How to install Stable Diffusion WebUI AUTOMATIC1111 on Windows

Stable Diffusion, a machine learning model that's open-source, has the ability to generate images from text, modify images based on text, or enhance low-resolution or low-detail images. It has been trained on billions of images and can produce results that are on par with those generated by DALL-E 2 and MidJourney.

Stable Diffusion web UI is A browser interface based on Gradio library for Stable Diffusion. We will go through how to install the popular Stable Diffusion software AUTOMATIC1111 on Windows step-by-step. After this tutorial, you can generate AI images on your own PC.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

# install git
choco install git
# install conda
choco install anaconda3

PS D:\github>git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui.git
Cloning into 'stable-diffusion-webui'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18979, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (573/573), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (248/248), done.
remote: Total 18979 (delta 359), reused 480 (delta 325), pack-reused 18406
Receiving objects: 100% (18979/18979), 28.88 MiB | 9.87 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (13233/13233), done.

Models, sometimes called checkpoint files, are pre-trained Stable Diffusion weights intended for generating general or a particular genre of images. Go to CompVis or Stable Diffusion Art and download any model you like, for example 1.5 and put it to models directory.

(StableDiffusion) D:\github\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Stable-diffusion\

(StableDiffusion) D:\github\stable-diffusion-webui>webui.bat --xformers
venv "D:\github\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"
Python 3.10.11 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Apr 20 2023, 18:56:50) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]
Commit hash: 5ab7f213bec2f816f9c5644becb32eb72c8ffb89
Installing xformers
Collecting xformers==0.0.17
  Downloading xformers-0.0.17-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl (112.6 MB)
……
Model loaded in 12.8s (calculate hash: 6.1s, load weights from disk: 0.3s, create model: 1.7s, apply weights to model: 1.1s, apply half(): 1.2s, move model to device: 1.0s, load textual inversion embeddings: 1.3s).
Running on local URL:  http://127.0.0.1:7860

Use your browser to open the local Stable Diffusion URL. At the field for Enter your prompt, type a description of the image you want to generate. Then click the Generate image button. Here are some Best Stable Diffusion 1.5 Prompts that you can refer to.

Prompt:
Pixar style little girl, 4k, 8k, unreal engine, octane render photorealistic by cosmicwonder, hdr, photography by cosmicwonder, high definition, symmetrical face, volumetric lighting, dusty haze, photo, octane render, 24mm, 4k, 24mm, DSLR, high quality, 60 fps, ultra realistic

Prompt:
(masterpiece:1.0), (best quality:1.4), (ultra highres:1.2), (photorealistic:1.4), (8k, RAW photo:1.2), (soft focus:1.4), 1 woman, posh, (sharp focus:1.4), (korean:1.2), (american:1.1), detailed beautiful face, black hair, (detailed open blazer:1.4), tie, beautiful white shiny humid skin, smiling

Negative Prompt:
illustration, 3d, sepia, painting, cartoons, sketch, (worst quality:2), (low quality:2), (normal quality:2), lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, normal quality, ((monochrome)), ((grayscale:1.2)),newhalf, collapsed eyeshadow, multiple eyebrows, pink hair, analog, analogphoto

Stable Diffusion stands out among AI art models because you can run it locally on your PC, allowing you to fine-tune the algorithm-generated art until you’re satisfied with the results. If you already have a powerful gaming pc or server, you’re only clicks away from making incredible art anywhere.

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