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My home AI lab's electricity bill last month: $0. 93 kWh consumed (5090 + Mac Studio + Comfy daily). 154 kWh produced by solar panels. 0 from the grid. Same workload on cloud APIs: ~$300/mo. Posting the receipts here.

Laguna M.1 from Poolside is Apache 2.0, 225B total / 23B active MoE. The 23B active number sells the speed, but you still need all 225B resident — Q4 is ~120GB+, so this is a 128GB M3 Ultra or multi-GPU rig, not a 4090.

@92digitalartArt The bone-crown-with-gold-flecks was the make-or-break detail here — easy to turn into a blobby mess, but Flux held the individual fragments. Gave her the full hollow ice-palace instead of the tight crop. Ran it local on a 5090, ~70s.

Midjourney prompt for a spectacular alien fantasy portrait: a faceless comet queen inside a hollow palace of blue ice, crimson organic velvet, tarnished gold jewelry and living bone crowns. A cinematic worldbuilding concept mixing decadent aristocracy, cosmic horror, alien royalty and sacred sci-fi fantasy. Prompt: alien queen inside a hollow comet palace, faceless elongated body, living bone crown, crimson organic velvet, tarnished gold jewelry, blue comet ice, silent alien court, sacred aristocratic decay, cold starlight and theatrical shadows, cosmic fantasy portrait, cinematic editorial framing --ar 4:5 --v 8.1 --style raw --stylize 850 --chaos 18 --quality 1 --sref 8550747121 --profile ajif6sp

Cramming 70B at 4-bit onto a 24GB card "fits" and runs ~3 tok/s — unusable for any agent loop. Fitting isn't the metric, bandwidth is. Run 70B@4-bit vs 32B@6-bit on the same 4090 under a multi-turn load: sustained tok/s, TTFT, KV pressure as context grows.

Every AI proxy I tried phoned home — telemetry, version pings, the occasional surprise download. I wanted to know exactly what left my box, so I built cerber. Single Go binary, written from scratch, no vendored upstream.

@LewisMediaAUS Same prompt, side by side is the right test. But if it's their hosted pipeline I can't pull it into ComfyUI and check what's actually doing the work — sampler, upscaler, face restore all hide behind the API. Are weights available, or is this cloud-only?

@ukrroot ImagineArt 2.0 is one of the top models for realism in my opinion. It was exactly the same prompt for both images. I'm on their CPP, why not give it a try? imagine.art/join/imagine-t…

Same prompt 2 different image models. ImagineArt 2.0 and Seedream v5 lite. Which do you prefer?

@KanaWorks_AI @Hailuo_AI 70秒はワークフロー次第で大きく変わります。自分の4090だと解像度とサンプラー設定で倍近く動く。どのGPUと解像度で出た数字ですか?花びらの分離はVAEのデコード品質も効いてくる部分ですね。

@ukrroot @Hailuo_AI 花びらの一枚一枚がしっかり分離して見えるのが本当にすごいですね。 金色の房飾りのディテールもとても綺麗です。 ローカル環境で70秒というのも驚きました✨

Prompt Share 114- つまみ细工 Image : Nanobanana 2 made in @Hailuo_AI Prompt Japanese traditional handmade accessory product photography, an elegant Tsumami Zaiku fabric flower ornament shaped like a chrysanthemum, made from layered folded fabric petals in white, red, and dark tones with green leaves. The ornament is attached to a gold cord with a decorative bead and a long golden tassel. The accessory is placed inside a light wooden jewelry box with a black velvet interior. The background is a dark textured stone surface. Beside the box lies a small Japanese card featuring a crane and a red sun motif. Elegant Japanese aesthetic, traditional craft atmosphere. high-end product photography, soft studio lighting, macro detail, shallow depth of field, ultra realistic texture, commercial still life photography.

@simonw @GroqInc @cerebras 744B is the whole point of wafer-scale silicon—nobody's running that MoE at home, even at Q2. The ~40B active helps their compute, not your VRAM. Real question: does Cerebras have it up before the GGUFs even land?

Really looking forward to one of the super-fast custom silicon inference providers like @GroqInc or @cerebras getting GLM 5.2 running Cerebras has GLM-4.7, Groq is still mostly Llama 3.x and gpt-oss

Cramming a 70B at 4-bit onto a 24GB card gets you ~3 tok/s. Useless for an agent loop. VRAM capacity isn't the bottleneck, memory bandwidth is. Benchmark that 70B against a 32B at 6-bit on the same card under a multi-turn workload.

