<h1 id="update-v9.5:">UPDATE v9.5:</h1><ul><li>Complete rework. Model-EX moves from Anima 2.9B to Anima 3.8B.</li><li>New architecture. Running Anima 3.8B is more complex, so Model-EX now comes as Node-EX, a set of custom nodes, plus an optional LoRA.</li></ul><h3 id="installation">Installation</h3>1. Download Node-EX v1.0 and unzip it.2. Place the <code>Node-EX</code> folder in <code>ComfyUI/custom_nodes</code>.3. (Optional) Place the LoRA in <code>ComfyUI/models/loras</code>.4. Restart ComfyUI. The nodes appear under the EX category.<h3 id="what-is-node-ex-and-why-is-it-needed">What is Node-EX, and why is it needed?</h3>Node-EX hides the complexity of running Anima 3.8B behind a few simple nodes. It also manages its own memory: model weights are released after each step (captioning, loading, encoding, sampling) to keep VRAM usage as low as possible. The checkpoint runs in about 7.9 GB of VRAM.The Node-EX download is about 15 GB because all the required models are included, so there is nothing else to download.<h3 id="performance-and-quality">Performance and quality</h3><ul><li>Generation is slower than before, but the quality is in a different league.</li><li>The model excels at prompt understanding. It tries to produce something coherent even when the prompt is weak.</li></ul><h3 id="ex-compile-lora">EX Compile Lora</h3><ul><li>EX Compile Lora combines many LoRAs into one, reducing the burning and mutations that usually appear when stacking them.</li><li>The compiled LoRA won't look exactly like the original stack, because weights that conflict or grow too strong are adjusted.</li><li>I encourage everyone to compile their own LoRAs and use them on top of the checkpoint. Merge as many LoRAs as you like into a single file that enhances several things at once. This also makes sharing much easier.</li></ul><img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/dd27eb20-44a1-4584-9918-51d068a4da0b/original=true/dd27eb20-44a1-4584-9918-51d068a4da0b.jpeg" /><img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/6418a51b-49d5-4d2c-aab4-cf4cb1211c7d/original=true/6418a51b-49d5-4d2c-aab4-cf4cb1211c7d.jpeg" /><img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/e8167c0c-ce9a-4e9e-af29-c9dc12cd6b3e/original=true/e8167c0c-ce9a-4e9e-af29-c9dc12cd6b3e.jpeg" /><img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/b7c6b8aa-e282-4961-98b9-60dfd8d8f600/original=true/b7c6b8aa-e282-4961-98b9-60dfd8d8f600.jpeg" /><hr /><h1 id="miscellaneous:">MISCELLANEOUS:</h1><ul><li>Rules &amp; Respect :</li><li>Please do not spam the gallery with very similar images.</li><li>No hardcore, disgusting, or violent sexual content.</li><li>No low-quality or low-effort images.</li><li>Image Gallery :</li><li>The best image will be pinned at the top of the gallery.</li><li>Creative images are very welcome.</li><li>Thanks:</li><li>I hope you enjoy this model, and I would love to see the images you create with it. All the buzz I gain from Model-EX is spent on improving the model and the gallery. Thanks to everyone, and feel free to leave a comment. :)</li></ul><hr /><h1 id="model-info:">MODEL INFO:</h1><pre><code>masterpiece, highres, absurdres, newest, score_9, artwork, best quality, 8k,</code></pre><ul><li>Steps: 12</li><li>CFG: 1</li><li>Sampler: Sa solver</li><li>Scheduler: Beta</li><li>Resolution: 1 Megapixel</li></ul><hr />

Model-EX

modelEX_v95.zip

modelEX_v95.safetensors

v9.5

v9.0

v8.5

v8.0

v7.5

v7.0

v6.5

Files with SHA256: a54f46292692aa71ca863d171a3fbcf0bf9d5949d60f67d8c4d096d97080981e