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If I had to re-train from scratch I would use a helper word as well (maybe 'tablet' or 'smartphone' or 'trading card')</p></li><li><p>I tried fitting a textual inversion, it was a failure (it didn't interact well with the Lora), but it gave a clue: a useful helper prompt is '📅', the calendar emoji. I tried adding several 📅 to the prompt, it makes the generation follow the prompt more, forces more icons (good for showing stats) and makes more subdivisions on the card</p></li><li><p>see <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/95424/pokeffects">https://civitai.com/models/95424/pokeffects</a> for even more Loras</p></li><li><p>a word on aesthetic score</p><ul><li><p>from what I've seen, 4.5 is a normal card, 5.5~6.0 is a very good looking card, 6.2+ cannot be a card and will be a drawing instead</p></li><li><p>therefore, not having 'masterpiece, best quality' in the prompt can help with card shape</p></li><li><p>the model was trained on realistic checkpoints, it can get 5.5~6.0+ score on realistic checkpoints, but only around 5.0~5.5 on anime models (would need to build a dataset and train a specific lora)</p></li></ul></li><li><p>a word on placement: attentional networks are used in modern neural nets (this gives translational invariance, the image is not changed a lot by moving it up/down one pixel), but it also means that placing certain elements in certain part of the image is difficult. To make cards and board games with precise placement, either a controlnet, SDXL/SD3 or attention boosting is required (see the end of the article on controlnet colors).</p></li></ul><p></p><h2 id="on-youtube:-9qtslgv11">On Youtube:</h2><ul><li><p>this youtuber asks how board game artists can still be paid in the age of AI/SD /watch?v=SdgzH2OSZDY . This Lora was made for the artistically challenged and to have better prototypes. If you have thoughts on the subject watch/comment on the video</p></li><li><p>/watch?v=XDd4u2xnRtE for important rules in making TCG cards</p></li><li><p>I saw this nice video on YT, I have a few comments on it</p><ul><li><p>the 'occlusion problem' in computer vision is seeing objects that are partially hidden behind other objects. This method removes the problem of generating the different parts of a card that mask each other by generating them one by one</p></li><li><p>the controlnet trick is similar to bct-v1.0, but textured masked latent is something new to me. By using very small dots, I'm guessing he's asking for an ultra detailed texture (fine scale details, high freq fourier)</p></li><li><p>so, the way he can generate different (and interchangeable) card parts to make different versions of cards (different clans, colors, card rarity, etc...) while maintaining compatibility because everything is given strict dimensions by a controlnet is absolutely great I think.</p></li><li><p>he blends everything together by compositing and then running a final img2img with 0.25 denoise. He's also using the same model for all the different parts of card to keep the card coherent.</p></li><li><p>for the shield, I would have preferred bct-v1.0 with controlnet with a round shape as control and low Lora weight. The bct-v1.0 Lora acts an 'image flatifier and iconifier', that could have worked better.</p></li><li><p>for the final text and image compositing, I would have preferred some known card making software (in case you need to re-generate complete game decks), but you wouldn't be able to have the final img2img blending</p></li><li><p>final gripe (to be terminally nit picky), you can make the portrait be the deepest (most masked element) of the composition, except for a few parts (in this video, the jewel and locks of hair could fall <em>above</em> the scroll and frame). I am not sure what this is called and how to automate it.</p></li><li><p>amazing end result</p><div data-youtube-video><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" autoplay="false" disablekbcontrols="false" enableiframeapi="false" endtime="0" ivloadpolicy="0" loop="false" modestbranding="false" origin playlist src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rl4YCX8ULDw" start="0"></iframe></div><p></p><p></p></li></ul></li></ul>
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v1.0-cardshape4
2023-10-12T01:19:57.045Z
"a blank trading card"
Bad Card Template
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