Stable Diffusion Guide

Open-source AI image generation you can run locally

Access Options

• Web: stability.ai or DreamStudio
• Local: Install on your computer (requires GPU)
• Google Colab: Free cloud notebooks

Why Stable Diffusion?

• Free and open-source
• Run locally with full control
• FLUX.2: The new open-source king by Black Forest Labs (creators of original SD)
• Stable Diffusion 3.5: Official Stability AI release with great prompt adherence
• SDXL: Reliable previous generation model

Basic Prompting

positive: detailed description of what you want negative: things to avoid (blur, watermark, etc.)

Popular UIs

• AUTOMATIC1111: Most popular web UI
• ComfyUI: Node-based workflow
• InvokeAI: User-friendly interface