Local AI Image Generator Stable Diffusion Now Accessible to Home Users via NMKD and Automatic 1111 Interfaces

Stable Diffusion is an AI image generator developed by CompVis at LMU Munich using open source software and open training data. It allows users to generate images from text descriptions.
NMKD Stable Diffusion GUI provides an easy way for Windows users to install and run Stable Diffusion locally, without needing a cloud platform. It requires at least an Nvidia GPU.
Automatic 1111 is an advanced Stable Diffusion interface that runs locally via web browser. It also works for AMD GPUs with some tweaks.
Carefully crafted text prompts are key to getting good results from Stable Diffusion. Adding styles and details helps steer the AI.
Images created with Stable Diffusion can be used commercially with some restrictions - no offensive content, medical advice, etc.

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Two popular user interfaces for the AI system Stable Diffusion, Automatic 1111 and InvokeAI, have released major upgrades, providing more features and better performance for generating realistic images and art from text prompts.

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Posted 9/26/2023, 1:00:00 PM