Stable Diffusion FAQ

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P McCuller edited this page Aug 12, 2023 · 29 revisions

This is a FAQ for Stable Diffusion on Automatic1111, ComfyUI, and whatever else you make.

The idea is to collect basic wisdom in a readable way. Why here? Well, I didn't see it happening anywhere else 🤷‍♀️ - right now mostly it's to collect resources and answers from and for folks on the Civitai discord server.

1. If you are a complete beginner

https://civitai.com/articles/41/theallys-100percent-beginner-guide-to-getting-started-in-generative-ai-art

2. Need more than this FAQ?

First, consider the NOOB FAQ: https://civitai.com/articles/530
Next, try https://civitai.com/articles - there's a lot of stuff in there and this is just getting started.

Helping

Just LMK you want to help - pgm

Automatic1111

Prompts

Can I use anime and realism models and checkpoints and whatnot together?

...maybe. You'll have to try it out, but keep in mind they may not have been tested for that capability.

Safetensors files, what even are they? Can I look inside?

I think with scripts? Check this out to get started: https://huggingface.co/docs/safetensors/metadata_parsing

What are these Samplers of which you speak?

https://stable-diffusion-art.com/samplers/

How does Stable Diffusion Work?

You'll need to learn a lot of stuff to know it all the way down (like, to electrons) but here's a nicely illustrated higher level explanation: https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-stable-diffusion/

SDXL

Controlnet for SDXL?

Yeah apparently, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uz-HmN36ao
And maybe look here https://huggingface.co/SargeZT/controlnet-v1e-sdxl-depth

Can I run SDXL on my VHS / Commodore 64 / Timex?

I really wish you could.

Where do I find these Upscalers? There are so many?

I dunno try this, I thought the wiki was better but they didn't ask me and moved: https://openmodeldb.info/

Is AI a problem? Are AI generated images harming artists?

Excellent questions outside the scope of this FAQ. Perhaps we will have good starting locations to learn about and discuss these questions linked here in the near future.