Model reference · open weights

ProteusV0.2

Image dataautogpt3 · community Text→image 1 build Open, with conditions 16k dl/mo

ProteusV0.2 is an open-weight image model from dataautogpt3. ProteusV0.2 (BF16) weighs 6.9 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB.

What it is

Released bydataautogpt3
TypeImage models
TaskText→image
Runs withdiffusers
Released2024-01-19
Popularity16k downloads / month
Weights6.9 GB (ProteusV0.2 (BF16), file size)
LicenceOpen, with conditions

What it runs on

Memory and cards for ProteusV0.2 (BF16)

Weights 6.9 GB (file size) · working memory for one 1024×1024 image about 5.0 GB · overhead about 537 MB.

CardOne 1024×1024 imageCounted
memory
RTX 3060 12 GBdoes not fit11.6 GB
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GBfits15.4 GB
RTX 3090 24 GBfits23.4 GB
RTX 4090 24 GBfits23.4 GB
RTX 5090 32 GBfits31.0 GB
L40S 48 GBfits44.0 GB
A100 80 GBfits78.2 GB
H100 80 GBfits78.1 GB
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GBfits93.8 GB
DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unifiedfits107 GB
H200 141 GBfits138 GB
B200 180 GBfits176 GB

Estimates, not measurements: the weights are the build's file size; one 1024×1024 image needs about 5 GB of working memory (larger images more). diffusers can also place a pipeline's parts on separate cards (device_map) — not estimated here. Counted memory is 92 % of what CUDA reports for the card.

From the model card

What dataautogpt3 says about ProteusV0.2

ProteusV0.2

merged with RealCartoonXL to fix issues with inability to understand tags related to anime or cartoon styles at just a weight of 0.5% out of 100% using custom scripts with slerp like methods.

Version 0.2 shows subtle yet significant improvements over Version 0.1. It demonstrates enhanced prompt understanding that surpasses MJ6, while also approaching its stylistic capabilities.

Read the full model card

Proteus

Proteus serves as a sophisticated enhancement over OpenDalleV1.1, leveraging its core functionalities to deliver superior outcomes. Key areas of advancement include heightened responsiveness to prompts and augmented creative capacities. To achieve this, it was fine-tuned using approximately 220,000 GPTV captioned images from copyright-free stock images (with some anime included), which were then normalized. Additionally, DPO (Direct Preference Optimization) was employed through a collection of 10,000 carefully selected high-quality, AI-generated image pairs.

In pursuit of optimal performance, numerous LORA (Low-Rank Adaptation) models are trained independently before being selectively incorporated into the principal model via dynamic application methods. These techniques involve targeting particular segments within the model while avoiding interference with other areas during the learning phase. Consequently, Proteus exhibits marked improvements in portraying intricate facial characteristics and lifelike skin textures, all while sustaining commendable proficiency across various aesthetic domains, notably surrealism, anime, and cartoon-style visualizations.

Settings for ProteusV0.2

Use these settings for the best results with ProteusV0.2:

CFG Scale: Use a CFG scale of 8 to 7

Steps: 20 to 60 steps for more detail, 20 steps for faster results.

Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE

Scheduler: Karras

Resolution: 1280x1280 or 1024x1024

please also consider using these keep words to improve your prompts: best quality, HD, ~*~aesthetic~*~.

if you are having trouble coming up with prompts you can use this GPT I put together to help you refine the prompt. https://chat.openai.com/g/g-RziQNoydR-diffusion-master

Use it with 🧨 diffusers

import torch
from diffusers import (
    StableDiffusionXLPipeline,
    KDPM2AncestralDiscreteScheduler,
    AutoencoderKL
)

# Load VAE component
vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained(
    "madebyollin/sdxl-vae-fp16-fix",
    torch_dtype=torch.float16
)

# Configure the pipeline
pipe = StableDiffusionXLPipeline.from_pretrained(
    "dataautogpt3/ProteusV0.2",
    vae=vae,
    torch_dtype=torch.float16
)
pipe.scheduler = KDPM2AncestralDiscreteScheduler.from_config(pipe.scheduler.config)
pipe.to('cuda')

# Define prompts and generate image
prompt = "black fluffy gorgeous dangerous cat animal creature, large orange eyes, big fluffy ears, piercing gaze, full moon, dark ambiance, best quality, extremely detailed"
negative_prompt = "nsfw, bad quality, bad anatomy, worst quality, low quality, low resolutions, extra fingers, blur, blurry, ugly, wrongs proportions, watermark, image artifacts, lowres, ugly, jpeg artifacts, deformed, noisy image"

image = pipe(
    prompt,
    negative_prompt=negative_prompt,
    width=1024,
    height=1024,
    guidance_scale=7.5,
    num_inference_steps=50
).images[0]

please support the work I do through donating to me on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DataVoid or following me on https://twitter.com/DataPlusEngine

Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face — the full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.

Running it yourself

Run it on a rented GPU

Rent a machine by the hour — ComfyUI is installed on it. Open ComfyUI through the tunnel: its default workflow loads a checkpoint — choose this model's file in Load Checkpoint, with the settings its model card gives.

# on your rented machine: pip install diffusers transformers accelerate
import torch
from diffusers import DiffusionPipeline

pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained("dataautogpt3/ProteusV0.2", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16).to("cuda")
image = pipe(prompt="a red bicycle on a cobbled street").images[0]
image.save("/workspace/out.png")
Renting a GPU — connect, tunnels, Python
# on your rented machine (the ssh line is on its page in the console)
# get REPO FILE FOLDER: one file into /workspace/models/FOLDER, where ComfyUI loads it from
get() { hf download "$1" "$2" --local-dir /workspace/hf-files && mkdir -p "/workspace/models/$3" && mv "/workspace/hf-files/$2" "/workspace/models/$3/$4"; }

# the model (6.5 GB)
get dataautogpt3/ProteusV0.2 ProteusV0.2.safetensors checkpoints

start-comfyui
Renting a GPU — connect, tunnels, ComfyUI
# on your computer, in a second terminal: ComfyUI in your browser at http://localhost:8188
# HOST and PORT are your machine's, from its page in the console
ssh -L 8188:localhost:8188 dev@HOST -p PORT
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