Significantly changed compared to v4, v5, v6. Last few iterations were beginning to have issues with architecture and nature (as were other checkpoints, funnily enough), where they often looked dull or more akin to extremely low res dotted plants. The way to solve it was increased training on these subjects, and a lot more contrast + detail adjustment. Which also makes darker scenes much more easy to do, to the point of actually being able to reach true black (#000000). This does come at the cost of it requiring adjustment of some prompts that you found beautiful on earlier versions. In some cases you will want to remove any tokens that increase contrast or darkness, or even add them to negative prompt.
Pros
Increased contrast.
Increased details.
Increased darkness.
Increased ability for nature.
Increased ability for architecture.
Increased emotions (still no good winking or crying, maybe LoRA).
Easier to get other styles again, such as 2.5d.
Cons
Eyes can look lifeless more often.
Skin can look more plastic again, often solved by adding 'high contrast' to negative prompt.
For increased photorealism you might need to add 'anime' to your negative prompt. This will also help to increase mature look of your prompted character.
Hair looks less smooth (more stray hairs).
Will need prompt changes if looking too dark, or too contrasty.
Rare occasion of color blotches in some prompts + sampler/scheduler combo.
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