How to Install and Use SDXL 1.0 Base and Refiner Models with Troubleshoot Tips!

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 fine-tuned 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!

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 '--no-half-vae' 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!

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

Stable Diffusion Tutorial:Using XYZ plots to Optimize Parameters and Get the Most Out of your Model!

Here are useful links below:
SDXL 1.0 base model hugging face page:
SDXL 1.0 refiner model hugging face page:

COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
--no-half-vae
Do not switch the VAE model to 16-bit floats.

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

--update-check
On startup, notifies whether or not your web UI version (commit) is up-to-date with the current master branch.

--update-all-extensions
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.

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[Hasi]

A important thing to note is tha you use clip skip 1 for creation

[neehime]

Hi. Love your tutorials as always. Do you have a tutorial where you can explain how to install SD in a pc with an amd graphic card? Best regards!

[checkmymovie]

Hello, I got a very hi end machine with RTX4090 and so fort but I see the sdxl model in the list but it refuse to load when I slect it. Any idea what step I'm doing wrong? Everything is updated and on the correct location.
Thanks

[MLeeGAMES]

i have low GPU and i dont have a NVIDIA graphics card. will this still work?

[csravikmr]

Please show us how to manage memory while using sdxl
Got memory full error

[cesarquintana]

I try but it consume all my ram memory

[OfficialGundem]

tried to update my SD like you did and said it updated fine but now nothing works fml