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| license: apache-2.0 |
| tags: |
| - image-generation |
| - vae |
| - z-image |
| - flux |
| - hidream |
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| # Z-Image_clear_vae |
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| - **Guide (External Site)**: [English](https://www.ai-image-journey.com/2025/12/z-image-turbo-clear.html) | [Japanese](https://note.com/ai_image_journey/n/nd1323246e146) |
| - [Civitai](https://civitai.com/models/2191617) |
| - [Z-Image_clear_photoreal](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/Z-Image_clear_photoreal) |
| - [Z-Image_clear_anime](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/Z-Image_clear_anime) |
| - [Z-Image-Turbo_clear](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/Z-Image-Turbo_clear) |
| - [HiDream-I1-Dev_clear](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/HiDream-I1-Dev_clear) |
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| ## Compare to [Original VAE (Flux1_ae.safetensors)](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell/tree/main) |
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| <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 2em;"> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vivid_vae_photo.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vivid_vae_photo" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_original_vae_photo.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_original_vae_photo" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <p style="text-align:center;">Z-Image_vivid_vae | Flux1_ae</p> |
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| <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 800px; max-width: 90%;"> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_compare_close_up.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_compare_close_up" width="800" height="400"> |
| </div> |
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| **Z-Image_clear_vae** is a custom VAE for Z-Image, Flux.1, and HiDream. |
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| It is an improved version based on Anzhc's [**Z-Image_Anime_VAE**](https://huggingface.co/Anzhc/Z-Image_Anime_VAE), enhancing color saturation, red tone rendition, and improving skin tone representation. |
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| When using it with Z-Image, it is more effective when combined with the **Z-Image-Turbo_clear** model. |
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| ## natural, clear, vivid |
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| <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 800px; max-width: 100%;"> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-photoreal.png" alt="Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-photoreal" width="1000" height="400"> |
| </div> |
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| <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 800px; max-width: 100%;"> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-anime.png" alt="Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-anime" width="1000" height="400"> |
| </div> |
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| - **Z-Image-half-natural-vae**: Has slightly higher contrast and saturation compared to the original. |
| - **Z-Image-natural-vae**: Higher contrast and saturation, offering a **natural expression**. |
| - **Z-Image-clear-vae**: **More Increases contrast and saturation** for a **clear** visual expression. |
| - **Z-Image-vivid-vae**: Offers a further increase in saturation. It results in a **distinct expression for black**, but in most cases, it becomes oversaturated. |
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| Please use them as appropriate for the situation. |
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| ## Z-Image, Flux.1, HiDream |
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| ### Z-Image: [Z-Image-Turbo_clear](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/Z-Image-Turbo_clear) |
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| <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 2em;"> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vae_anime.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vae_anime" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vivid_vae_anime.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vivid_vae_anime" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <p style="text-align:center;">Z-Image_clear_vae | Z-Image_vivid_vae</p> |
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| ### Flux.1 [dev]: [**blue_pencil-flux1-v0.0.1**](https://huggingface.co/bluepen5805/blue_pencil-flux1) |
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| <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 2em;"> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/Flux1_clear_vae.png" alt="Flux1_clear_vae" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/Flux1_clear_vivid_vae.png" alt="Flux1_clear_vivid_vae" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| ### HiDream: [**HiDream-I1-Dev_clear**](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/HiDream-I1-Dev_clear) |
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| <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 2em;"> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/HiDream_clear_vae.png" alt="HiDream_clear_vae" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| <div> |
| <img src="./images/HiDream_clear_vivid_vae.png" alt="HiDream_clear_vivid_vae" width="400" height="400"> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| ## Workflow |
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| <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 800px; max-width: 100%;"> |
| <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_workflow_20251226.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_workflow_20251226" width="1200" height="600"> |
| </div> |
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| This PNG image contains a ComfyUI workflow. |
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| ## Tips (External site) |
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| - About VAE: [English](https://www.ai-image-journey.com/2026/04/sdxl-anime-natural-vae.html) | [Japanese](https://note.com/ai_image_journey/n/nd22f8c4cabc7) |
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| ## Credit |
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| **Z-Image_clear_vae** is a fine-tuned model based on [**Z-Image_Anime_VAE**](https://huggingface.co/Anzhc/Z-Image_Anime_VAE) released by [**Anzhc**](https://huggingface.co/Anzhc). |
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| We appreciate the public release of the original model. |
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| ## License |
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| - [Apache-2.0](./LICENSE) |
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