# ============================================================== # == Directories # ============================================================== # > Dataset sync derives SOURCE/, MANIFEST.knf.xlsx, and HF// from this filename. # -- Map exported subset names to source subfolders in MANIFEST.knf.xlsx. mappings: # > Anchor identity examples get sampled at a lower probability below. felkin_anchor: - "0-ANCHOR" # Source folder for anchor identity images. # > Explicit anatomy close-up subsets are kept separate for sampling control. genitals: - "6-DICK" # Source folder for exposed anatomy close-ups. - "6-SHEATH" # Source folder for sheathed anatomy close-ups. # > Complete body. fullbody: - "0-FULLBODY" # Full-body identity examples; also included in rest subset. - "99-VERSION-LEANER" # Alternate leaner full-body examples. # > General body, hand, leg, tail, and leaner variant images. body_details: - "1-TORSO" # Torso detail examples. - "3-HANDS" # Hand detail examples. - "4-LEGS" # Leg/foot detail examples. - "5-TAIL" # Tail detail examples. # > Focused fur-texture crops derived from high-resolution Rook sources. fur: - "7-FUR" # Fur crops for coat, mane, spots, paws, tail, and anatomy-adjacent texture. head: - "2-HEAD" # Face/head detail examples. # > Also export manifest rows marked sfw into an additional generated sfw subset. export_sfw_subset: true # < Add generated sfw subset from rows marked sfw. # ============================================================== # == Images # ============================================================== # Export-time mirroring writes fixed extra image/caption pairs before # SimpleTuner sees the dataset. flip_only keeps kneifftools from applying its # own random crop, rotation, or color jitter. augmentations: mirrored_extra: true # Add one mirrored copy per selected source image. mirrored_transform: flip_only # Exact horizontal mirror, no kneifftools crop/jitter. seed: 12345 # Makes mirrored export naming deterministic. # Export image area bounds before SimpleTuner sees the dataset. The upper bound # preserves more source detail than Chroma while staying below roughly 1280x1280. image_resize: min_pixel_area: 512 # Upscale tiny images below roughly 512x512 area. max_pixel_area: 1280 # Downscale large images above roughly 1280x1280 area. # ============================================================== # == Captions # ============================================================== # Controlled caption rendering context used by all generated sidecars. caption: subject_sex: male # Adds male subject wording to prose renderers. add_domains_to_tags: false # Flux2 captions are natural prose, not domain-tag tails. # Flux2 Klein uses a Qwen-style text stack; use Kneiff's natural-language profile. caption_outputs: mode: hybrid_txt # One .txt sidecar per image containing selected formats. formats: [nlg] # Natural-language caption profile for Flux2 Klein training. tag_scope: supplemental # Kept explicit for consistency with shipped overlays. # Optional per-subset caption output overrides. Keep commented unless a subset # needs different caption files or formats. # caption_outputs_overrides: # felkin_anchor: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # genitals: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # fullbody: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # body_details: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # fur: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # head: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # sfw: # mode: hybrid_txt # formats: [nlg] # ============================================================== # == Publishing # ============================================================== publishing: huggingface: pretty_name: Ladybug Felkin # Human-readable dataset-card base title. version: v5.6-f2k # Public dataset version label. optimized_for_model: FLUX.2 Klein Base 9B # Rendered as [For FLUX.2 Klein Base 9B]. tags: [flux2, flux2-klein, flux2-klein-9b, flux2-klein-base-9b, lora, diffusion-training, image-captioning] adult_content: true # Render the adult-content notice in README.md. # ============================================================== # == LoRA Training # ============================================================== training: enabled: true # Enables kneifftools training artifact generation. backend: simpletuner # Selects the SimpleTuner LoRA