>>2849784I feel you and I don't really have an answer that doesn't involve using a strong style lora. Just when 1.5 models were getting good at making dark scenes it feels like a reset.
>>2849787Based68 managed to pull it off. But yeah since the vast majority of images fed in are bright, there is a strong bias toward bright outputs. I did read something once about alternative seed generation schemes, I think it was an extension but I forgot the name. Changed how the random noise was made and made it bias toward being darker or a certain color or whatever. Still kind of a hack though.
Pic related is this style for what it's worth. Capable of dark stuff but very strong and not general purpose.
https://civitai.com/models/366155/madness-style-lora-ponyxl 