Stable Diffusion ControlNet Explained | Control Net Examples

ControlNet is a neural network structure to control diffusion models by adding extra conditions. It copies the weights of neural network blocks into a "locked" copy and a "trainable" copy. The "trainable" one learns your condition. The "locked" one preserves your model. Thanks to this, training with small dataset of image pairs will not destroy the production-ready diffusion models.

References:

[RussJennings]

I found this much more useful than someone who just reads the options on the screen, out loud. I appreciate that you explain HOW it works and what are some ways we can use ControlNet.

[sarpsomer]

Instead of tutorial; nice that you explained the mechanism working inside.

[Accuratetranslationservices]

Thank you, this is so helpful! The Stable Diffusion community is generally very bad at explaining things and you are an exception. If I had to read the same meaningless NPC dialogue about controlnet again (((NPC:1.3)), (realistic NPC:1.1), (hyper realistic NPC dialogue about controlnet), I was going to scream. Have just been trying to figure out _what kinds of things is it used for_ . Like I didn't even need it explained like a 5 y.o., just needed it explained to me like I'm ... literally anyone in the world who hasn't used it before. Thanks!

[swannschilling]

That is a great help to understand what is going on under the hood!! 😊

[insertmoney]

this is actually huge. Imagine how much faster things like animation can be done once this gets developed further.

[demm]

THANKS! This guide is exactly what I was looking for. :)

[gmettifogo]

thanks for the useful and clear explanation, cheers

[ibrahimaiwayi]

you did a great job at explaining brother

[KnutNukem]

I'd love it if you'd share some more insights for each model of ControlNet and maybe even some combinations.

[kanall]

I have a "ControlNet" folder with "model" folder inside with pixar, monaliza, etc in pt. files how use it ?please

[wiretrees]

smashing...will have to toss some trees at this...thankyou sir

[testerreviewer]

bro hindi main bhi video banao. multiple characters k liyae bhi koi model batao ziyada ter AI models single human character k liyae hi hain

[RudeDude-epvm]

Spoiler! I was gonna watch Logan tonight! 😢