backend. simpletuner: # enabled: true # Optional backend-specific switch; defaults to enabled. # Subset-specific SimpleTuner dataloader overrides. Any key here is merged # into the subset backend entry after the dataset defaults below. subsets: felkin_anchor: probability: 1 # Sample anchor identity images at steady exposure. resolution: 1280 # High-resolution identity anchors support 1280 area. # minimum_image_size: 1024 # Avoid using weakly upscaled anchors. crop: false # Preserve full source composition. # repeats: 0 # Optional per-subset repeat count. # disabled: false # Optional per-subset on/off switch. fullbody: probability: 8.0 # Sample full-body subset at high probability. resolution: 1280 # Full-body images are the strongest high-res subset. crop: false # Preserve full-body composition. # repeats: 0 # disabled: false body_details: probability: 3 # Sample body detail subset at normal probability. crop: false # Preserve detail framing; many samples are already close crops. # repeats: 0 # disabled: false fur: probability: 2.0 # Give focused fur crops extra exposure. crop: false # Preserve texture crop intent; do not random-crop fur samples. # repeats: 0 # disabled: false head: probability: 2 # Sample head/face details at extra exposure. resolution: 1280 # Preserve detail in high-res head crops. crop: false # Preserve detail framing; many samples are close crops. genitals: probability: 4 # Sample anatomy subset at normal probability. crop: false # Preserve anatomy crop framing. # repeats: 0 # disabled: false # Dataset backend defaults copied into every image subset entry. dataset: type: local # SimpleTuner local filesystem backend. dataset_type: image # Image dataset backend, not text embeds. resolution: 1024 # Default target area edge for mixed-resolution subsets. minimum_image_size: 512 # Keep smaller detail/anatomy crops after export upscaling. maximum_image_size: 1280 # Upper bound for input image sizing. target_downsample_size: 1280 # Downsample target for cache generation. resolution_type: pixel_area # Area-based buckets, not smaller-edge resize. caption_strategy: textfile # Read captions from exported .txt sidecars. metadata_backend: discovery # Discover images/captions from directories. crop: false # Preserve source framing for this Flux2 Klein run. crop_style: center # Inert while crop is false; avoids random-crop defaults. crop_aspect: preserve # Preserve original aspect instead of square crop. # repeats: 0 # Dataset-level repeat count; subset can override. # disabled: false # Dataset-level backend switch. # Optional shared text-embedding backend overrides. Commented keys show the # kneifftools-owned defaults for the generated text_embeds backend. # text_embeds: # id: text-embeds # Backend id used by SimpleTuner. # type: local # Store embeddings on local filesystem. # dataset_type: text_embeds # default: true # Marks this as the shared embedding backend. # cache_dir: .simpletuner-cache/text # Override generated text cache dir. # disabled: false # Generate a SimpleTuner user_prompt_library JSON from fixed Flux2 prompts # plus manifest-derived controls. validation_prompts: enabled: true # positive_prefix: "masterpiece, best quality, score_7, safe, " custom: f2k_portrait: "Rook_Kaefer is shown in a portrait as a male Felkin character with an expressive face, soft studio lighting, red-and-black ladybug fur markings." f2k_fullbody_reference: "Rook_Kaefer is shown from the rear in a full-body view, walking away from the viewer with his back, legs, tail, and red-and-black fur markings clearly visible." f2k_body_detail: "Rook_Kaefer is walking sideways across the frame in a clear profile view, with his torso, arms, legs, tail, and fully sheathed genital." from_manifest: enabled: true seed: 42 profile: nlg # Model and LoRA settings merged into the top-level SimpleTuner config. model: model_type: lora # Train a LoRA adapter. model_family: flux2 # Use SimpleTuner's FLUX.2 model family. model_flavour: klein-9b # Balanced 32GB+ run for the undistilled 9B base. lora_rank: 64 # LoRA rank/capacity. lora_alpha: 64 # LoRA alpha scaling. lora_type: standard # Standard LoRA, not an alternate adapter type. lora_format: comfyui # Ask SimpleTuner to save ComfyUI-style LoRA keys. flux_lora_target: all # Train all Flux2 LoRA target modules. # Base FLUX.2 Klein asset. Klein models use the bundled Qwen3 text # encoder, so no separate T5/text-encoder path is set