Realistic Blend XL is an Illustrious-XL based realistic checkpoint. The main-focus of this model is to depict Asian women, but it is also very capable to create pictures of Western women.NSFW is also supported!Natural language and Booru tags for prompting are supported.<h3 id="update:">Update:</h3>Version 5.0 This has some overall improvements and some more realism. Added several new models to the merge: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1125067?modelVersionId=2394092">CyberRealistic CyberIllustrious 8.0 Redux</a> - by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Cyberdelia">Cyberdelia</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1584358?modelVersionId=2222714">Ultra Realistic By Stable Yogi (ILLUS) 2.0 FP16 by </a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Stable_Yogi">Stable_Yogi</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1412827?modelVersionId=1643845">Illustrious Realism by klaabu V1.0+VAE by </a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/klaabu">klaabu</a><span style="background-color:rgb(26, 27, 30);font-family:-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;;font-size:16px">Version 4.0<span style="background-color:rgb(26, 27, 30);font-family:-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;;font-size:16px">Some overall improvements were made to enhance the picture quality.added <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/974693?modelVersionId=2091367">Realism Illustrious By Stable Yogi V5</a> to the mergeVersion 3.0 This update gives overall some improvements and it should hopefully look less "cartoonish". DMD2 versionThis model is based on version 2.0 with an additional DMD2 lora merged into it for faster image generation with only 12 steps. This version is experimental and primary aimed towards lower end PCs.This model requires different settings:Sampler/Scheduler: LCM with Align your StepsSteps: 12CFG: 1You can also use Rescale CFG. The sample pics were created with rescale at 0.2<h3 id="recommended-settings">Recommended settings</h3>Sampler / Scheduler: DPM++ 2M SDE with Karras / UniPC with Simple / DPM++ 3M SDE with KarrasSteps: 30CFG: 3-7Resolutions: official SDXL resolutions (832x1216, ...)optional: adetailer and/or highres fix depending on use caseVAE is included<h3 id="quality-tags">Quality tags</h3>Positive:<pre><code>(masterpiece, best quality), (photo realistic, ultra detailed, realistic skin), (ultra high res, Raw Photo, 8k, very aesthetic, absurdres),</code></pre>Negative:<pre><code>worst quality, low quality, normal quality, watermark</code></pre>In order to get better results of Asian women, you can add Westerners to the negative prompt.Merge recipe:beret mix Real v5 + Nova Asian XL Illustrious V2.0 with 50% merge ratioResult of step 1 + CyberIllustrious v3.5 with 50% merge ratioplus 2 style lorasV4: added <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/974693?modelVersionId=2091367">Realism Illustrious By Stable Yogi V5</a> - <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Stable_Yogi">by Stable Yogi</a>V5: added <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1125067?modelVersionId=2394092">CyberRealistic CyberIllustrious 8.0 Redux</a> - by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Cyberdelia">Cyberdelia</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1584358?modelVersionId=2222714">Ultra Realistic By Stable Yogi (ILLUS) 2.0 FP16 by </a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Stable_Yogi">Stable_Yogi</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1412827?modelVersionId=1643845">Illustrious Realism by klaabu V1.0+VAE by </a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/klaabu">klaabu</a>Permission: no commercial use, no selling, use only on Civitai (please also check the sources for their respective permissions)

Realistic Blend XL

Version 4.0 Some overall improvements were made to enhance the picture quality.added <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/974693?modelVersionId=2091367">Realism Illustrious By Stable Yogi V5</a> - <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/user/Stable_Yogi">by Stable Yogi</a> to the merge

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Original Link: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://civitai.com/models/1516521?modelVersionId=2138774">https://civitai.com/models/1516521?modelVersionId=2138774</a>Realistic Blend XL is an Illustrious-XL based realistic checkpoint. The main-focus of this model is to depict Asian women, but it is also very capable to create pictures of Western women.Natural language and Booru tags for prompting are supported.Update:Version 4.0Some overall improvements were made to enhance the picture quality.Recommended settingsSampler / Scheduler: DPM++ 2M SDE with Karras / UniPC with Simple / DPM++ 3M SDE with KarrasSteps: 30CFG: 3-7Resolutions: official SDXL resolutions (832x1216, ...)optional: adetailer and/or highres fix depending on use caseVAE is includedQuality tagsPositive:(masterpiece, best quality), (photo realistic, ultra detailed, realistic skin), (ultra high res, Raw Photo, 8k, very aesthetic, absurdres),Negative:worst quality, low quality, normal quality, watermarkIn order to get better results of Asian women, you can add Westerners to the negative prompt.Merge recipe:beret mix Real v5 + Nova Asian XL Illustrious V2.0 with 50% merge ratioResult of step 1 + CyberIllustrious v3.5 with 50% merge ratioplus 2 style loras

Version 4.0
Some overall improvements were made to enhance the picture quality.

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