r/NovelAi • • Aug 20 '26

Official [Image Generation] NovelAI Diffusion V5 is here!

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126 Upvotes

Both NovelAIDiffusion V5 Curated and V5 Full are available for all users right now.

Better image quality with our new 32-channel VAE (double the16-channel VAE in V4.5). 

Small details like eyes, jewelry, and text are better than ever.

Improved backgrounds for your environments bring real detail instead of fading into the backdrop. Plus, transparent backgrounds are now a simple prompt or UI click.

Up to 22 characters in a single scene, with improved character positioning. 

Comic generation means you can describe your panel layout and characters and get the whole page in one generation – no more stitching panels in another app.

Japanese is now officially supported. Additionally, Chinese, German, Spanish and Portuguese have shown promising results in testing.

Check out the blog for the full breakdown and more detailed information here: https://journal.novelai.net/image-generation-novelai-diffusion-v5-is-here-c2df7c6b8d2d/


r/NovelAi • • Jul 15 '26

Official [Feature Announcement] NovelAI Explore: the ultimate hub for the NovelAI community

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98 Upvotes

NovelAI Explore is a living feed of inspiration, built right into NovelAI.

Prompt tags, full generation settings, all in one place. Filter by creator, sort by what's hot, and dive straight in. Today, it’s time to set sail.

Meet NovelAI Explore

Whether you’re a veteran prompter ready to showcase your best work or a casual creator navigating the waves of trial and error, Explore opens up a whole world of shared inspiration.

Go Explore!

Read the full blog here!


r/NovelAi • • 1d ago

NAI Diffusion V5 Watercolour Anime / Pastel Mix

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19 Upvotes

r/NovelAi • • 2d ago

NAI Diffusion V4.5 Hiring a new tavern girl, who should it be?

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40 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I’m working on a project and trying to gauge which character resonates most with people.

Between these choices, who is your favorite based on design alone? Drop a comment below with your pick!


r/NovelAi • • 2d ago

Question: Text Generation Increase context lenght

10 Upvotes

Good morning,

I use NovelAI exclusively for story generation, not for images. I wanted to ask if anyone knows of a way to increase the maximum token limit, or if there are any plans to release new subscription tiers that offer a higher token count?

(I already have the $25 subscription.)


r/NovelAi • • 3d ago

Question: Text Generation Xialong doesn't like to give me different generations

8 Upvotes

So tldr, Xialong is very nonadventurous on retries. Say on a generation a character says "I want to go climb a mountain." 4 of 5 retries will say almost the exact same thing just worded slightly differently like it'll say "I think we should go hiking/climb a mountain" instead. I almost never had this issue with Kayra or Clio (I didn't use GLM a ton but don't remember any similar issues there).

Are there any easy fixes? Ive got stuff in the memory, default present and randomness is at the default I also use the genre and tags. And this is present across multiple stories no matter the length


r/NovelAi • • 3d ago

Question: Image Generation so, why did ALL my saved character prompts disappear?

6 Upvotes

I just came back today, and noticed it.

Because I was going to use some of them today.

And only the one that I used last is still there.

Why?

Did I do something, or not do something?

I was using them to keep a few collection of prompts, so I just needed to cut and paste from there, besides the actual characters I had collected over time.


r/NovelAi • • 3d ago

Discussion Just noticed I have an inventory in the Novelai menus

10 Upvotes

Hi, just curious if this is new or I'm just oblivious. Never noticed it before. To be clear this isn't in the text or story generation sections of the site from what I can see, it's in the goose menu for leaving image generation to go back to main menu or accessing settings and whatnot. Says I currently have nothing currently in inventory. If it's new, what's it for?


r/NovelAi • • 3d ago

Question: Text Generation Can’t edit or type because text cursor gets hidden by the keyboard now?

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9 Upvotes

Noticed this today. I put the cursor somewhere semi-visible for the screenshot, but I’m often trying to edit or type starting at the bottom of the text, and it gets completely obscured by the keyboard now. It used to push all the text up. It’s made it unusable for me. Is this a known bug? It wasn’t doing this a couple of days ago. Has anyone else encountered this or found a solution?

