V2 verses V3 quality

I can't even see an Image 1 Model any more

Actually, would rather they ditch model 2 and keep 1 and 3.

Keep the old engines alongside the new. A bit like versions Adobe

Wow, that is an even more dramatic visual difference than mine. Maybe the increased realism could be a slider like the current intensity sliders, I dunno. 

Here is another example that supports my realistic versus artistic theory.  I created this series of images called "hideous hotel carpeting" making fun of the design patterns used in hotel carpeting.  Here is this same prompt in each of the models.

Prompt: endless plush hideous hotel broadloom carpet, repetitive pattern, seamless interlaced geometric design, geometric shapes, random patterns, pink light-blue brown

Model 1:

Model 2:

Model 3:

These were the best images generated for this prompt in these models. Adding styles did not significantly change the results (or at least did not improve them).

image 3 appears to lack the functionality or image control of image 2. using the same parameters (effects etc)  from image 2 to image 3 produces very different stylistc results. also, working with image 3, application of (ex) movement selections appear to have no effect on the final results.

Concerning the frog, the color bleed was caused by a bug when a Chiaroscuro or Film Noir is applied over an image that had it applied previously

Links are dead due to a hardware problem

This weekend I'll go completely deep dive and see what I can do on my end to circumvent these extreme changes and try to pull a positive out of it. Try to find an artistic path in all of this.

Hey Droopy good to see you!

Yes, it's like the realism push is overriding everything, it should be a button, not shoved onto everything in its current state, artistic V1 & V2 are heading out the door, I'm sad to say. To be perfectly honest I feel bad posting this, real bad but I need to speak up. Want to see something that pains me to show?

V2

V3

Multiple V3 generations with the V2 file and I get blown out lighting, distortions, color bleed in B&W photo, etc.., This is after 10 generations, the best of the best and I have this to show.