How to Install and Use Stable Diffusion.

Above is my YouTube video detailing the installation process but if you prefer a written guide:

How to install Stable Diffusion locally:

  • Step 1, Prerequisites: Install Git and Install Python 3.10.
  • Step 2, Clone the WebUI repo: To do so, simply right-click in your desired location for Stable Diffusion and select “Git Bash Here”. Enter in the terminal that pops up: Enter git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
  • Step 3, Download a model / checkpoint: Navigate to Citivai.com and download a model of your choosing. To start out I would recommend Deliberate.
  • Step 4, Moving the model: Place your newly downloaded model in the stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion folder.
  • Step 5 (optional), Performance enhancement: This little tweak allows you to generate images at higher resolutions at a small cost of generation speed (~10%). Navigate to your webui-user.bat file located in stable-diffusion-webui folder. Right click to edit, and change COMMANDLINE_ARGS= to COMMANDLINE_ARGS=--medvram
  • Step 6, Running Stable Diffusion: Launch webui-user.bat, it normally takes around 10-20 minutes to install all its dependancies. Once its loaded, the window should display a LAN address such as: 127.0.0.1:7860. Enter that address into your browser. If you want to exit Stable Diffusion close the command window.

James Beltman

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