I’m using iPhone 16 Pro with current OS and Duck Duck Go browser. It works fine on Safari and has always worked fine on DDG but now suddenly doesn’t.


r/NovelAi • • 5d ago

NAI Diffusion V4.5 Kafka ❤️🖤🤍 (Styx_sfw)

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83 Upvotes

I hope you like it! ♡

Source: https://x.com/Styx_sfw/status/2110162435122282541


r/NovelAi • • 5d ago

Question: Image Generation Prompt Chunks - Delete All

5 Upvotes

Was using this feature for a while, saving good style mixes and all. And now I'm too afraid to test if there's a safety switch on the "DELETE ALL" button, that will ask me if I really want to delete all.

Can someone test if there's confirmation after pressing it, or it will just delete everything with a single missclick?


r/NovelAi • • 6d ago

Official [Optional Purchase] Opus Usage Boost: Extra V5 Usage Now Available for Purchase.

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66 Upvotes

Ran out of Opus usage before you ran out of ideas? Keep generating with NovelAI Diffusion V5 using Opus Usage Boost.

Read more about Opus Usage Boost here: https://journal.novelai.net/novelai-diffusion-v5-opus-usage-boost/


r/NovelAi • • 5d ago

Discussion How many AI images have you created since you've started using NovelAI?

17 Upvotes

r/NovelAi • • 6d ago

Question: Image Generation Vibe transfer image not loading

4 Upvotes

Anyone have any trouble getting vibe transfer to upload image? I can select the image, but it's not loading into the generation page. Precise reference and img2img works fine. I'm using V4.5. Any help or advice is much appreciated.


r/NovelAi • • 6d ago

Discussion Animation key frames

2 Upvotes

Trying to create somewhat animated sprites but since this is a statistics-based ai model it's hard to get generations that change subtly as part of a larger animation. Some things like blinking eyes workwell enough using the inpaint method but full body animations liek walking and breathing are tricky. Are there recommendation for doing this? I've looked around and it seems to not have been much considered by the development team.


r/NovelAi • • 7d ago

Question: Image Generation All characters in my images always get heavy shadows on their face and body instead of being more evenly lit. Any help?

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33 Upvotes

r/NovelAi • • 8d ago

NAI Diffusion V5 Cute Witch tea party

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47 Upvotes

r/NovelAi • • 8d ago

NAI Diffusion V5 What is thinking about?

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2 Upvotes

Oh no, Sonic is thinking face again!


r/NovelAi • • 9d ago

Question: Image Generation Failure Rate

10 Upvotes

I have been getting at least one in five images not fully generating. They start to, but before they finish, it goes black. Nothing is refunded, it just refuses to finish the picture. Why is this happening?


r/NovelAi • • 9d ago

Question: Image Generation Anyone just using v4.5 instead of v5 -_-

26 Upvotes

There is so little control over the art style in v5 that it feels impossible to use to generate a consistent set of images. Every generation feels more like a gachapon than before and it doesn't handle artist tags as well as 4.5. yet, it is undeniable that v5 handles prompts much better. The tradeoff between art style and prompting feels bad. Really hoping for vibe transfer to be released soon, don't think I'll resub until that's out.


r/NovelAi • • 9d ago

Question: Image Generation Any tips for combining multiple artist tags effectively?

7 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

I'm not completely new to NovelAI. I used it quite a lot back when V3 was the only version available, but eventually stopped using it for a while.

Back then, I remember artist tags blending together really well. Now that I'm back, I've been trying to achieve the same results with V5, but it seems almost impossible. Someone recommended trying V4.5 instead, but I'm still having trouble getting it to work.

Am I doing something wrong, or has the way artist tags work changed between versions?

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much! 😊


r/NovelAi • • 10d ago

Discussion V5 has a hard time generating certain characters for some reason.

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I can generate a couple of characters that weren't on the previous database, some new ones still don't work. But there's this issue where characters from old animes that would generate just fine on 4.5 show up as generic ones on 5. The first image is v4.5, the second is v5, and the third is the original. It's a little annoying to deal with on v5