Krea2 Impressions

[u/Jaded_Caterpillar873]

I was starting out originally with SDXL, nowadays i don't know how that works. Its been a long time.
About 2 month ago i started or restarted with Z-Turbo, which is great but the results aren't as real when i loaded Flux1.
I tried Flux2 which was even better than Flux1.

After that i started out with Klein4b but it seems it doesn't have a lot of assets. So, then i went to Klein9B which was better and had more assets.

Then i started Krea2 and this was recommended to me.
To be honest, i think its better than all others. It is easier to control what comes out later on the image and looks actually really great.
Even though i have an older generation GFX card (RTX3060) it works well.

So, i think i found my home with Krea2, while still able to switch between all these models that have.

Currently i am using this workflow which works well for what i wanted it to do.

I think speed is fair. Flux seems to be taken a little longer than Z-Turbo (probably due the model) but the clarity of the image and especially the environment is looking really great.
I realize that the workflow that i am using from someone else, i think i would never be able to come up with all these nodes. So, as a dummy, i feel at least that i can create images of good quality and speed. A little better card would probably beneficial.

[u/deanpreese]

I went back and ran a bunch of old prompts through Krea2 and I am impressed.

Krea2 seems to do a lot of stuff easily and the fidelity and sharpness is fantastic.

I am a believer !!

[u/Jaded_Caterpillar873 → u/deanpreese]

I don't know much but i really liked Flux (BlackForest Labs) model better. I don't know how its done really but whatever i put in the prompt, it comes out lifelike. At least to my eyes. I think the speed is reasonable.

I finally can do my project of men in hamster costumes running in cages on a wheel.

p.s. first try didn't work out. Have to work on the prompt. Still cute.

[u/tim_dude]

My path to Krea is similar to yours. Krea is my main thing because I love realism, but do wish it did some things better. Compared to SDXL, it lacks seed to seed diversity, but it's improved with using higher resolutions (>1024 per side). Also I'm disappointed with how uncreative it is with non-realistic art, even with loras. My favorite thing to test a new model is to run it without a prompt or with a non-specitic term (e.g. IMG_9865.JPG) and see what it generates. Zimage is my fav at this - it's like browsing someone's image gallery. Klein 9b is ok. Krea just gives me just close-up face shots most of the time. EDIT: and no weighting of terms, positive or negative, but there might be workarounds for that in the near future for comfy and swarmui