Important: This VAE is designed as an “ultra-safe sharpness” effect. Its main priority is to prevent color shifts while slightly improving edge sharpness. The issue where some results may look very similar to the standard VAE will be addressed in the upcoming Sharp Plus release. Anyone who purchased Early Access and is not satisfied can send me a direct message, and I can refund the Buzz cost. An updated, better-calibrated version and a completely new trained version are currently in development. Thank you, everyone, for your support.

Qwen Image VAE Sharp is an enhanced variant of the standard Qwen Image VAE, tuned for stronger fine detail, cleaner edges, and improved micro-contrast.

The Sharp version delivers a crisper, more detailed reconstruction while maintaining the original colors, composition, and overall look. Ideal for realistic images, portraits, architecture, vehicles, sci-fi scenes, and highly textured artwork.

Enable: --fp32-vae flag for ComfyUI for FP32 VAE.

Full size image - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wOWwoXkpelJRdaq3hq9iTLhzM6VKXwpa?usp=sharing

Sharper details. Stronger micro-contrast. Cleaner final output.

Early access on Patreon (support): https://www.patreon.com/mm744