CyberRealistic XL Catalyst

Catalyst XL v1.3 (RC)
Cyberdelia
5 months ago

✨🧬 CyberRealistic XL Catalyst

Beta? More like beautiful instability.

CyberRealistic XL Catalyst is where SDXL gets experimental — and unhinged in the best way. It’s not a clean showroom build. It’s the test garage where sparks fly, bolts get overtightened, and something unexpected roars to life. Built from the bones of CyberRealistic XL but loaded with experimental code, Catalyst is for those who don't mind a little chaos with their clarity.

This is where realism collides with raw unpredictability. Sometimes it's genius, sometimes it's weird, and sometimes it's so wrong it loops back to right. Welcome to the lab.


🧪 What’s New in Catalyst?

  • Experimental realism tuning — slightly less censored, slightly more what was that!?

  • Evolving with every update — no changelog, just vibes and anomalies

  • Output is volatile — but when it hits, it absolutely slaps


Sampling method: DPM++ 2M SDE Karras 
VAE: is already Baked In
Sampling steps: 30+ Steps
Resolution: 832x1216 / 896x1152
CFG: 3-5
Clip Skip: 1
Upscale: 1.5 upscale (0.3 - 0.35 denoise)
Upscalers: 4x_NickelbackFS_72000_G / 4x_foolhardy_Remacri / 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k

🧠 Prompting

Example negative prompt:

cartoon, illustration, anime, painting, CGI, 3D render, low quality, watermark, logo, label

or use CyberRealistic Negative


🔧 ADetailer (Optional)

Adetailer model: face_yolov9c.pt
If you only want the main face being refined set 'Mask only the top k largest' to 1.

🔗 Prompt Companion

Use this custom ChatGPT to auto-generate polished prompts for CyberRealistic XL:
🔗 [Try it now on ChatGPT]


☕ Buy the Scientist a Coffee

If you enjoy walking the tightrope between brilliant and broken, consider supporting the project. Your fuel helps mutate the next generation of models.


⚠️ Keep It Ethical

Yes, Catalyst can be uncensored. That’s not a free pass — it’s a responsibility. Don’t misuse it.

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What is CyberRealistic XL Catalyst?

CyberRealistic XL Catalyst is a highly specialized Image generation AI Model of type Safetensors / Checkpoint AI Model created by AI community user Cyberdelia. Derived from the powerful Stable Diffusion (SDXL 1.0) model, CyberRealistic XL Catalyst has undergone an extensive fine-tuning process, leveraging the power of a dataset consisting of images generated by other AI models or user-contributed data. This fine-tuning process ensures that CyberRealistic XL Catalyst is capable of generating images that are highly relevant to the specific use-cases it was designed for, such as base model, realistic.

With a rating of 0 and over 0 ratings, CyberRealistic XL Catalyst is a popular choice among users for generating high-quality images from text prompts.

Can I download CyberRealistic XL Catalyst?

Yes! You can download the latest version of CyberRealistic XL Catalyst from here.

How to use CyberRealistic XL Catalyst?

To use CyberRealistic XL Catalyst, download the model checkpoint file and set up an UI for running Stable Diffusion models (for example, AUTOMATIC1111). Then, provide the model with a detailed text prompt to generate an image. Experiment with different prompts and settings to achieve the desired results. If this sounds a bit complicated, check out our initial guide to Stable Diffusion – it might be of help. And if you really want to dive deep into AI image generation and understand how set up AUTOMATIC1111 to use Safetensors / Checkpoint AI Models like CyberRealistic XL Catalyst, check out our crash course in AI image generation.

Download (6.31 GB) Download available on desktop only
You'll need to use a program like A1111 to run this – learn how in our crash course

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Info

Base model: SDXL 1.0

Version Catalyst XL v1.3 (RC): 1 File

To download these files, please visit this page from a desktop computer.

About this version: Catalyst XL v1.3 (RC)

The path to CyberRealistic XL v6.0 isn’t set in stone yet—so I’m releasing this alternative candidate to test different directions.

  • Catalyst 1.2 leans into natural, realistic skin tones with smoother textures and grounded color grading. It's more photographic and subtle.

  • Catalyst 1.3, on the other hand, takes a bolder approach: different tone mapping, stronger contrast, and a distinct feel in how color and lighting are rendered. It’s still realistic, but stylized in its own way.

I’m not yet sure which direction v6.0 will ultimately follow.
Both versions will be available in the generator for testing.

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