The creation of images or even videos with the approach to synthesize authenticity is quiet challenging in many ways. Besides the obvious needs for a responsible handling of this, it needs quiet a palette of visual and conceptual skills to come up with convining and storytelling results. This post reveals current tools and workflows one can choose to work with. Each comes with specific needs and benefits.
The low-end Stable Diffusion 1.5 + LoRa approach
Stable Diffusion 1.5 is the most convenient and low entry diffusion open source model out. With dedicated LoRas, we can mimic styles of cameras, photo films or any form of compostion or style imaginable. Here we list some examples of these LoRas and their effect on the diffusion process. It is obvious, this is the quickest way to create output – but the deal is here, that each render needs a proper manual rework and post-processing.
HOLGASWTRX
THis LoRa is trained on selected black and white photography made with an old Holga camera. The typical lens distortion is quiet characteristical here.
black and white analog documentary photo of adult aged asian tired male worker persons tired and dirty smoking with dirty white aprons with blood stains in front of an old east european bakery, dark dirty bricks house walls, handwritten paper sign on the door , dirty damaged street with slight fog, damaged walls and pavement, blurry, out of focus, depth of field, old wooden used door, white photo image border,
HOLGASWTRX
The HolgaTRX LoRa is a variation of the black and white version introducing color but the typical lens distortion and color palettes.
realistic analog color portrait photo of adult old aged asian tired male worker tired and dirty smoking with dirty white aprons with blood stains standing in front of an old east european bakery with big windows, dark dirty bricks house walls, dirty street with slight fog, old greyish walls and cobblestone pavement,
Prompt narrative for basic FLUX model
The FLUX Model comes with a quiet impressive range of image quality and prompt interpetation capabilities. This comes handy for the creation of quick compositions. It’s limitations are obvious, when there is a need for specific stylistic needs. Although, the prompting is guiding the model in a good direction, all images have a plastic, unauthentic look to it. See some results for this:
b&w 80s analog photo of some adult asian vietnamese aged androgyn workers with realistic skin and dirty wet hair that seem tired and dirty white smoking cigarettes and leaning on wall with dirty oversized linen white aprons and suits with blood stains and white hair nets in front of an old bakery looking away from camera talking to each other, dark dirty bricks house walls, big backery windows with some bread and cakes in display with many people inside the bakery waiting, handwritten paper sign on the door saying “ SAUBERE KLEIDUNG BITTE ! “ , dirty damaged street with slight fog, damaged walls and pavement with cobblestone and damed bricks, motion blur, blurry, out of focus, depth of field, old wooden used door, dense fog, rainy, dirty rubber boots, 60mm film, Holga camera lens, lens distortion, in GDR east europe
vintage washed out old desaturated old blurry motion blur color 80s analog film photo of some adult asian vietnamese aged androgyn workers with realistic skin and dirty wet hair that seem tired and dirty white smoking cigarettes with cigarette smoke and leaning on wall with dirty oversized linen white aprons and suits with blood stains and white hair nets in front of an old bakery looking away from camera talking to each other, dark dirty bricks house walls of tall dark distressed 5 floor old buildings, big backery windows with some bread and cakes in display with many people inside the bakery waiting, handwritten paper sign on the door saying “ SAUBERE KLEIDUNG BITTE ! “ , dirty damaged street with slight fog, damaged walls and pavement with cobblestone and damed bricks, motion blur, blurry, out of focus, depth of field, old wooden used door, dense fog, rainy, dirty rubber boots, 60mm film, Holga camera lens, lens distortion, in GDR east europe, white smoke clouds and dense fog, dirty and trash on the pavement, vignette
Flux and custom LoRas
The FLUX base model comes with quiet more quality and prompt understanding, that the older SD 1.5 models. Although, it is still quiet slow and needs much hardware requirements, the results offer an interessting range of high quality output. Note, that the FLUX models are still pretty bad with showing realism besides stereotypical realms. The most effective way to design around this is to work with dedicated LoRas, that guide the main model.
vintage photo flux
DOWNLOAD LORA: https://civitai.com/models/677699/vintage-photo-flux
B&W vintage amateur analog old photo of a east european old dirty street with brick houses and cobbletone streets, portrait of person leaning on a dirty wall with used east european look, light leaks, lens distortion, blurry, depth of field, scraps,
nostalgic photo flux
This LoRa comes with a dataset of blurry amateurish snapshots with a crude quality. This transforms the mostly stiffy FLUX model in visuals, that are hard to distiguish from authentic analog photography.
amateur photography of many adult and young male persons dancing and having fun and talking to each other and some sitting or laying on the ground in dirty oversized 90s wet clothes full of grass in a playground nearby a colorful swing at nighttime, looking away from camera or eyes closed, flashlights and motion blur, many burning houses with huge fire inferno and smoke clouds and ambulance in the background,
DOWNLOAD THE MODEL: https://civitai.com/models/938804/nostalgic-photo-flux
euskalvintagebrrk photo flux
https://civitai.com/models/853438/euskalvintagebrrk
GrainBW – film grain LoRa for FLUX
DOWNLOAD LORA: https://civitai.com/models/671391/grainybw
chromatic aberration VHS FLux
CAVHS, 90s vhs footage of a geometric minimalistic box like car made of long haired fluffy beige fur driving in the desert with melted orange smiley face on the hood , high contrast, high chromatic aberration,
DOWNLOAD LORA: https://civitai.com/models/774229/chromatic-aberration-vhs-flux