Installing and running

Workflow: The model is natively supported in ComfyUI. The above image contains a workflow; you can open it in ComfyUI or drag-and-drop to get the workflow. The model files go in their respective folders inside your model directory:

anima-preview3-base.safetensors goes in ComfyUI/models/diffusion_models
qwen_3_06b_base.safetensors goes in ComfyUI/models/text_encoders
qwen_image_vae.safetensors goes in ComfyUI/models/vae (this is the Qwen-Image VAE, you might already have it)

Generation settings

The preview version should be used at about 1MP resolution. E.g. 1024x1024, 896x1152, 1152x896, etc.
30-50 steps, CFG 4-5.
A variety of samplers work. Some of my favorites:
- er_sde: neutral style, flat colors, sharp lines. I use this as a reasonable default.
- euler_a: Softer, thinner lines. Can sometimes tend towards a 2.5D look. CFG can be pushed a bit higher than other samplers without burning the image.
- dpmpp_2m_sde_gpu: similar in style to er_sde but can produce more variety and be more "creative". Depending on the prompt it can get too wild sometimes.
If going for a more realistic / painterly look, the beta57 scheduler (ComfyUI RES4LYF custom node pack) can help make better textures, since it puts more emphasis on low-noise timesteps.

Prompting

The model is trained on Danbooru-style tags, natural language captions, and combinations of tags and captions.

Use lowercase for tags, and spaces instead of underscores. Score tags are the only tags that use underscores.
Recommended positive prefix: "masterpiece, best quality, score_7, safe, "
Recommended negative: "worst quality, low quality, score_1, score_2, score_3, artist name"
When using a tag that is different between Danbooru and Gelbooru, prefer the Gelbooru version.

Anima-xz - v0.5.0