Get Ready for Stable Diffusion 3's imminent release with Civitai, Discover Project Odyssey, Enter the Elemental Extravaganza Contest, and much more!

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Greetings, Civitans! Welcome to the thirty-third edition of Civitai Biweekly, your essential guide to all recent developments and updates within Civitai.

This week, we’ll cover some extremely exciting new Civitai & Generative AI developments including…

• Stable Diffusion 3 Weights! 🏋️

• Project Odyssey! 🚀

• New Guides! 🧭

• Upcoming Guest Streams! 🎥

• New Civitai Contest! 🌿🌬️🌊🔥

…and more!

1️⃣ Stable Diffusion 3 Model Weights!

We have a release date for StabilityAI’s Stable Diffusion 3’s model weights! Co-CEO, Christian Laforte, speaking at the Computex Taipei conference this week, announced that the “Medium”, 2 Billion parameter, weights will be released June 12th!

No further details were forthcoming, but stay tuned to Civitai.com for the latest information! We’ll have the Weights, and resources to help you get started, as soon as the model drops!

2️⃣ Introducing Project Odyssey!

On June 10th, we are announcing Project Odyssey, an AI Filmmaking initiative to unite creators, communities, and companies across the industry.

3️⃣ Civitai’s Bi-Weekly Bug-Bash Friday!

The Civitai Development Teams were hard at work today tackling the most tricky and persistent bugs raised since the last ‘Bash!

We're dedicated to providing prompt responses to all your support tickets! Due to an unprecedented volume of requests, our response times have been slightly delayed, recently. We appreciate your patience and understanding though, and rest assured, we'll be addressing any unresolved tickets as quickly as possible!

Thank you for your continued support! If you’re having site issues, please check out the various avenues for Civitai Support!

Civitai’s Guide to Stable Diffusion 3

With Stable Diffusion 3 just around the corner, we've gathered all the available information from various sources into one comprehensive guide! While there's still much we don't know about the model, we're excited to share what we do know.

Keep an eye on our guide as we update it with new details leading up to SD3's release on June 12th!

Civitai Wants YOU, for the Generative AI Wiki

We are excited to renew our call for volunteers to join the Civitai Wiki Brigade! The Civitai Generative AI Wiki, which has been growing steadily since launch, now boasts over 250 pages of content!

As we strive to make this the premier resource for generative AI information, we need YOUR generative AI expertise to help us write new entries and keep existing ones up to date.

Our 🌿🌬️ Elemental Extravaganza Contest 🌊🔥is running now, until June 14th, 2024 at 23:59 CST!

Whether inspired by the gentle breeze, raging flames, flowing water, or solid earth, we invite you to share your most elemental creations! Submit your entries across seven themed categories for a chance to win ⚡ Buzz, and exclusive Profile Cosmetics!

AnyNode 🍄 Interview with Nate!

This week we interviewed Nate, creator of the mind-blowing LLM powered AnyNode for ComfyUI! If you can imagine it, AnyNode can be it! It’s a glimpse into the future!

You can watch the full interview on the Civitai YouTube channel!

Upcoming Interview - RunDiffusion’s Juggernaut Team!

Cancel your appointments! Clear your calendar! On Monday June 10th at 6pm UTC, we’re chatting with the RunDiffusion team about all things Juggernaut!

One of the most well-known, most downloaded, models in the Stable Diffusion ecosystem!

Tune into the Civitai Twitch Channel on Monday, June 10th, to learn more!

Studio Update Seven

Exciting times at our studio! We've been hosting conversations with artists worldwide, sparking fresh ideas for our new series, Conversations With Artists About AI (CWA~AI). 🎨 🤖 

Soon we will be sharing highlights via Instagram reels and exploring full YouTube discussions. We’re Looking for video editors and social media enthusiasts to join this venture!

🎉 We’re also welcoming Jason Bailer Losh, Ira Greenberg, and Drew Nikonowicz to our residency!

Jason uses AI to make composition choices in his large scale paintings, while Ira and Drew bring innovative tech approaches to traditional practices.

Stay tuned for captivating insights and groundbreaking projects! 🚀

Wizard’s Vintage Etchings - LoRA for SDXL

Creator WizardWhitebeard conjures the past, with their Vintage Etching style, heavily inspired by the work of Anders Zorn! Line art just levelled up!

Hand-Painted 2D Seamless Textures - LoRA for SDXL

Zovya tiles everything with Hand-Painted 2D Seamless Textures for SDXL! Remember to turn on the “tiling” feature available in most interfaces, to produce seamlessly repeating textures in your desired output dimensions!

• Models Uploaded: 9.6k

• Images & Videos Uploaded: 1.3M

• Reviews: 643k

• Comments: 31k

• Image Reactions: 5.9M

• New Users: 120k

• Support Tickets Resolved: 470

• Moderator Therapy Sessions Booked: 3

Thanks for sticking with us all the way to the end! Here’s your well-earned Newsletter Buzz ⚡ - consider it a ‘thank you’ for being a valued, informed, member of the Civitai community!

Want to connect directly with the Civitai team, learn more about our platform, or gain insights from leading experts in Generative AI?

📅 Check out our Twitch streaming schedule and mark your calendar! In addition to our regularly scheduled Office Hours and AI Video streams, we have some thrilling, must-see events lined up that you won't want to miss, including;

• June 14th - Guest Creator Stream with Concert Visual and Commercial Artist, VisualFrisson!

• June 20th - Guest Creator Stream with OG AI Animator, Willis.Visual!

We look forward to seeing you there!