Qwen2.1 Turbo Sigmas instead of Steps
I can confirm that Qwen2.1 Turbo produces a MUCH better image when using the 12 or 14 step sigma schedule.
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Key points
- I saw a post somewhere, I forget where, that suggested using sigmas instead of steps.
- I dug into this a bit, found the sigma schedule used by Qwen2.1, and had Claude derive a set of sigmas that follows the same sigma curve but with 12 and 14 steps.
- I am attaching an image with the sigmas and workflow modification you need to run this setup.
- 8-step sigmas: 1.0, 0.978453, 0.954180, 0.926626, 0.895080, 0.845148, 0.704534, 0.414568, 0.000000
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- [1]Qwen2.1 Turbo Sigmas instead of Stepsr/StableDiffusion (top, day) · Oct 17, 05:47 AM
I can confirm that Qwen2.1 Turbo produces a MUCH better image when using the 12 or 14 step sigma schedule.
I saw a post somewhere, I forget where, that suggested using sigmas instead of steps.
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