reusing_seeds.md

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# Improve image quality with deterministic generation

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A common way to improve the quality of generated images is with *deterministic batch generation*, generate a batch of images and select one image to improve with a more detailed prompt in a second round of inference. The key is to pass a list of [`torch.Generator`](https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.Generator.html#generator)'s to the pipeline for batched image generation, and tie each `Generator` to a seed so you can reuse it for an image.

Let's use [`runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5`](https://huggingface.co/runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5) for example, and generate several versions of the following prompt:

```py
prompt = "Labrador in the style of Vermeer"
```

Instantiate a pipeline with [`DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained`] and place it on a GPU (if available):

```python
import torch
from diffusers import DiffusionPipeline
from diffusers.utils import make_image_grid

pipe = DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(
    "runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5", torch_dtype=torch.float16, use_safetensors=True
)
pipe = pipe.to("cuda")
```

Now, define four different `Generator`s and assign each `Generator` a seed (`0` to `3`) so you can reuse a `Generator` later for a specific image:

```python
generator = [torch.Generator(device="cuda").manual_seed(i) for i in range(4)]
```

Generate the images and have a look:

```python
images = pipe(prompt, generator=generator, num_images_per_prompt=4).images
make_image_grid(images, rows=2, cols=2)
```

![img](https://huggingface.co/datasets/diffusers/diffusers-images-docs/resolve/main/reusabe_seeds.jpg)

In this example, you'll improve upon the first image - but in reality, you can use any image you want (even the image with double sets of eyes!). The first image used the `Generator` with seed `0`, so you'll reuse that `Generator` for the second round of inference. To improve the quality of the image, add some additional text to the prompt:

```python
prompt = [prompt + t for t in [", highly realistic", ", artsy", ", trending", ", colorful"]]
generator = [torch.Generator(device="cuda").manual_seed(0) for i in range(4)]
```

Create four generators with seed `0`, and generate another batch of images, all of which should look like the first image from the previous round!

```python
images = pipe(prompt, generator=generator).images
make_image_grid(images, rows=2, cols=2)
```

![img](https://huggingface.co/datasets/diffusers/diffusers-images-docs/resolve/main/reusabe_seeds_2.jpg)