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Z-Image Base + ControlNet 2.1 + Turbo: Two-Stage Repair, and Why the 8/4-Step Accelerators Are a Bad Trade

Z-Image Base controls well and looks mediocre. This episode tests ControlNet 2.1 on Base, then repairs the aesthetics by splitting sampling: Base drives the high-noise half, Turbo takes the low-noise half and pulls quality back. It also tests the 8-step and 4-step Base accelerators and reaches a bl…

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  1. 2026-11-08 16:27 · DEV Community — AI
    Z-Image Base + ControlNet 2.1 + Turbo: Two-Stage Repair, and Why the 8/4-Step Accelerators Are a Bad Trade

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