Felldude/HDR Effect VAE

HDR Effect VAE V3.0 Note: ALL METRICS use FP32 version - FP8 version is supplied for research only. Bottom Line HDR VAE is the recommended choice for approximately 80–90% of real-world use cases. Although Base SDXL VAE maintains a small advantage in objective reconstruction metrics, HDR VAE consistently produces images that appear sharper, richer, more vibrant, and more professionally polished. The modest reduction in PSNR and SSIM is a worthwhile tradeoff for the substantial gains in perceived visual quality. HDR VAE v3.0 vs SDXL Base VAE Note: HDR VAE achieved an SSIM score of 0.8481 versus

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