Archviz with Blender and Stable Diffusion
What you'll learn
- Use a blender project to create a basic output image for AI rendering.
- Learn how to install Krita and AI-Diffusion plugin
- Learn how to Install and use Stablediffusion's Webui Forge and ComfyUI interfaces
- Understand and use different Controlnet models to generate Archviz images.
- Render image variants directly from blender with AI-render plugin.
Requirements
- Windows/Linux operating system, Nvidia Video Card with min 8gb Vram, preferably RTX
- Basic operating system knowledge/ Program Installation.
- Knowing basic terminal/command prompt usage.
- Basic Blender knowledge is recommended.
- An Nvidia video card with min 8GB of Vram is required as most of the libraries are optimized for CUDA.
Description
Using blender to load a project scene, we will learn how to prototype a basic image and enhance it generating different variants through the use of StableDiffusion AI.
First we will install basic software requirements like Python and GIT to be able to clone the projects' repositories and compile them automatically
Next we will install Blender and practice with an existing project to become familiar with the workflow and generate a basic image to work with AI.
After that, we will install Krita and the plugin krita_ai_diffusion to load the image generated in Blender and start creating AI images based on our render.
Once we are familiar with the basic concepts we will dive a little deeper and install Webui Forge and ComfyUI, two of the most renown and versatile StableDiffusion interfaces.
We will install the required controlnet models to take advantage of them in Archviz.
We will learn how to render images both in Webui Forge and ComfyUI and compare the results between both interfaces.
Workflows for ComfyUI will be provided to help rendering the images with the different models.
Finally, we will install the AI-Render plugin for Blender to learn how to render directly from the 3d program
No advanced skills or knowledge required, the basic usage of each program will be explained and demonstrated in the course.
Who this course is for:
- Designers, Architects, 3d enthusiasts, and any AI image generation fan that wants to explore the use of AI in architecture.
Instructor
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I'm an architect with more than 25 years of experience in the field and 20 years of experience using 3d/cad software. After working with different programs I decided to find a way of doing my job with free/open source tools dedicating the last 10 years of my life to investigating how to replace the workflow I previously had. Today I can say I've totally replaced the use of commercial tools with great free alternatives delivering a product that matches the overall quality of traditional software.