AUTOMATIC1111 GUI: A Beginner’s Guide

AUTOMATIC1111 (A1111 for short) Stable Diffusion webui is the de facto GUI for advanced users. Thanks to the passionate community, most new features come to this free Stable Diffusion GUI first. But it is not the easiest software to use. Documentation is lacking. The extensive list of features it offers can be intimidating. You can…

ControlNet: Control human pose in Stable Diffusion

ControlNet is a stable diffusion model that can copy compositions and human poses. Seasoned Stable Diffusion users know how hard it is to generate the exact pose you want. Everything is kind of… random… like diffusion. ControlNet solves this problem. It is powerful and versatile, allowing you to use it with any Stable Diffusion model.…

Instruct Pix2Pix: Edit and stylize photos with text

Instruct Pix2Pix is an Stable Diffusion model that edits images with user’s text instruction alone. We will go through how it works, what it can do, how to run it on web and AUTOMATIC1111, how to use it. What can Instruct pix2pix do? It’s an innovative way of editing photos just by telling it what…

How to use outpainting to extend images

Do you know Stable Diffusion can be used to extend an image in any directions? The function is called outpainting. It can generate coherent background that was originally out of frame. In this article, we will walk through how to do it step-by-step in AUTOMATIC1111 GUI. I will also introduce other excellent outpainting models as…

How does Stable Diffusion work?

Stable Diffusion is a deep-learning model. We will dig deep into understanding how Stable Diffusion work under the hood. Why do you need to know? Apart from being a fascinating subject in its own right, some understanding of the inner mechanics will make you a better artist. You can use the tool correctly to achieve…

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 cartoonize photo with Stable Diffusion

It’s never easier to turn a photo into cartoon, thanks to Stable Diffusion. In this tutorial, I will show you how to cartoonize a photo with img2img using a custom model. (Check out another method to stylize photo without using a custom model.) Software setup We will use AUTOMATIC1111 GUI for this tutorial. For the purpose of…

How to use img2img to turn an amateur drawing to professional with Stable Diffusion (Image-to-image)

Not a born-artist? Stable Diffusion can help. Img2img (image-to-image) can improve your drawing while keeping the color and composition. What is image-to-image? Image-to-image (img2img for short) is a method to generate new AI images from an input image and text prompt. The output image will follow the color and composition of the input image. The…

How to stylize images using Stable Diffusion AI

Image stylization is a process of transforming the style of an image to a new one. For example, you may want to create a pencil drawing from a photo you have taken. There has been a long line of research in style transfer, starting with hand-crafted algorithms to the state-of-the-art neural-network based methods. In this…