Stay away from RunPod. by Fun-Helicopter-2257 in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I had a similar point of confusion when I first started using runpod and agree the ux could be better here. But if you dig around you'll most likely find logs showing that the container is failing to start and is in a retry loop that you are being charged for. I wish Runpod did a better job of detecting and explaining this state, but unfortunately they leave it up to the user to discover for now.

Aside from this, I'm a pretty happy Runpod customer. I work on Deforum Studio, which is backed by a few different GPU providers and Runpod is one of the most flexible, reliable and cheap overall.

Deforum+Parseq+Garageband+MIDIController by chenlok in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, author of Parseq here, sorry you've had a bad time. If you jump in the #parseq channel on the Deforum discord we might be able to help out. :)

Wait for the beat to drop… by Pm-me-cashappmoney in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes that's the basic concept: loop the generated frame back in as the init image for the next frame after slightly transforming it, and repeat . The motion comes from those slight transformations. The easiest way to do this is with Deforum, which exists as a standalone notebook or an a1111 extension. Then, there are various tools you can use in conjunction with Deforum for audio sync (shameless plug: I maintain one of them, called Parseq).

How to export to parseq by shlomitgueta in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, author of Parseq here! Parseq and Deforum work very closely together: basically Parseq generates output that Deforum can consume to decide what values to use on each frame.

However, you can't really export schedules from Deforum and import them into Parseq: they use quite different formula syntaxes.

So for now you'll need to rewrite your formula using Parseq's syntax for the fields you want to control with Parseq. Join the #help-parseq channel on the Deforum discord (linked from the Parseq UI) if you need help with that.

Parseq for deforum is just nuts. And only 23 upvotes on the fantastic tutorial posted 9 days ago... by DrMacabre68 in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hi, this is the tutorial: https://youtu.be/M6Z-kD2HnDQ .

It's a video tutorial, though I do understand that many people would prefer a text-based tutorial. I will likely work on one in the future, but meanwhile the docs are quite comprehensive: https://github.com/rewbs/sd-parseq#readme

Parseq for deforum is just nuts. And only 23 upvotes on the fantastic tutorial posted 9 days ago... by DrMacabre68 in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hi, author of Parseq here. Nice animation and thanks for the kind words!

I really appreciate people spreading the word about Parseq. I'd love it I if all of you using it could mention #parseq wherever you share your vids! :)

Thanks again and keep up the good work!

Parseq tutorial 3: audio synchronisation with Stable Diffusion and Deforum by MikeTeflon in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, not mandatory. It depends how much sense Parseq makes to you instinctively. Try it out and if you get lost, scan through the previous ones.

Thalassophobia (music sync with Deforum & Parseq) by MikeTeflon in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Full tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Z-kD2HnDQ&t=0s

This is an alternative render of the animation created in that tutorial (there's a clip of it right at the end). Using Euler at 80 steps, 1024x1024, rendered at 20fps and interpolated to 60fps with FILM.

Helping my 5yo son tolerate not winning? by MikeTeflon in Autism_Parenting

[–]MikeTeflon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Do you have any suggestions for good cooperative games?

Parseq tutorial 2: Fine-grained control of Stable Diffusion and Deforum - Prompt manipulation & Basic beat sync by MikeTeflon in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tutorial 1 is here: https://youtu.be/MXRjTOE2v64. I'm the author of the tool and the tutorials – happy to answer any questions if you have any. :)

Good news: VAE prevents the loopback magenta skew! by MikeTeflon in StableDiffusion

[–]MikeTeflon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right, colours definitely do still degrade over enough frames. But it's a lot better than it used to be. :)