In this first Part of the Comfy Academy Series I will show you the basics of the ComfyUI interface. What are Nodes? How to find them? What is the ComfyUI Manager? How to Link Models from Automatic 1111 into ComfyUI? How to connect Nodes? How to create Node Groups? and much more.

Lesson 1: Using ComfyUI, EASY basics - Comfy Academy

In this Part of Comfy Academy we build our very first Workflow with simple Text 2 Image. But then I will also show you some cool tricks that use Laten Image Input and also ControlNet to get stunning Results and Variations with the same Image Composition.

Lesson 2: Cool Text 2 Image Trick in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

Let's explore Latent Upscaling in ComfyUI. It is super easy to do and can greatly improve your image quality. This is also a needed step for many other things like better img2img render, UltimateUpscale or FaceDetailer

Lesson 3: Latent Upscaling in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

Using a very basic painting as a Image Input can be extremely effective to get amazing results. In this Lesson of the Comfy Academy we will look at one of my favorite tricks to get much better AI Images. This gives you control over the color, the composition and the artful expressiveness of your AI Art.

Lesson 4: Img2Img Painting in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

I built a magical Img2Img workflow for you. In the first workflow, we explore the benefits of Image-to-Image rendering and how it can help you generate amazing AI images. In the second workflow, I created a magical Image-to-Image workflow for you that uses WD14 to automatically generate the prompt from the image input. This is fantastic!

Lesson5: Magical Img2Img Render + WD14 in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

Model Switching is one of my favorite tricks with AI. We render an AI image first in one model and then render it again with Image-to-Image in a different model. This allows us to use the colors, composition, and expressiveness of the first model but apply the style of the second model to our image. 
Then we also explore Image Masking for inpainting in Comfyui, a hidden gem that is very effective.

Lesson 6: Model Switch and Masking in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

Live Model Merge in ComfyUI is highly effective. It allows you to use several Models at the same time and set the Ratio between them for the Model and the Clip. This is done WITHOUT creating a Model Merge File. So you save a lot of harddrive space and can experiment with model merges at any time.

Lesson 7: Live Model Merge in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

Let's learn how to use Loras in ComfyUi. Loras is a very effective way to create more styles and better images with the models you have. You can use Loras to create various styles, including specific clothing styles, actions, faces, and colors. You can even add more details to the image and get better skin details in your AI image.

Lesson 8: Loras in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

ControlNet in ComfyUI is very powerful. In this lesson, you will learn how to use ControlNet. You will learn about different ways to preprocess the images. I will show you how to apply different weights to the ControlNet and apply it only partially to your rendering steps. Create much better AI images with ControlNet in ComfyUI.

Lesson 9: ControlNet in ComfyUI - ComfyUI Academy

Image Upscaler is the best way to create highly detailed Upscales in ComfyUI. In this video we will explore how to use UltimateUpscaler. Learn about different Upscale Models and their benefits. Create the best Upscales you have ever made with this Tutorial

Lesson 10: UltimateUpscaler in ComfyUI - Comfy Academy

In this Part of Comfy Academy we check out the FaceDetailer Node. This can be used with any kind of Face in AI image generation. However it is especially effective with small faces in images, as they can often be deformed or lack detail. This can also be used to just export the face mask and use it in other creative ways.

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