Master AI image generation - ComfyUI full tutorial 2024

[@lofigamervibes]

I've been so annoyed looking around for a ComfyUI tutorial where someone could just explain this to me in plain, simple English from scratch without being clueless in terms of how to teach and be straightforward... This, on the other hand, is the polar opposite... You are a GODSEND! This is exactly what I've been looking for, for like 4 days... this is so great! You're a really good teacher btw, thank you so, so much for this. I'm finally understanding Comfy, and it's not hard now that I have found someone who knows how to communicate... Thanks for this 💚

[@theAIsearch]

You're welcome. Glad I could help!

[@noad9977]

This video probably won't do as well as your others, but for the love of god, please consider doing further tutorials on comfyUI. This is the first tutorial that is understandable and comfortable to follow. Further Ideas: Flux specific tutorials, Inpainting, character consistency.

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@A_Saban]

I have seriously being waiting to learn ComfyUI this tutorial came just in time

[@theAIsearch]

hope this helps!

[@coffeechocolato6784]

So do i, thank you sir!

[@destinationsanonymous2617]

I really appreciate that you don't just say "do this, click that, put this value in" you actually explain what each parameter does, and how adjusting the value up or down will affect the outcome. Thank you very much! I also agree with many others on here that you should upload tutorials on any other comfyui/Ai topics you think would be beneficial for us noobs! Thanks again

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@seulkiji1151]

I paid for other tutorials, but I’m still confused about such basic tips, like the Ctrl + Shift + B key. Even though I’m Korean and not very good at English, I understood your tutorial better than ones in my own language. It’s like magic. Again, I just want to say THANK YOU 😊

[@theAIsearch]

You are welcome! Hope this helps

[@HsAAAsH]

Wish I could give more but this is my first step in learning Gen AI and your tutorial set the bar high, I learned so much. Thank you!

[@theAIsearch]

Thank you so much!

[@imitationalismAI]

I have watched many comfyUI tutorials. Some of them are good, but this is definitely the most comprehensive and easy to follow tutorial I have seen so far. 👍

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@antoniofuller2331]

But the video is 1 hour??!

[@fredericnialoup6312]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! For those who may have the same problem : I had a hard time with openpose model, even with the exact same parameters as shown in the video. I found that using the model ControlNet model "SDXL-controlnet: OpenPose (v2)" (available in ComfyUI Manager) works, while the all-in-one model don't. For me anyway.

[@antoniofuller2331]

Yeah

[@Mondo-o3s]

WE GONNA SEE THIS TUTORIAL HITS MILLIONS OF VIEWS

[@theAIsearch]

😃😃😃

[@Randomperson40572]

In case anyone else runs into the same issue! When using controlnets, the preprocessor only showed "None" or "Tile" for the processor option. To fix this, install the custom node Fannovel16/comfyui_controlnet_aux. Then restart ComfyUI and you should have the options! I may have missed this part in the video or maybe it was left out but either way I hope this helps!

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks for sharing!

[@NywlMac]

I was following the tutorial like walking on clouds. So good!! But then I too stumbled in this issue. First thing I did was to check on the replies and here we go Haha Thank you. It fixed it for me. The proper name in the search is ComfyUI's ControlNet Auxiliary Preprocessors, tho

[@d-rdm6166]

hello ,thank you for your help I tried this one and it worked however now it gives me new error 'list index out of range' do you know how to fix this?

[@benzobuzz]

@@d-rdm6166 seems to be a problem with the `comfyui-art-venture` library. this issue was newly reported as an issue on the Github repo. it was suggested to use a different preprocessor than openpose, but I still had issues. better to switch out the node with `AIO Aux Preprocessor` by Fannovel16 and select `OpenposePreprocessor`.

[@Gollo_]

I also encountered this issue, thanks for doing the leg work of figuring out how to fix it.

[@Bpmf-g3u]

Ordinary people can now experience AI paintings, thanks to your step-by-step tutorial!

