Step1X-Edit from StepFun Image Editing AI Model - Install Locally



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Video Summary: Step 1xEdit Framework for Image Editing

  1. Introduction
    • Overview of the state-of-the-art image editing framework, Step 1xEdit.
    • Utilizes multimodal models, specifically quen models.
  2. Installation
    • Setup begins on an Ubuntu system with Nvidia RTX 6000 GPU.
    • Instructions to create a virtual environment with Conda.
    • Repository cloning with a link to the repo in the description.
    • Installation of requirements is noted to take a few minutes.
  3. Architecture
    • Framework comprises:
      • MLM: Parses editing instructions and generates editing tokens.
      • Connector Module: Refines embeddings into a textual feature representation.
      • Diffusion Transformer: Generates edited images based on the refined representations.
    • Initial weights are pre-trained for model efficiency.
  4. Running the Framework
    • Command to launch Gradio demo provided.
    • First run involves downloading a model of ~25 GB.
    • Uses the default Gradio port for access.
  5. Image Editing Demonstrations
    • Tested functionalities include:
      • Removing elements from images (e.g., globe, a man).
      • Changing themes and altering colors of images.
    • Performance generally satisfactory, with some limitations noted (e.g., not all edits were successful).
  6. User Interaction
    • Encouraged viewer engagement through comments and feedback on the editing results.
    • Reminder for viewers to subscribe and share the content for further discussions.