Mastering Stable Diffusion Art Generation with Automatic1111 (Udemy.com)
Not sure where to start with AI Art? No problem! Gain control of AI creation, master every setting, and all for free!
Created by: Marko Smiljanic
Last updated December 2023
What you will learn
- Learn how to set up a free, and locally running AI Art software, and various extension for it.
- Generate using both Windows or macOS for free, with no censorship!
- Understand the basics of AI Art Generation and options currently out there.
- Understand both text-to-image and image-to-image methods for generating AI Art.
- Learn the art of prompting, with a ton of tips not everyone knows about, enabling effective communication with your computer for image generation.
- Everything there is to be known about Models both the photorealistic and anime ones, and their expansions such as Textual Inversions, LORAs, Hypernetworks etc..
- Become familiar with each and every setting and parameter for both basic and advanced AI Art use cases.
- Explore inpainting techniques to fix and recreate parts of previously generated images.
- Learn various methods for upscaling AI-generated results to enhance quality.
How it compares
Against the other 275 rated Udemy courses in Photography on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 12% of them
- Reviews43#235 of 276 by number of reviews
- Length2 hoursshorter than 65% of them
- Last updatedDecember 2023more recently than 61% of them
Course Description
Learn AI Art Generation from a portrait and travel photographer with 10 years of experience in the art sphere!
If you're curious about AI Art, but unsure where to begin, this course offers that and more!
It's ideal for Artists, Content Creators, YouTubers, Photographers, Tech and Art Enthusiasts seeking to upskill and take total control of the AI Art Generation process!
I will take you on a creative journey, that begins with setting up Stable Diffusion on your PC - that is completely free, running locally and privately, with no censorship, and gives you total freedom in regards to content you can create! ( Things you can't do with Midjourney! )
I'll provide numerous examples to help you grasp each setting and parameter, demonstrating how to
Create Art using textual prompt, that I will explain in depth
Generate new images using other images as a reference.
Create images with faces, clothing, settings and scenery you enjoy
Take absolute control over poses and compositional elements of the image
Turn sketches into Art
Merge photography with AI art
Find, merge and make the best out of both photorealistic or animated models
How to teach a favorite model of your choice some new tricks!
Make use of various upscaler and upscaling methods
Use extensions and make the best out of them
Use inpainting to generate or fix selected parts of an image
Create AI videos using Deforum
Batch Process, leaving your PC to create Art while you're away
I'll do my best to explain various terms thrown around in the AI Art community, such as LORAs, Hypernetworks, Deforum, Textual Inversions etc, providing examples for each and every thing I tell you about!
This Course requires no prior AI experience, and by the end of it, you will gain absolute understanding of Stable Diffusion and AI Art as a whole, and you will be ready to create anything your heart desires!
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
43 Reviews
Marko Smiljanic
Mark Smilyanic is an accomplished international boudoir and portrait photographer, as well as a professional photo retoucher. With extensive experience in color stylization and skin retouching, he has spent many years educating photographers at his Retouching School in Belgrade. After venturing into the world of online education his courses have been attended by thousands of photographers worldwide.
What continues to fuel Mark's passion for photography is his love for color work, color stylization, glam retouching, and set design—traits that are evident in his boudoir work and environmental portraits. He is also the creative force behind several popular portrait presets, including Amaranth, Ambertone, and the film-inspired Kinochrome, which have become go-to tools for photographers seeking to enhance their work with unique color grading.
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Reviews
By Peter Second on 9/20/2025
I see the course was last updated in 2023. While a year and a half is quite some time in the fast-moving field of AI, the material still provides valuable insights.
By Olga St on 5/1/2025
Short, sharp, to-the-point course, packed with information. I would say it's a very comprehensive theoretical course, which is optimised for learning the main areas of Automatic 1111. The author touches on a lot of settings and their potential practical application. Don't expect long, dragged-out practical demonstrations. If you want a quick (but deep enough) dive into Stable Diffusion and AUTOMATIC1111, I would definitely recomment this course.
By Toajit Biswas on 5/15/2024
A great course to get a grasp of AI image generation.. Marko is lovely instructor, doesn't just give you videos to see.. He answers all quarries and guides you whenever needed.. Just like one-to-one mentorship..
By Vivian Thao Pham on 3/16/2024
I found this course extremely useful and easy to understand.As a student, I was able to grasp numerous new concepts and ideas that have greatly enriched my knowledge in the subject matter. The instructor's clear explanations and organized curriculum made the learning process smooth and enjoyable. I highly recommend this course to anyone seeking to expand their understanding in this field.