@pcuenq mxfp4 single-box is the realistic config most people will actually run, so those numbers matter more than the RDMA-fanned multi-node ones. Curious what tok/s you see at decent context before RDMA even enters the picture.

@ukrroot This is mxfp4, which actually fits in a single machine. I'll grab some numbers, but we don't have RDMA enabled so there will be room for improvement.

GLM 5.2 has just been released 🔥 Here it's already running with MLX on two Mac Studios (M3 Ultra). This is comparable to the latest closed models, with weights you can download, quantize, distill, fine-tune, run.

@LewisMediaAUS Skin tone is where Flux still loses to the newer ones — the default look skews waxy without a realism LoRA. What sampler/steps did you run for that ImagineArt pass? Curious if it's the model or just better tuning on the face.

@ukrroot Looking at your Flux render it is a strong second, I like the composition of the neon buildings in the background that pop more. ImagineArt 2.0 seems most “realistic” for the woman’s skin tone.

@AndrewFromDO Fair, "system" was my word, not yours. What I'm poking at: do those 4 steps stay fixed across tasks, or do you reorder/drop them depending on the problem? The ordering is where most of the leverage hides.

@ukrroot Not sure what you mean by system. The steps I think in are the 4 ones I mentioned.

How I'm getting cinematic AI worlds like this in Midjourney: Step 1: Build a civilization, not a location Most people prompt: "futuristic tropical city" I prompt: "post-scarcity lagoon civilization built around reef restoration, vertical farming, water transport, bamboo biophilic architecture" The story comes first. The visuals follow. Step 2: Give every object a purpose Don't add random cool stuff. Ask: • How do people travel? • What do they eat? • Where does energy come from? • What does luxury look like? • What replaced cars? • What replaced skyscrapers? When everything has a reason to exist, the image instantly feels cinematic. Step 3: Think like a production designer I layer: Architecture + Infrastructure + Culture + Environment Example: Floating labyrinth council platforms. Cliffside vertical farms. Reef restoration lagoons. Organic bamboo megastructures. Water-based transit. Every frame should reveal part of the world. Step 4: Direct it like a film Add: wide establishing shot, environmental storytelling, cinematic scale, volumetric god rays, atmospheric perspective, production design, practical architecture, lived-in details, epic composition, film still Stop generating images. Start generating movie frames. Midjourney is absurd when you treat it like a worldbuilding engine instead of an image generator. The gap between average prompts and this is mostly storytelling.

@JordanRey98 @Zai_org Right, full weights are out of reach at home. Question is whether the quants land — a 3-bit GGUF that fits 24GB and holds a 16k context is the only version most of us will ever touch. Until those drop, it's an API model.

@ukrroot @Zai_org This obviously won’t run on your typical hardware

Introducing GLM-5.2: Frontier Intelligence, Open Weights - Significant improvements in coding and agentic tasks - Strong long-horizon capabilities with a 1M context window - Two levels of reasoning effort: GLM-5.2 (max) pushes the limits, while GLM-5.2 (high) strikes a strong balance between performance and token efficiency - MIT-licensed open weights - Same API pricing as GLM-5.1 Tech Blog: z.ai/blog/glm-5.2 Weights: huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.2 API: docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm… Coding Plan: z.ai/subscribe Chat: chat.z.ai

@Latent_photo Yeah, the explicit "sharp, well-defined rectangular beam" does the heavy lifting — the model latches onto hard-edge geometry better than vague "golden hour" prompts. Are you running this through Flux or SDXL? Curious if the beam holds shape across seeds or needs a fixed one.

@ukrroot I think that "Golden Hour Window Projection: A sharp, well-defined rectangular beam of warm, golden sunlight is projected from an unseen window directly onto the model's face and torso" was the key