[@matten_zero]

It took me a solid week to understand how things worked but it seems much more intimidating than it actually is. If you're not used to working with the terninal that part is a short lesson honestly

[@theAIsearch]

yes, open source stuff are a pain to install. hopefully this tutorial helps. i tried to minimize any use of the terminal. you can install most things using the manager

[@matten_zero]

@@theAIsearch you did a good job honestly I could have saved sometime if I had this tutorial a few weeks ago.

[@saiyanace3812]

Comprehensive, easy to follow and well made, this is excellent and what sets you apart from the others. Thank you for making this tutorial

[@theAIsearch]

You're very welcome!

[@rocren6246]

58:45 If you do not see any options other than "tile" from the processor drop down list, you need to install another node first: [ jiboxemo 8 months ago AV_ControlNetPreProcessor shows no depth_midas on it. Only options are (none, tile, tile). Other than that, great work (edit) After installing Fannovel16 "Controlnet Auxiliary Preprocessors" (ID 6 in Manager) everything is ok (Edited) ] Thank that man for pointing this out. I got it fixed.

[@Gamer-kn7fi]

Thanks man, you saved me a lot of time!

[@michaellong5871]

I had the same problem. Didn't see the anything other than tile first. After installed the aux, I can see other pre-processors. However, if I select one of the "pose/openpose/dwpose', I will get list index out of range error in this AV-controlnet-preprocessor node. Anyone knows how to fix?

[@PostcardsFromJapan]

Finally a clear and easy to understand explanation of ComfyUI that starts from scratch! I've been looking for a tutorial like this for a long time.

[@TrueOracle]

Wow, over an hour! Thank you for such a detailed guide, comfyui is definitely daunting!

[@theAIsearch]

hope you enjoy!

[@Huang-uj9rt]

Yes, I think what you said is great. I am using mimicpc which can also achieve such effect. You can try it for free. In comparison, I think the use process of mimicpc is more streamlined and friendly.

[@WallyMahar]

I will fall asleep to this every night! lol. I've faced so many dead-end workflows that just don't make sense. They’re overly complicated, and even the manager seem unable to fix what's outdated. It's frustrating when things just don't work. ComfyUI desperately needs an overhaul, but I don't have the answers either. Even after updating or fixing missing nodes, 95% of the time, it remains unusable, and I can’t figure out why. AI search, you’ve been a huge help in understanding how to fix these tangled messes-or sometimes, just knowing when to give up and try something new. Finally, I’m sitting down and really absorbing a tutorial, and I have to say, you're the first one who makes me feel like I can actually learn something. Without needing to jump between different videos, you cover so much in one concise video. Thank you! These are exactly the skills I want to master for my 3D modeling, 3D printing, and AI videos.

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks & good luck!

[@StevenBarnes-MrRat]

Great tutorial. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing more on ComfyUI.

[@nevernope8675]

Are you kidding me right now??? I literally downloaded comfyui a day ago! I was about to search for a tutorial! Thanks! Love your videos.

[@theAIsearch]

hope this helps!

[@nevernope8675]

@@theAIsearch your videos always help! Thank you!

[@Tubeytime]

ComfyUI is the de-facto libre option of image generation. On their site they say they don't make any money right now (but plan to) and want to democratize AI tooling. It's extremely based.

[@SebAnt]

Wow - so timely, so comprehensive, and so clearly explained!! ❤

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@evenfunnierguy]

I want to like this video thrice. Where's the button for that?! Not only is this very cleanly structured and comprehensive, but you have a beautiful way of repeating things you've used and explained earlier. This repetition increases the learning effect, and the art that you master beautifully is to throw it in so casually that it doesn't become boring, it only gives the sensation of "hey, I know this, I've seen this one earlier!". 👍👍👍 [EDIT:] I just noticed: at 49:49, the second upscaled dude has 2 mouths... 😂

[@theAIsearch]

Thank you!

