. You talk about courtesy but you just show how arrogant you are.

    nexus99Dec 7, 2023· 5 reactions

    @Zavy I have decided not to use your models. No point in arguing any more. I'm sure other sensible users will also boycott your models because of your crappy personality.

    EricRollei21Dec 7, 2023· 4 reactions

    @nexus99  Why? only lazy and unimaginative people need to see the prompt and gen data. The days of sharing the whole prompt and workflow are over and have been for two months. Just be grateful that @Zavy is still offering models to download for free. Those days may end too as gen AI keeps moving forward. I've already seen a lot of creators move their models to patreon and other private places. Why bite the hand that feeds you?

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 6 reactions

    @nexus99 And again you show you're being lazy, for you could simply verify whether I have earlier shared prompts, but for some reason you do not and think I have no shared prompts at all. I haven't removed any of my prompts in earlier images, So again an utter failure of an accusation.

    I only recently stopped sharing any prompts at all because of time constraints (needing to add manually), not willing to share full ComfyUI workflow, and getting tired of people like you who complain it's not a 1:1 (due to tool used and/or workflow used).

    Also, where do I accuse you of something you haven't done? If you prefer, I can very well show you where you copied prior prompts from.

    Please, put your time into learning SD prompting, rather than making a fool of yourself here.

    EricRollei21Dec 7, 2023· 3 reactions

    @nexus99  wow! Did you bump your head or something? You don't make any sense at all.

    NowhereManGoJan 3, 2024· 4 reactions

    @nexus99 The reason Zavy no longer provides the prompt is due to this: https://civitai.com/models/119229?modelVersionId=169740&dialog=commentThread&commentId=288878

    And Zavy is not alone. Many people got accused of "false/fake prompt" when novices could not replicate the image (because they don't have the correct ComfyUI workflow and only copy & pasted the prompt).

    So some people just decide that it is north worth their trouble to provide anything at all.

    aquatermite911Jan 9, 2024· 2 reactions

    Thunk out your own prompts, dude.

    codegixJan 22, 2024

    Yes, at least we can see a sample of negative prompts (as generic one) for this model to start with. Some model requires this negative prompts but nowhere it mentions this model need negative prompt.

    codegixJan 22, 2024

    @nexus99 You are right. This is the only model in CivitAI that don't have sample negative prompt. I always use this as the starting prompt for my ConfigPresets extension. 

    Zavy
    Author
    Jan 22, 2024· 1 reaction

    @codegix The proper finetuned SDXL models generally do not need a negative prompt anymore. In fact, it's recommended to use it as little as you can. Only use it for that which you really do not want to see on the concept you're aiming for.

    EricRollei21Jan 22, 2024· 2 reactions

    @codegix  It seems the users with no shared images, no ratings, no models are the ones who make bad assumptions. The creators do not owe you anything. You are lucky to get anything for free. Can you read? Then do yourself a favor and read the description where it is explained why no prompts are included. TLDR because of beggars like you that can't figure anything out on their own.

    codegixJan 24, 2024· 1 reaction

    @Zavy Thank you. I didn't know that SDXL negative prompt is not useful. I think that is enough to understand I don't really need the other positive prompt.

    codegixJan 24, 2024· 1 reaction

    @EricRollei21 He has been doing a great job providing the best model, and I genuinely appreciate his work. I don't intend to offend anyone here, but I feel like you have to be chill for insulting me being a 'beggar' without questioning why I asked in the first place.

    I was working with the State Plugin, and it requires a 'GENERIC negative prompt' recommended by the creator. Typically, almost all creators in CIVITAI provide these prompts, either in the description or within sample images. I found all of them except his and I know somebody would ask for the same thing and nexus did. It's not hard to write negative prompt but even if I wrote a good -ve prompt it might not work perfectly for certain models. I could randomly choose a negative prompt, but as a creator, he likely understands better what his model is capable of. While it may not be crucial in life and can be experimented with some random negative prompt, having the creator's recommendation is the best. It would have been beneficial if he had mentioned, as he did before, that negative prompts are not very useful in SDXL. This is new information to me. Thus, his response is more informative compared to yours for not being chill. Relax bro.

    Ps: I just realized he did write a good description about using the -ve prompt (less is better). He did provide a sample prompt in the description which normally I took it from the sample image. I think this is enough and solved the problem. So, this is just the problem of me for not to read all the description till the end.

    Thank you @Zavy.

    NowhereManGoJan 24, 2024

    @codegix Thank you for your calm response🙏.

    Things can easily turn into a rude shouting match on the internet 😁.

    EricRollei21Jan 24, 2024

    @codegix Funny how you managed to read the comments but not read Zavy's description, and you had so much time to make a reply here. Next time use it better and read the model creator's words first. Without them freely sharing AI would be so much more difficult or impossible.

    EricRollei21Jan 24, 2024

    @NowhereManGo You are safe from me at least since you've posted numerous and wonderful images. I only attack those that never shared even 1 image but criticize the hand that feeds them. I'm still amazed that people are sharing models for free, and that Civitai allows anyone, even unregistered to download for free. But I can't imagine it will stay that way. I really want to protect the creators since without them we wouldn't have much to work with.

