Comment by DrSiemer
2 years ago
Midjourney is a limited set of models and (to me at least) much easier to spot than Stable Diffusion output, with it's giant array of custom models, LoRA's, textual embeddings and tricks like HiRes fix and upscale script.
I used SD1.5 when it came out and left it alone until a few days ago. The improvements are incredible and hard to articulate.
If anyone put SD down for a good period of time, they should really give it another go. Use the full suite of options and make sure you are using a model fitted for your purpose.
I just checked their website and still see monstruosities, misunderstanding ontologies or hallucinating them. See this image in their own showcase:
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6213c340453c3f...
That's probably because they use "clean" output from their own base models. What you get from those is a far cry from what a custom model like DreamShaper together with negative embeddings can do.