Alright, guys, let’s dive into my latest adventure with the “Silver Haired Echo Trainer.” This is part three, so if you haven’t seen the first two parts… well, you might be a little lost, but stick around anyway!
So, I started by gathering my materials. I already had the basic model from my previous attempts, which was a good starting point. I also collected a bunch more images of silver-haired characters – gotta have that variety, you know?
The Prep Work
First thing I did was clean up my dataset. This is always the most tedious part, but super important. I went through each image and made sure the backgrounds weren’t too distracting and that the hair was clearly visible. It’s like, you don’t want a bunch of random stuff confusing the AI, right?
- Checked image quality – no blurry messes!
- Resized everything to a consistent size.
- Organized the images into folders – gotta stay neat!
Training Time!
Next, I fired up my training software. I’m using this pretty basic setup, nothing too fancy. I loaded my dataset and the previous model. I tweaked some settings, mostly the learning rate, and some of the epoch and batch size – I played with these last time and found a sweet spot, so I stuck with that for the most part.
Then, I hit the “train” button and… waited. This part always takes a while. It’s like watching paint dry, but you know, digital paint. My computer whirred and churned, and I just kept an eye on the progress, checking those loss values to make sure things were going smoothly. And, as per my experience, I set different checkpoints for backup.
The Results (and some tweaking)
After a few hours, the initial training finished. I loaded up the newly trained model and… it was okay. Better than the last one, for sure, but the hair still looked a bit… off. It was like, it got the “silver” part right, but the texture was weird in some lighting conditions.
So, back to the drawing board! I added a few more images that specifically focused on different lighting, and re-ran the training, this time using the new model as the starting point. I also slightly increased the learning rate, just a tiny bit. Figured it might help it pick up on those finer details.
The second round of training took another couple of hours. But this time, when I checked the results… boom! Much better. The hair looked way more realistic, and it handled different lighting situations like a champ.
I tested it out with a few different prompts, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. There’s always room for improvement, of course, but for now, I’m calling this a win! This “Silver Haired Echo Trainer” is finally living up to its name… at least, version three is!
