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…
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Illustrated Guide to Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion images on the internet tend to be similar. Portraits of beautiful women in realistic illustration style, anime, etc. They are usually produced with custom models. There’s nothing wrong with them, but you should understand that it’s just a tiny subset of what Stable Diffusion can do. In this post, you will see images…
Stable Diffusion prompt: a definitive guide
Developing a process to build good prompts is the first step every Stable Diffusion user tackles. This article summarizes the process and techniques developed through experimentations and other users’ inputs. The goal is to write down all I know about prompts, so you can know them all in one place. Anatomy of a good prompt…
ChatGPT: How to generate prompts for Stable Diffusion
Can ChatGPT generate high-quality prompts for Stable Diffusion? The answer is yes. But you will need special methods to tease them out. Once you learn how to do it, the results will surprise you. In this article, I will show you how to do that step-by-step. What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a chatbot released by…
How to use negative prompts?
Negative prompt gives you an additional way to control text-to-image generation. Many people treat it as an optional feature in Stable Diffusion 1.4 or 1.5 models. Things changed with release of Stable Diffusion v2. Negative prompt becomes indispensable. In this post, I will walkthrough a few use cases of negative prompt including modifying contents and…
How does negative prompt work?
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 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 go over a…
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…
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: Software used in this workflow I will use AUTOMATIC1111 GUI in this workflow because I want to tap into some advanced…
Absolute beginner’s guide to Stable Diffusion AI image
This beginner’s guide is for newbies with zero experience with Stable Diffusion or other AI image generators. I will give an overview of Stable Diffusion, what it can do for you, and some tips for using it. This is part 1 of the beginner’s guide series. Read part 2: Prompt building.Read part 3: Inpainting.Read part…
Common problems in AI images and how to fix them
Two heads? Extra fingers? Here’s a guide to fix these common problems. Stable Diffusion Software We will use this Stable Diffusion GUI for this tutorial. See my quick start guide for setting up in Google’s cloud server. Two-head problems If you browse through AI image sites, it’s not unusual to see images with two heads connecting together in Stable…