Install Krita with AI Plugin: Step-by-Step Guide

In this video, AI Made Simple demonstrates how to install and use Krita with a third-party AI plugin, ComfyUI, to generate images using generative AI. Krita is an open-source digital painting software that allows users to enhance their creative workflow with AI tools.

The video begins with an overview of Krita’s capabilities, showcasing examples of how users can utilize generative AI to modify and create images. Features include inpainting, outpainting, generating new images from scratch, refining existing images, live painting, and controlling image creation with sketches, line art, depth maps, or normal maps. Krita supports various resolutions and upscaling to 4k, 8k, and beyond. It also includes a job queue and history for managing image generation tasks.

To install Krita and the AI plugin, follow these steps:
1. Download and install Krita from the official website.
2. Download the AI Gen Plugin from the GitHub repository.
3. Install the plugin by opening Krita, navigating to Tools > Scripts > Import Python Plugin from File, and selecting the downloaded ZIP file.
4. Enable the plugin when prompted and restart Krita.

Next, configure ComfyUI:
1. If you don’t have ComfyUI installed, you can let the Krita plugin install and run a local server on your machine.
2. If you already have ComfyUI installed, connect to the running instance by specifying the IP address and port in the plugin settings.
3. Download the required custom nodes and models for ComfyUI from the provided links. Install these nodes using the Custom Nodes Manager in ComfyUI.
4. Place the downloaded model files in the appropriate directories within the ComfyUI installation folder.

Once everything is set up, you can start using Krita with the AI plugin:
1. Open Krita and create a new document.
2. Go to Settings > Show Dockers and select AI Generation to open the image generation panel.
3. Configure the plugin to use either a local managed server or a custom server connected to ComfyUI.
4. Use the various AI tools to generate and modify images directly within Krita.

The video concludes with a demonstration of how to use the plugin to generate images, including examples of adding elements like teeth to a photo, changing styles, and using different prompts to guide the AI generation process.

Overall, the video provides a detailed guide to installing and using Krita with the AI plugin, enhancing the creative workflow for digital artists with powerful AI tools.