AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero) for clean, modern anime
A Civitai-distributed line of Animagine 4.0 with the “high score / great score / absurdres” quality stack and strong support for portraiture and full scenes.
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About AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero)
AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero) is a Civitai build aligned with the Animagine 4.0 family from Cagliostro Lab. It’s tuned for the modern Animagine quality vocabulary: “masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdres” for vibrant color, legible line weight, and stable anatomy in anime illustration workflows.
Use this when you want Animagine 4.0’s contemporary look without relying on a HuggingFace-only file path. The “score” phrasing in prompts acts like a gating layer for quality. Keep your negatives tight on hands, text, and artifacts.
Euler A and ~28-30 steps are a good default. For single-character portraits, 832×1216 brings strong vertical framing; 1216×832 works for establishing shots and background-forward compositions. If colors feel flat, nudge only one knob at a time: guidance, steps, or prompt emphasis, not all three.
Example generations
See what AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero) can create with the right prompts
AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero), masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdres, 1girl, elegant anime dress, long silver hair, detailed eyes, soft lighting, cherry blossoms
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AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero), masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdres, 1girl, magical girl outfit, staff, sparkles, night sky, detailed eyes
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AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero), masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdres, 1boy, knight armor, holding sword, dramatic light, fantasy ruins
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AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero), masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdres, cozy anime cafe interior, no people, warm light, plants, wide shot
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Animagine 4.0 “score” stack
Built around high score, great score, and absurdres, familiar to Animagine 4.0 users for quality gating and sharp illustration finish.
Polished character rendering
Great for clean faces, hair layers, and costume detail when prompts stay specific about materials and light.
Civitai download path
Paired with a Civitai `models` download, useful for teams standardizing on Civit-artifact pipelines.
Aspect ratios for every use
832×1216 and 1216×832 pair well with vertical social posts and wide key art. 1024×1024 stays a fast default for avatar-style crops.
Tight negatives for clean exports
Lead with hands, text, watermarks, and duplicate digits in negatives so busy backgrounds do not steal budget from character detail.
Anifusion-ready Animagine workflow
Euler A near 28 steps matches how this checkpoint is exercised in product: predictable batching for canvas and repeat character sets.
Prompting guide
Learn how to get the best results from AnimagineXL 4.0 (v4 Zero)
Keep score tags together
“masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdres” is a durable baseline for the Animagine 4.0 style system.
Watch hands and text
Use negatives that target hands, text, and duplicate limbs (common failure modes in busy scenes).
Recommended settings
masterpiece, high score, great score, absurdreslowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, text, error, missing finger, extra digits, fewer digits, cropped, worst quality, low quality, low score, bad score, average score, signature, watermark, username, blurryRecommended tags
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as the HuggingFace AnimagineXL 4.0 file?
It is a Civitai “v4 Zero” build in the same family. Files and hashes can differ; treat it as a sibling distribution rather than a byte-identical copy.
Best size for character portraits?
832×1216 is excellent for full-body and half-body. 1024×1024 is a strong default for icon-style portraits.
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