[@Huang-uj9rt]

For a beginner also say that your videos are really very friendly, thank you very much. Because of my professional needs and the high learning threshold of flux, I've been using mimicpc to run comfyui before, it can load the workflow directly, I just want to download the flux model, and it handles the details wonderfully, but after watching your video, I'm using mimicpc to run comfyui again finally have a different experience, it's like I'm starting to get started! I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it.

[@klb1113]

Wow....just, wow! This is the PERFECT beginning tutorial. You have such a great speaking voice, as well. This is exactly what I've been looking for, and believe me, I've been looking everywhere. Very, very nicely done! In time, you might want to add something on grouping together specific nodes (which I gather from looking at others can be done.) Also, it may be worthwhile pointing out that to SOME extent, ComfyUI does a decent job of highlighting those node connections that are "candidates" for what you are trying to (eventually!) connect. That can be a big help when confronted with a new node that one (i.e., ME!) has absolutely no idea what do with when created. But those are really just minor points. I hope you continue to do a lot more of these, especially since everyone's going crazy about FLUX now, of course, not to mention that Loras are starting to slowly creep their way into Flux.

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks for sharing! I'll do a video on Flux once the ecosystem is more mature.

[@julianelduke]

Hi, thanks for this video, it's the first time someone takes the time to explain every step with patient and clarity, really please make more videos like this. Thanks again. Greetings from Bogota, Colombia.

[@theAIsearch]

you're welcome!

[@chouawarasteven]

Bro! You are the king of ConfyUI Thanks for the tutorial 🙏

[@theAIsearch]

No problem 👍

[@L3X369]

At 50:14, the second image is so super detailed, it comes with double lips.

[@RamiFarouk-z6h]

Nice Tutorial, I learnt a lot thank you! Just a quick information that could help: after installing comfyui-art-venture, you need also to install ComfyUI Auxiliary Preprocessors,in order to see all the preprocessors and not haviing a list of None and Tile preprocessors only. I learnt this information from @LaCarnevali video. Thanks

[@wilroben2601]

helpful for me, thinks

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks for sharing!

[@iliaanisimov6477]

For anyone who experiences problems with getting the nodes for auxiliary preprocessors. Make sure that the file path to your comfyui folder is relatively short (under 240 characters as I remember). I spent too much time reinstalling the extension until I realised this

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks for sharing!

[@daganmiller8604]

I'm very comfortable with A1111 and have been avoiding Comfy and before this video would try it and put it down but this was excellent especially starting from scratch building a workflow and explaining the nodes. Good stuff.

[@theAIsearch]

Good luck!

[@VintageForYou]

Man, I would like to say your tutorials on ComfyUI and other AI Videos are amazing and so easy to follow just what I needed was the portable ComfyUI version so I could run it on my external hard drive keep up your great work I would love you to do a video on installing Mimic Motion.👌💯👍🏼😁

[@theAIsearch]

Thank you!

[@VintageForYou]

@@theAIsearch I moved this portable ComfyUI that I installed from your video from my C drive to my external hard drive but queue Prompt will not run the workflow just stays at DualCLIPLoader.

[@milkybekele3969]

This made everything simple and easy to understand. Thanks and will be looking to learn more about flux as well

[@theAIsearch]

You are welcome!

[@Kentel_AI]

An important clarification, an empty latent image is not filled with noise, but with "nothing". It is when entering the Ksampler that gausisan noise is added. Furthermore, the image is not completely filled with noise. Simply using solid images (Img2Img with denoise 1.0) of different colors with the same "seed" is enough to see the difference.

[@DontDo_Nothing]

your explanation is absoulately amazing. please, make a video about flux comfyui, its seems complicated to me. Please, make a detail video of it. Take love and care.

[@edwassermann8368]

dope. excellent tutorial. thank you!

