> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://metaverse-imagen.gitbook.io/ai-tools-research/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://metaverse-imagen.gitbook.io/ai-tools-research/ai-tools-main-categories/images-art-and-design/image-generation/stable-diffusion/stable-diffusion-in-laymans-terms.md).

# Stable Diffusion in Layman's Terms

| <p>In Layman’s terms. <em>Stable Diffusion</em> is an AI model that generates images from text input.</p><p> </p><p>You give the model Prompts such as:</p><p>gingerbread house, diorama, in focus, white background, toast , crunch cereal</p><p>The AI model would generate images that match the prompt.</p><p> </p><p>There are similar text-to-image generation services like DALLE and MidJourney. Why Stable Diffusion? The advantages of Stable Diffusion are;</p><p>·       Open-source: Many enthusiasts have created free and powerful tools.</p><p>·       Designed for low-power computers: It’s free or cheap to run.</p><p> </p><p>Advanced GUI Option for Stable Diffusion</p><p>You can use a more advanced GUI (Graphical User Interface) if you outgrow the</p><p>free online Stable Diffusion model usage services (text2image generators) since their functionalities are pretty limited.</p><p> </p><p>AUTOMATIC1111, is a powerful and popular GUI choice.</p><p>(See the Quick Start Guide for setting up AUTOMATIC1111 in the Google Colab cloud server.)</p><p>You can run AUTOMATIC1111on your PC as well if you have a decent NVIDIA GPU with at least 4GB VRAM. </p><p> </p><p>Why use an advanced GUI? A whole array of tools are at your disposal?</p><p>·       Advanced prompting techniques</p><p>·       Regenerate a small part of an image with Inpainting</p><p>·       Generate images based on an input image (Image-to-image)</p><p>·       Edit an image by telling an instruction.</p><p> </p><p>If you want to use Stable Diffusion You can pick the option that's the best for you.</p><p> </p><p>If you are a Beginner:</p><p>No setup - use a free online generator</p><p>Basic usage of text-to-image generation</p><p> </p><p>If you are an Intermediate or Advanced user:</p><p>1-click Google Colab notebook running AUTOMATIC1111 GUI</p><p>(You need a paid Google Colab account \~ $10/month).</p><p> </p><p>The following models are available:</p><p>·       Stable Diffusion v1.4, v1.5, v1.5 inpainting and v2.1, v2 depth</p><p>·       F222</p><p>·       DreamShaper</p><p>·       Anything v3</p><p>·       Inkpunk Diffusion</p><p>·       Instruct pix2pix</p><p>·       VAEs from Stability</p><p>·       ControlNet (tutorial here)</p><p>·       Deforum (tutorial here)</p><p>·       Load custom models, embeddings, and LoRA from your Google Drive</p><p> </p><p>If you are an Advanced user:</p><p>Install AUTOMATIC1111 locally on Windows PC or Mac.</p><p>You will need a decent NVIDIA GPU with at least 4GB VRAM, 6GB Preferred. </p><p> </p> |
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