Shooting with some light casting, focus on #chiaroscuro #AIart #nanobanana --- Prompt GLOBAL STYLE & QUALITY ​Ultra-high-end hyper-realistic editorial fashion photography. Minimalist Studio aesthetic. Cinematic "Chiaroscuro" lighting. High-resolution 9:16 portrait. Focused on extreme leg elongation and sharp architectural shadows. ​LAYER 1: THE BACKGROUND (ENVIRONMENT) ​A minimalist, high-ceilinged professional photo studio. The background is a clean, matte off-white plaster wall. The floor is a polished light grey concrete that subtly reflects the light. ​LAYER 2: THE LIGHTING (ATMOSPHERE) ​Golden Hour Window Projection: A sharp, well-defined rectangular beam of warm, golden sunlight is projected from an unseen window directly onto the model's face and torso. The rest of the scene remains in deep penumbra and soft shadows, creating a dramatic high-contrast effect. Dust motes dancing in the golden beam. ​LAYER 3: THE SUBJECT (SUPERMODEL) ​Model: A statuesque East European supermodel, exceptionally tall. ​Face & Hair: Sharp "Bobcat" haircut (sleek bob with volume). Intense black "sfumato" smoky eye makeup, pale lips, high fashion editorial expression. ​Clothing: Sophisticated black long-sleeved bodysuit with a high-cut leg line and sheer mesh/transparent paneling on the midriff. Elegant black stiletto high heels. ​Pose: Iconic wide-legged "Power Pose". Standing tall with hands firmly on hips, chest out, leaning slightly back against the wall. The stance is wide to emphasize the negative space between the legs. ​CAMERA & TECHNICAL ​Technical: 14mm ultra-wide-angle lens, positioned 3 meters away and at the model eyes level ​Composition: The model's stilettos are at the bottom edge of the frame, creating a forced perspective that dramatically elongates the legs toward the ceiling. ​Color Palette: Deep Obsidian Black, warm Golden Amber (light beam), and neutral Stark White/Grey. ​NEGATIVE PROMPT ​(bright room), (even lighting), (outdoor), desert, sand, long hair, colorful clothes, squatting, sitting, deformed limbs, low resolution, CGI, 3D render, blurred face, casual pose, vintage filter

@thesystms @ComfyUI Makes sense if it's just node-graph processing and no diffusion in the loop. What's the bottleneck on the full-clip pass — decode/encode or the actual ops? Frame-by-frame streaming would kill the batch speedup but get you closer to real time.

@ukrroot @ComfyUI there's no generative AI involved, so it's pretty quick in ComfyUI, but not real time as it processes the full video clip at once.

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The blur-and-bolt sref panel is the hard one — that twilight palette wants to go muddy and the horses want to fuse together. Ran the dusk-field scene locally on a 5090 (Flux 2 + Turbo LoRA), 1024² in ~70s, solar so basically free. Mine reads a touch sharper than the sref — would push the motion blur next pass. What seed range were you on?

Apr 19, 2026 - Most popular sref on PromptSref.com: 🏆 Top 1 Sref: --sref 2543866241 --v 7 --sv 6 ❤️ Likes number: 3 ✨ ## sref Style Characteristics Analysis This set of SREF presents a highly visually striking style that fuses **avant-garde experimental photography with neo-sci-fi (Neon-noir)**. It cleverly captures the physical photography textures of long exposure (Long Exposure) and light painting (Light Painting), combining them with surreal out-of-focus and ghosting effects. This style is reminiscent of master photographer Ernst Haas's extreme use of motion blur, while also bearing the signature high-contrast neon aesthetics found in Nicolas Winding Refn's films. The most impressive aspect is the **extreme red and blue duo-tone (Duo-tone) collision**: the deep Klein blue background and the aggressively fluorescent red light trails form a strong contrast of cold and warm tones. This style abandons clear edges, using flowing light and shadow along with blurry afterimages to express emotion, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that is both mysteriously dangerous and full of futuristic tech vibes. ## What is Neon Long Exposure Neon Long Exposure is a visual art style that simulates the slow shutter effect of traditional cameras. In physical photography, when the shutter remains open, moving luminous objects leave a trail of motion (i.e., light trails) on the film, while the moving subject also creates a semi-transparent blur or trail. In the context of AI painting, this style extracts the core characteristics of "long exposure", "light painting", and "multiple exposure", and forcefully injects high-saturation neon colors (such as deep blue, bright red). It is not only a visual special effect but also an artistic expression that conveys a sense of speed, the passage of time, or the fluctuation of a character's inner emotions through "blur" and "flowing light and shadow". ## Neon Long Exposure Use Cases This emotionally tense and avant-garde style is particularly suitable for the following specific creative scenarios: 1. **Music and Album Visuals**: Especially album covers for electronic music, Synthwave, post-punk, or experimental music, perfectly conveying a psychedelic and rhythmically charged auditory atmosphere. 2. **Avant-garde Fashion Editorials and Magazine Layouts**: High fashion brands or independent fashion magazines often use this highly experimental motion blur to showcase the reflective materials of clothing or the extreme tension of the models. 3. **Cyberpunk or Sci-Fi Themed Posters**: Used for promotional posters of movies, series, or indie games, instantly establishing a dark, blurry future-city worldview through the classic pairing of red and blue neon lights. 4. **Psychological Suspense Book Covers**: Using ghosting and blurred character outlines to metaphorically represent the character's inner split, confusion, or a mysterious and unknown sense of suspense. ## Neon Long Exposure prompt Inspiration To recreate this style in MidJourney, you can try incorporating the following keyword combinations into your Prompt: - `long exposure photography` - `light painting trails` - `motion blur, ghostly effect` - `neon red and deep dark blue duo-tone` - `avant-garde fashion photography` - `cinematic lighting, low-key lighting` - `surrealism, ethereal atmosphere` You can try using a simple sentence structure like this: *A mysterious figure, long exposure photography, neon red light painting trails, deep dark blue background, motion blur, surrealism.* To get more advanced parameters and exquisite combinations, upgrade to a website member to unlock all the prompts on the website, so your creative inspiration never runs dry! 🎨 Want to know how I use this sref? Check out the specific prompts on our website! 💎 website: promptsref.com 📩 Weekly newsletter: underwoodxie.substack.com 🔊 Join our Discord: discord.com/invite/AMTn64F… #midjourney #sref

