Kreros 1.0 is a photorealistic merge built on Krea 2 Turbo (INT8 ConvRot), blended with amateur photography and realism LoRAs. It specializes in raw, candid, amateur-style photos — the kind of look you get from a smartphone shot in a bedroom, bathroom, or party: imperfect framing, natural window or flash lighting, real skin texture with blemishes and tan lines, and an overall unpolished, authentic feel. NSFW capable. Recommended settings: 8 steps, CFG 1.0, Euler / simple, 1K-2K resolution. Works great with vertical (9:16) prompts. Pair it with the standard Krea 2 text encoder (Qwen3VL 4B) and Qwen Image VAE. Tips: add words like 'candid', 'amateur photo', 'smartphone photo', 'shot on iPhone', 'flash photo at night' or 'analog film' to the prompt for stronger authenticity; describe lighting and camera angle explicitly for best results. Trained words: not required. This is an experimental personal merge shared for the community — no commercial restrictions on outputs. Base model license: Krea AI Community License. Merges and derivatives are allowed, credit is appreciated but not required.
Description
# 🚀 Kreros 2.0 — Evolution & Technical Highlights (NVFP4)
Kreros 2.0 represents a major generational leap over Kreros 1.0, engineered from the ground up to achieve authentic candid amateur snapshot photography, hyper-realistic human skin anatomy, and organic atmospheric lighting without the artificial "waxy AI" smoothing.
---
## ⚡ What's New in Version 2.0?
1. Native Pure NVFP4 Quantization:
- Quantized directly from full-precision unquantized master weights via CUDA FP4 stream quantization.
- Preserves all 174 norm, adaLN modulation, and bias layers in 100% lossless BF16 precision.
- Ultra-fast inference on RTX 40-series and 50-series GPUs while keeping total file size compact (~7.15 GiB).
2. Organic Amateur & Candid Aesthetics:
- Deeply refined candid snapshot look: realistic smartphone/compact camera framing, authentic ambient flash, and natural window lighting.
- True-to-life skin microtexture: visible natural pores, subtle blemishes, authentic tan lines, and micro-imperfections.
- Elimination of plastic skin, oversaturation, and artificial "porcelain doll" smoothness.
3. Superior Anatomical & Low-Light Consistency:
- Greatly enhanced facial fidelity and coherence under extreme low-light, harsh flash, and complex nighttime urban environments.
- Consistent limb and hand rendering in spontaneous, candid poses.
---
## 🔍 Side-by-Side Comparisons (Same Seed & Same Prompt)
In the comparison images below, both versions were rendered with identical seeds, positive prompts, and resolution to directly showcase the leap in texture realism:
* Comparison 01 (Portrait & Skin Microtexture): Dramatic upgrade in natural skin translucency, real pores, and authentic facial anatomy.
* Comparison 02 (Candid Snapshot & Real Lighting): Natural ambient light capture, realistic hair strands, and convincing snapshot dynamics.
* Comparison 03 (Ambient Detail & Skin Tones): True-to-life color grading, elimination of digital glow, and authentic skin pigmentation.
* Comparison 04 (Gritty Amateur Realism): Raw, unpolished texture resembling an authentic unedited photo.
* Comparison 05 (Facial Anatomy & Atmospheric Lighting): Clean low-noise facial balance with believable shadow roll-off.
* Comparison 06 (Low Light & Real Depth of Field): Authentic optical bokeh and night illumination.
(Comparison sheets are available in the gallery and model assets).
---
## ⚙️ Recommended Generation Settings
| Parameter | Recommended Value | Notes |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Steps | 8 – 12 | Fast turbo inference |
| CFG | 1.0 | Do not exceed 1.0 on Krea DiT models |
| Sampler | er_sde or euler | er_sde gives exceptional photo grain |
| Scheduler | simple | Standard linear schedule |
| Guidance | 3.5 | Flux/Krea Guidance node |
| Text Encoder | Qwen3-VL 4B (CLIPLoader type: 'krea2') | qwen3vl_4b_fp8_scaled.safetensors |
| VAE | Qwen-vae.safetensors | 32-channel latent VAE |
| Aspect Ratios | 888x1184 (3:4) / 832x1216 (9:16) | Ideal for portrait / candid orientation |
---
## 💡 Prompting Tips
- Trigger aesthetic words: candid snapshot, amateur photo, real skin texture, shot on 35mm film, natural ambient light, flash photo at night, smartphone camera.
- Lighting & Scene details: Describe the light source explicitly (e.g. harsh direct flash, soft overcast daylight through window, dim neon bar lighting).