Wan2.1/docs/LORAS.md
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Loras Guide

Loras (Low-Rank Adaptations) allow you to customize video generation models by adding specific styles, characters, or effects to your videos.

Directory Structure

Loras are organized in different folders based on the model they're designed for:

Wan Text-to-Video Models

  • loras/ - General t2v loras for Wan 2.1 (t2v only) and for all Wan 2.2 models Optional sub folders:
  • loras/1.3B/ - Loras specifically for 1.3B models
  • loras/5B/ - Loras specifically for 1.3B models
  • loras/14B/ - Loras specifically for 14B models

Wan Image-to-Video Models

  • loras_i2v/ - Image-to-video loras for Wan 2.1

Other Models

  • loras_hunyuan/ - Hunyuan Video t2v loras
  • loras_hunyuan_i2v/ - Hunyuan Video i2v loras
  • loras_ltxv/ - LTX Video loras
  • loras_flux/ - Flux loras
  • loras_qwen/ - Qwen loras

Custom Lora Directory

You can specify custom lora directories when launching the app:

# Use shared lora directory for both t2v and i2v
python wgp.py --lora-dir /path/to/shared/loras --lora-dir-i2v /path/to/shared/loras

# Specify different directories for different models
python wgp.py --lora-dir-hunyuan /path/to/hunyuan/loras --lora-dir-ltxv /path/to/ltx/loras

Using Loras

Basic Usage

  1. Place your lora files in the appropriate directory
  2. Launch WanGP
  3. In the Advanced Tab, select the "Loras" section
  4. Check the loras you want to activate
  5. Set multipliers for each lora (default is 1.0 if multiplier is not mentioned)

If you store loras in the loras folder once WanGP has been launched, click the Refresh button at the top so that it can become selectable.

Lora Multipliers

Multipliers control the strength of each lora's effect:

Simple Multipliers

1.2 0.8
  • First lora: 1.2 strength
  • Second lora: 0.8 strength

Time-based and Phase-based Multipliers

For dynamic effects over generation steps, use comma-separated values:

0.9,0.8,0.7
1.2,1.1,1.0
  • For 30 steps: steps 0-9 use first value, 10-19 use second, 20-29 use third
  • First lora: 0.9 → 0.8 → 0.7
  • Second lora: 1.2 → 1.1 → 1.0

With models like Wan 2.2 that uses internally two diffusion models (High noise / Low Noise) you can specify which Loras you want to be applied for a specific phase by separating each phase with a ";".

For instance, if you want to disable a lora for phase High Noise and enables it only for phase Low Noise:

0;1

Also with Wan 2.2, if you have two loras and you want the first one to be applied only during the High noise and the second one during the Low noise phase:

1;0 0;1 

As usual, you can use any float for a multiplier and have a multiplier varries throughout one phase for one Lora:

0.9,0.8;1.2,1.1,1

In this example multiplier 0.9 and 0.8 will be used during the High Noise phase and 1.2, 1.1 and 1 during the Low Noise phase.

Here is another example for two loras:

0.9,0.8;1.2,1.1,1
0.5;0,0.7

If one of several of your Lora multipliers are phased based (that is with a ";") and there are also Loras Multipliers that are only time based (don't have a ";" but have a ",") the time only multiplier will ignore the phases. For instance, let's assume we have a 6 steps denoising process in the following example:

1;0
0;1 
0.8,0.7,0.5

Here the first lora will be as expected only used with the High Noise model and the second lora only used with the Low noise model. However for the third Lora: for steps 1-2 the multiplier will be (regadless of the phase) 0.8 then for steps 3-4 the multiplier will be 0.7 and finally for steps 5-6 the multiplier will be 0.5

You can use phased Lora multipliers even if have a single model (that is without any High / Low models) as Lora multiplier phases are aligned with Guidance phases. Let's assume you have defined 3 guidance phases (for instance guidance=3, then guidance=1.5 and at last guidance=1 ):

0;1;0 
0;0;1 

In that case no lora will be applied during the first phase when guidance is 3. Then the fist lora will be only used when guidance is 1.5 and the second lora only when guidance is 1.

