10-Minute Guide to Setting Up Easy Diffusion 3 and Creating AI Art on Your PC

If you’ve ever wanted to generate AI images on your local machine without relying on cloud services, this guide will walk you through setting up Stable Diffusion and generating your first image in under 10 minutes!

Prerequisites

Before we start, here’s what you’ll need:

1. A GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM (NVIDIA is preferred for compatibility).
2. A Windows, Mac, or Linux machine.
3. No prior coding experience required!

Step 1: Download, Install and Run Easy Diffusion 3

Easy Diffusion 3 is designed to be as straightforward as possible. Here’s how to get it up and running:

• Download Stable Diffusion for your OS from here —
  https://easydiffusion.github.io/docs/installation/
• Run Easy Diffusion 3
  - On windows, You can also start from your Start Menu, or from your desktop (if you created a shortcut)
  - On Mac and Linux, In the terminal, run ./start.sh (or bash start.sh)

Step 2: Generate Your First AI Image

By default, Easy Diffusion 3 comes with a Stable Diffusion model pre-loaded, so you can start generating images right away. However, you can also use other models to enhance or modify your results, we will see this in step 3

• In the text box labeled “Prompt”, enter the description of the image you want to generate. For example, you can type something like:

A fantasy castle on a mountain at sunset, surrounded by mist and glowing clouds.

• Click the “Make Image” button, and Easy Diffusion will begin creating the image based on your prompt. Within seconds, you’ll see your AI-generated image appear on the screen!

Step 3: Set Up the Model

You can download specifically trained models to get better results, some popular websites are HuggingFace, CivitAI, Github

Downloading Models from CivitAI

CivitAI is a popular platform where users share custom-trained AI models that you can download and use with Easy Diffusion. Here’s how to integrate them into your setup:

1. Go to CivitAI and browse their collection of Stable Diffusion models. You can find models fine-tuned for different art styles, photorealism, anime, and much more.
2. Download a model of your choice (https://civitai.com/models). The file will usually be in .ckpt or .safetensors format.
3. Once downloaded, place the model file into the models/stable-diffusion folder within your Easy Diffusion directory.
4. Restart or click Refresh on Easy Diffusion, and your new model will be available in the interface under the “Model” dropdown.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You’ve successfully set up Easy Diffusion 3 and generated your first AI image in under 10 minutes. But this is just the beginning, I highly suggest you to,

• Read the Easy Diffusion Official Guide — https://github.com/easydiffusion/easydiffusion/wiki/How-to-Use
• A good way to learn is to go to images section of CivitAI (https://civitai.com/images), click on the one that you like and then reverse engineer it and see if you can recreate it on your machine.

Happy creating! Let me know what amazing AI art you generate in the comments below!