Generation Parameters

Variations (1–4)

Generate multiple hair card interpretations from the same character image in one job:

• Guest trial: Fixed to 1 variation per job.
• Signed-in free: Up to 2 simultaneous variations per job.
• Paid (pack or subscription): Up to 4 simultaneous variations per job.

Each variation consumes 1 credit. When multiple variations are requested, KardMesh uses your chosen Initial seed for variation 1 and derives unique random seeds for the remaining variations.

Priority: Speed vs. Quality (steps)

Mode	Inference Steps	Credit Cost	Best For
Speed	10 steps	1 credit / variation	Rapid layout checks and silhouette exploration
Quality	50 steps	1 credit / variation	Final production hair cards and finer strand detail

Both modes cost the exact same 1 credit per generated variation.

Image adherence (cfg)

• Range: 1.0 to 4.0 in 0.25 increments (default 2.0).
• Lower values (1.0 – 1.75): Give the model more creative freedom to reconstruct occluded back/side hair volume cleanly.
• Higher values (2.5 – 4.0): Stick more tightly to the visible 2D silhouette of your artwork—useful for distinctive bangs, spikes, or stylized outlines.

Initial seed (seed)

• Range: Integer from 0 to 2147483644.
• Reusing the same seed, image, and advanced parameters reproduces the same hair card layout.
• In the Blender addon, requesting multiple variations uses consecutive seeds starting at seed (seed, seed + 1, …).

Image colors (colors)

• Enabled (default): Samples hair strand colors directly from your input character image.
• Disabled: Produces clean monochrome hair card textures—ideal when you plan to drive hair tinting dynamically with custom game shaders.

Animation bones (chains)

• Available to: Signed-in users (included at no extra credit cost).
• Enabled (default): Generates avatar_seed*.vrm with spring bones and chains_seed*.json for real-time hair physics.
• Disabled: Skips VRM spring-bone generation while still exporting .GLB, .OBJ, and card metadata.