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title: Model Merging
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# :material-image-off: Model Merging
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## How to Merge Models
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As of version 2.3, InvokeAI comes with a script that allows you to
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merge two or three diffusers-type models into a new merged model. The
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resulting model will combine characteristics of the original, and can
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be used to teach an old model new tricks.
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You may run the merge script by starting the invoke launcher
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(`invoke.sh` or `invoke.bat`) and choosing the option for _merge
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models_. This will launch a text-based interactive user interface that
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prompts you to select the models to merge, how to merge them, and the
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merged model name.
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Alternatively you may activate InvokeAI's virtual environment from the
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command line, and call the script via `merge_models --gui` to open up
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a version that has a nice graphical front end. To get the commandline-
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only version, omit `--gui`.
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The user interface for the text-based interactive script is
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straightforward. It shows you a series of setting fields. Use control-N (^N)
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to move to the next field, and control-P (^P) to move to the previous
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one. You can also use TAB and shift-TAB to move forward and
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backward. Once you are in a multiple choice field, use the up and down
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cursor arrows to move to your desired selection, and press <SPACE> or
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<ENTER> to select it. Change text fields by typing in them, and adjust
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scrollbars using the left and right arrow keys.
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Once you are happy with your settings, press the OK button. Note that
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there may be two pages of settings, depending on the height of your
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screen, and the OK button may be on the second page. Advance past the
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last field of the first page to get to the second page, and reverse
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this to get back.
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If the merge runs successfully, it will create a new diffusers model
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under the selected name and register it with InvokeAI.
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## The Settings
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* Model Selection -- there are three multiple choice fields that
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display all the diffusers-style models that InvokeAI knows about.
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If you do not see the model you are looking for, then it is probably
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a legacy checkpoint model and needs to be converted using the
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`invoke` command-line client and its `!optimize` command. You
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must select at least two models to merge. The third can be left at
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"None" if you desire.
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* Alpha -- This is the ratio to use when combining models. It ranges
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from 0 to 1. The higher the value, the more weight is given to the
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2d and (optionally) 3d models. So if you have two models named "A"
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and "B", an alpha value of 0.25 will give you a merged model that is
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25% A and 75% B.
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* Interpolation Method -- This is the method used to combine
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weights. The options are "weighted_sum" (the default), "sigmoid",
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"inv_sigmoid" and "add_difference". Each produces slightly different
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results. When three models are in use, only "add_difference" is
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available. (TODO: cite a reference that describes what these
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interpolation methods actually do and how to decide among them).
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* Force -- Not all models are compatible with each other. The merge
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script will check for compatibility and refuse to merge ones that
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are incompatible. Set this checkbox to try merging anyway.
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* Name for merged model - This is the name for the new model. Please
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use InvokeAI conventions - only alphanumeric letters and the
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characters ".+-".
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