What are Stable Diffusion models?
Easy Diffusion uses "models" to create the images. These models get trained using many images and image descriptions. During the installation, a default model gets downloaded, the sd-v1-5 model. Other models exist. Some of them use sd-v1-5 as their base and were then trained on additional images, while other models were trained from scratch.
Depending on the images used during the training, the models generate a different look and understand different prompts.
Installing a model
If you've downloaded a model, you can make it available to Easy Diffusion:
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Copy the model file to the
models\stable-diffusionfolder (inside the installed folder). The file should have the suffix.ckptor.safetensors. -
If the model comes with a
.yamlfile, please place that yaml file next to the model, with the same name. For e.g. if the model issome-model.ckpt(orsome-model.safetensors), then please rename the yaml file tosome-model.yaml, and place it next to the model file in the same folder. -
Refresh the model list using the "reload"-icon in the "Models" section in the image settings:
The model should now be visible in the "Models" dropdown.
Sharing model files with other UIs on your PC
If you use multiple Stable Diffusion UIs, you can save disk space by keeping a common copy of the model files. You can create a linked folder to share the models folder between the different Stable Diffusion software.
In the steps below, please change C:\EasyDiffusion to the path where you've installed Easy Diffusion on your PC.
On Windows:
- Press Win+R, then type
cmdand press Enter. - Delete the
C:\EasyDiffusion\models\stable-diffusionfolder. - Then type and run:
mklink /j "C:\EasyDiffusion\models\stable-diffusion" "D:\CommonStableDiffusion\models\Stable-diffusion"
Please set the second parameter to the actual folder in your PC, which contains the stable diffusion model files.
On Linux/Mac:
- Open the terminal.
- Delete the
/path/to/easy-diffusion/models/stable-diffusionfolder. - Then type and run:
ln -s "/path/to/common/models/Stable-diffusion" "/path/to/easy-diffusion/models/stable-diffusion"
Please set the first parameter to the actual folder in your PC, which contains the stable diffusion model files.
Web resources
Note: These links lead to websites outside of the Stable Diffusion UI project.
Note: Stable Diffusion models can contain malware. ALWAYS SCAN FOR VIRUSES.
- https://civitai.com/?types=Checkpoint - Overview of many stable diffusion models. Only models of the type checkpoint can be used by Stable Diffusion UI.
- https://rentry.org/sdmodels - List of stable diffusion models from various sources