Below are a few more options that you do not need to change:
Three options control the network settings of your Easy Diffusion application. We dont change them.
Please note that under the settings there is system information that allows us to see the data of the CPU and video card we are using.
My computer details are:
Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (cuda:0) (3.5Gb free / 4.3 Gb total).
My laptop details:
Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel.
GeForce GTX 1650 (cuda:0) (2.2Gb free / 4.3 Gb total).
And below is the address where we can access our server. In order to open the Easy Diffusion user interface in the Internet browser, write: localhost:9000/ or 127.0.0.1:9000/. After which the programs working window will open.
«Help & Community»
Following the Settings window is the Help & Community window.
In this window, by clicking on one of the links, you can independently study additional information about working with the Easy Diffusion program, as well as learn about installing additional models and modules (plugins).
You can also join the system user community.
From the latest link «Source code on GitHub» you can download the Easy Diffusion source codes from GitHub.
«Models tools» / «Text-to-image AI model software»
Behind the «Help & Community» window is the «Models tools» window, which has two tabs:
«LoRA Keywords».
«Merge models».
In the LoRA Keywords window, you can create sets of keywords for yourself to speed up the image creation process. We will dwell on this option in more detail as we work.
Using the «Merge models» window, you can combine different models with each other. For example, those that we downloaded after installation from the Internet.
If you like a couple of models that you work with most often, you can combine them into one model and give it your name. But there is one small limitation: the models must be of the same type.
From my experience I will say that there is no particular need to combine models. But, if you use two dozen different models, you may need this functionality of the Easy Diffusion application to combine according to the desired topics or styles.
«Whats new»
Following the «Models tools» window is the «Whats now» window. This window provides a list of all updates and changes that have been made to the current and previous versions of the Easy Diffusion application.
It will also be useful for us to know that our Easy Diffusion 3.0 program is 40% faster than Easy Diffusion v2.5, which has a serious impact on the speed of creating our images.
Step 5. Lets get started
As we have already seen, the Easy Diffusion Artificial Intelligence system is a fairly simple program both to install and configure.
Once again, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the main purpose of Easy Diffusion is to create a new unique image from a text description or from a combination of text and image based on the most popular neural network models today (which we downloaded and installed earlier).
In order for us to create our first image, we launch the program and go to its work area (the «Generate» window):
In the «Generate» window on the left you will see a toolbar that allows you to enter a text description and define all the necessary parameters for the new image you are creating:
For our first image, we will only add a description and select a model to base this image on. We will not change any parameters now.
Please also note that above the Toolbar there are three additional buttons that allow us to add a description from a text or structured file, as well as use additional image modifiers:
«Load from a file». This button allows you to load text describing a previously created image from a text file or a JSON file. It is very useful when you are working with a large number of images. Previously, in the Settings window, we enabled the «Auto-Save Images» option and defined the «Metadata format» as the text «txt». This way our system saves all your images and descriptions in text format automatically.
«Embedding». Configured through the «Models tools» tab of the applications working window.
«Image Modifiers» / «Image modifiers». A very useful button, especially at first, when you have not yet learned how to compose complex descriptions of new images. In the modifiers you can choose several different filters for your images:
Below the buttons there are two windows:
«Enter Prompt». This is the main window, which is intended to contain a text description (we will call it briefly a «query») of the image that we want to create. We will work with him throughout our reading of the book.
«Negative Prompt». This is an additional window in which everything that should not be displayed in the created picture is described in short phrases.
Below the request windows there are two buttons, united by one heading «Initial Image (img2img)»:
«Browse». This button allows us to add our image, which the Easy Diffusion system uses to create a new image similar in design style and presentation form from it and the request we wrote.
«Draw». The button opens the image editing window. In this window we can edit the image we added as a source. For example, clear the background of an image.
Below is the «Make image» button, which is very important for us, with which we will start the process of creating our new unique images.
Under the «Make image» button there is a large list of parameters for the image we want to create.
Lets take a closer look at all the «Image Settings» functions:
«Seed». This is the starting number of the random number generator that is used to create a unique image. By default, the program itself creates a unique number. If we know the Seed and other things being equal, we can create the same picture again. We do not change this option and leave it as it is.
«Number of Images». This option determines the number of images that are created after clicking the «Make image» button. We leave the default value (equal to «1»). If you change the number, it will affect the overall performance of the system. We do not change this option and leave it as it is.
«Model». This window displays a list of models that we downloaded for you earlier. Models are used to create unique images. We will look at their work later in this and subsequent chapters.
«Clip Skip». This option allows the system to more accurately analyze and interpret our request. When the option is disabled, then the new image created matches our request as closely as possible. We do not change this option and leave it disabled.
«ControlNet Image». This is a new and very interesting option of the Easy Diffusion Artificial Intelligence system version 3.0. With ControlNet, you and I can not only create a unique image, but we can also make it look like a celebrity. ControlNet will be covered in more detail in a separate chapter.
«Custom VAE». This option allows us to use a special autoencoder, which helps speed up the creation process and improve image quality. The Easy Diffusion manual suggests downloading and using the file vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned.ckpt. I must say that it worked great with Easy Diffusion 2.5, but does not work correctly with our version of Easy Diffusion version 3.0. We do not change this option and leave it disabled.
«Sampler». These are auxiliary Text-to-image AI software for improving the created image. The interesting thing is that some samplers are suitable for certain types of images, while other samplers are suitable for other types of images. You will have to determine which one is better during your work.