What's the deal? Why does their image look different than mine?
Same sampler name, same seed, same amount of steps, same prompt, same Loras, same Diffusion model........
Three different images.
This aticle is about addressing what the difference between sampler setups are. This is mainly for ZImage, but is relevant for most Samplers.
1. Your run of the mill sampler:
We know this one well. A typical Flux/ Qwen setup. It takes a latent image, adds noise, and then removes that noise over a series of steps (denoising) to generate a final image based on the model and prompts. It follows a predefined noise schedule (determined by the selected scheduler like Karras, Normal, etc.) where a specific amount of noise is removed at each step.
Excels at: A solid all around basic choice. Excellent for those who just want to make images without the hassle.
Sucks at: Variance (even with a seed variance enhancer)
Cons: Lack of details, lack of flexibility. Overly smooth images.
2. A detailer Daemon Setup:
The detail daemon enhances image details and reduces background blur by fine-tuning the sigmas across the sampler. It removes less noise and fine tunes it during each step for cleaner outputs.
Watch the video below to learn more about the Detailer Daemon
Excels at: Anime, illustrations, high detail (i.e cyborg, mechanicals, jewelry, etc.)
Sucks at: Ultra relistic humaniods.
Pros: Easier to use than a flowmatch setup, but less flexible. Less noise at the end. Easier to control the results.
Cons: Do you like lots and lots of freckles? How about funny things coming out of her skin? Sometimes random in it's addition of details.
3. A Flowmatch setup:
A very slick node group from REZ4LYF. A Clownshark Sampler, coupled with a Flowmatch Scheduler. Often used with flow matching models like Qwen, it excels at generating images with excellent sharpness, especially for characters, and works well at low steps, making it optimal for ZIT. It manages noise by progressivly refining details for better convergence compared to standard samplers like Euler.
Watch the two videos below for explanations on Sigmas and Flowmatching.
Excels at: Lifelike Portraits with high detail
Sucks at: Anime, Illustrations, Architecture
Pros: Adjusted properly and used in conjunction with a good upscaler, it delivers consistent skin textures and appearances.
Cons: requires a very specific setup or you wind up with latent noise and everything looks Midjourney(ish)
Summary:
There really is no wrong or right choice, just what you are looking for. I hope that this article was helpful. I left links below if you want to learn more.
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😺Lonecat
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See below for links and videos:
Detailer Daemon:
Flowmatching:
Sigmas: