Glossary

CFG Scale

Short answer

The setting controlling how closely the model adheres to the prompt.

At a low CFG the model reads the prompt loosely, giving more creative results further from your brief. At a high value it binds tightly to the prompt but the image starts to look saturated, harsh and artificial.

For most models the 6 to 9 range is balanced. Values above 12 usually degrade the image.

A high CFG does nothing with a short prompt — there is not enough information to bind to. With long, detailed prompts a higher value can make sense.

StepsThe setting for how many stages the denoising takes; it directly affects quality and time.
PromptThe text instruction that tells an AI what you want it to generate.
DiffusionHow image models work: building an image by progressively removing random noise.

Stable Diffusion — Unlimited Generation on Your Own MachineOpen source; installed locally it is free, uncensored and completely controllable.
Flux — The Model That Leads on Photorealism and TextThe strongest open-weight family for photorealistic people and for text rendered inside images.

CFG Scale

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