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    conceptmod tutorial - fire (updated ++ term) - train any lora with just text, no data required - v1.0
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    Trained for 2000 steps on:
    #|fire%{random_prompt}, fire:-0.1|fire++:guidance=2

    animations use lora strength 0.0 to 1.1 with the trigger word fire

    Here's how:
    Use the runpod at https://runpod.io/gsc?template=8y3jhbola2&ref=xf9c949d


    1. Create a pod

    I chose a 3090. It needs > 20 GB ram.
    Don't encrypt your volume, container disk defaults to 5 gb and volume disk to 50 gb, these are fine
    click Continue

    It will take a few minutes to download conceptmod, once Connect becomes enabled, you are ready to continue.

    2. Login to the web console

    "Connect", SSH or "Start web console" and connect to it.

    Once you log in, it will install dependencies (take a minute) then output a welcome message.


    3. Send over your the base model checkpoint that you want to train on:

    Note: be sure to use a safetensors checkpoint.

    Using https://github.com/runpod/runpodctl

    on local:

    runpodctl send mycheckpoint.safetensors

    on pod:

    cd /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion/
    runpodctl receive <code from send>

    Note: You can also use scp, wget or a cloud storage attachment to transfer your model

    4. Train on your phrase (takes 3 hours for 1000 steps)

    cd /workspace/sd-scripts

    python3 train-scripts/train-esd.py --prompt "#|fire%{random_prompt}, fire:-0.1|fire++:guidance=2" --train_method selfattn --ckpt_path /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion/mycheckpoint.safetensors


    It saves every 300 steps, which is about an hour.

    Selecting a phrase


    Look at the models here and find one to modify: https://civarchive.com/tag/conceptmod?model=58873&sort=Newest

    5. Extract the lora
    bash /workspace/conceptmod/docker/extract_lora.sh /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion/<mycheckpoint>.safetensors

    The argument is your base checkpoint from (3).

    6. (optional) Test the lora in webui

    Your model (and the training intermediates) will now be available in webui as a lora. Select your base model from (3) and apply the lora to figure out what the strength should be.

    Freeze the seed to manually see how lora strength changes the model.

    For ease of use:

    cd /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/Lora
    mv compvis-word_firefire%\{random_prompt\}-0.1-metho.safetensors fire.safetensors

    7. (optional) Create animations to show how your lora changes the images


    choice a) To create an animation on your prompt:

    python3 lora_anim.py -s 0.0 -e 0.7 -l "fire" -p "fire prompt"

    -s is starting lora strength

    -e is ending lora strength

    -l "fire" is your lora

    -p "fire prompt" is your prompt

    choice b) To create one animation using a top 80k prompt appended with your trigger (like these previews)
    :

    python3 lora_anim.py -s 0.0 -e 0.7 -l "fire" -lp ", fire"

    prompt defaults to https://huggingface.co/datasets/Gustavosta/Stable-Diffusion-Prompts

    -lp ", fire" is your trigger.


    Run continuously for many videos


    while true; do python3 lora_anim.py -s 0.0 -e 0.7 -l "fire" -lp ", fire"; done

    Break with ctrl-c. The animations are in the v4 directory as mpv files.

    Transfer your videos:

    on pod:

    runpodctl send v4


    on local:
    runpodctl receive <code from send>

    8. Download the lora

    on pod:

    runpodctl send /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Lora/

    on local:

    runpodctl receive <code from send>

    9. Stop and terminate the pod to stop paying money

    on https://runpod.io/console.pods , stop and terminate the running pod

    10. Post the lora to civitai with the tag conceptmod.

    Include your training phrase for a 5 star review.

    https://civarchive.com/tag/conceptmod?model=58873&sort=Newest

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    FAQ

    Comments (18)

    kleindMay 6, 2023
    CivitAI

    OK, I ran the following command (hoping to get a Lora to make things side view) and I need to wait another 4 hours I believe.

    python3 train-scripts/train-esd.py --prompt "~side_view" --train_method selfattn --ckpt_path /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion/deliberate_v11.safetensors

    ntc
    Author
    May 6, 2023· 1 reaction

    nice!

    Indelible_SoulSep 19, 2023

    Where are all of these lora's?

    kleindMay 6, 2023
    CivitAI

    I almost reached the 300-step mark, and I want to try the created checkpoint. This raises the following question:

    while the training is in progress can I use A1111 to generate images or will that interrupt the training? I don't want to find out the hard way 😃

    ntc
    Author
    May 6, 2023· 1 reaction

    From my testing, there isn't enough memory on a 3090 to do both. With enough memory it is possible.

    ntc
    Author
    May 6, 2023· 1 reaction

    Also, I don't know if 300, 1000, 2000 or 100000 is the right number of steps. Erasing (the repo this is based on) defaults to 1000 so thats what I set the runpod to.

    kleindMay 6, 2023

    @ntc I am using an A5000, but it has the same amount of VRAM. I don't know where the checkpoint is saved actually, and since Jupiter Lab wasn't available as a connection option for the pod and for some reason, the ls and ll commands are not found I don't know how to look for it either.

    kleindMay 7, 2023
    CivitAI

    I'm so confused what I created...

    I used the command "python3 train-scripts/train-esd.py --prompt "~side_view" --train_method selfattn --ckpt_path /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Stable-diffusion/deliberate_v11.safetensors"

    and the resulting Lora makes everything not side view... but if I give it a negative weight it makes things side view, but everything except for people will disappear.

    did I do something wrong? and what is the "~" doing? I just kept it there from the example "~laugh" that was shown in the ssh console.

    kleindMay 7, 2023

    @ntc it sort of works, but only with negative weight. I'll do more testing whether it's something useful and publish it if it is

    ntc
    Author
    May 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    @kleind Hey I think I found a bug with a recent refactoring that might have caused the '++' command to not work. I'm testing it now, but this may explain what happened here.

    ntc
    Author
    May 13, 2023· 1 reaction

    @kleind I updated the ++ command and this example shows how to use it. Seems like it works better. 

    kleindMay 22, 2023

    @ntc I will give it another try (in a few days). thanks 👍

    ntc
    Author
    May 22, 2023

    @kleind I found a faster method to train, check out my latest models. one term, trains in 4 hours or less.

    kleindMay 7, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    In the command you shared for continuous creation of videos, there's an extra semicolon after the "do", I believe. it worked for me after I removed it.

    kleindMay 7, 2023· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    noticed another small error in the guide

    where it says

    runpodctl send /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/Lora/<thetrainedlora>.safetensors

    it is missing the "models" dir before the "Lora" folder

    Also, I think it's better to download the entire Lora folder. much easier than adding the Lora names one by one. I mean like so:

    runpodctl send /workspace/stable-diffusion-webui/models/Lora/

    ntc
    Author
    May 7, 2023· 1 reaction

    Thanks, I've made these changes. Really appreciate the feedback!

    _Envy_May 9, 2023
    CivitAI

    Hi! Me again with a quick question. Is the generation of samples integral to the training process? It seems to spend a lot of time doing that, and I was wondering if it would disrupt anything to generate one every 10 iterations or so, rather than every iteration.

    ntc
    Author
    May 10, 2023

    hey, sampling does not effect training so feel free to lessen or disable it.

    LORA
    SD 1.5
    by ntc

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    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
    Available
    Created
    5/5/2023
    Updated
    5/13/2026
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    Trigger Words:
    fire

    Files

    fire.safetensors

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