I’m not sure how much experience you already have, so I’ll just keep this short.
I’m using Forge locally on my PC, and everything in this guide is based on that setup.
You basically just need an NVIDIA GPU (no AMD) with at least 8GB+ VRAM. Of course, the more the better, but simple images work fine with 8GB — maybe even 6GB.
Go to the
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GitHub page → scroll down →
install / update / run → done.
Then head over to
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→ create a profile → enable NSFW in your settings → and have fun browsing.
Look for images you like that also have the prompt listed (that’s the case in about 80% of them).
Save the image and load it into Forge → PNG Info, then click “Send to txt2img.”
That way, all the parameters from the image are already pre-filled, so you don’t have to mess around with steps, width/height, CFG, etc.
It’s a great starting point — just hit Generate.
You’ll also need to download the models used in the image.
Civitai shows you which models or LORAs were used, and you can download them directly from there.
Models go into:
...forge\webui\models\Stable-diffusion
LORAs go into:
...forge\webui\models\Lora
Set Clip Skip to 2 (if it’s not already).
I’m not 100% sure if you still need a VAE, but if you do, it goes here:
...forge\webui\models\VAE
Forge will probably complain if it’s missing — just Google the file and download it.
After that, it’s all about experimenting with extensions and settings.
You can also just start making a few images directly on Civitai — you get some free credits every day.
Just pick an image → hit Remix — it’s a great way to get a feel for how everything works.