ControlNet, and subsequent similar developments are going to change the landscape, offering a degree of maturity for the technology that has been hugely needed. Users are combining ControlNet with ...

The first step in using ControlNet for SDXL on Automatic1111 is updating the ControlNet extension. This process is straightforward and can be accomplished within the Automatic1111 interface.

ControlNet is a neural network model designed to control Stable Diffusion models. It adds an extra layer of conditioning to the text prompt, which is the most basic form of using SDXL models.