Near-instant results
SDXL Lightning is speed-tuned to give near-instant results.
Create a picture from a description
SDXL Lightning
A speed-tuned variant of Stable Diffusion XL that generates high-quality images in a handful of steps, trading a little fine detail for near-instant results - ideal for rapid concept exploration and draft iteration.
Made by ByteDance10 creditsper run Free
Opens the image studio with SDXL Lightning ready to use. You will need a free account to run it.
What SDXL Lightning makes, what it needs and what you get
What it makes
Create a picture from a description
Turns a written description into a picture.
What you need
- A description of the picture
What you get
A new picture
About SDXL Lightning
SDXL Lightning is a speed-tuned image model from Bytedance. It makes high-quality images from a text description. It trades a little fine detail for near-instant results.
You provide a written description of the picture you want, and you get an image back. You can run it again with a changed description to try another idea.
SDXL Lightning costs 10 credits. Bytedance Seedream V4, another Bytedance image model, is priced at 300 credits.
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What it does well
High-quality images
It makes high-quality images from a text description.
How to use SDXL Lightning
How It Works
How It Works
01
Open SDXL Lightning
Pick SDXL Lightning from the text-to-image models.
02
Describe your picture
Write a short description of the picture you want.
03
Generate the image
Start the run. The price is 10 credits. Change your description and run again to try another idea.
Tip Run it again with a changed description to try another idea. Each run costs 10 credits.
Good for
Rough drafts of a picture
Describe an idea and get a quick image back.
Trying several ideas
Run different descriptions one after another.
Questions
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