I am completely fascinated by AI art, and would like to try my hand at it. I know that most of this boils down to prompt engineering.

Can the community recommend a few resources that can help a complete beginner get bootstrapped quickly?

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Edit:

Resources I came across while researching.

  1. MidJourney - Produces much better results, but is a paid offering.
    1. https://docs.midjourney.com/
  2. Stable Diffusion - Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
    1. https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion
  3. Setting up Stable Diffusion locally using DiffusionBee - an easy to use wrapper over Stable Diffusion.
    1. https://github.com/divamgupta/diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui
    2. https://diffusionbee.com
    3. https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-use-stable-diffusion-mac/
    4. I used an M1 Pro with 32 GB, DiffusionBee produced images within 20 seconds at 25 steps, within 40 seconds at 50 steps.
  4. Alternatively, try automatic1111 which exposes more features to tinker with.
    1. https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
  5. A quick read on prompt engineering: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/how-to-run-stable-diffusion-locally-to-generate-images/
    1. Refer to “Prompt Engineering” under “Tips and Tricks”.
  6. For inspiration/exploration: https://arthub.ai/

Thanks @Hyrulian@lemmy.world and @livedeified@lemmy.world!

  • Cads@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s https://tao.studio/ which is a free image generator. No limits as to how many prompts you can generate. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it! It launched about 3 weeks ago

  • Proteus@lemmy.world
    0·
    1 year ago

    I have tried a few different generators and settled on midjourney for my primary. there’s a decent guide on the website along with tons of guides on YouTube. it requires using discord for now. I got started by getting the midjourney bot set up then just messing around. I use chatGPT as well for specific projects. you can also use camera specs for certain shots that you may be looking for. really you just need to get your bot set up and the creativity flowing. (there are many other options, but this is what I found works best for me)