Show Generation Process

Local Dream can show intermediate images during generation.

You can enable this option in the app's settings, and configure it to display an intermediate result every 1-10 steps.

What It Does

Stable Diffusion does not create the final image in one jump. It gradually denoises a latent representation step by step.

When this feature is enabled, Local Dream periodically decodes the current intermediate state through the VAE and shows you what the image looks like at that point in the process.

This is especially useful if you:

• want to understand how diffusion works
• want to watch the image structure appear over time
• are curious how prompts and settings affect the denoising trajectory

Performance Tradeoff

This feature makes generation slower.

The reason is that each preview requires an extra VAE decode of the current intermediate state. That extra work is useful for visualization, but it adds overhead during generation.

So in practice:

• Enable it if you want to study or observe the generation process
• Disable it if you only care about the final result and want the best speed

Recommendation

If you are experimenting with diffusion itself, showing an intermediate result every few steps can be very informative.

If you are batch-generating images or just want the final output as fast as possible, leave this feature off.