For Beginners. Stable Diffusion. 22 Lessons for Beginners

This book presents 22 illustrated lessons on working with the neural network Stable Diffusion in the interfaces AUTOMATIC1111 and Forge. For better understanding of the material, accompanying video lessons are developed, and a complete breakdown of all ControlNet models and preprocessors is available on the electronic resource Figma. Extensions such as ADetailer, Civitai Helper, State, A-person-maskgenerator, Dynamic Prompts, Prompt All-in-One, SD-WebUI-AR-Plus, Photopea, FreeU, Reactor, and ControlNet are discussed. The main functions and settings are described, along with examples of their application for image generation. It explains how to manage style and composition through prompts, set up ControlNet models and preprocessors, automate the generation of series of images using extensions and scripts, create realistic faces and other images, use advanced retouching and post-processing tricks, and integrate WebUI AUTOMATIC1111 and Forge into working projects.