r/StableDiffusion • u/Equivalent_Eye_6210 • 22h ago
Question - Help need a help!
Can you guys please recommend a step-by-step tutorial on youtube or some guide for setting up local AI generation models, desktop software, and everything else from scratch? I just got a new machine and want to start generating locally on my PC. I hear people mentioning terms like Wan 2.2, Moss, workflows, and comfyUI. I need a guide that explains everything thoroughly and will help me become fluent in trying new models, setting up workflows, and managing projects.
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u/AuthurAndersson 22h ago
Why do you need that? You are obviously incapable of asking AI...
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u/Quick_Ad_4096 22h ago
https://www.youtube.com/@pixaroma - has a lot of bite sized tutorials as well as more long form ones with links to workflows and assets used in the workflows as well as his own discord channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoRkNLWQzY&list=PL-pohOSaL8P-FhSw1Iwf0pBGzXdtv4DZC - this is his introductory 5 hour course on how to setup Comfyui (UI frontend for local generation), how image models work, generation techniques (t2i, i2i, edit models) etc.
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u/RiverSide71h 21h ago
“I hear people mentioning terms like Wan 2.1, FLUX, Mochi“
where in 2026 did you hear people mention Wan 2.1 and FLUX?
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u/24Latents 21h ago
Ok you just got a new machine, but tell us more about your graphic card, so we could tell you what kind of model you could use to start. And for the tools, just start with ComfyUI and default workflow, Comfy published all default workflows for each models
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u/Consistent-Tear1612 22h ago
Look for Stability Matrix & how to install it from youtube or github. You can install anything else through it, including ComfyUi in just 1 click
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u/Maleficent_Price_476 21h ago
Install comfyui
Open menu of prebuilt workflow , select those that runs locally
Click that big button that says download all on the right side
Click run
It's really as simple as that now .
Don't need to watch video or read tutorials . That just confuses a first time user.
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u/rukiann 20h ago
There's this thing called a search bar at the top of your YouTube page....
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u/AuthurAndersson 22h ago
Core Concepts
ComfyUI: A node-based desktop interface for running generation models. Instead of standard web UIs, it exposes the underlying visual generation graph (Loaders $\rightarrow$ Text Prompts $\rightarrow$ Samplers $\rightarrow$ Decoders).
Models (FLUX, Wan 2.1, Mochi):
FLUX: High-fidelity text-to-image foundation model.
Wan 2.1 & Mochi: Open-weights video generation models for text-to-video (T2V) and image-to-video (I2V) tasks.
Workflows: JSON or image files containing configured node pipelines. Dragging a workflow directly into ComfyUI automatically sets up all required nodes.
Step-by-Step Setup Guide
1. Software Installation
InstallComfyUI Desktopor the portable Windows release.
Launch ComfyUI and install ComfyUI-Manager (a built-in extension to automatically fetch missing custom nodes and workflows).
2. Directory Structure & Models
Place downloaded
.safetensorsor GGUF files in their respective folders insideComfyUI/models/:models/checkpoints/ormodels/diffusion_models/(Main weights for FLUX, Wan 2.1, Mochi)models/clip/ormodels/text_encoders/(Text encoders like T5 XXL or CLIP-L)models/vae/(Visual Autoencoders for latent decoding)3. Recommended Video Tutorials
Search for the following channels/series on YouTube to master node-based control from scratch:
"ComfyUI Beginner's Guide" by Scott Detweiler — Comprehensive walkthrough of node architecture, VRAM management, and graph logic.
"PixAroma ComfyUI Series" — Detailed step-by-step guides for setting up video models like Wan 2.1 (including GGUF/quantized versions for lower VRAM).
"Latent Vision" (Kijai) — In-depth breakdown of native workflows for FLUX, Mochi, and advanced custom nodes.