I'll preface this with saying. I don't have a clue what I'm doing. I'm just a dude with too much free time. These are purely experimental merges where I take my favorite checkpoints and try to improve upon one specific aspect or another.
Description
Ultimately the more I used Semi-Real2 or 2.5 the more I noticed little details that could improve, blurry bits I didn't like etc. I actually started working on this as a successor to my 'Custom Testing' merge but in the process ultimately found what caused a lot of that little blurriness on Semi-Real2/2.5 that had been bothering me. It was like I had just...'unlocked' something and it suddenly became the next in my Semi-Real series. This merge feels like what Semi-Real2 and 2.5 should have been.
Just as with it's predecessors DMP++2M SDE or SDE Huen Karras or SGM Uniform 15-20steps and CFG 2-3, Euler A Karras, or LCM Exponential/Karras all work well. See pics for individual settings.
FAQ
Comments (7)
I had to run a saturation LORA at -3 to get acceptable exposure but the image composition and aesthetic are nice.
Do you have a link to this LORA? Loving the model but, yes... too saturated
@Valomar I tried to paste in the link but it doesn't look like it worked. It's called "Saturation Tweaker - v1.0"
@Ruoar Thank you!
@Valomar Let me know if you get good results. Generally I would just use a different model that doesn't need a LORA. I switch models very often and prefer models that don't need specific tweaks.
@Ruoar Actually, I realized it was a problem with my workflow. Once I corrected that and used 2 LoRAs that I always use for their own aesthetic qualities, the results have been great! I see Auc posted a desaturated version and am playing with it now, and like the results even more!