SDXL 1.0 is finally released! This video will show you how to download, install, and use the SDXL 1.0 Base and Refiner models in Automatic 1111 Web UI. We will also compare images generated with SDXL 1.0 to images generated with finetuned version 1.5 models. Is this the beginning of the end for version 1.5 models? Let's find out!

NOTE: check out my latest video on how to install Stable Diffusion. It's easier than ever!
   • How to Install and Use Stable Diffusi...  

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Overview of Topics
01:58 Download SDXL 1.0 Base and Refiner models
02:45 Try loading SDXL 1.0 in A1111
03:22 How to Update A1111 web UI with 'git pull'
04:00 Troubleshooting: how to set tracking information to master branch
04:54 Load SDXL 1.0 base model
06:00 Set 'nohalfvae' command line flag
07:16 SD v1.5 models vs. SDXL 1.0
07:52 How to save prompts as 'Styles'
08:30 Generating the XY plot of Models vs. Styles
09:53 Resulting images review
14:16 And the winner is...
14:50 How to use SDXL 1.0 Refiner model in A1111
15:42 Base images vs. Refined images

Links to my other Video Tutorials:
Do THIS to speed up SDXL image generation by 10x+ in A1111! Must see trick for smaller VRAM GPUs!
   • Do THIS to speed up SDXL image genera...  

Stable Diffusion Tutorial: 4 Easy Steps to Install Automatic1111 on your PC! Start creating fast!
   • 4 Easy Steps to Install Automatic1111...  

Stable Diffusion Tutorial:Using XYZ plots to Optimize Parameters and Get the Most Out of your Model!
   • How to use XYZ plots Script to Optimi...  

Here are useful links below:
SDXL 1.0 base model hugging face page:
https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/st...
SDXL 1.0 refiner model hugging face page:
https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/st...

COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
nohalfvae
Do not switch the VAE model to 16bit floats.

xformers
Enable xformers for cross attention layers; makes your image generation a LOT faster.

updatecheck
On startup, notifies whether or not your web UI version (commit) is uptodate with the current master branch.

updateallextensions
On startup, it pulls the latest updates for all extensions you have installed.

autolaunch
Automatically start WebUI in your default browser; so you don't have to copy and paste the URL into your browser manually.

theme=dark
Turns your WebUI into a black background with white letters; easier on the eyes.

The Styles.csv file that I used to do the SD v1.5 vs. SDXL test.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


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