    NowhereManGoJan 24, 2024

    @EricRollei21 I share your sentiment regarding Civitai's model creators.

    It is wonderful that so many creators (you among them) share their models for free with us, and for that they deserve our gratitude.

    jmuellerDec 7, 2023· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    Fantastic model, probably the best (and certainly one my my most used) models out there right now. early christmas, yay. (and I can totally understand the comfy situation, I spent ages on a decent workflow only to find that civitai can't read it). keep it up, and thank you very much for providing such a magnificent tool.

    Zavy
    Author
    Dec 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    Thanks! That's very nice of you to say, and enjoy the festive days, haha.

    caputdraconis744Dec 16, 2023· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    I think I am having an issue with the Vae maybe? I am using Automatic1111, but at the end, after just about having an amazing piece, it keeps throwing on a prismatic affect for some reason. Any suggestions how to put an end to that? Thank you.

    DribblDec 19, 2023

    Have this problem with some DPM variants, depending on scheduler. DPM (whatever) + Kerras didn't have the problem. Euler A didn't have the problem.

    _Wizz_Dec 19, 2023· 2 reactions

    @Dribbl Hey, it was a broken VAE issue.
    Join Discord to discuss further.

    Cheers ! 🥂

    atom_visualDec 19, 2023· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    best SDXL model on civitAI ! my favorite one ! Amazing job ! i will wait for all the updates !!!

    Zavy
    Author
    Jan 14, 2024

    Thanks, that's very nice of you to say!

    DukeNukem47Dec 30, 2023· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    I still feel that SDXL has a long way to go. sd1.5 had such variety. with one prompt and 5 different models I got so may variations but with sdxl its all pretty much the same same

    NowhereManGoJan 3, 2024· 7 reactions

    The explanation is simple. Base SD1.5 is quite unusable except by using word salads. So every SD1.5 model has to be overtrained to get half decent result. There is a high cost to this overtraining, though. These SD1.5 models tend not to follow prompts well, even compared to base SD1.5. SDXL prompt following is way better than any SD1.5 model.

    With SDXL, the base model itself is already highly fine-tuned. So most “photo real” models that have mostly pictures of people in their training set will change base by a much smaller amount, hence the smaller variation you see between models, specially for “photo style” prompts.

    If you want more variety, you can try one of the non “photo realistic” models, such as Paradox 2, StarlightXL, SDXL Niji SE, and Unstable Diffussion Yamer. These models have been optimized for “non photo realistic”. You can still generate photo style images with them, but you will see that the deviation from base will be larger.

    And of course, you can get variety by simply varying your prompt, by describing hair color, eye color, etc. and get variety.

    One BIG advantage of the fact that most SDXL models deviate less from base is that LoRAs tends to work very well across all models.

    jandkDec 31, 2023· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Thank the author for their continuous efforts. According to recent trends, there is a pertinent suggestion. Previously, SDXL's Turbo was used in the form of LoRA, which had a significant impact on image quality. However, currently, including TurboVisionXL, DreamShaper XL, RealVisXL V3.0, etc., have begun training to release an SDXL Turbo checkpoint. It greatly improves the efficiency of generating images, but has minimal impact on image quality, achieving good results in just 8 steps. Considering the high quality of your model itself, it is hoped that you can consider this when you have free time.

    SocalistaJan 10, 2024· 1 reaction

    Having done a lot of experiments making/merging Turbo models, the flexibility of the model is a ton lower, they respond less to negative prompts, and do styles much less effectively. They'll produce realistic people in contemporary/modern settings just as crisp if not better as SDXL, however.

    Zavy
    Author
    Jan 14, 2024· 3 reactions

    Thanks for the nice comment!

    As @Socalista points out, Turbo is a quality downgrade. It's a very narrow model, which is part of the reason why it's so much faster. However, I rather strive for quality over speed, speed isn't that interesting for me personally. I understand it may be for others, but with limited time I prefer to focus on that which gives the highest quality. That said, most Turbo checkpoints you see here are primarily just merging the Turbo LoRA with their pre-existing SDXL checkpoint, something which is pretty much simulated by using Turbo as a LoRA. Especially with LoRA block weights. In fact, you probably would have more control over it than a predefined merge.

    runebinder764Jan 14, 2024· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    NVM, worked out the issue. Changed the VAE back to Automatic and it worked. Leaving this here in case any other newbies like me has this same issue.

    Output now it's fixed looks fantastic and really like this model :)

    Can't get it working on mine, images come out really noisy and colours are all over the place. Tried the sampling method recommend in the post and tried using prompts from a couple of the example images but no joy, can't work out what I'm doing wrong and it's a shame as this look excellent.

    Zavy
    Author
    Jan 14, 2024· 1 reaction

    Glad you got it working and it's working well for you! :)

    Checkpoint
    SDXL 1.0
    by Zavy

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    Created
    12/6/2023
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