[@sa_3od]

Man you are a legend! Thank you so much for the detailed explanation

[@theAIsearch]

You're welcome!

[@CsokaErno]

Thank you very much, it is FANTASTIC! And there is something for your sponsor. I downloaded the app - I like it, really. But I would amend two things. 1) It shouldn't add space before and after the paragraph. 2) A drag-and-drop function from the side would be really useful.

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks! Forwarding to @turbotypeapp

[@RAMAMOORTHI.A]

thanks for the tutorial! very clearly explained!

[@GerardvanDijnsen]

Great tutorial! Btw: The Text To Console node helps you to inspect the prompts without having to resort to files...

[@joelfrojmowicz]

What an amazing video. Thank you!!

[@theAIsearch]

you're welcome!

[@DinethChamuditha-lg1zc]

The Best. Thank You.🤩

[@theAIsearch]

you're welcome!

[@ravenoftheredsky]

For my AMD GPU friends -- the Zluda version of comfyui works fantastic for me. If you have any AMD GPU it's worth a shot!

[@theAIsearch]

thanks for sharing!

[@__________________________6910]

Everything is great as long as you have a good GPU.

[@antoniofuller2331]

Sad, what are the specs of your GPU??

[@alexamer-oy1dy]

Amazing explanation! Thank you we appreciate your time and effort 👌

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@__Damian__]

Thank you for your time 💪

[@theAIsearch]

No problem 👍

[@floweywave7673]

Wooow man, what a cool guide! I might just give Comfy a try. Does it also allow you to generate less-sensitive images? I mean stuff like blood, violence, and all the things that most normal AI models don't have balls to produce?

[@theAIsearch]

yes, 100% uncensored

[@Gounes]

Best tuttorial ever Thank you ❤

[@theAIsearch]

You're welcome

[@OrbitalCookie]

You haven't mentioned the main ultimate upscaler annoyance: when you run the same prompt for each tile, if it can hallucinate some jesus from a pancake, it will. You will have to double-check the upscaled image for characters in the shadows, double mouths (your upscale), nsfw body parts on each skin crease and bump, additional belly buttons, elongated apendages, etc, etc. Yeah it can be mitigated by making prompt generic or reducing denoise, but then it has no room to make new detail. One trick I do is run a segment detector (for example SAM or SAM2) to detect all things in image automatically (i.e, faces), and then use Detailer (SEGS) from impact pack to inpaint certain features with a prompt unique to them, for example, if it was hand, I would say "close-up shot of a hand".

[@billjones7677]

If you run it through another ksampler and denoise at .5, that first upscale is actually decent. But thanks for all the tips this is a helpful video

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks for sharing!

[@psychowsky]

Very good tutorial. Thank you :)

[@theAIsearch]

You are welcome!

[@Sergedable]

Hello, one of the greatest tutorials on ComfyUI. Please, can you do one ComfyUI flux 1?

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks. I'll make one soon!

[@TomNook.]

On device open source AI is the future, not those owned by corporations and governments

[@n-xs8up]

We lived in an era of local journal, Then independent hosted blogging came along, Now most people use fb and ig as thier blogs and vlogs, Companies will always find a way to insert themselves on our lives,

[@michelprins]

right as all good things come from god any way amen

[@spikehamer2]

This is finally gonna let me do an idea i had for years with AI Thanks a lot.

[@theAIsearch]

You're welcome!

[@alieymw]

I've learnt a lot through this tutorial..TQ..👍👍

[@theAIsearch]

You're welcome!

[@Entity303GB]

Help!: My ControlNet preprocessor is only showing tile for preprocessor?

[@theAIsearch]

in manager > custom nodes manager, try also installing ComfyUI's ControlNet Auxiliary Preprocessors

[@Entity303GB]

@@theAIsearch tysm it worked!!

[@ongNguyen-pe4vj]

Great video as away ❤️❤️. It really help me a lot

[@theAIsearch]

Glad it helped!

