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Stable Diffusion is an AI tool that lets one generate images using either text prompts or other images. It uses datasets to generate new and original visual content. Stable Diffusion users call these datasets models. Using the models requires skill and knowledge; there is an analogy with professional photography - mere button-pressing will lead to unimpressive results. Thus, similarly to photography, one needs to learn to interact with the tool that interacts with the environment. Arguably, then art is created.
Stable Diffusion's actual image generation takes a chunk of time; we all can save each other time, help each other and speed up the learning process if we share promps and the images they generated. Thus, this thread is primarily a prompt/nrompt (negative prompt) sharing thread with images and grids being secondary to prompts.
Please share your prompts/nrompts, images and grids. Do not share just the images as there are better threads for this.
Rules:
- Stable Diffusion only. If you would like to use other tools, please create new threads for the respective tools.
- Images without prompts are absolute taboo and will be reported as breaking the rules. This is not AI-art sharing thread. The AI-sharing thead is here: link. A qualifying post must have:
- model name with a link to get it.
- prompt/nrompt. If the nrompt (negative prompt) is empty, do expressly state so. Please use spoilers for the promts.
- a grid of images attached, ideally 6x5 so readers can get a feel what kind of images that prompt will generate.
- actual image or images. Please use spoilers for all but one image. Images should be resized to fit the page. Any image requiring scrolling might end being reported on. Please avoid situations where the viewers need to scroll across one image
- Points 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 can be ignored if your image contains meta for the prompts, seed, model name, etc. These are mostly *.png files. A jpeg file doesn't contain prompt meta and hence an automatic violation of the requirements - subject to administrative action.
- Tutorials, ideas, suggestions are great. Discussion is OK.
- Trolling or garbage quality will be removed. Nudity is great, weird and freaky content is prooobably not. Cringe and gross content are definitely not.
- If sharing someone else's work always credit the creator if known. Else: "Creator: unclaimed". The only exception to the rule: the image has the creator's watermark.
- If you are the creator of an unclaimed image, you have to post a link with your original work in order to claim the credit.
- This is not an art thread, it is for learning. For sharing your AI art go here
Installing Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion is a "backend", to simplify. The front ends to Stable Diffusion are:
WebUi by AUTOMATIC1111
Install this - this is what 100% folks need and want.
The release page is here:
You must be registered to see the links
How to install (if you never used "git clone") here:
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ComfyUI by comfyanonymous (hat tip to Elefy for calling this one out)
Brand new and super-promising. Pipeline-based workflow. Doesn't have all the features that WebUI has. Install it only after you spend a few month in WebUI.
The release page is here:
You must be registered to see the links
Linux
Please check this post for Linux experience: https://f95zone.to/threads/stable-diffusion-prompt-sharing-and-learning-thread.146036/post-12481000
Good practices - if you are just starting!
- Enable setting where prompts are attached to your PNG files automatically. This is in Settings: " Save text information about generation parameters as chunks to png files = on". Then you can open any of your PNG files with a text editor and find the settings that got you that image. Enable this right away.
- Add "git pull" at the very beginning of your "webui-user.bat". If you disagree and think this is a bad practice because version control, then this advice is not for you, you are fine.
- Leverage the automatic image import tool: link
- Save your grids to the image folders instead of a separate folder. Much easier to organize things this way. If you disagree and have a different workflow, then this advice is not for you, you are fine.
- Always have "Restore faces = on". Here is why: link
- Learn to use "Script -> XYZ plot" as early as possible. This will save you massive amount of time early on. Here is what it means and how to: link
- Check out the optimization flags that you can run the Stable Diffusion with:
You must be registered to see the links. You might want to have the [--xformers] on and a few others.
- Checkout the prompt book: link
| link | How to install and use LORA (i.e. zero in on cameltoe, poking nipples, etc.) | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Glossary | by Jimwalrus |
| link | Text control | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Post-processing | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Upscaling | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Illegal Dark Magic | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Training LORA Troubleshooting: post. Note: 6GB 1660 cards train LORA in 10 hours or longer | by Schlongborn |
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| Training LORA - a much longer, much more detailed post | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Training LORA - a good setting for Kohya to start with | by Mr-Fox |
| link | Pipeline-based workflow and its power | by Sepheyer |
| link | Comfy UI Face-fix workaround | by Sepheyer |
| link | Comfy UI Hi-Res fix workflow | by Sepheyer |
| link | Widescreen Renders | by Dagg0th |
| link | SDXL | by Sepheyer |
| link | Linux | by SDAI-futa |
Models
How to use models:
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A quick overview how models compare using the same seed, prompt and settings: link and link
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Embeddings
How to use embeddings:
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