For best outputs: Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras. Steps: 25, cfg 5.5, CLIP skip 2. VAE: none required. Pos prompt: use quality / realistic keywords to push the model's native realism a little further. For example, wrap your text between "hyper realism, best quality, masterpiece, photorealistic, extremely detailed, hyper realistic, high resolution, UHD, cinematic shot, ISO of 6400, f/5.6" and "realistic skin texture, real photo, sharp details, 8k, HDR, f.1/2, 70mm lens, Kodak, Analog style". Neg prompt: "old, beard, long hair, cartoon, 3D, paint, painting, drawn, draw, frame, border, drawn, blurred, bad art, watermark, grainy, sketch, signature, anime, illustration, 3d render, cgstation, text, logo, duplicate, worst quality, out of focus, low resolution, black and white, error, nude, naked, nsfw, BeyondBetaSDXLv4", being the "BeyondBetaSDXLv4" embedding found in my example runs. Checkpoint Merge