<h3 id="version-3.0-information:">Version 3.0 Information:</h3>Did a deeper retune of the source models to try and improve the overall output. It's now a 50/50 split between RealCartoon and Hyphoria, just the methodology of how they get there is way more nuanced. It also allows me to extend the suite to NAI though it was partly there already.Everything seems to work pretty well in the 4-6 CFG range. I like running Noob at around 20 steps, and the IL model seems to like 32 steps.NAI-E, in particular, seems very DTF so keep your NSFW negative handy if it's not your thing (not mine). Even then, everything can still become a cum-fountain if you're not careful.Update: I take it back, these models are horny af so if you need to condom up:<ul><li>Positive Prompt: rating:safe, </li><li>Negative Prompt: rating:explicit, rating:questionable, </li></ul><h3 id="version-2.0-information:">Version 2.0 Information:</h3>A repack of the original Something Noob merge checkpoints without including Noob followed up by a merger with Hyphoria. Should be a more pristine Illustrious experience geared more to linework and less realism. It feels to be in a better spot for prompt adherence and flexibility. It works best between 3 and 5 CFG and sort of hits a style ceiling at 6, but you can keep going for more/different details.Positives: masterpiece, cinematic lighting, depth of field,Negatives: &lt;only as needed&gt;I'm not doing the phi thing anymore. I started seeing it everywhere after I started doing that, and now there's always a guy smoking a cigarette outside my house. I know he's not real, but he says he is.Version 1.0/1.1 Information:This is more of an upgrade to Something Borrowed that was my first checkpoint merge. I've really liked the results from Something Noob but wanted to bring in some more realism, and this one delivers really well.Thanks again to the folks behind the models used to merge <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1467318/something-noob">Something Noob</a>, and thanks to the following folks and their models that contributed to this merge:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1595884/hyphoria-illu-and-nai">Hyphoria </a>by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/ecaj">ecaJ</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1615410?modelVersionId=1828217">NIJI </a>by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/cubby_ai">cubby_ai</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/510261?modelVersionId=567119">SPO-SDXL_4k-p_10ep_LoRA_webui</a> by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/rockeycoss">rockeycoss</a></li></ul>The prompt adherence on this checkpoint is a bit insane. Forget to remove a keyword and your characters will start playing twister to get it in the shot. Seems to be a bit shy with nudity sometimes, but ymmv. I was struggling with this until I switched to Euler and then it's been smooth sailing. It starts responding well at CFG 2 and works well as you turn it up. It starts getting posterboardy at about 7 or 8. As always, FaceDetailer is your friend.My personal settings have gone full nerd mode. I use 2.718 CFG (e), 1.618x upscaling (φ), 0.618 denoising (1/φ) for bigger areas, and 0.368 denoising (1/e) for polishing. Sometimes 0.42 because Douglas Adams. Also using Fibonacci stepping trying to stick to 8, 13, 21, 34, and (rarely) 55. It's stupid, but it's my current flex.The only issues with loras that I've had with this one so far is that I don't really need to use them. Style loras get the job done, but the prompt does a ton of work.Adding style negative seems to just make things worse for me. I've been getting better results getting "mean of empty slice" errors from an empty negative box.One issue I need to look into is a center offset at generation. Subjects get shifted a little to the right in portrait and down in landscape at flat camera angles. Not a huge issue, but could be a problem for character portrait loras unless there are keywords I'm unaware of that fix the problem.

Something Simple

Retuned the source models to bring this merge back to an Illustrious v2.0 baseline as I've found Hyphoria to be ~75% NAI base. This is mostly so the new NAI EPS merge and this IL2 merge aren't almost the exact same. 😂

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