# HOWTO

https://note.com/kohya_ss/n/nee3ed1649fb6


```
git clone https://github.com/bmaltais/kohya_ss.git
cd kohya_ss
python -m venv --system-site-packages venv
.\venv\Scripts\activate

pip install torch==1.12.1+cu116 torchvision==0.13.1+cu116 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu116

pip install --upgrade diffusers
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install OmegaConf
pip install pytorch_lightning

pip install -U -I --no-deps https://github.com/C43H66N12O12S2/stable-diffusion-webui/releases/download/f/xformers-0.0.14.dev0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl

# Setup bitsandbytes with Adam8bit support for windows: https://note.com/kohya_ss/n/n47f654dc161e
pip install bitsandbytes==0.35.0
cp .\bitsandbytes_windows\*.dll .\venv\Lib\site-packages\bitsandbytes\
cp .\bitsandbytes_windows\cextension.py .\venv\Lib\site-packages\bitsandbytes\cextension.py
cp .\bitsandbytes_windows\main.py .\venv\Lib\site-packages\bitsandbytes\cuda_setup\main.py

accelerate config:
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- 0
- NO
- NO
- All
- fp16

accelerate launch --num_cpu_threads_per_process 6 train_db_fixed_v6.py `
    --pretrained_model_name_or_path="d:\models\v1-5-pruned.ckpt" `
    --train_data_dir="D:\dreambooth\train_artstyle" `
    --reg_data_dir="D:\dreambooth\reg_artstyle" `
    --output_dir="D:\dreambooth" `
    --prior_loss_weight=1.0 `
    --resolution=512 `
    --train_batch_size=1 `
    --learning_rate=1e-6 `
    --max_train_steps=1600 `
    --use_8bit_adam `
    --xformers `
    --mixed_precision="fp16" `
    --cache_latents `
    --gradient_checkpointing `
    --save_every_n_epochs=500