Tested WAI-Anima v1 on M1 Max 64GB ComfyUI against WAI-Illustrious and Anima preview3-base. Verdict: WAI0731's Anima derivative bridges the two, with notes on the LoRA toolkit, text encoder upgrades, and how the Anima ecosystem evolved in two months.
Using tori29umai’s LoRA to automatically split facial parts, results from batching 28 images, and a log of running into the limits when attempting finer hair separation
Went 0-for-13 trying to train an Illustrious-XL LoRA on a Mac Studio M1 Max 64GB. With help from multiple AI agents, pinpointed the root causes and finally succeeded on a RunPod RTX 4090. The full record: three fatal parameters and the sd-scripts trap.
An overview of Z-Image-Distilled, the distilled fast-inference variant of Z-Image, including how it compares with FLUX.1 Schnell, how it runs on an M1 Max 64GB machine, and LoRA compatibility.
An introduction to Gradience, a tool that quantifies whether a LoRA rank setting is excessive using singular value decomposition. In experiments on Mistral-7B, halving the rank improved accuracy.
Configuration for running a Qwen-Image-Layered LoRA that automatically separates facial parts on RunPod. Comparison of RTX 6000 Ada (48GB) and RTX PRO 6000 (96GB).
Step-by-step guide to building a LoRA training environment on Windows 11 with an RTX 3060 Laptop (6 GB VRAM) using kohya_ss — from caption writing to VRAM-saving settings.
Introducing a Mac mini M4 Pro to build an in-house RAG system. A plan for setting up a LoRA training environment during downtime while waiting for specs to be finalized.