[@Entity303GB]

W video I love it and it works so goood

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@KlausMingo]

Instead of selecting all the nodes to mute them 1:00:45, simply select the Load Checkpoint node and mute that.

[@EKEKtekno]

Yes please, make a FLUX tutorial!

[@davimak4671]

Thanks, bro, really great work. You can make more ComfyUI tuts, cause its very usefull

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@FireJach]

you're the best ai channel

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@ygoryarz]

Thanks you are a Life saver

[@theAIsearch]

you're welcome!

[@keesflodder]

Thank you so much, dude! This will come in handy!

[@theAIsearch]

No problem!

[@firecreeper21]

Very good Tutorial, thank you. I have tried the controlnet part and although i followed you exactly, 3 times I get an error for the KSampler so I just gave up haha

[@YannBula]

This was amazing. Thanks !! But why does tile upscaling sampling node (47:00) not connect the output to a VAE decoder??

[@orsiswed]

Thank you for one of the most comprehensive and clear tutorials on the use of ComfyUi. The only thing I have had problem with is getting certain of the preprocessors to work, particularly openpose and pose. Trying to use these options generates an AV_ControlNetPreprocessor list index out of range ERROR. Many of the other preprocessors work well. I have tried installing the auxiliary preprocessor too but with no effect on the error. Any ideas? Many Thanks once again for unravelling the mysteries :)

[@donnyjoe7653]

In my case the "princess..." promt resulted in a polar bear. :D

[@frankm7307]

Dell and Nvidia sponsored you? That's amazing, m8. It's not like you have millions of subs (yet), so yeah.. amazing :) good for you

[@raimondasonsovic8640]

Super tutorial, i learned alot, very thank you, you amazing ! :)

[@theAIsearch]

You're very welcome!

[@Gollo_]

@theAIsearch you forgot to include the comfyui manager link

[@critiqsai]

Great tutorial

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@High-Tech-Geek]

FLUX tutorial please. Thanks for this!

[@theAIsearch]

You're welcome!

[@onioncuttingninja]

Man u are great at what u do this was super helpful

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@BafnaYeygian]

that was a very perfect guide , thanks alot , if you can please teach "Webui Forge" as well i heard it can be better that comfyui sometimes ❤

[@zanderion]

Hi, great video. What model were you using for that image to image upscaling? I only found a lightning lora. It was taking forever trying to upscale using denoise method with the Flux models.

[@Phil671]

Thank you !

[@theAIsearch]

Thank you so much!

[@ElectronicBoxOfficial]

Thank you for new informations

[@otox7786]

very sick man, i cant wait to watch this

[@theAIsearch]

enjoy!

[@beataszostakowska3846]

50:04 Notice the details - double lip ;)

[@Realidyne]

Awesome video! Is it possible to run ComfyUI on Mac? Also, if you're running on PC CPU what are the requirements? PC GPU requirements?

[@markmcandrews1703]

I am having a problem following along at 58:52 I don't show any of the options you did for preprocessor. I only have none and tile as options. I did notice that at 55:35 there were 2 options to choose from while installing the controlnet union. I installed both options to try it out and neither give me options in the preprocessor. I had a fresh install that followed only your instructions to this point. Really love the video though!!!! thank you :)

[@theAIsearch]

in manager > custom nodes manager > try also installing ComfyUI's ControlNet Auxiliary Preprocessors

[@iliaanisimov6477]

You might have the same problem which I had with installing preprocessors. Make sure that the file path to your comfyui folder is relatively short (below 240 characters as I remember). Otherwise custom nodes from auxiliary preprocessors won’t show up when installed

[@johnnyapbeats]

I would appreciate a tutorial on how to setup comfyui + flux on a cloud notebook like google colab or lightningai

[@PatrickAngwin]

Yes, that would be really helpful for those of us who don't have a machine powerful enough to install this locally.

