Workshop: StableDiffusion Fundamentals & Workflows for Creative Pros
Location: Hollywood
Feeling a little lost in the new AI landscape? Wondering how you can use it in your next design, film, commission, or other visual project?
This two-part workshop will show you everything you need to know to start using StableDiffusion.
2 - 3pm: Foundation & Fundamentals
In this session, we'll get you up to speed with the concepts, tools and lingo you need to know to dive in to StableDiffusion.
Computer hardware requirements
Core concepts of image generation
Walkthrough demonstration of the most important controls and options that affect your image
How to find, evaluate and choose StableDiffusion models
How to write prompts & configure settings to get what you're looking for
How to generate images that hold the shape, likeness and aesthetics of an input image
3 - 4pm: Practical Workflow Walkthroughs
Now that you're up to speed with StableDiffusion, how can you put it to use? In the second session you'll see various real-world techniques and workflows, and how they apply to different types of projects.
What StableDiffusion is good for, and where it falls short
Start-to-finish demonstrations of how StableDiffion can be applied in various scenarios and projects:
Digital painting
Concept art
Character design
Architecture & set design
Fashion design
... and more
You'll leave this session armed with practical techniques and knowledge that you can immediately apply in your own projects.
You are more than welcome to bring a laptop, and if you want to try and follow along that's great! However, this workshop is designed for sharing information, not troubleshooting. Due to time, we won't be able to directly help set up personal computers (but we'll do what we can!)
Meet your instructor: David Shorey, Davant Co-Founder
David leads our AI research & development efforts, always on the lookout for the next breakthrough, technique or pipeline that belongs in a creative's toolkit. Given that Davant Studio is the first real-time AI image tool, we figure there's a decent chance he's seen more image generations than, well... anyone.
David's career has taken him from cutting trailers for Disney to VFX on blockbusters like Mission Impossible, Quantum of Solace and Sharknado (ok, maybe it's not a "blockbuster"... but it's rad 🦈🌪️).
With decades of experience under his belt, David knows what's required in a professional production setting — and what won't cut it. He'll guide you to the important bits of StableDiffusion and AI that you should really pay attention to, and leave out the parts that aren't important. The creative landscape is evolving, and David's just the right person to show you how to supercharge your own projects.
By "blocking out" the shapes in color and defining lines well, StableDiffusion can add in all the highlights, shadows, and lighting effects to go from sketch to photo-realistic.
Actors' poses and expressions can be picked up and used as a "style transfer" of themselves or as a way to "puppet" a completely new generated character.
For the first time in history, leverage your artistic skills in a physical medium, and instantly translate it into digital in another medium, aesthetic or style. A traditional sculptor can design a graphic novel with clay, a dancer can create a watercolor painting through their movement, an architect can visualize their designs... the possibilities are endless.
Stick around for our Launch party starting at 6pm!
After the workshop sessions are over, you'll be able to ask more questions, hang out and be ready for the mixer and launch event. We'll have hands-on Davant Studio demo stations so you can immediately apply and test out what you've learned (and impress everyone else, too!)
Please RSVP to the Luma for the main event as well, it helps us keep our tally correct.
Thanks, we look forward to seeing you!