AI Art Generation Handbook/Extension

This chapter is more to Auto1111 or any of it's fork (like SD.Next)

Extension is seen as the specialized functions that provide more functions to the base of AI Art generation provided by the base software.

To start with click on main tab's "Extension", you may see both "Installed ' and "Available From"

There are two things :

(1) To install new extension: Select "Available Fo rm" tab, ensure the extension index URL is same as this one:

Click "Load From:" big orange button on the left.

At Search bar, type the extension that you wanted to install

Here are the list of recommended Extensions that you may want to install

List of recommended extensions

(2) To update the already installed extension :

Select "Installed" tab it   shows what you have already been installed in your AI Generative software meanwhile "Available From" is list of "approved" extensions by Auto1111 (and the contributors).

Click "Check for updates" and wait for a moment for it to finish to download the necessary updates

Click "Apply and re-start UI" orange button

If necessary, close the terminal and webpages and restart the whole process again.