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    Z-Image_clear_vae - natural
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    Z-Image_clear_vae

    Compare to Original VAE (Flux1_ae.safetensors)

    Z-Image_vivid_vae | Flux1_ae.safetensors

    Z-Image_clear_vae is a custom VAE for Z-Image, Flux.1, and HiDream.

    A fine-tuned version based on Anzhc's Z-Image_Anime_VAE, enhancing color saturation, red tone rendition, and improving skin tone representation.


    half-natural, natural, clear, vivid

    • Z-Image-half-natural-vae: Has slightly higher contrast and saturation compared to the original.

    • Z-Image-natural-vae: Higher contrast and saturation, offering a natural expression.

    • Z-Image-clear-vae: More Increases contrast and saturation for a clear visual expression.

    • Z-Image-vivid-vae: Offers a further increase in saturation. It results in a distinct expression for black, but in most cases, it becomes oversaturated.

    Please use them as appropriate for the situation.


    Z-Image, Flux.1, HiDream

    Z-Image: Z-Image-Turbo_clear

    Z-Image_clear_vae | Z-Image_vivid_vae

    Flux.1 [dev]: blue_pencil-flux1-v0.0.1

    HiDream: HiDream-I1-Dev_clear


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    Comments (8)

    AlleriasDec 10, 2025· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Thank you for the work but i think the natural vae is a bit over saturated. Are you able to produce another vae between the original vae and your natural vae ?

    easygoing0114
    Author
    Dec 11, 2025· 3 reactions

    Uploaded Z-Image_half_natural_vae !

    AlleriasDec 11, 2025

    @easygoing0114 Thank you, it's the best for me.

    J1BDec 17, 2025· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    It this the same as the UltraFlux VAE? https://huggingface.co/Owen777/UltraFlux-v1/tree/main/vae

    That is the best one I have tested so far, but I will test this.

    easygoing0114
    Author
    Dec 19, 2025· 1 reaction

    This is a custom VAE based on Anzhc's Z-Image_Anime_VAE, and it is a different model from the UltraFlux VAE.

    EchoHeadacheFeb 27, 2026
    CivitAI

    this just makes the image look overbaked and oversaturated

    45thApr 20, 2026
    CivitAI

    This vae is good, but it has a brownish tint in 100% of my test gens.

    ascendingauthor741Apr 22, 2026
    CivitAI

    Sorry, but I think the UltraFlux VAE is noticeably better than all 4 of yours.

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    Created
    12/10/2025
    Updated
    5/3/2026
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