Best of all you can combine 3 guidance phases with High / Low models. Let's take this practical example with Lightning 4/8 steps loras accelerators for Wan 2.2 where we want to increase the motion by adding some guidance at the very beginning (in that case a first phase that lasts only 1 step should be sufficient):

Guidances: 3.5, 1 and 1
Model transition: Phase 2-3
Loras Multipliers: 0;1;0 0;0;1 

Here during the first phase with guidance 3.5, the High model will be used but there won't be any lora at all. Then during phase 2 only the High lora will be used (which requires to set the guidance to 1). At last in phase 3 WanGP will switch to the Low model and then only the Low lora will be used.

Note that the syntax for multipliers can also be used in a Finetune model definition file (except that each multiplier definition is a string in a json list)

Lora Presets

Lora Presets are combinations of loras with predefined multipliers and prompts.

Creating Presets

  1. Configure your loras and multipliers
  2. Write a prompt with comments (lines starting with #)
  3. Save as a preset with .lset extension

Example Preset

# Use the keyword "ohnvx" to trigger the lora
A ohnvx character is driving a car through the city

Using Presets

# Load preset on startup
python wgp.py --lora-preset mypreset.lset

Managing Presets

  • Edit, save, or delete presets directly from the web interface
  • Presets include comments with usage instructions
  • Share .lset files with other users

Supported Formats

WanGP supports multiple lora formats:

  • Safetensors (.safetensors)
  • Replicate format
  • Standard PyTorch (.pt, .pth)

Loras Accelerators

Most Loras are used to apply a specific style or to alter the content of the output of the generated video. However some Loras have been designed to tranform a model into a distilled model which requires fewer steps to generate a video. Loras accelerators usually require to the set the Guidance to 1. Don't forget to do it as not only the quality of the generate video will be bad but it will two times slower.

You will find most Loras Accelerators below:

Setup Instructions

  1. Download the Lora
  2. Place it in your loras/ directory if it is a t2v lora or in the loras_i2v/ directory if it isa i2v lora

FusioniX (or FusionX) Lora for Wan 2.1 / Wan 2.2

If you need just one Lora accelerator use this one. It is a combination of multiple Loras acelerators (including Causvid below) and style loras. It will not only accelerate the video generation but it will also improve the quality. There are two versions of this lora whether you use it for t2v or i2v

Usage

  1. Select a Wan t2v model (e.g., Wan 2.1 text2video 13B or Vace 13B)
  2. Enable Advanced Mode
  3. In Advanced Generation Tab:
    • Set Guidance Scale = 1
    • Set Shift Scale = 2
  4. In Advanced Lora Tab:
    • Select CausVid Lora
    • Set multiplier to 1
  5. Set generation steps from 8-10
  6. Generate!

Self-Forcing lightx2v Lora (Video Generation Accelerator) for Wan 2.1 / Wan 2.2

Selg forcing Lora has been created by Kijai from the Self-Forcing lightx2v distilled Wan model and can generate videos with only 2 steps and offers also a 2x speed improvement since it doesnt require classifier free guidance. It works on both t2v and i2v models You will find it under the name of Wan21_T2V_14B_lightx2v_cfg_step_distill_lora_rank32.safetensors

Usage

  1. Select a Wan t2v or i2v model (e.g., Wan 2.1 text2video 13B or Vace 13B)
  2. Enable Advanced Mode
  3. In Advanced Generation Tab:
    • Set Guidance Scale = 1
    • Set Shift Scale = 5
  4. In Advanced Lora Tab:
    • Select the Lora above
    • Set multiplier to 1
  5. Set generation steps to 2-8
  6. Generate!

CausVid Lora (Video Generation Accelerator) for Wan 2.1 / Wan 2.2

CausVid is a distilled Wan model that generates videos in 4-12 steps with 2x speed improvement.

Usage

  1. Select a Wan t2v model (e.g., Wan 2.1 text2video 13B or Vace 13B)
  2. Enable Advanced Mode
  3. In Advanced Generation Tab:
    • Set Guidance Scale = 1
    • Set Shift Scale = 7
  4. In Advanced Lora Tab:
    • Select CausVid Lora
    • Set multiplier to 0.3
  5. Set generation steps to 12
  6. Generate!

CausVid Step/Multiplier Relationship

  • 12 steps: 0.3 multiplier (recommended)
  • 8 steps: 0.5-0.7 multiplier
  • 4 steps: 0.8-1.0 multiplier

Note: Lower steps = lower quality (especially motion)

AccVid Lora (Video Generation Accelerator) for Wan 2.1 / Wan 2.2

AccVid is a distilled Wan model that generates videos with a 2x speed improvement since classifier free guidance is no longer needed (that is cfg = 1).

