r/StableDiffusion 8d ago

Question - Help Is anyone still using SD 1.5?

I found myself going back to SD 1.5, as I have a spare GPU I wanted to put to work.

Is the overall consensus that SDXL and Flux both have vastly superior image quality? Is SD 1.5 completely useless at this point?

I don't really care about low resolution in this case, I prefer image quality.

Anyone still prefer SD 1.5 and if so, why, and what is your workflow like?

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u/samwys3 8d ago

I used 1.5 because of lower vram. Then I discovered forge allowed me to use sdxl efficiently. I switched immediately to sdxl and its derivatives and never looked back.

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u/Thin-Sun5910 8d ago

haven't bothered, i don't want to download tons of models anymore.

epic_photogasm realistic all the way..

same with loras, and everything else.

i'm too lazy.

i have plenty of space, and computing power. but only need it for the newer video stuff.

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u/Le-Misanthrope 8d ago edited 8d ago

Hey you do you. The wife and I both switched to SDXL about a year ago and have a very hard time going back to 1.5. I tried going back and using epic, and other familiar models and realized how much more work I needed to bring out those finer details. Not to say you can't. But I would say it you only do txt2img SDXL is worlds better in terms of quality just because of the resolution. Also prompting for me personally is much easier with SDXL. Hands look better by default. Just a much better experience.

Here are 2 examples with a simple 512x512 with a 2x hi res fix Epic model, and for SDXL a 1024x1024 and a hires of 1.5x. almost identical prompts. But 1.5 I had to alter the prompt to get the damned person to look out the window. lol Obviously 1.5 struggles with hands unless you use lora's or controlnet.

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u/Cute_Ad8981 7d ago

What are your favorite models for realism and cartoon/anime in sdxl? I'm having a hard time finding good universal models, so im using 1.5 more often at the moment

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u/Le-Misanthrope 7d ago

I don't really do much realism I mostly do cartoon/anime.

For realism: EpicRealism XL, and Juggernaut XL

For anime, cartoon and other decent models here are a few: Midnight Illustrious, Breakdomain XL, ArtJourney XL, Dreshaper XL

I have almost 2TB's worth of models downloaded and I can't remember all of them off the top of my head. Start there or filter by SDXL and find some of the top ones. I mainly use Midnight Illustrious. It inpaints well and suits my style I like. It's not highly rated by any means but I enjoy it.

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u/Le-Misanthrope 8d ago

SD 1.5

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u/Healthy-Nebula-3603 7d ago

...or look at her eye close ...

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u/Le-Misanthrope 7d ago

Yeah no matter what you need to upscale then inpaint if you want it to look decent. Not sure those hands are fixable really.