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FLUX Tools Complete Tutorial with SwarmUI : Outpainting, Inpainting, Redux Re-Imagine + Combine Images, Depth & Canny

Tutorial Link : https://youtu.be/hewDdVJEqOQ

Tutorial resource link (public / no-paywall) :

https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-instructions-links-public-post-106135985

 

FLUX.1 Tools by BlackForestLabs changed the #AI field forever. They became the number 1 Open Source community provider after this massive release. In this tutorial, I will show you step by step how use FLUX.1 Fill model (inpainting model) to do perfect outpainting (yes this model used for outpainting) and inpainting. Moreover, I will show all features of FLUX Redux model to do style transfer / re-imagine 1 and more than 1 images combination. Furthermore, I will show you step by step how to convert input image into Depth or Canny maps and then how to use them on #FLUX Depth and Canny models. Both LoRA and full checkpoints of FLUX Depth and Canny.

🔗 Full Instructions, Configs, Installers, Information and Links Shared Post (the one used in the tutorial — Public — no-paywall) ⤵️

▶️ https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-instructions-links-public-post-106135985

Preparation of this tutorial took more than 1 week and this will be the very best and easiest to follow tutorial since it is made with famous #SwarmUI. SwarmUI is as easy and as advanced as Automatic1111 SD Web UI. Biggest advantage of SwarmUI is that, it uses ComfyUI as a back-end. Therefore, It is extremely fast, VRAM optimized and supports all of the newest SOTA models as soon as they are published.

So in this tutorial I will show you how to setup SwarmUI and FLUX Dev tools on your Windows Computer, Massed Compute, RunPod and Kaggle. I will step by step explanatin and show you every tips and tricks that you need to properly do style transfer, re-imagine, inpaint, outpaint, depth and canny with FLUX.

Video Chapters

  • 0:00 Introduction to step by step FLUX Dev Tools tutorial

  • 2:21 Windows: main part of the tutorial for learning everything about SwarmUI and FLUX Tools

  • 3:20 How to do a fresh install and update of SwarmUI

  • 4:45 How to set automatic back-end update enabled for ComfyUI

  • 5:09 How to update your existing SwarmUI and ComfyUI back-end into the latest version properly

  • 5:45 How to download newest FLUX Tools models (Redux, Fill, Depth, Canny)

  • 6:50 Updated features and mind blowing speed of SwarmUI Unified Model Downloader

  • 8:38 How to start SwarmUI again after the installation

  • 9:59 How to use Redux (style transfer and re-imagine) FLUX Tool model

  • 10:55 How and when Image Prompt screen appears on SwarmUI

  • 11:35 How exactly Model Apply Start works

  • 12:45 How to see / follow what is actually happening — see logs

  • 13:22 How to use Grid system to find best parameters / settings for your usage case

  • 14:21 How to use FLUX Redux model to combine multiple images into a new image — style transfer

  • 15:34 How to use automatic face inpainting to improve face quality and consistency with face YOLO model and segment feature

  • 17:10 Merging 3 images at once into a new image with FLUX Redux adapter model

  • 19:01 How to use FLUX Canny and Depth models

  • 19:21 Beginning to show how to super easy use FLUX Canny model

  • 21:20 Pay extreme attention to the aspect ratios when using Canny or Depth model

  • 24:32 How to use Canny LoRA model

  • 25:18 How to use FLUX Depth model

  • 26:50 How to use FLUX inpainting (FLUX.1 Fill) model for inpainting task

  • 27:33 How to properly use image editor of SwarmUI for inpainting

  • 29:05 Best configs of FLUX fill model inpainting

  • 30:28 How to make grid comparison to find best parameters for your case

  • 30:57 How to remove / erase masking to fix the mask

  • 31:51 Full guide for how to outpaint / expand images better than all paid apps for free with FLUX Fill model

  • 34:35 Which prompting strategy works better for out-painting images

  • 38:55 Where to find and follow us (SECourses) on Discord, Reddit, LinkedIn and GitHub

  • 40:01 Massed Compute install and setup

  • 40:43 Selecting SECourses image and using our 0.31$ coupon (50% lower price)

  • 42:25 Setup ThinLinc client and connect cloud Massed Compute machine and synch and transfer your files

  • 45:24 How to update existing SwarmUI and download new FLUX Tools on Massed Compute

  • 49:08 How much time downloading over 80 GB of models takes on Massed Compute

  • 49:18 How to start SwarmUI on a shared link to use it in your computer, phone, table but run in Massed Compute

  • 49:55 How to utilize multiple GPUs in SwarmUI — e.g. dual GPU setup

  • 50:40 How to terminate machine to not use any credits

  • 51:05 RunPod install and setup for FLUX Tools and SwarmUI

  • 52:28 Which template to use on RunPod for SwarmUI and FLUX Tools

  • 52:56 How to set a RunPod port to connect via RunPod port based proxy system through your browser on any device

  • 53:51 How to install SwarmUI on RunPod — fresh installation

  • 55:52 How to install onnxruntime on RunPod to fix onnxruntime error that you get

  • 56:21 How to download new FLUX Tools models on RunPod for SwarmUI

  • 59:27 How to start using SwarmUI after FLUX Tools models downloaded and all installed, refresh models

  • 1:00:27 Kaggle install and setup for FLUX Tools and SwarmUI

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