Generative AI art is currently a major trend in the AI world right now. You can create images using different Generative AI tools, one of the most famous tools is Fooocus. It lets you create realistic image generation, face swapping, image upscaling, inpainting, and outpainting. All these features are powered by the Stable Diffusion.
Fooocus works seamlessly on Nvidia and AMD GPUs. However, setting it up on a PC with Intel’s Arc GPU is more complex compared to straightforward installation. If you want to install and use Fooocus AI on your Intel Laptop powered by the Intel Arc GPU, you landed in the right place.
If you follow the official installation process from Fooocus’s GitHub page, you may encounter this error “Found no NVIDIA driver on your system.” You can easily resolve this issue, whether your system has Intel Arc A-series, B-series, 130V, or 140V graphics, you can follow our step-by-step guide to run Fooocus on your system.
Steps to Install Fooocus AI on Intel Arc GPU PCs
Reddit user, Electronic-Extent460, shared a step-by-step guide that helps me run Fooocus AI on my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition powered by Intel Lunar Lake 258V chip and Arc 140V GPU. Let’s take a look at the steps.
Step 1: Download and Install Python 3.10
You need to install Python 3.10 on your PC, you can easily download it from this page.
Step 2: Download and Install Git on your PC
The next thing you need to do is, Install Git on your PC, here’s the download link.
Step 3: Open Command Prompt as an Administrator
Go to Start and type CMD, now click on Run as Administrator.
Step 4: Test If Python is Installed or Not
Before moving ahead, we need to check whether Python is installed. You can type this simple command.
pythonStep 5: Change the User Directory
Change the directory by entering this simple command:
cd \users\YOURUSERNAMEDon’t forget to change YOURUSERNAME with your window’s user.
Step 6: Install Fooocus on your System
Now we can clone the Fooocus directory from GitHub on our PC, by running this command. The process may take some time so please wait after running this command.
git clone https://github.com/qiacheng/Fooocus
Step 7: Enter the Fooocus Directory
After cloning the Fooocus on your PC, you need to enter the Fooocus Directory. Run the following command:
cd FooocusStep 8: Create and Manage Python Environment
Enter this command.
python -m venv venvIn the next step, we need to change the directory.
venv\scripts\activateStep 9: Install the Requirements
Run this command to download and install the required packages.
pip install -r requirements_versions.txtStep 10: IMPORTANT STEP – Install Required Extension for Intel Arc GPUs
Make sure to install Intel Extension for Pytorch, it will download the required extensions.
python.exe -m pip install "https://github.com/Nuullll/intel-extension-for-pytorch/releases/download/v2.1.10+xpu/torch-2.1.0a0+cxx11.abi-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl" "https://github.com/Nuullll/intel-extension-for-pytorch/releases/download/v2.1.10+xpu/torchaudio-2.1.0a0+cxx11.abi-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl" "https://github.com/Nuullll/intel-extension-for-pytorch/releases/download/v2.1.10+xpu/torchvision-0.16.0a0+cxx11.abi-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl" "https://github.com/Nuullll/intel-extension-for-pytorch/releases/download/v2.1.10+xpu/intel_extension_for_pytorch-2.1.10+xpu-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl"Step 11: Run Fooocus on Intel Arc GPU PCs
You can launch Fooocus by entering this command.
python entry_with_update.pyIt will download default models and other required packages when launched for the first time. So, you need to wait to complete the download and installation process. The model is quite hefty weighing around 6GB in download size.
Once done, you can start using Fooocus on your PC.
Run Fooocus on Intel Arc GPUs After Installation
For future usage, you can launch Fooocus by running three simple commands. Before launching it, please ensure you are inside the Fooocus folder directory. Now you can run following commands one by one.
python -m venv venvvenv\scripts\activatepython.exe -s entry_with_update.py --unet-in-bf16 --vae-in-bf16 --clip-in-fp16You can also make a .bat file if you want to skip running it by entering these commands. Here’s how you can make a .bat file for your system
Make a Bat File to Launch Fooocus on Intel Arc GPU PCs
Step 1: Open Notepad
Step 2: Copy and Paste the below code in Notepad, make sure to change the directory path according to your PC (replace this path “C:\path\to\Fooocus”).
@echo off
cd /d "C:\path\to\Fooocus"
python -m venv venv
call venv\scripts\activate
python.exe -s entry_with_update.py --unet-in-bf16 --vae-in-bf16 --clip-in-fp16Step 3: Save the file as run_fooocus.bat
That’s it. Now you can double-click the run_fooocus.bat file to launch Fooocus on your PC.
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