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Greetings, Civitans! Welcome to the thirty-sixth edition of Civitai Biweekly, your essential guide to all recent developments and updates within Civitai.

This week, we’ll cover some extremely exciting new Civitai & Generative AI developments including…

• Monumental Civitai Image Generator upgrades! ⚙️

• General site fixes and quality-of-life enhancements! 🔨

• Civitai Champions on-board! 🛡️

• Project Odyssey - Judging begins! 🏆

• Huge Civitai AiR Update - welcoming new artists! 🖌️

• New Scheduled Twitch Stream! 🎞️

…and more!

1️⃣ New Features in the Civitai Image Generator!

We’re thrilled to announce the release of eagerly-awaited feature additions to the Civitai Image Generator - Workflows!

Up until now, the Generator has been using a simple text-to-image workflow. This has now been augmented with three new advanced workflows: Hi-Res Fix, Face Fix, and Upscaling! These powerful new features allow you to fine-tune your images with higher resolution, perfect facial details, and enhance overall image quality!

These new workflows can be invoked in an image-to-image capacity to enhance previous generations, or used in conjunction with text-to-image to create spectacularly high-definition and beautiful generations from a prompt! Whether you’re refining existing artwork or starting from scratch, these advanced tools will help you achieve stunning results.

Read more about these exciting new features on the Education Hub and start transforming your creations today!

2️⃣ Site Quality-of-Life Enhancements

Last week, we made a number of small but impactful Quality of Life improvements, with the standout feature being the ability to hide previously read notifications! This change is set to be life-altering for many users, as it has been one of the most requested features ever!

We're always listening to your feedback and committed to enhancing the Civitai user experience. Stay tuned for more improvements over the coming weeks!

3️⃣ Welcome, Civitai Champions & New Staff!

Our Civitai Champions program is now live! This exciting new initiative brings together dedicated Civitans who will play a crucial role in welcoming newcomers to Civitai, fostering interaction with existing members, and providing valuable feedback to help us grow.

The Champions are here to create a supportive and engaging environment for all Civitans, ensuring everyone feels at home and inspired. Join us in celebrating our Champions as they help build a stronger, more connected community!

Please also join us in welcoming Joey to the Civitai Customer Support Team, and a whole gang of new (much needed!) additions to the Moderation Team. Welcome all!

4️⃣ Machine Learning Projects at Civitai!

Wolfgang from our Machine Learning team has just published an enlightening article on our innovative approach to classifying images and other media with movie-like ratings. This piece offers a fascinating glimpse into the cutting-edge technology and challenges we tackle behind the scenes.

Discover the full story and delve into the details of our latest advancements here!

🤖 Project Odyssey Competition - Judging Begins! 🎥

The Project Odyssey AI filmmaking contest co-organized by Civitai, ElevenLabs, Think Diffusion, and Realdreams is has entered the next phase! A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their movie for consideration!

The Community Vote phase is now running until July 21st! The finalists will then be sent to the judging panel, with the final results revealed on July 29th!

Visit the Project Odyssey Contest Collection to check out the awesome entries now!

🌍 Daily World Morph Challenge 🌍

We're excited to announce the start of Daily Challenges, kicking off with World Morphs!

For those who love other categories like characters, ponies, or other themes, don't worry — we'll be covering those eventually too! Setting up the Daily Challenge interface will require a bit of development time, so in the meantime, we're calling on all World Morphers, both old and new, to help us fill up our Official World Morph Challenge collection!

A World Morph is a LoRA designed to transform your images according to a specific theme. It's a fantastic way to explore new creative directions and push the boundaries of your LoRA training skills!

Studio Update 9

We're thrilled to welcome Anne Horel and Inès Kivimäki to our AiR program and announce our new partnership with the Black Digital Arts Collective (BDAC)! Dive into the latest with Jason Bailer Losh's AI-infused paintings, Drew Nikonowicz's explorations of AI as a co-creator, and Ira Greenberg's mesmerizing self-portraits.

Check the full update for more on these incredible artists and projects!

New Streams & Captivating Guests!

Our inaugural Ticket Tuesdays Support Stream on the Civitai Twitch Channel, was postponed due to inclement weather! Join us for support, hilarity, and free Buzz next Tuesday July 23rd at 1pm EST (5pm UTC), and every Tuesday thereafter!

Last week we had a blast with AI Creator Lola Viscera, exploring her phenomenal AI workflows - catch up on our YouTube channel!

Updated Guide to the Civitai On-Site Image Generator

Last week's incredible new additions to the Civitai Image Generator have sparked a lot of excitement and many questions! What does the new Workflow system do? How can we use it to enhance our images? Our updated guide, Using the Civitai On-Site Image Generator, now has all the answers you need! Dive into this comprehensive resource to learn how to make the most of the new Workflow system, unlock advanced features, and elevate your image creation process!

Storybook - LoRA for Pony

Prepare to be enchanted by Creator Banje's masterful, captivating illustrated storybook style for Pony!

Flat Linepaint - LoRA for SDXL

Step into a captivating painted world with Creator Zavy's latest offering. Zavy brings us a beautifully executed flat line-painted style LoRA for SDXL that redefines elegance and simplicity!

• Models Uploaded: 11k

• Images & Videos Uploaded: 1.7M

• Reviews: 682k

• Comments: 29k

• Image Reactions: 90M

• New Users: 120k

• Support Tickets Resolved: 518

• Bugs we decided to call “features”: 6

Thanks for sticking with us all the way to the end! Here’s your well-earned Newsletter Buzz ⚡ - consider it a ‘thank you’ for being a valued, informed, member of the Civitai community!

Want to connect directly with the Civitai team, learn more about our platform, or gain insights from leading experts in Generative AI?

📅 Check out our Twitch streaming schedule and mark your calendar! In addition to our regularly scheduled Office Hours and AI Video streams, we have some thrilling, must-see events lined up that you won't want to miss, including;

• Civitai Creator Session with Lovis & Tyler - July 19th

• Civitai Creator Session with MDMZ & Tyler - July 26th

We look forward to seeing you there!