RealPhoto IL Pro, Cinematic Photographic Realism
Realistic / Photographic
Illustration Realism (IL Series)
Purpose: Ultra-realistic photo generation with natural lighting, accurate skin texture, and cinematic depth.
About
RealPhoto IL Pro is part of the RealPhoto IL series , a realism-focused SDXL checkpoint family built for artists, photographers, and designers who need natural, camera-accurate human rendering without losing creative flexibility.
It bridges the gap between photorealism and illustration-grade lighting, producing images that look like real photos shot through a professional lens rather than digital paintings or 3D renders.
Trained and merged for high-fidelity color response, balanced lighting behavior, and smooth texture handling, this version is tuned to preserve fine skin detail, lens bokeh, and true photographic tone curves.
Ideal Use
Portrait and fashion photography
Cinematic lighting compositions
Realistic character visualization
Product or concept design mockups
Benchmarking for realism-focused models
Prompting Tips
For best results:
Include “ultra realistic, cinematic photo, HDR lighting, depth of field”
Keep LoRA weights moderate (0.4–0.8 range)
Use real-world lenses (
85mm,f/1.8,f/2.8) for authentic framingUse same VAE for comparison across variants
For dramatic tone, try “golden hour lighting” or “soft studio light”
TAGs
realistic, photorealistic, sdxl, realism, photo-style, cinematic lighting, hdr, natural light,
depth of field, portrait, modelshoot, detailed skin, realistic eyes, elegant, masterpiece,
aesthetic, ultra detailed, high quality, professional photography, 8k, skin realism, realphoto,
realphoto il, il pro, ck-il-series
Description
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– AM Studios
Parameter Suggested
Sampler DPM++ SDE / 2M Karras
Steps 25 –35
CFG 5 - 8
merge model of cyberrealistic_v7 and ILLU_realisticBlendXL_v40
FAQ
Comments (10)
I really needed to come and say that this model is awesome.
really appreciate it ^^
Thank You ! Please make upload your work and creative side .
@CyberSupergirl I just wanted to mentioned that you tags in the model are all messed up, they are been inserted in one line with commas, I think that in CivitAI you need to add the tag and then press enter to add a new one instead of a comma.
Quick question. You’re advertising your checkpoint with those preview images. Why the hell are you using four LoRAs then? I just don’t get why people slap preview images on their checkpoints that you can only reproduce with the checkpoint plus a bunch of LoRAs.
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Hey, good point , I get where you’re coming from.
Just to clarify, I’ve also uploaded normal renders made purely with the base checkpoint (no LoRAs) so people can see what the model does on its own.
The LoRA examples are just to show stylistic range, not to mislead , the base model performs beautifully even without them.
This is a merged model between cyberrealistic_v7 and ILLU_realisticBlendXL_v40. Please make sure you credit original authors and reflect the base model type as "Merged" and not "checkpoint trained".
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@klaabu they also posted a fake Flux1 Krea finetune
definitely , we ll update the info .
Was Batman, a super girl now? And posting fake finetunes
Please no more portraits. Show how well it does two different people.
Details
Available On (2 platforms)
Same model published on other platforms. May have additional downloads or version variants.