How to create images and videos for free and without limitations on your own computer

This image was created using AI on a computer, without using any websites:

That is, the neural network was run locally on the computer.

And this video was also created on a computer, without any third-party services or websites:

Here are more examples – an image created directly on a local computer:

Animating an image into a video, done on a local computer:

Would you like to be able to create realistic photos and videos? Now you have that opportunity, and you can learn it completely for free.

HackWare.ru has turned 10 years old, and to celebrate this milestone the site has prepared and published an online book about the latest neural networks that allow you to create stunning images and videos. The book focuses on local AI generation – that is, all neural networks are run locally and operate on your own computer, without using third-party websites.

Link to the first chapters (more to come!):

1. How to use neural networks to create images, videos, and music on your own computer – what is required for this and what results you can achieve
2. How to install ComfyUI on Windows and Linux
3. Types of AI (neural networks) for image and video generation. Key terms
4. Best AI (neural networks) for generating images, videos, music, and 3D models (brief overview of ready-made ComfyUI templates for photo and video generation on your own computer)
5. Introduction to ComfyUI
6. Basics of generating images from text prompts on your own computer
7. Expanding the visible area of images using neural networks (frame expansion, aspect ratio changes with added new information – outpainting)
8. Replacing, removing, and adding objects in an image using AI – mask-based editing (inpainting)
9. Editing images using neural networks (I2I)

All software used in the online book, including the neural networks, is free. To create images and videos on your own computer without limitations (on the number of files or their content), you will need a relatively powerful machine, with a strong graphics card being especially important. However, owners of low-power computers and laptops can also run neural networks locally by using special lightweight model variants.