| # Tagging methodology for Kazusa (blue archive) | |
| ## README / Intro | |
| Since I've seen a few people share this already I'll provide this disclaimer. | |
| This is not really intended to be a guide, it's just a log/checklist of my process, for my own benefit, since I repeat this for a lot of LoRAs and I got tired of winging it every single time. I've put only the slightest amount of effort into making it accessible to others. | |
| I don't claim that any or all of these optimal, nor can I confidently put them forth as recommendations. They're literally just a record of the steps I follow while tagging, gradually developed after ~16 characters using some version of the below process. | |
| Still, I can at least point to my pre-Koharu LoRAs (which used pure WD1.4 tags) and the ones that came after (where I started heavily editing tags) and see a steady progression in quality and prompting flexibility despite using mostly the same training settings for each one. | |
| Yes, it takes forever to do all of this shit. No, I don't recommend it unless you're extremely autistic; raw WD1.4 tags are probably good enough for most people. If you intend to do this for more than a few characters, I strongly recommend learning [Hydrus](https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/introduction.html) it makes all of this way, way less tedious compared to doing it with crappier tools. | |
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| ## Prep | |
| - Scraped `1girl kazusa_(blue_archive) order:popularity` from sancom, curated for quality, then exported from Hydrus to feed into WD1.4 Tagger. | |
| - Kazusa has a shitload of good art so I had to be very picky to get down to 280 images, which is still a lot. In hindsight I think huge datasets aren't really a problem; they let you train for longer without overfitting. | |
| - Gelbooru is probably fine too. Danbooru sucks for ロリ unless you have Gold. | |
| - I also got a few newer images from pixiv, don't remember which ones. | |
| - Exported final images from Hydrus to feed into WD1.4 Tagger | |
| - Auto-tagged with WD1.4 Swinv2 at 0.25 confidence | |
| - Reimported images+tags into Hydrus using the .txt sidecar feature. I strongly recommend putting WD1.4 tags in a separate tag domain so they aren't mixed in with shit scraped from boorus. | |
| ## Tagging | |
| - Tag unique features | |
| - `halo` / `demon horns` / `low wings` | |
| - Remove when not present or out of view. WD1.4 likes putting `halo` even on images where no halo is visible. | |
| - **Kazusa**: `halo` / `animal ears` | |
| - Pruned `extra ears` as it seems redundant and intrinsic to the character. | |
| - Tag outfit variants with a single master tag | |
| - **Kazusa**: | |
| - Uniform: `school uniform` / `black jacket` | |
| - Sometimes the jacket appears without anything else, which was not tagged `school uniform` | |
| - Non-canon costumes | |
| - Add `alternate costume` | |
| - Nudity (WD1.4 usually does this accurately) | |
| - `nude` / `completely nude` | |
| - Prune eye colors | |
| - Keep tags which describe unusual eye features (`multicolored eyes`, `heterochromia`, `slit pupils`) as they can otherwise be too subtle and inconsistently drawn for the AI to notice | |
| - Prune hair colors | |
| - This includes `two-toned hair`, `gradiant hair`, etc. The AI learns all of these very consistently without the tags, likely because artists tend to draw them consistently | |
| - Partially prune hair styles | |
| - Leave key, defining style tags like `twintails`, `ponytail`, `short hair with long locks`, `twin braids`, etc. | |
| - Prune exceedingly common tags like `bangs` / `sidelocks` / `eyebrows visible through hair` / `hair between eyes`, etc. | |
| - Somewhat arbitrary, but I just don't think there's much value in them because they're ubiquitous and caption space is limited | |
| - Prune length, except for images which differ from the character's usual length | |
| - If you don't do this, it's more likely to get the hair length wrong when not prompted, which isn't a huge deal. | |
| - Add `alternate hairstyle` and/or `alternate hair length` on applicable images, which can be used to more easily change styles while prompting | |
| - **Kazusa**: `short hair, colored inner hair` -- while I would usually prune these, they're really her only defining hairstyle traits | |
| - Fixup hair ornaments | |
| - Prune generic `hair ornament` in favor of more specificity | |
| - `hairclip` / `black headband` / `hair flower` / `hair ribbon`, etc. | |
| - Consolidate tags that have color variants (`headband` >> `black headband`) | |
| - **Kazusa**: `hairclip` | |
| - Consolidate outfits | |
| - Only tag an item when it is actually visible. If it is only barely visible along the edge of an image, keep in mind it may be cropped during bucketing. | |
| - Danbooru's wiki entry for a character often provides a good list of tags for a character's entire outfit. | |
| - **Kazusa outfits**: | |
| - School Uniform | |
| - `black choker` | |
| - `hooded jacket` | |
| - `black jacket` | |
| - `green sailor collar` | |
| - `pink neckerchief` | |
| - `miniskirt` | |
| - `pleated skirt` | |
| - `white skirt` | |
| - `black pantyhose` | |
| - `sneakers` | |
| - Fixup sleeves | |
| - ie. `long sleeves` / `puffy long sleeves` / `detached sleeves` | |
| - You only need one, but pick one and be consistent. If sleeves aren't tagged the AI tends to add them inappropriately (such as when prompting for sleeveless outfits or nudity) | |
| - Fixup collars | |
| - ie. `detached collar` / `collared shirt` / `choker` / etc. | |
| - Same deal as sleeves, they tend to appear when unwanted if not consistently tagged according to actual visibility | |
| - Fixup clothing state | |
| - ie. `open jacket` / `open shirt` / `partially undressed` / `off shoulder` | |
| - The tagger is generally good at this but it can help to double-check for weird outfits | |
| - Tag expressions | |
| - This is tedious and the autotagger doesn't help you out much, but tagging these can really help the AI nail multiple iconic expressions for a character | |
| - Start by searching for images without one of these, and add them. | |
| - `open mouth` | |
| - `closed mouth` | |
| - `parted lips` | |
| - Sometimes applies with `open mouth` | |
| - Then proceed through each image and add one of these | |
| - `smile` / `light smile` / `:d` / `grin` (exposed teeth only) | |
| - `:o` / `:<` / `expressionless` / `serious` | |
| - `wavy mouth` / `embarrassed` | |
| - `pout` / `:t` / `tsundere` | |
| - `nervous` / `nervous smile` | |
| - `flustered` / `swirly eyes` / `@_@` | |
| - `surprised` / `o_o` / `wide-eyed` | |
| - `upset` / `annoyed` / `frustrated` / `v-shaped eyebrows` | |
| - `naughty face` / `seductive smile` | |
| - `smug` / `:3` / `smirk` | |
| - `yelling` / `frown` | |
| - `eyes closed` / `one eye closed` | |
| - WD1.4 almost always gets these two | |
| - Tag camera angles/composition | |
| - Most of these aren't very high value, but `from x` can be helpful. | |
| - `cowboy shot` | |
| - `upper body` | |
| - `full body` | |
| - `portrait` | |
| - `feet out of frame` | |
| - `cropped torso` / `cropped legs` | |
| - `from side` / `from above` / `from below` / `from behind` | |
| - Tag iconic poses, actions, or props | |
| - Props need to show up often in training data for this to be worth it. | |
| - `v` / `peace sign` / `standing on one leg` | |
| - `holding dango` / `weapon case` / `fashion magazine` | |
| - **Kazusa** | |
| - `mouth hold` | |
| - `eating` | |
| - `macaron` | |
| - Flip through each image and use Hydrus's "related tags" feature to quickly identify important tags that might be missing. | |
| - This feature looks at other images with similar tags to provide suggestions. Good for spotting things you or the tagger might have missed. | |