NoobToIllustriousVpred v1.1

NoobToIllustriousV_v1.1 has the same recipe as NoobToIllustriousV_v0.1, but instead of Illustrious-XL 0.1 I used Illustrious-XL 1.1

NoobToIllustriousVpred v1.0

NoobToIllustriousV_v1.0 has the same recipe as NoobToIllustriousV_v0.1, but instead of Illustrious-XL 0.1 I used Illustrious-XL 1.0

NoobToIllustriousVpred v0.1

Purpose of this merge

The purpose of this merge is to convert Illustrious 0.1 to the Vpred version. I did this merge simply because I was curious what would happen if I tried it. It's not the best quality model compared to other modern models, and it's more of a proof that you can convert an Illustrious model to a Vpred variant and get something usable. Maybe you'll find a use for this model, for example, to create merges.

This is a Vpred model, so you will need the correct ComfyUI workflow for this. You can simply drag and drop the example images into ComfyUI to get the workflow.

Recommended negative prompt

very displeasing, displeasing, (low quality, worst quality, jpeg artifacts, vhs artifacts, aliasing, blurry, distortion:1.4), (bad anatomy, bad hands:1.4), (muted color:1.2)

Recommended CFG: 7-15

I also recommend using artist tags, as the default model style tends to add VHS-like artifacts to images

Recipe of the merge

1 Create temporary model

TempModel = NoobAI-XL Vpred 1.0 + Illustrious-XL 0.1 - NoobAI-XL Epsilon 1.0

2 Merge Stabilizer nbep11 v0.138 with strength 0.5

3 Merge Stabilizer illus v1.23 with strength 0.5

4 Apply CyberFix with CyberRealistic XL v5 to enhance anatomy knowledge of the model

If you want to know more about what CyberFix is, you can read about it here

https://civitai.com/models/913998/noobaicyberfix

Logic behind this merge

I was just wondering what would happen if I turned Illustrious into a Vpred variant by adding Illustrious weights to NoobAi Vpred and subtracting NoobAi Epsilon weights. I expected to get just a Vpred variant of Illustrious with the usual problems of Vpred models, such as very strong saturation. But to my surprise, the resulting model had exactly the opposite problems: the model generated images with very muted colors and a lack of detail, even with high CFG. To fix this, I merged two versions of the illustriousXL/NoobAI Stabilizer lora. After that, model became more or less usable. Then I applied CyberFix to improve anatomy knowledge

Big thanks to the creators of these models!

NoobAI-XL

Illustrious-XL 0.1

Stabilizer illustriousXL/NoobAI

CyberRealistic XL

Stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0