Luma 0.98 vs 0.97 take-two

I promised I'd be back with another comparison of Luma 0.98 and 0.97.
Luma 0.97 is a top 3 model for me, so I needed to dig deeper into the update. This time I'm using Clip Skip 2 and easynegative, as recommended.

With this next comparison, I wanted to do a couple of things:
- See how 0.98 responds to two of my favorite samplers.
- Compare the results of a very basic prompt and one that features loras, lohas and a hypernetwork.
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0.98 is darker across the board.
The shape and facial features of the generated girls seem to be mostly the same across the two models.
Effects such as depth of field, although not called for, are more obviously present in 0.98. The background complexity also seems to be generally slightly increased.

0.98 seems less horny than its predecessor, dressing the subjects more decently.

The drawing style has been altered slightly. The most affected part doesn't seem to be the skin, but the hair. Take a look at the hair strands in 0.98.
While 0.97 is more 'wild', 0.98 incorporated the Loras and additional modifications without any trouble. On the other hand, it was pretty hard to get rid of the subtle wrinkles it created, indicating its drawing sources have veered off a bit more towards realism and away from the perfectionist/thicker brush style of 0.97.


I think both releases are excellent. It's just that 0.97 seems to have more of its own identity, which is what makes it so special.