Sadly, I'm just not getting there. I have explored MANY settings! Although I have had varying and interesting results, I have yet to come close to anything I want. When I in fact use denoise like you suggest of .9 to 1.0 (full on baby) I get frames that look nothing like the original except in pose. I have tried all three loopbacks and the second frame is always dog poop. I have followed your instructions to the letter and I have also followed "Geek at Play's" tutorial and my results are very different than either. I am clearly missing something very basic, but I have no clue what it is.
I would think that what I am try to accomplish should be doable: I have 489 frames of a man playing violin, I need to make him into a Lycan (wolfman) playing violin. I can test with any frame in Image to Image and get the output that I desire, But when I run the script, I get all kinds of weirdness. The strangest was when it put glasses and a gas mask on him. Nothing in the prompt, nor the guide frames that would suggest that!
Is there anything that you can think of that may solve my issues, or should I just give up and go through the longer and more arduous process of doing this in Deforum with hybrid video.
Thanks again for developing a tool that is working well for so many!