@MagicArt35  Probably just updating too often. I don't really mind and quite enjoy your revisions, but sometimes it becomes difficult to keep up with prolific creators unless it's a significantly noticeable improvement. And not saying that's a reason for any creator to not release steady incremental updates or anything, just likely a reason for it getting less downloads right away. People just now getting back from holiday break is another.

I'm finally running out of disk space myself and thought VIIA, VIA and ABCDFinal were all too similar and that I should only keep one, but I still can't figure out which one I like better. They're all so close and nothing's really better or worse, just different, with each excelling in its own areas (prompt/LoRA adherence, contrast/lighting, etc). Keeping them all for now!

So, "illuminated" as in mixing some Illustrious into Pony Realistic?? Think that would be a great idea, if so. A little Illu added in could help with realism and reduce that slight bit of cartoonishness that Pony will always hold on to (if that makes any sense).

Anyway, I'll keep enjoying ABCDFinal all to myself while waiting for ABCE to drop next week (btw, your out-of-order naming is hard to keep track of, lol). Keep up the great work and thanks again for sharing! :)

@MagicArt35 So the new ABCDFinal for 25k buzz is the same as the old ABCDFinal you just removed? I'm so confused. Starting to think you're just messing with people for fun, lol.

@MagicArt35  But that's the thing. You already let us download ABCDFinal for free like a week ago and then you removed it because nobody was downloading it. At least that's what we were originally discussing in this very comment thread, lol. Removing and re-upping as EA was probably a good idea anyway, to give it a better chance of gaining traction due to the holiday timing and to give users a breath between releases. Makes sense in that regard.

No worries, though. I'll re-download it again so I can give it another thumbs-up review. It is an excellent checkpoint. Looking forward to trying out ABCE in a day or two and then whatever Illu thing you're working on. Take care and keep up the good work!

@MagicArt35  Think I might like ABCD-Final a little better than the newer ABCE so far, but they're both really good - referring to the removed Pony Realistic P vABCD-Final, still not sure if the Early Access of Pony Realistic (no-P) vABCDFinal (no-dash) is the same or different.

It's weird how all of your last 5 revisions are so similar while each one has different strengths. Think I'm still liking VIIA and VIA the best, and then ABCDFinal, then U, then ABCE. Wish I could do a 50/50 merge of VIIA+VIA, then mix that 80/20 with some U, and then mix that result ~65/35 with a 70/30 mix of ABCD-Final+ABCE (I'd call it ABCDEVIIAAUFinal, lol).

Just wish I could stick them all in a blender that could pick out the best parts of each - prompt/LoRA adherence, image quality, realism, lighting, contrast, depth, facial expression. VIIA and VIA really excel with LoRA adherence while still looking a bit too "pony-ish", while ABCDFinal adds some improved realism and IQ/fidelity, but doesn't work quite as well with LoRAs causing the contrast and lighting to be a little heavy-handed (more so in ABCE). And U just has a great IQ and is really easy to work with with excellent prompt adherence.

Anyway, just my own personal opinion so far. Thanks again for sharing!

@MagicArt35 Just an FYI, but I never received a notification that version ABCDFinal came out of Early Access. Not even sure if I asked to be notified, since I already had that version, but usually I get notifications when a model comes out of EA as long as I'm following that creator. Usually it just states "new version", so that may be the issue, since it was previously released (I think).

@MagicArt35  Nah, no worries. Just thought you might want to know about it.