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license: apache-2.0
tags:
  - image-generation
  - vae
  - z-image
  - flux
  - hidream
---

# Z-Image_clear_vae

- **Guide (External Site)**: [English](https://www.ai-image-journey.com/2025/12/z-image-turbo-clear.html) | [Japanese](https://note.com/ai_image_journey/n/nd1323246e146)
- [**Civitai**](https://civitai.com/models/2191617)

## Compare to [Original VAE (Flux1_ae.safetensors)](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell/tree/main)

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    <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_original_vae_photo.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_original_vae_photo" width="400" height="400">
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<p style="text-align:center;">Z-Image_vivid_vae | Flux1_ae</p>

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  <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_compare_close_up.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_compare_close_up" width="800" height="400">
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**Z-Image_clear_vae** is a custom VAE for Z-Image, Flux.1, and HiDream.

It is an improved version based on Anzhc's [**Z-Image_Anime_VAE**](https://huggingface.co/Anzhc/Z-Image_Anime_VAE), enhancing color saturation, red tone rendition, and improving skin tone representation.

When using it with Z-Image, it is more effective when combined with the **Z-Image-Turbo_clear** model.

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## natural, clear, vivid

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  <img src="./images/Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-photoreal.png" alt="Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-photoreal" width="1000" height="400">
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  <img src="./images/Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-anime.png" alt="Z-Image-clear-vae-compare-half-natural-anime" width="1000" height="400">
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- **Z-Image-half-natural-vae**: Has slightly higher contrast and saturation compared to the original.
- **Z-Image-natural-vae**: Higher contrast and saturation, offering a **natural expression**.
- **Z-Image-clear-vae**: **More Increases contrast and saturation** for a **clear** visual expression.
- **Z-Image-vivid-vae**: Offers a further increase in saturation. It results in a **distinct expression for black**, but in most cases, it becomes oversaturated.

Please use them as appropriate for the situation.

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## Z-Image, Flux.1, HiDream

### Z-Image: [Z-Image-Turbo_clear](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/Z-Image-Turbo_clear)

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    <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vae_anime.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vae_anime" width="400" height="400">
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    <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vivid_vae_anime.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_vivid_vae_anime" width="400" height="400">
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<p style="text-align:center;">Z-Image_clear_vae  |  Z-Image_vivid_vae</p>

### Flux.1 [dev]: [**blue_pencil-flux1-v0.0.1**](https://huggingface.co/bluepen5805/blue_pencil-flux1)

<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 2em;">
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    <img src="./images/Flux1_clear_vae.png" alt="Flux1_clear_vae" width="400" height="400">
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    <img src="./images/Flux1_clear_vivid_vae.png" alt="Flux1_clear_vivid_vae" width="400" height="400">
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### HiDream: [**HiDream-I1-Dev_clear**](https://huggingface.co/easygoing0114/HiDream-I1-Dev_clear)

<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 2em;">
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    <img src="./images/HiDream_clear_vae.png" alt="HiDream_clear_vae" width="400" height="400">
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    <img src="./images/HiDream_clear_vivid_vae.png" alt="HiDream_clear_vivid_vae" width="400" height="400">
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## Workflow

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  <img src="./images/Z-Image-Turbo_clear_workflow_20251226.png" alt="Z-Image-Turbo_clear_workflow_20251226" width="1200" height="600">
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This PNG image contains a ComfyUI workflow.

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## Tips (External site)

- About Z-Image-Turbo_clear: [English](https://www.ai-image-journey.com/2025/12/z-image-turbo-clear.html) | [Japanese](https://note.com/ai_image_journey/n/nd1323246e146)
- About HiDream-I1-Dev_clear: [English](https://www.ai-image-journey.com/2025/11/hidream-i1-dev-clear.html) | [Japanese](https://note.com/ai_image_journey/n/n43b4588e40c4)

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## Credit

**Z-Image_clear_vae** is a fine-tuned model based on [**Z-Image_Anime_VAE**](https://huggingface.co/Anzhc/Z-Image_Anime_VAE) released by [**Anzhc**](https://huggingface.co/Anzhc).

We appreciate the public release of the original model.

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## License

- [Apache-2.0](./LICENSE)