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    (commission) Lighting intensity slider

    Makes light sources in the image brighter or darker for a very natural brightness/lighting control.

    IMPORTANT:

    This lora is POTENT if used correctly.

    -Add any lighting descriptor (highly recommend "blue hour" or "late night") but things like "dark" or "dimly lit" work fine as well

    Literally any keywords that are dark related will make it DARK. try -0.5 to -1 with a "dark" word in your prompt.
    -You may get blue eyes on dark scenes, simply specify eye color

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    Feel free to reach out to me for commission requests ✌️

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    Comments (36)

    cocolflFeb 22, 2025· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    This works great! Thanks to your hard work, we finally have the correct dark image.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Feb 22, 2025

    🙌

    tadanoFeb 22, 2025· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    I was able to brighten the face of the character Lora, who gets darker at higher intensities. I used intensity 1.7. No words were used in the prompt.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Feb 22, 2025

    Awesome! Yes the positive weight needs no keywords to work well :)

    einar_rainhartFeb 23, 2025· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    Warning: the presence of "steps" in the name may break some metadata parsers which use the word "steps" (e.g. A1111 or SD.Next).

    DevilDogAVMar 12, 2025

    Do you think editing the name of this model's safetensor file before placing the model in the LoRA folder would negate this issue? Thanks for the heads up. I'll try to comment back with whatever answer I get from trying that approach.

    einar_rainhartMar 12, 2025

    @DevilDogAV That would work, I'd say (SD.Next has adjusted the parsing, but there's no way to tell if it wouldn't break past metadata).

    DevilDogAVMar 12, 2025

    @einar_rainhart I asked AI and it confirmed that it could be a problem. AI said my solution should totally prevent the issue. I downloaded the model and just erased the unnecessary characters in the title of the safetensors file (most importantly "steps"). I've been able to use the LoRA on Automatic1111 without issue. The LoRA works quite well, I'm sure many experienced SD artists are aware of how overexposed images can get at times. This resource seems like it can be a real asset. I recommend the author just re-upload the model as a v2 so that they can keep this listing and all their thumbs-ups, stats, ect, and then just make v1 unavailable for download. It seems like a great addition to one's kit.

    einar_rainhartMar 12, 2025

    @DevilDogAV As I said, at least for SD.Next the developer changed the parsing code and it's no longer an issue, but for A1111 it could be still, indeed.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Mar 13, 2025· 1 reaction

    @DevilDogAV Hey brother, I'll rename and re-upload here in a bit. I never realized this was an issue until Einar commented as I've never experienced a problem before

    DevilDogAVMar 13, 2025· 1 reaction

    @Mraclet Who would know that would be an issue. hehehe Such a random coincidence for something so innocuous to be a potential issue. Shout out to @einar_rainhart for making us aware and props to you for addressing it. Please confirm that my suggestion will preserve your listing page here, it would be a shame to lose all the stats you've earned from this model. If in doubt, contact support, I'm sure they can help you resolve the issue in a way that everybody wins. Extremely useful model! Thanks for creating it.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Mar 23, 2025· 7 reactions
    CivitAI

    FYI name has been fixed. TY for pointing it out

    WoodyHudsonApr 18, 2025· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    Damn! This is really great and works very correctly!!! Thanks to the creator!!! 👍👍👍

    laggin2408Apr 25, 2025· 14 reactions
    CivitAI

    I've been scratching my head for at least 10 hours on how to give some images darkness until now. Tysm bro

    ASmallStoneMay 18, 2025· 11 reactions
    CivitAI

    This lora is awesome but is capped at -1 in the generator for some reason, it is really good at even lower numbers.

    BLKbearAug 2, 2025· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    this helped out perfectly, thank you so much!

    FotoLeipzigAug 7, 2025· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    That for Pony would be cool

    Mraclet
    Author
    Aug 8, 2025· 2 reactions

    Good news, I tried it using WAI-ANI https://civitai.com/models/404154?modelVersionId=1085338 for Pony and it seemed to work perfectly.

    Just use higher lora weight for pony

    MoguMogu_PlaoAug 14, 2025· 11 reactions
    CivitAI

    Great!

    XYZXXXXXAug 31, 2025· 12 reactions
    CivitAI

    great!!!

    carro7777777777385Sep 24, 2025· 7 reactions
    CivitAI

    Works like a charm!
    Thanks ❤️

    hell012Nov 18, 2025· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    Work excellent! Thx!

    aiexplorer33Dec 5, 2025· 6 reactions
    CivitAI

    one of the best loras for illustrious ever made, period point blank. extremely versatile.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Dec 5, 2025· 1 reaction

    Thank you! Glad it's helpful

    aiexplorer33Dec 5, 2025· 1 reaction

    @Mraclet it really is, it's giving my images a depth and style I haven't been able to capture before, without intruding into the actual generation itself, it's incredible. I just started using it yesterday and I think it will be part of all my workflows from now on.

    AlexanmaruDec 7, 2025· 6 reactions
    CivitAI

    The best model for light control

    120458Dec 15, 2025· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Can't thank you enough this model works wonders!~ Best lighting slider bar none!

    dread766Jan 5, 2026· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    How dark will this go? I want to do almost pitch black with low lighting.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Jan 6, 2026· 1 reaction

    Very dark. -2 with "dark" in the prompt and viewer goes blind lol.

    My example images used just -0.5

    h820fdslkjme3Jan 16, 2026· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    For some images I generate the person gets "highlighted" even though the background is dark. Is there a way to fix this?

    Mraclet
    Author
    Jan 16, 2026· 1 reaction

    I suggest tweak your prompt if this happens. Less "dark" tags in your prompt and higher lora weight should balance the subject and background a bit

    TanakaArtJan 17, 2026· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    Out of all the ''dark'' sliders/helpers this one gives me the best results!

    EreijticJan 23, 2026· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    lovely lora! instantly impressed ☺ thank you for the great work, the range of possibilities is amazing

    dravensolMar 4, 2026· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    For anyone that's been looking for the solution to, everything is too bright no matter how many stacks of tags I use, this is a great solution.

    To anyone not getting the desired results, 0 is neutral lighting, anything negative makes it darker, and anything positive makes it brighter.

    Mraclet
    Author
    Mar 4, 2026· 1 reaction

    Great tip. It does work very well for over-exposure

    zetsubouApr 5, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Thanks for this LoRA.
    I finally have an easy way to control my images lighting.
    Now I can generate dark scene for my LoRA showcase with ease haha

    LORA
    Illustrious

    Details

    Downloads
    34,737
    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
    Available
    Created
    2/21/2025
    Updated
    5/24/2026
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    Trigger Words:
    dark
    late night
    blue hour

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