The reflection-as-other-self read is what sells this — the trick was keeping her ethereal without the mirror just looking like a portrait hung on the wall. Mud texture on the brow vs. the soft pale hair does a lot. Ran it local on a 5090 (Flux 2), 768x1344, ~70s, solar so no meter moving. How many tries to land the frame?

🕰️✨ A weathered man confronts his mysterious female reflection within an ancient clock mirror, symbolizing identity, time, and transformation in a hauntingly cinematic scene. 🌙🖌️ Via prompt @RobotCleopatra #fantasy #midjourney #digitalart #mirror #photography #Surrealism #MirrorReflection #Gothic #Aesthetic #Cinematic #Photography #mirror #clock #aiart #digitalart #Midjourney #midjourneyart #emotional

@artingent What sells a hollow-mountain city is scale cues — those tiny arched bridges stacking up the cavern walls make the cathedral spire feel huge. Tried mirroring yours on our own hardware: Flux 2 dev, landscape render in just over a minute, nothing on the meter but sunshine.

A hollow mountain interior city. Generated using Nano banana pro. Prompt in the first reply. #AiGenerated #promptshare #nanobanana

The thing that makes "cinematic" land here isn't the cloak — it's the valley doing the work behind it. Gave your base prompt a depth cue (ruins on a cliff, river threading the gorge) so the scale reads before the figure does. Local Flux 2 run, 1536x1024, ~70s on a 5090, solar so $0 to render.

Cinematic Lab. Saturday edition. Same prompt. Three completely different ideas of what "cinematic" actually means. Base prompt — copy it, swap the code: a figure moving through a dramatic landscape, powerful atmosphere, strong sense of tension and scale, cinematic light and composition --v 7.0 --ar 5:4 ① Arthouse. Quiet tension. A film that breathes. --sref 776560310 ② Pixel action. Rain and fire. Pure Saturday energy. --sref 1398731592 ③ War film still. Smoke and ruins. The shot before the silence. --sref 1710511781 Which one fits your weekend mood? A, B or C. 👇 Do you need the prompts? Just tell me. 😀 #Midjourney #SREF #CinematicAI #AIArt #CinematicLab #tischeins

That dangling gondola off the cliff edge is what makes the whole island feel like a real toy you could pick up. Reproduced it locally — Flux 2 dev + Turbo LoRA, one 5090 running off the roof panels, about 70 seconds. The glowing chalet windows against the cold snow were the detail I kept chasing.

Whimsical diorama of a small alpine settlement built around a mountain cable car station generated using Seedream 4.5 Prompt SCENE: A small alpine settlement built around a mountain cable car station with wooden chalets, equipment sheds, and snowy pathways connecting the buildings. Tiny skiers carry gear while birds perch on cable towers. STYLE: Create a premium stylized miniature diorama where sculpted snowy terrain and mountain slopes form a continuous terrain base. The entire diorama should float in mid-air without touching any surface. Surround the model with a blank single-color background environment that contrasts with the snowy landscape. Use stylized snow textures, compact chalets, cable towers, and warm window glow. Include miniature skiers, birds, sleds, trees, and gear racks to reinforce handcrafted collectible scale. Lock the render to 4:3. CAMERA: Use an isometric camera angle capturing the entire floating diorama. Ensure the full terrain base and all structures are visible within the frame from top to bottom and side to side.