license:cc-by-sa-4.0 size_categories:10K<n<100K format:json modality:image modality:text library:datasets library:pandas library:mlcroissant library:polars region:us cc12m
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license: cc-by-sa-4.0
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# Overview
A subset of the "CC12m" dataset. Around 37k images, varying between 2mp <= x < 4mp.
Anything actually 4mp or larger will be in one of our "4mp" datasets. This dataset is created for 
if you basically need more images and dont mind a little less quality.

## Why "Squareish"?

I noticed that SD1.5 really, really likes square images to train on.
These are mostly NOT EXACTLY SQUARE. However, most training programs should have an auto-crop capability.
This dataset is of images ranging from 4:5 to 5:4 aspect ratio, thus it should not suffer significantly from auto cropping.

## Quality

I have filtered out as many watermarks, etc. as possible using AI models. I have also thrown out stupid black-and-white photos, because they poison normal image prompting.

This is *NOT HAND CURATED*, unlike some of our other datasets, so do understand there are some considerably less quality images hiding in here.

## Captions
As with our other CC12M subsets, this includes your choice of long-form or shortform LLaVA captions.

## Downloading
Grab the "crawl.sh" script from one of our other datasets to grab the actual images mentioned in this one. Enjoy!
