Aesthetic Quality Modifiers - Masterpiece for Illustrious: stronger quality tags
Fast Facts:
Aesthetic Quality Modifiers - Masterpiece (v3.0 for Illustrious) is trained on motimalu's manually rated images tagged masterpiece. Applied to Illustrious checkpoints it makes the quality tags at the start of a prompt matter more: cleaner lighting, better color, more deliberate composition.
Recommended structure: masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, {tags}, {natural language}.
Reference
Name | Type | What it is |
|---|---|---|
Trigger | masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic | At the start. |
LoRA weight | 0.5-1.0 | 0.7. |
Base | ||
CFG / steps | checkpoint default | |
Structure | quality, tags, prose |
Step by step
- Quality tags first.
- Tags for subject and scene.
- A sentence for mood.
- LoRA 0.7.
- Compare same-seed; lower to 0.5 if style flattens.
Examples
Cinematic anime
masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (8K cinematic:1.2), anime illustration, soft realism, close-up of a woman in a wool coat on a train platform, volumetric light rays, depth of field
Masterpiece LoRA 0.7
Natural scene
masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, ultra-detailed, sharp focus, cinematic lighting, two adults sharing an umbrella on a wet street, natural interaction, atmospheric
Creative idea: gallery series
masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, still life, a bowl of persimmons on linen, window light, painterly
Tips
- Cinematic style stacks ((Makoto Shinkai style:1.4), cinematic stills) gain coherence.
- Volumetric light rays and soft light diffusion tags pop.
- Good base layer under other style LoRAs.
Troubleshooting
Generic look
Why it happens
Weight 1.0.
How to fix it
0.5-0.6.
No effect
Why it happens
Quality tags missing.
How to fix it
Put them first.
Questions
Anima version?
Separate entry in this catalog.
NoobAI?
Often works; trained on Illustrious.
Links and sources
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