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HomeLLMsPixArt Sigma XL 2 1024 MS

PixArt Sigma XL 2 1024 MS

by PixArt-alpha

Open source · 39k downloads · 99 likes

2.5
(99 reviews)ImageAPI & Local
About

PixArt Sigma XL 2 1024 MS is an AI-powered image generation model capable of producing high-quality visuals, including up to 4K resolution, directly from text descriptions in a single inference pass. Built on an innovative architecture that combines transformers and latent diffusion, it stands out for its speed and efficiency, generating detailed images without requiring multiple processing steps. Ideal for artists, designers, and content creators, it serves applications in artistic creation, education, graphic design, and research on generative models. What sets it apart is its ability to produce realistic or stylized images with high fidelity to prompts while remaining accessible via platforms like Hugging Face. Its purely transformer-based approach positions it as a powerful alternative to traditional models, with strong potential for innovation in the field of generative AI.

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🐱 PixArt-Σ Model Card

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Model

pipeline

PixArt-Σ consists of pure transformer blocks for latent diffusion: It can directly generate 1024px, 2K and 4K images from text prompts within a single sampling process.

Source code is available at https://github.com/PixArt-alpha/PixArt-sigma.

Model Description

  • Developed by: PixArt-Σ
  • Model type: Diffusion-Transformer-based text-to-image generative model
  • License: CreativeML Open RAIL++-M License
  • Model Description: This is a model that can be used to generate and modify images based on text prompts. It is a Transformer Latent Diffusion Model that uses one fixed, pretrained text encoders (T5) and one latent feature encoder (VAE).
  • Resources for more information: Check out our GitHub Repository and the PixArt-Σ report on arXiv.

Model Sources

For research purposes, we recommend our generative-models Github repository (https://github.com/PixArt-alpha/PixArt-sigma), which is more suitable for both training and inference and for which most advanced diffusion sampler like SA-Solver will be added over time. Hugging Face provides free PixArt-Σ inference.

  • Repository: https://github.com/PixArt-alpha/PixArt-sigma
  • Demo: https://huggingface.co/spaces/PixArt-alpha/PixArt-Sigma

🧨 Diffusers

[!IMPORTANT]
Make sure to upgrade diffusers to >= 0.28.0:

Bash
pip install -U diffusers --upgrade

In addition make sure to install transformers, safetensors, sentencepiece, and accelerate:

Code
pip install transformers accelerate safetensors sentencepiece

For diffusers<0.28.0, check this script for help.

To just use the base model, you can run:

Python
import torch
from diffusers import Transformer2DModel, PixArtSigmaPipeline

device = torch.device("cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
weight_dtype = torch.float16

pipe = PixArtSigmaPipeline.from_pretrained(
    "PixArt-alpha/PixArt-Sigma-XL-2-1024-MS", 
    torch_dtype=weight_dtype,
    use_safetensors=True,
)
pipe.to(device)

# Enable memory optimizations.
# pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload()

prompt = "A small cactus with a happy face in the Sahara desert."
image = pipe(prompt).images[0]
image.save("./catcus.png")

When using torch >= 2.0, you can improve the inference speed by 20-30% with torch.compile. Simple wrap the unet with torch compile before running the pipeline:

Py
pipe.transformer = torch.compile(pipe.transformer, mode="reduce-overhead", fullgraph=True)

If you are limited by GPU VRAM, you can enable cpu offloading by calling pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload instead of .to("cuda"):

Diff
- pipe.to("cuda")
+ pipe.enable_model_cpu_offload()

For more information on how to use PixArt-Σ with diffusers, please have a look at the PixArt-Σ Docs.

Uses

Direct Use

The model is intended for research purposes only. Possible research areas and tasks include

  • Generation of artworks and use in design and other artistic processes.

  • Applications in educational or creative tools.

  • Research on generative models.

  • Safe deployment of models which have the potential to generate harmful content.

  • Probing and understanding the limitations and biases of generative models.

Excluded uses are described below.

Out-of-Scope Use

The model was not trained to be factual or true representations of people or events, and therefore using the model to generate such content is out-of-scope for the abilities of this model.

Limitations and Bias

Limitations

  • The model does not achieve perfect photorealism
  • The model cannot render legible text
  • The model struggles with more difficult tasks which involve compositionality, such as rendering an image corresponding to “A red cube on top of a blue sphere”
  • fingers, .etc in general may not be generated properly.
  • The autoencoding part of the model is lossy.

Bias

While the capabilities of image generation models are impressive, they can also reinforce or exacerbate social biases.

Capabilities & Tags
diffuserssafetensorstext-to-imagePixArt-Σ
Links & Resources
Specifications
CategoryImage
AccessAPI & Local
LicenseOpen Source
PricingOpen Source
Rating
2.5

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