You put what you DON’T want to see in the negative prompt. It gives you an additional way to control text-to-image generation. Many people treat it as an optional feature in Stable Diffusion v1.5. Things changed with the release of Stable Diffusion v2. The negative prompt becomes indispensable. In this post, I will walk through…
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How does negative prompt work?
The negative prompt is an additional way to nudge Stable Diffusion to give you what you want. Unlike inpainting, which requires drawing a mask, you can use a negative prompt with all the convenience of text input. In fact, some images can only be generated by using negative prompts. In this article, we will review…
How does Stable Diffusion work?
Stable Diffusion is a latent diffusion model that generates AI images from text. Instead of operating in the high-dimensional image space, it first compresses the image into the latent space. We will dig deep into understanding how it works under the hood. Why do you need to know? Apart from being a fascinating subject in…
Portraits in Midjourney style
A few portraits in Mid Journey v4 Style. Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam All images are generated with Colab notebook included in the Quick Start Guide. A few…
Stable Diffusion Workflow (step-by-step example)
A stunning Stable Diffusion artwork is not created by a simple prompt. The workflow is a multiple-step process. In this post, I will go through the workflow step-by-step. The steps in this workflow are: Table of ContentsSoftware used in this workflow1. Build a base prompt2. Select a modelStable Diffusion v1.5F222OpenJourney3. Refine prompt and get a…
Depth-to-image in Stable Diffusion 2: All you need to know
Depth-to-image (Depth2img) is an under-appreciated model in Stable Diffusion v2. It is an enhancement to image-to-image (img2img) which takes advantage of the depth information when generating new images. In this tutorial, we will look under the hood to see what it is, how to install and use it, and what it can do for you.…
How to install Stable Diffusion on Windows (AUTOMATIC1111)
We will go through how to download and install the popular Stable Diffusion software AUTOMATIC1111 on Windows step-by-step. Stable Diffusion is a text-to-image AI that can be run on a consumer-grade PC with a GPU. After this tutorial, you can generate AI images on your own PC. Table of ContentsSystems requirementsInstalling on AMD GPUInstallation stepsStep…
How to use embeddings in Stable Diffusion
Embedding, also called textual inversion, is an alternative way to control the style of your images in Stable Diffusion. We will review what embedding is, where to find them, and how to use them. Table of ContentsWhat is embedding?How does textual inversion work?Examples of embeddingsWhere to find embeddingsHow to use embeddingsWeb interfaceAUTOMATIC1111Shortcut to use embeddings…
How to install Stable Diffusion 2.1 in AUTOMATIC1111 GUI
Stable diffusion 2.1 was released on Dec 7, 2022. Those who have used 2.0 have been scratching their head on how to make the most of it. While we see some excellent images here or there, most of us went back to v1.5 for their business. See the step-by-step guide for installing AUTOMATIC1111 on Windows.…
Woman in white dress
Full-body realistic painting portrait of a woman in white dress with various backgrounds. Woman of my dreams, I don’t sleep so I can’t find her. Lil Waynes All images are generated with Colab notebook included in the Quick Start Guide. Positive prompt: Full-body realistic painting portrait of a woman in white dress with various backgrounds. Woman…