Study Finds Classifier-Free Guidance Still Best on Modern Backbones
A new paper revisiting guidance methods finds that Classifier-Free Guidance remains the best approach on modern backbones, with limited gains from alternatives. A reference implementation supporting SD 3.5 and FLUX.2 is available on GitHub.
2026-08-21 ~ 2026-08-21 · 3 related posts
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