How to generate the highest quality AI images with Fooocus

Introduction

Fooocus has rapidly gained popularity as the latest Stable Diffusion-based image generation app. Developed by renowned open-source creator Illyasviel—also known for ControlNet—Fooocus offers a fresh, simplified take on the image synthesis pipeline. Built on Gradio, it provides an easy-to-use alternative to more complex tools like AUTOMATIC1111’s Web UI or commercial platforms like MidJourney. With recent updates, Fooocus now supports SDXL models, native upscaling, and improved prompt handling, making it an even more powerful choice for creators.

In this article, we will start with a brief exposé on the features and capabilities of this new platform. We intend to highlight the differences and advancements it offers in comparison to some of the other tools we have showcased in the past on this blog, and present an argument for why this tool should be added to your image synthesis toolset. Afterwards, we will start our demo, wherein we will walk through the steps needed to set up the application and to begin generating images. Readers can expect to finish this blog with a full understanding of the intricacies of the Fooocus applications’ variety of useful settings and built-in features.