[@arhamahmedkhan7060]

I've a Nvidia GTX 1650 (4GB) and 16 GB Ram and ryzen 7 4800H. Can I run SDXL based models and how long will it take to generate?

[@theAIsearch]

4g vram is limited, so my guess is 5-10min per image

[@simont733]

Its more than enough for beginners... just questions 1. You didn't mentioned about how to edit Audios using Comfy, or its not works 2. For people who dont have PC for GPU how do they use on server i mean downloading and using nods 3. You need video for pro and experts Comfy Ai part 2-10 cuz i loved the way you teach even my Grandmother start working comfy tools 😮😮😅😮

[@amitnishad0777]

This is SICK!

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@SamuraiTin]

Hi, I got an issue with instant ID I installed it with the manager like you did in the video but when I try to search for the node I can't find the "apply instant ID" nor anything with "instant ID". I check the installation and in the model manager I can see that they are installed. But when I check the custom node manager I can see an import failure for ComfyUI InstantID(native support). I clicked on "Try fix" but still says import failed.

[@mikevanaerle9779]

same here

[@Ai-Art-42]

Very cool video, really good job

[@theAIsearch]

Thank you!

[@SS801.]

Man this is so sick

[@theAIsearch]

Thanks!

[@darkslayer175]

Can you please make a video on Sakana AI: potentially the world’s first AI system for automating scientific research. Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@theAIsearch]

Sure, I'm researching it now

[@antoniofuller2331]

Sakana is very new, nearly a week ago

[@PatrickAngwin]

Great tutorial, thanks. Any chance you could do a quick idiot-proof guide on how to set this up on something like AWS Sagemaker Studio Lab. It says on the download page "Use my Jupyter Notebook" but I have no idea how to do that!

[@sayanewsfans]

HI! I'm loving this tutorial! One question: my confyui-art-venture says "IMPORT FAILED" and "ControlNet Preprocessor" node doesn appear... How do I solve this?

[@theAIsearch]

do you see a 'try fix' button?

[@sayanewsfans]

@@theAIsearch Hi! Thank you for your reply:) Yes, I tried “try fix”, but did not work:(:(

[@jymcaballero5748]

interesting you upscale 2x but uses model for upscales 4x ;D is not that wayste of resources? is there a way to show the images on its original size on confyui? the details are enchanced but the identity is loose, not to mention the lips (4 lips) and allways remember, when you drag and drop an image made with confiUI to the confiUI interface, all the nodes and conections used to make that image will automatically loaded

[@RayWhite7489]

Is there a tutorial that takes an existing image and reverses the flow ~ providing a detailed positive and negative prompts for replicating the original image that can then be modified while maintaining the original image's face and features?

[@frankm7307]

Seeing as dell and nvidia sponsored this video, did they gave you those prompts to use also? Or maybe a list of prompts for you to choose from?

[@theAIsearch]

no, they just sponsored the laptop

[@momentoskynet]

Excellent video. Thank you so much! I am getting an error when using control net though, have you heard of this?

[@theAIsearch]

in manager > custom nodes manager, try also installing ComfyUI's ControlNet Auxiliary Preprocessors

[@forrest1777]

Valeu!

[@theAIsearch]

Thank you so much!

[@forrest1777]

@@theAIsearch This video gave me so many insights man, thank you!

[@merakimod8906]

Thank you very much for your contribution. This is a very useful tutorial. I get an error when using several options in ControlNet Preprocessor such as 'pose', 'openpose' and 'tile'. Please help!

[@saiyan9996]

when im trying to select open pose or any other option in controlnet preprocessor there are not showing

[@theAIsearch]

in manager > custom nodes manager > try also installing ComfyUI's ControlNet Auxiliary Preprocessors

[@NB_nobody]

There is Controlnet Pro Max now. Should i just install that considering it is advanced version? Thank you.

[@nemonomen3340]

49:58 The Ultimate Upscaler gave him two mouths, lol.