diffusers/pr_11636/en/using-diffusers/t2i_adapter.md

# T2I-Adapter

[T2I-Adapter](https://huggingface.co/papers/2302.08453) is an adapter that enables controllable generation like [ControlNet](./controlnet). A T2I-Adapter works by learning a *mapping* between a control signal (for example, a depth map) and a pretrained model's internal knowledge. The adapter is plugged in to the base model to provide extra guidance based on the control signal during generation.

Load a T2I-Adapter conditioned on a specific control, such as canny edge, and pass it to the pipeline in [from_pretrained()](/docs/diffusers/pr_11636/en/api/pipelines/overview#diffusers.DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained).

```py
import torch
from diffusers import T2IAdapter, StableDiffusionXLAdapterPipeline, AutoencoderKL

t2i_adapter = T2IAdapter.from_pretrained(
    "TencentARC/t2i-adapter-canny-sdxl-1.0",
    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
)
```

Generate a canny image with [opencv-python](https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python).

```py
import cv2
import numpy as np
from PIL import Image
from diffusers.utils import load_image

original_image = load_image(
    "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/diffusers/non-enhanced-prompt.png"
)

image = np.array(original_image)

low_threshold = 100
high_threshold = 200

image = cv2.Canny(image, low_threshold, high_threshold)
image = image[:, :, None]
image = np.concatenate([image, image, image], axis=2)
canny_image = Image.fromarray(image)
```

Pass the canny image to the pipeline to generate an image.

```py
vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained("madebyollin/sdxl-vae-fp16-fix", torch_dtype=torch.float16)
pipeline = StableDiffusionXLAdapterPipeline.from_pretrained(
    "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0",
    adapter=t2i_adapter,
    vae=vae,
    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
).to("cuda")

prompt = """
A photorealistic overhead image of a cat reclining sideways in a flamingo pool floatie holding a margarita. 
The cat is floating leisurely in the pool and completely relaxed and happy.
"""

pipeline(
    prompt, 
    image=canny_image,
    num_inference_steps=100, 
    guidance_scale=10,
).images[0]
```

  
    
    original image
  
  
    
    canny image
  
  
    
    generated image
  

## MultiAdapter

You can compose multiple controls, such as canny image and a depth map, with the `MultiAdapter` class.

The example below composes a canny image and depth map.

Load the control images and T2I-Adapters as a list.

```py
import torch
from diffusers.utils import load_image
from diffusers import StableDiffusionXLAdapterPipeline, AutoencoderKL, MultiAdapter, T2IAdapter

canny_image = load_image(
    "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/diffusers/canny-cat.png"
)
depth_image = load_image(
    "https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/diffusers/sdxl_depth_image.png"
)
controls = [canny_image, depth_image]
prompt = ["""
a relaxed rabbit sitting on a striped towel next to a pool with a tropical drink nearby, 
bright sunny day, vacation scene, 35mm photograph, film, professional, 4k, highly detailed
"""]

adapters = MultiAdapter(
    [
        T2IAdapter.from_pretrained("TencentARC/t2i-adapter-canny-sdxl-1.0", torch_dtype=torch.float16),
        T2IAdapter.from_pretrained("TencentARC/t2i-adapter-depth-midas-sdxl-1.0", torch_dtype=torch.float16),
    ]
)
```

Pass the adapters, prompt, and control images to [StableDiffusionXLAdapterPipeline](/docs/diffusers/pr_11636/en/api/pipelines/stable_diffusion/adapter#diffusers.StableDiffusionXLAdapterPipeline). Use the `adapter_conditioning_scale` parameter to determine how much weight to assign to each control.

```py
vae = AutoencoderKL.from_pretrained("madebyollin/sdxl-vae-fp16-fix", torch_dtype=torch.float16)
pipeline = StableDiffusionXLAdapterPipeline.from_pretrained(
    "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0",
    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
    vae=vae,
    adapter=adapters,
).to("cuda")

pipeline(
    prompt,
    image=controls,
    height=1024,
    width=1024,
    adapter_conditioning_scale=[0.7, 0.7]
).images[0]
```

  
    
    canny image
  
  
    
    depth map
  
   
    
    generated image