Deforum Stable Diffusion

Before You Start

• make sure you have the latest nvidia drivers https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
• install anaconda for managing python environments and packages https://www.anaconda.com/
• create a huggingface token which you will need for auto model download: https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens
• install ffmpeg https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
• install git for your system. you can install git with anaconda:

conda install -c anaconda git -y

Getting Started

1. open anaconda powershell (on Windows) or terminal (Linux) and navigate to install location
2. clone the github repository:

git clone https://github.com/deforum-art/deforum-stable-diffusion.git
cd deforum-stable-diffusion

3. create anaconda environment:

conda create -n dsd python=3.10 -y
conda activate dsd
conda install pytorch torchvision torchaudio pytorch-cuda=11.7 -c pytorch -c nvidia -y

4. install required packages:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

5. check your installation by running the .py

python Deforum_Stable_Diffusion.py

you have successfully installed deforum stable diffusion if the python file runs without any errors.

Installing Xformers

xformers can be installed from source with the following commands

git clone https://github.com/facebookresearch/xformers.git
cd xformers
conda activate dsd
git submodule update --init --recursive
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

xformers can be enabled by switching the attention.py

mv src/ldm/modules/attention.py src/ldm/modules/attention_backup.py
mv src/ldm/modules/attention_xformers.py src/ldm/modules/attention.py

to turn off xformers run the following:

mv src/ldm/modules/attention.py src/ldm/modules/attention_xformers.py 
mv src/ldm/modules/attention_backup.py src/ldm/modules/attention.py

Starting Over

the stable-diffusion folder can be deleted and the dsd conda environment can be removed with the following set of commands:

conda deactivate
conda env remove -n dsd

with the dsd environment removed you can start over.

Running Deforum Stable Diffusion

there are four ways to run deforum stable diffusion: locally with the .py file, locally with jupyter, locally through colab, and on colab severs

Running Locally

make sure the dsd conda environment is active:

conda activate dsd

navigate to the stable-diffusion folder and run either the Deforum_Stable_Diffusion.py or the Deforum_Stable_Diffusion.ipynb. running the .py is the quickest and easiest way to check that your installation is working, however, it is not the best environment for tinkering with prompts and settings

python Deforum_Stable_Diffusion.py

if you prefer a more colab-like experience you can run the .ipynb in jupyter-lab or jupyter-notebook. activate jupyter-lab or jupyter-notebook from within the stable-diffusion folder with either of the following commands:

jupyter-lab

jupyter notebook

Colab Local Runtime

make sure the dsd conda environment is active:

conda activate dsd

open google colab. file > upload notebook > select .ipynb file in the stable-diffusion folder. enable jupyter extension. note: you only need to run this cell one time

jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyter_http_over_ws

start server

jupyter notebook --NotebookApp.allow_origin='https://colab.research.google.com' --port=8888 --NotebookApp.port_retries=0
  

copy paste url token

Colab Hosted Runtime

Deforum_Stable_Diffusion.ipynb can be uploaded to colab and run normally in a hosted session