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Guides: tips and tricks

Hands-on guides for getting better results from AI image and video models: prompting tricks, the settings that matter, step-by-step fixes and the documentation behind the tools. Written by people who use them every day.

MiniMax H3 video prompts: the official structure

ComfyUI nodes: documentation and troubleshooting

Illustrious, NoobAI and Pony prompting: tags, quality strings, artist tags and LoRAs

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BitVector Prism

Easy to use, for beginners

BitVector Prism is the easiest way to start: pick a model, type a prompt and generate in a clean web app, with nothing to configure. BitVector is also available on Discord and on the web (SpyGlass).

FLUX.2 prompting guide: natural-language prompts, multi-reference, editing and LoRAs

Qwen-Image-Edit guide: instruction prompts, multi-image editing and the LoRAs that make it better

Wan 2.2 video: text-to-video and image-to-video setup, settings and LoRAs

Flux vs SDXL vs SD 1.5 vs Qwen vs Z-Image: which model family to use in 2026

What is a LoRA and how to use one in ComfyUI, Forge, Automatic1111 and on the cloud

CUDA out of memory: how much VRAM each AI model needs and how to fit it

Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge errors and fixes (Flux, SDXL, low VRAM)

Automatic1111 (Stable Diffusion WebUI) errors and fixes

ComfyUI errors and how to fix them: red nodes, missing models, CUDA out of memory

AI video generation for beginners: image-to-video, text-to-video and the first clip with Wan, LTX-2 and H3

AI image and video generation glossary: 60 terms from checkpoint to VAE, explained in one line each

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Telegram only, for pros

PirateDiffusion is Telegram only and built for pros: thousands of models, LoRAs and workflows driven by chat commands, with unlimited generation on a fixed price plan.

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Safetensors vs .ckpt and .pt: how to download AI models safely and verify them with SHA-256

Upscaling AI images: ESRGAN models, hires-fix, tiled diffusion and when each one is right

ControlNet explained: pose, depth, edges and reference images for SD 1.5, SDXL and Flux

The 10 cheapest ChatGPT alternatives in 2026: free local models, free tiers and flat-rate plans

Running Stable Diffusion, SDXL and Flux on a Mac (Apple Silicon): Draw Things, ComfyUI and what to expect

GPU and VRAM guide for AI image and video: what each model needs and what to buy (or not)

What is ComfyUI? A beginner's guide to nodes, workflows and the first graph

img2img, inpainting and outpainting basics: fixing hands, swapping objects and extending a picture

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