By Najeebat Ahmad on 3/6/2024
Incredible course! The material was presented in a clear and concise manner, making it easy to follow along and understand.
By Victor Omega on 3/3/2024
Seriously great work.A huge thank you for the author but after a well done explanation. getting summarized details, extra informations after every lecture is absolutely handy. Highly recommended.
By Victor Mikey on 3/2/2024
Great course! It takes you there whether you have mastering stable difusion art or not , whether you have artistic chops or not. And Marko is very fast and generous in answering questions you'll ask. 5 stars stuff
By Pockets McPocketspants on 2/7/2024
Finally, someone that covered all of the buttons and knobs inside of the Stable Diffusion interface! This class was pretty well done, easy to understand and, very informative. Was worth every penny!
By Khampol on 2/2/2024
Very nice lecture : clear with simple word that can be understand even for absolute beginners (like myself :P ). Totally recommend if begin with SD of simple begin in AI graphic generated.
By Heera Singh on 1/31/2024
I did not enjoy, I am happy I did not pay full price, The videos just tells us what you can add to the 1111, but it does not show us how to first generate an image, then edit the background, make the faces clearer, change clothes on the creation, very disappointed in the course, the previews showed one thing and the course was just another.(I made some valid points about how I was shown more what we can but not really how, I passed feedback because I felt instead of talking about extensions, and what we could add to make it better, I got a reply which you can see which made me feel 'do what you want' I mean did not think what I said was unfair, point was when you new to something you want to know to move around ui and implement things, not just to be told well you can do this and do that, based after the response I got I would advise take this course but if for some reason you pass feedback it will be taken very personally even if you suggest that you just felt would be better to be shown how to implement things not just told what you can do, even now I am thinking to be told you do you, is really unprofessional because I never said anything personal about the tutor all I said was what would of been better, and how what I learned on the course did not help me much, but yes up to all of you to purchase the course but if your a beginner do not expect to be shown what to do, just things what it is capable of, when you normally purchase something you expect to be shown basics and how to do it, does not matter what the potential and what other things you can do if you are not going show someone how, yes there was some of it but it was so basic. Shame I cannot choose 0 stars...FYI I went on youtube same day and for free I learned so much more, and I can do all the things I wanted Guess the money I payed I will accept as a donation to the tutor) You keep coming back to reply and I am not going to sit here and just accept your false words, you say I am here to damage your review; not really I am commented because my initial comments were based on how I felt for 'me' it did not help as wanted more on how to use it not what it can do for me, 'just like I have found other courses do on udemy, you talk about me ruining your review, no, I just did not like you saying to me you do you, like you honestly do not care about what someone think, you should do they are paying for your product. You talk about reaching out, but I am new to udemy do not use it much did not see that message and the reason the review I left first is when you finish course it pops with asking for a review so If I have not seen your message but finish the course, if I get asked about a review before I realise you send a message, its funny how I just simply replied to the review window and you want to talk telling me you do you, you want to accuse me of trying to damage your reputation, you want then say I just didn't look at your messages, when actually the option to review popped up first, really bad from your side, fact is I have payed for something and passed feedback based on my experience but you have not payed me but got payed for a product I found not useful and then you can't take feedback. Also, you talk about reviews on this course including mine there only couple reviews and you cannot base of them because they might more experience in this field more than I do, again that is poor you are assuming all students are the same, I did think the cause was not great made feedback based on my experience, but after your responses I am happy what I said so hopefully people can see based on how I have been dealt with, take the course but do not pass any feedback you will be told your damaging reputations and do not look at messages when actually I did not see the message the review window popped up first when I finish the course, so take that up with udemy but no just attack the students who payed money for your course and gave honest, interesting based on the review students will read, how many times your going to tell me I am in the wrong as a consumer buying when all I said was that, I wish it had more video showing us how to do it, not just showing us what we can do. That is like an expert driver telling a student when you buy a car this is all the great things you can do, you would erm..show me how to drive then I worry about what I can do, and my points are well reflected because gone on youtube and in a hour learned more than I learned here, only making this point to show it is the information is explained, your did not explain what the sliders do and how our use impacts photos we generate you talked about how great work you have done and by adding extensions, loras etc how that will help us, maybe the video is trying to promote stable diffusion not really how to use it...maybe read the comments properly because I did not tell people not to buy, I said based on my experience if you pass feedback you will made to feel how I have, fact Is I lost out on money I payed for something I did not feel did me good, but your the one who got payed for a product and wants to attack the consumer, interesting logic :)
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Overall Score : 84 / 100







