Entered this thread to write your comment. I find SDXL inferior to 1.5 and yes, much harder to work with.
My another issue is that sdxl images that you can see on the web always have that “from a movie/ads”-?ish? coating. Can’t explain it, but it feels even more uncanny than 1.5.
SDXL is too resource-hungry for what it produces. 3x+ model sizes, 12GB vram is barely enough for it, 40 steps is the minimum, and I don’t think training loras will turn out feasible at all. I can’t lower the resolution without distortions, and even proportions are hard to deal with. It feels much less flexible than 1.5 in this regard.
Particularly considering the rich world of SD1.5 fine-tunes, SDXL leaves so much to be desired. I'm sure it will all be sorted out eventually, but right now, the momentum in the community just isn't there with SDXL the way it is with 1.5.
My another issue is that sdxl images that you can see on the web always have that “from a movie/ads”-?ish? coating. Can’t explain it, but it feels even more uncanny than 1.5.
SDXL is too resource-hungry for what it produces. 3x+ model sizes, 12GB vram is barely enough for it, 40 steps is the minimum, and I don’t think training loras will turn out feasible at all. I can’t lower the resolution without distortions, and even proportions are hard to deal with. It feels much less flexible than 1.5 in this regard.
I’m sticking with 1.5, no sdxl plans.