AI Art Generation Handbook/How to install Stable Diffusion/SD.Next

Steps for SD.Next Installation for Windows wordmark darkblue 2015.svg  (Updated August 2023)
(1) Ensure your PC meet the basic requirements

(2) Download Python 3.10.10 ← Link here

(3) During the first page of installation wizard, remember to check Add Python 3.10 To PATH

(4) Proceed the rest of installation as per usual

(5) Download Git Version Control ← Link here

(6) Install using the default settings

(7) Go create a folder at your desired locations (Make sure that you have access privilege)

(8) At the address bar, type

(9) At Command Shell window shall prompt and type

(10) Wait a moment for git to clone the whole folders

(11) Go inside the folders, and search for

(12) Wait for a while to download the whole modules

(13) When asked  Press   if you  do not have  models (Model 1.5 not SDXL) available or   to download your preferred SD Models from huggingface/Civitai.

(14) You should see this screen below once finished.



Optional

Download improved VAE to lower down VRAM requirements : https://huggingface.co/madebyollin/sdxl-vae-fp16-fix/blob/main/sdxl_vae.safetensors

Additional Steps to Integrate SDXL into SD.Next (See screenshot for more clarifications )

(15a) In the main tab, click on   top tab

(15b) Click   at the right side ,

(15c) Scroll down to the  .

(15d) Add in by typing

, ,   and  .

Note: For SDXL, recommended to go here to download the Refiner models: https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-refiner-1.0

(15e) Scroll back to top to click on  .

(15f) Click  button. (But highly suggest to close all of terminal windows ) and re-click webui.bat

(15g) Once clicked, you should be re-directed back to the main page.