🛠️ Purpose & Design Philosophy
This workflow is a high-fidelity environment built for Illustrious. It prioritizes stability and professional texture over generation speed. It follows an "all-in-one" philosophy: configure your prompts, hit queue, and let the workflow handle the multi-stage refinement from start to finish.
Not for Speed: This is a heavy-duty refinement tool. If you want 2-second previews, use a basic workflow.
Personal Use: Built for my specific production needs. It is shared as-is for those who want a "set-and-forget" pipeline for Illustrious. Adjust the settings and models to fit your needs. The defaults on v19+ will be what I used for the sample images.
All-in-One Logic: The workflow handles generation, detailing, and upscaling in one continuous pass.
If you're needing something with more features: Try checking out ComfyUI Image Workflows or Silly All-in-one, Multiple Characters With Regional Loras which are both on civitai.
⚠️ Disclaimer & Compatibility
Install at Your Own Risk: Custom nodes can break your environment. I am not responsible for troubleshooting your specific installation.
ComfyUI: Built and tested on the non-app version. Desktop app users may face additional hurdles.
The "Your Version" Factor: Your node versions and environment are 99.9% likely to differ from mine.
Nodes 2.0: I do not recommend using Nodes 2.0. It creates unpredictable UI behavior; I will not provide support for issues involving this feature.
🤝 Support & Boundaries
I have not and never will monetize my workflow. CivitAI is the only platform I am maintaining this workflow on. If you find a version of my workflow posted and/or monetized anywhere and use it, then whoever posted it is responsible for providing you any support. This is the main reason why I don't monetize this: I don't want to be or feel obligated to provide support.
No DMs: DMs are disabled due to repeat spam. Please check the Discussions tab below; most questions have already been answered.
Modifications: You are free to hack this workflow apart. However, you are responsible for fixing it if it breaks.
Custom Requests: I do not make private workflows. If you need a custom solution, post a Bounty on CivitAI. There are many talented creators ready to help you for a fee.
Description
Not So Simple (or is it?) Illustrious — v19.0.0
Welcome to v19! For this milestone update, I’ve taken the absolute best, most stable elements from the v17 and v18 architectures and fused them into a definitive, high-fidelity powerhouse. This version focuses heavily on pristine initial generation math, robust upscaling, and post-processing flexibility.
Here is the breakdown of what’s new, what’s improved, and how to get the most out of v19.
🚀 Features & Workflow Enhancements
Dynamic Wildcards Integration
Use wildcards by utilizing the ImpactWildcardProcessor node.
Note: To use this feature, ensure the node is connected to one of your Positive Prompt text inputs.
Ultimate Precision Math (Initial Gen Stage)
Epsilon Scaling is now available right out of the gate during the initial image generation phase to fine-tune your step/noise ratios.
CFG Zero Star integration for advanced contrast and CFG stability.
Detail Daemon is now fully integrated into the initial generation pass for granular control over micro-textures and sharpness before any upscaling happens.
Sigmas Rescale (via RES4LYF) is available during the initial gen to prevent detail loss and maintain structural integrity.
Expanded Pipeline Control
Dedicated IMG2IMG Pipeline: Seamlessly pass existing images through the workflow.
Dual Ultimate SD Upscale: Two distinct, configurable groups for massive, multi-stage high-resolution upscaling without losing coherence.
Triple Detailer System: Three independent detailer groups compatible with detection models via the UltralyticsDetectorProvider (Impact Pack) for flawless face, hand, or clothing refinement.
Finishing & Post-Processing
Hardware-Accelerated RTX Postprocessing: Integrated specialized RTX nodes for cutting-edge deblurring, denoising, and sharpening.
Hardware Note: These require Nvidia RTX hardware. If you are not running an RTX card, you can safely delete these nodes without breaking the rest of the workflow.
Automatic Color Correction: Added the Easy Color Corrector node at the very end of the pipeline to normalize lighting, fix washed-out passes, and deliver a perfectly balanced final render.
📑 Civitai Metadata Compatibility
Civitai-Readable Generation Data: The image saving node configuration has been fully optimized to ensure all image parameters, prompts, seeds, sampler settings, and resources (Base Models, Loras, etc.) are automatically and properly detected when you upload your generations to Civitai.