Usage

  1. Select a Wan t2v model (e.g., Wan 2.1 text2video 13B or Vace 13B) or Wan i2v model
  2. Enable Advanced Mode
  3. In Advanced Generation Tab:
    • Set Guidance Scale = 1
    • Set Shift Scale = 5
  4. The number steps remain unchanged compared to what you would use with the original model but it will be two times faster since classifier free guidance is not needed

Lightx2v 4 steps Lora (Video Generation Accelerator) for Wan 2.2

This lora is in fact composed of two loras, one for the High model and one for the Low Wan 2.2 model.

You need to select these two loras and set the following Loras multipliers:

1;0 0;1  (the High lora should be only enabled when only the High model is loaded, same for the Low lora)

Don't forget to set guidance to 1 !

Qwen Image Lightning 4 steps / Lightning 8 steps

Very powerful lora that you can use to reduce the number of steps from 30 to only 4 ! Just install the lora in lora_qwen folder, select the lora and set Guidance to 1 and the number of steps to 4 or 8

https://huggingface.co/Kijai/WanVideo_comfy/blob/main/Wan21_T2V_14B_lightx2v_cfg_step_distill_lora_rank32.safetensors

Performance Tips

Fast Loading/Unloading

  • Loras can be added/removed without restarting the app
  • Use the "Refresh" button to detect new loras
  • Enable --check-loras to filter incompatible loras (slower startup)

Memory Management

  • Loras are loaded on-demand to save VRAM
  • Multiple loras can be used simultaneously
  • Time-based multipliers don't use extra memory
  • The order of Loras doesn't matter (as long as the loras multipliers are in the right order of course !)

Finding Loras

Sources

  • Civitai - Large community collection
  • HuggingFace - Official and community loras
  • Discord Server - Community recommendations

Creating Loras

  • Kohya - Popular training tool
  • OneTrainer - Alternative training solution
  • Custom datasets - Train on your own content

Macro System (Advanced)

Create multiple prompts from templates using macros. This allows you to generate variations of a sentence by defining lists of values for different variables.

Syntax Rule:

Define your variables on a single line starting with !. Each complete variable definition, including its name and values, must be separated by a colon (:).

Format:

! {Variable1}="valueA","valueB" : {Variable2}="valueC","valueD"
This is a template using {Variable1} and {Variable2}.

Example:

The following macro will generate three distinct prompts by cycling through the values for each variable.

Macro Definition:

! {Subject}="cat","woman","man" : {Location}="forest","lake","city" : {Possessive}="its","her","his"
In the video, a {Subject} is presented. The {Subject} is in a {Location} and looks at {Possessive} watch.

Generated Output:

In the video, a cat is presented. The cat is in a forest and looks at its watch.
In the video, a woman is presented. The woman is in a lake and looks at her watch.
In the video, a man is presented. The man is in a city and looks at his watch.

Troubleshooting

Lora Not Working

  1. If it is a lora accelerator, Guidance should be set to 1
  2. Check if lora is compatible with your model size (1.3B vs 14B)
  3. Verify lora format is supported
  4. Try different multiplier values
  5. Check the lora was trained for your model type (t2v vs i2v)

Performance Issues

  1. Reduce number of active loras
  2. Lower multiplier values
  3. Use --check-loras to filter incompatible files
  4. Clear lora cache if issues persist

Memory Errors

  1. Use fewer loras simultaneously
  2. Reduce model size (use 1.3B instead of 14B)
  3. Lower video resolution or frame count
  4. Enable quantization if not already active

Command Line Options

# Lora-related command line options
--lora-dir path                   # Path to t2v loras directory
--lora-dir-i2v path               # Path to i2v loras directory  
--lora-dir-hunyuan path           # Path to Hunyuan t2v loras
--lora-dir-hunyuan-i2v path       # Path to Hunyuan i2v loras
--lora-dir-ltxv path              # Path to LTX Video loras
--lora-dir-flux path              # Path to Flux loras
--lora-dir-qwen path              # Path to Qwen loras
--lora-preset preset              # Load preset on startup
--check-loras                     # Filter incompatible loras