Pipelines
Choose an AI pipeline for a 360° render
Last updated: 2026-09-19
A pipeline is the model that processes each tile. Pick one in the pipeline catalog, install its weights if needed, then click RENDER.
This page is a chooser. Install and VRAM detail lives on Model Management. Structure guidance lives on ControlNet. Finishing without a diffusion model is Edit.
How to choose
| You want… | Start with |
|---|---|
| Default production look, ControlNet, LoRA | Stable Diffusion XL |
| Lower VRAM, largest ControlNet and LoRA catalogs | Stable Diffusion 1.5 or 2.1 |
| Newer diffusion quality, no ControlNet | Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Few-step flow matching | FLUX.1 Schnell or FLUX.2 Klein |
| Fast turbo schedule | Z-Image Turbo |
| Instruction edit / dual-mode (Alpha) | Qwen-Image |
| HD chroma look (Alpha) | Chroma1-HD |
| Style transfer, not a new family (Alpha) | TeleStyle |
| Upscale only (Alpha) | Real-ESRGAN |
| Color, texture, and finishing — no diffusion | Edit (edit) |
Picker default template is Dodecahedron. Pipeline choice does not change that.
Production diffusion families
Seven production families. Any valid licence runs them; there is no tier gate on resolution.
| Pipeline | Pick it when | ControlNet | LoRA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Diffusion XL | Default production path | [x] | [x] |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 | Newer SD quality | — | [x] |
| Stable Diffusion 2.1 | 768-native tiles, mid VRAM | [x] | [x] |
| Stable Diffusion 1.5 | Lowest VRAM, widest add-on catalogs | [x] | [x] |
| FLUX.1 Schnell | Distilled few-step generation | — | [x] |
| FLUX.2 Klein | Klein / Klein Base flow matching | — | [x] |
| Z-Image Turbo | Fast turbo schedule | — | [x] |
Alpha
Visible for testing. Not production-ready.
- Qwen-Image — generation and instruction edit. ControlNet Union and LoRA are on. Mark Alpha wherever you name it.
- Chroma1-HD — diffusion family held out of marketing; LoRA on, ControlNet off.
- TeleStyle — Alpha style-transfer layer on a Qwen-Image-Edit base. It is not a model family.
- Real-ESRGAN — Alpha upscaler, included for every valid licence.
ControlNet
Support is pipeline-specific. Selecting another pipeline changes the types and the downloads.
| Pipeline | Types |
|---|---|
| SDXL | Canny, Canny Small, Depth, Soft Edge |
| SD 2.1 | Canny, Depth, OpenPose, Scribble |
| SD 1.5 | Canny, Depth, OpenPose, Scribble, MLSD, Segmentation, Normal, Lineart |
| Qwen-Image (Alpha) | Union: Depth, Canny, OpenPose, Soft Edge, Scribble |
SD 3.5, FLUX.1, FLUX.2, TeleStyle, Chroma1-HD, Z-Image Turbo, and Edit do not expose ControlNet.
Install the type before you render — missing weights fail closed with an install instruction. See ControlNet.
Edit (no diffusion)
Edit (edit) is the no-diffusion workspace. It applies hextile-aware effects tile-by-tile without loading a diffusion model.
Use it to grade, texture, or finish an existing 360° image. It does not invent new scene content. Pair it with Post Process.
Coverage Test and Format Converter are diagnostics and utilities, not diffusion families. Fractals is a Create source, not a pipeline you pick for an ordinary tile pass.