The advertiser is "shakker" by a bunch of (ex?) ByteDance people. They disclosed the ByteDance work experience on the product hunt page, most of them appear to be Chinese. I've been seeing these non stop this week and also on google ads, they must be spending half a million dollars on this ad campaign.

Who funded this?

I also heard that Tensor and SeaArt are working on SD3 lora training, so Asia appears to be going all in on SD3 while Western model sharing sites are working on open models.

Where is this going, I wonder?

(As for me personally, I'm neutral. I'm in this for making professional booba and good luck to stability when asking people to "destroy" what is posted on 100 sites)

https://preview.redd.it/wkmzt2xv5p9d1.png?width=508&format=png&auto=webp&s=48dd50536173f174c2e980bb39f5c0fd6bc98913

There was a post earlier in June that some interpreted as Forge essentially ceasing to exist. There has been a recent clarification on the status of Forge Webui and its future.

From Forge/Controlnet/Foocus creator lllyasviel posted June 27th:

“Hi Forge Users,

Here are some updates regarding the recent announcement:

There are no code changes between June 8 and today (June 27). If something is broken, it is likely due to other reasons, not this announcement.

We will provide a “download previous version” page similar to most other desktop software. If you are not an advanced Git user, please do not add, modify, or delete program files.

The “break extensions” refers to the extensions’ Gradio version. This mainly affects compatibility with A1111 extensions. For newer Forge extensions, upgrading will only require a few lines of modifications related to Gradio calls. The logical patching API will not change.

We understand your concerns and hear your feedback, but please do not misinterpret our announcements as an implication to eliminate the repository (which is false).

We recommend users to back up their files because the code base may undergo major changes in a few weeks. Right now, users do not need to do anything. If you are a professional user in a production environment, after the update happens (which will be in several weeks later), we recommend using version 29be1da (which will soon be available on a “download previous version” page) or using the upstream webui if necessary. There is also a possibility that our updates will be seamless, with no noticeable errors, but this chance is relatively small.

Finally, please note that the repository is not being "re-oriented." The original purpose of Forge is to "make development easier, optimize resource management, speed up inference, and study experimental features." This announcement will soon bring Gradio4 and a newer memory management system, which aligns with the original purpose of Forge.

Forge”

https://github.com/tianweiy/DMD2

Our favorite workflow we have created! Reimagine and recreate photos with this!!

It seems like there's been a significant drop in quality with the same prompt in SD3. The images generated three months ago by u/Pretend_Potential were impressive, but today's output is quite disappointing.

prompt: a realistic anthropomorphic hedgehog in a painted gold robe, standing over a bubbling cauldron, an alchemical circle, steam and haze flowing from the cauldron to the floor, glow from the cauldron, electrical discharges on the floor, Gothic

his picture

my picture

prompt:A game screenshot of a fighting game in digital art style. There are two yellow health bars. The characters are both black silhouettes against a colourful background. The background is a beautiful landscape of a lava mountain. The left silhouette character is a ninja holding wolverine claws and the one on the right is a japanese samurai holding a katana.

his picture

my picture

prompt:A cinematic movie still of a fantasy action scene set in a big crystal cave. On the left, crouching as an animal, there is a huge fox goddess, with human body, fox ears, and nine orange tails, clad in a long intricately detailed and ornate golden dress that is flowing in the air as if unaffected by gravity. She has a fierce expression on her face, and she is slashing her claws at a group of enemy knights on the right. They are trembling in fear, several are still standing with their shields and swords aimed at the goddess, while others have fallen to the floor, begging for mercy.

his picture

my picture

prompt:The black and white photo captures a man and woman on their first date, sitting opposite each other at the same table at a cafe with a large window. The man, seen from behind and out of focus, wears a black business suit. In contrast, the woman, a Japanese beauty, seems not to be concentrating on her date, looking directly at the camera and is dressed in a sundress. The image is captured on Kodak Tri-X 400 film, with a noticeable bokeh effect.

his picture

my picture

prompt:photorealistic waist-length portrait of a smiling Scandinavian model girl in evening pink dress and standing in the rain, heterochromia eyes, baseball bat in hand, burning hotel with neon sign "Paradise" in the background, golden hour, anamorphic 24mm lens, pro-mist filter, reflection in puddles, beautiful bokeh.

his picture

my picture

Thanks to AI.

Nothing special, no comfy UI, just a simple img2img in a customized SDXL.