Animagine XL Realistic Reviews
definitively a nimprovement over V4, it is almost scary how well it is able to follow the prompt at just CFG 3. It is also less likely to produce artifacts while tile-upsclaing than Animagine V4 opt, which was something that the later somehow got downgraded from Animagine V3.1. Personally I really apreciate the choice of non-ancestral samplers for the optimization of this checkpoint, being designed for Euler, menas I can also decide to go for DPM2 for some extra precision at no risk of changing the composition. The high yield rate of good hands is notable. the overall aesthetic is also improved over V4, it doesn't go 100% full photorealistic if we add an artist style to the mix, it handles that better than V4. Something to note, however is that at least for me it already defaults to a very photo-realistic style even without including the keyword "photorealistic", so if you really want to specifically go for 2.5D Raemu XL remains a better choice to obtain that specific aestethic, though it feels inferior to this checkpoint when it comes to adherance to prompt, and fine detailes like finger are definitive higher quality here. maybe consider generating base text to image with this checkpoint and use Raemu or Animagine V4 as a refiner and/or a substitude checkpoint while upscaling if you want to tone down the photo realism.
Over all, I am very pleasantly surprised, Great job Lily! and thanks for sharing the fruit of your labor with us