here. pretrained_model_name_or_path: black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-klein-base-9B pretrained_transformer_model_name_or_path: null pretrained_transformer_subfolder: null pretrained_unet_model_name_or_path: null pretrained_vae_model_name_or_path: null pretrained_t5_model_name_or_path: null pretrained_text_encoder_model_name_or_path: null # Precision defaults for FLUX.2 Klein LoRA training. base_model_precision: no_change base_model_default_dtype: bf16 mixed_precision: bf16 # init_lora: /path/to/existing.safetensors # Optional LoRA resume/init weights. # lycoris_config: /path/to/lycoris.json # Optional LyCORIS config path. # == Curriculum curriculum: enabled: true phases: - name: focused_start start_step: 0 subsets: [genitals, fullbody, head] - name: full_mix start_step: 800 # !! From this step onward, all subsets are active. subsets: all # Full-run trainer config. trainer_testrun below overrides selected keys # only when knf lora sync/train is called with --testrun. trainer: tracker_project_name: kneifftools-lora-training # Experiment tracker project. tracker_run_name: ladybird-f2k9b # Full-run tracker name. hub_model_id: ladybird-f2k9b-lora # Optional Hub model id if push_to_hub is enabled. optimizer: adamw_bf16 # BF16 AdamW optimizer. learning_rate: 0.00008 # 1.2e-4; carried over from the earlier F2K run. lr_scheduler: constant_with_warmup # Ramp up LR to avoid weird color biases. lr_warmup_steps: 100 seed: 42 # Training seed. gradient_checkpointing: true # Reduce VRAM by recomputing activations. max_grad_norm: 1.0 # Clip gradients for stability. grad_clip_method: norm # Clip by gradient norm. train_batch_size: 2 # 32GB+ balanced per-device batch size. gradient_accumulation_steps: 1 # Keep effective batch at 4 for 9B. num_train_epochs: 0 # Step-based training; max_train_steps controls run length. max_train_steps: 3000 # Full Flux2 Klein character run. ignore_final_epochs: true # This fixes early stop due to weird epoch calculation by simpletuner caption_dropout_probability: 0.0 # Disable caption dropout; keep trigger behavior stable. data_backend_sampling: auto-weighting # Auto-balance dataloader sampling based on subset probabilities and sizes. # push_to_hub: false # Upload final artifacts to Hugging Face Hub. # push_checkpoints_to_hub: false # Upload intermediate checkpoints. checkpoints_total_limit: 5 # Keep latest 5 checkpoints. checkpoint_step_interval: 200 # Save checkpoint every 200 steps. validation_step_interval: 200 # Run validation every 200 steps. disable_benchmark: false # Render baseline validation before training. validation_prompt_library: false # Disable SimpleTuner built-in prompt library. validation_disable_unconditional: true # Skip unconditional validation branch. validation_resolution: 1024x1024 # Keep validation affordable for the Flux2 run. validation_num_inference_steps: 40 # Full-run validation sampling steps. validation_guidance: 5.0 # Inference guidance used by validation. validation_guidance_real: null # Remove Chroma default guidance-real from generated config. validation_guidance_rescale: 0.0 # Guidance rescale; 0 disables rescale. validation_seed: 42 # Deterministic validation seed. num_eval_images: 1 # Images per validation prompt. flux_guidance_mode: constant # Keep Flux2 validation guidance stable across prompts. flux_guidance_value: 1.0 # Flux2 Klein guidance value from packaged template. report_to: tensorboard # Write TensorBoard logs. logging_dir: logs # TensorBoard log dir relative to TRAINING/_. # Additional kneifftools-owned SimpleTuner defaults. Leave commented to # use defaults from src/kneiff/training/lora/simpletuner.py. # use_ema: false # vae_batch_size: 1 # data_backend_sampling: uniform # allow_dataset_oversubscription: true # aspect_bucket_alignment: 64 tokenizer_max_length: 512 # t5_padding: zero # fully_unload_text_encoder: true # offload_during_startup: true # keep_vae_loaded: false # resume_from_checkpoint: /path/to/checkpoint # Short smoke-run overrides. These merge last only with --testrun. trainer_testrun: disable_benchmark: true tracker_run_name: ladybird-f2k9b-testrun # Separate tracker/log name for smoke runs. max_train_steps: 12 # Tiny run to verify plumbing. checkpoint_step_interval: 12 # Save at the end of the smoke run. validation_step_interval: 12 # Validate at the end of the smoke run. validation_num_inference_steps: 12 # Faster validation for smoke runs.