Local AI Image & Video - Explained by a Human

Want to create AI images and videos on your own PC using trusted, free, open-source tools? In this step-by-step guide, I’ll show you exactly how to get started with local AI generation using an NVIDIA GPU. I’ve been working with local AI for over two and a half years and these are the tools I use every day. This tutorial is designed to build your confidence and help you understand the theory behind the process, not just follow settings. With this workflow, you’ll be able to create anything you can imagine for free. You can also follow along using MimicPC. Slect "Auto1111 WebUI Forge" or ComfyUI" and selected "Medium" or "Large" PC. Bargain price is only 25 cents an hour. https://www.mimicpc.com/ - I'm not sponsored, just a recommendation. 📚 What You’ll Learn: • Your first image generation using • How to use ControlNets for poses and depth • Inpainting to fix faces and refine details • Turning your images into an animated AI video This is for beginners with a PC that has at least 8GB of VRAM. Generation speed varies depending on the number of CUDA cores. VRAM allows for larger images and more controlnets. ▶️ Watch until the end to see it all come together in a full AI animation workflow. 🔄 UPDATE NOTES: If SDXL is too much for your PC, use SD 1.5 Models are only 2GB and native resolution is 512x512 Flux video in the queue. 📥 LINKS FROM THE VIDEO: 🛠️ Install First • Stability Matrix: https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityM... https://lykos.ai/ 🖼️ Image Models: https://civitai.com/models 📁 ControlNet Models – Place in /models/ControlNet/: • OpenPose SDXL Rename this to: thibaud-openpose-sdxl.safetensors Download from: https://huggingface.co/thibaud/contro... • Depth SDXL Rename this to: depth-sdxl.safetensors Download from: https://huggingface.co/diffusers/cont... 🎬 AI Video Tools: • Start with: https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-... • My Example Workflows: https://www.hallett-ai.com/workflows • WAN 2.1 Node Repo: https://github.com/kijai/ComfyUI-WanV... • WAN Video Models: https://huggingface.co/Kijai/WanVideo... 🔗 CONTACT & SOCIALS: • Main Site: https://hallettvisual.com • AI for Architecture: https://www.hallett-ai.com • Instagram:   / hallettvisual   • Facebook:   / hallettvisual   • LinkedIn:   / matthew-hallett-041a3881   #comfyui #aivideo #wan21 #aiart #localai #tutorial #lesson #controlnet #openpose #automatic1111 #forge #aiimages