It's a hybrid of "Illustrious" and "SDXL" (although it's more "Illustrious"), so some lora may not work. It only works properly with the "LCM" sampler. Good results can be achieved using: "euler_a/karras 6-8 Steps, lcm/beta 6-10 steps" (applies to turbo version only). The emphasis was on realism. The settings will be in the picture.
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If anyone needs it, here is an unconfigured basic version.
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Just wanted to pop back in and say that Sam v2 is super underrated. 🙂 It almost completely eliminates the "bobblehead" look that plagues photorealistic Pony/IL merges. (IMO the sample pictures don't do it justice in this regard.) Plus, it renders decent textures without forgetting a ton of concepts from IL. Probably the best of its kind at the moment!
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I totally agree. It also seems to handle lora for emotions/expressions well where most other realistic IL models I've tested end up with distorted faces. I didn't expect much from this model when I first downloaded it but after layering on a few of my favorite lora it really started to shine.