This workflow UNLOCKS the full potential of Z-Image. It generates pixel-level fine realistic details with very fast gen speed, for both foreground and backgrounds!
I spent months researching and experimenting Qwen hyper realism and now weeks of chasing after Z Image realism, and I'm now sharing my full workflow with this release, you might find it useful to use.
❤And if you want to incorporate some parts into your workflow, I would love a mention too!
Thanks for the shoutout by Z Image dev team TongyiLab!! https://x.com/Ali_TongyiLab/status/2000762326136578121
v1.8 Key features:
NEW* Configurable texture vs smoothness
High quality Upscaled Inpainter with optional auto segmenter (soon)
Fastest Full Upscaler with high quality (1 step sampler)
Achieving max quality with fast generation speeds (I call this not-cheating with brute force samplers)
One shot with no upscaling/refinement needed (optional)
Realistic texture that's not just tiled/boring grain
Attention paid towards anti aliasing clean edges
Realistic PBR like having nice specularity and sharpness of edges and good metalness
Good Micro-texturing on fabrics and natural materials
Easy to use workflow that won't require per-image tweaking
Good brightness/contrast levels
Clean 3D structure such as building lines
Good macro details (configurable with smoothness setting)
Good distant background objects details (this one was hard)
High texture and object density
Realistic faces/skin
🏆🏆🏆 MY BOUNTY IS LIVE 🏆🏆🏆 Looking for BEST images for Cinematic Realism!
https://civitai.com/bounties/10855
Note: This workflow works much better with my Cinematic and CyberHD Enhancer loras since they increase the resolution of the details and textures.
This workflow is also extremely fast and does not require post-sampler refinement/upscaling.
IF YOU ARE NOT GETTING MY LEVEL OF DETAIL/NOISY IMAGE:
It probably means your Flowmatch isn't working. You MAY get this error log: The config attributes {'stochastic_sampling': False} were passed to FlowMatchEulerDiscreteScheduler, but are not expected and will be ignored. Please verify your scheduler_config.json configuration file.
(I had to downgrade to ComfyUI 0.3.77 to work)
Usage Guide:
Just toss in a prompt and it'll just work!
Let me know if you have any questions/guidance requested in comments.