ComfyUI Tutorial Series: Ep01 - Introduction and Installation

Welcome to the first episode of the ComfyUI Tutorial Series! In this series, I will guide you through using Stable Diffusion AI with the ComfyUI interface, from a graphic designer's perspective. This tutorial is perfect for beginners, and by following along, you'll progress to advanced techniques.

Episode Highlights:
- Introduction to ComfyUI: Learn what ComfyUI is and explore its advantages and disadvantages.
- Installation Guide: Step-by-step instructions for installing ComfyUI on Windows, including necessary system requirements and hardware recommendations.
- Downloading Models: How to download different Stable Diffusion models, including the SDXL and v1.5 models, and where to place them.
- Generating Your First Image: A simple walkthrough on generating your first image using ComfyUI, troubleshooting common errors, and optimizing your workflow.
- Understanding Workflows: An overview of how to create, customize, and save workflows in ComfyUI.
- Tips and Tricks: Best practices for using ComfyUI efficiently, including sharing workflows, importing custom nodes, and using the ComfyUI Manager for updates.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to ComfyUI
02:40 Installing ComfyUI on Windows
06:22 Downloading and Placing Models
09:52 Generating Your First Image
14:32 Saving and Loading Workflows
18:47 Installing ComfyUI Manager

Get ComfyUI from here:

Get the ComfyUI Manager from here:

Download SDXL model - example Juggernaut XL - Juggernaut_X_RunDiffusion from here:

Download SD V1.5 model - example Juggernaut Reborn from here:

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Get ComfyUI from here:

Get the ComfyUI Manager from here:

Download SDXL model - example Juggernaut XL - Juggernaut_X_RunDiffusion from here:

Download SD V1.5 model - example Juggernaut Reborn from here:

[ARTICREATOR-SAM]

One of the best things I saw in my phone notifications. Excellent, this is very valuable and I hope artists understand the value of this resource and reference. Thank you for taking the time to record this tutorial.❤

[jyntvrma]

Damn, this video makes Comfy UI way easier to get. No more freaking out!

[LSHKE]

Not as scary as i thought it would be :D Thanks so much for this!

[bahethelmy]

Great tutorial! Looking forward for the next one!! I am starting this journey with you!

[RottenSacrifice]

Awesome video! Clear and easy to follow instructions as always. I am really hoping you are going to create a workflow for Sketch/Image > Design like you did before in Forge, that was awesome, really looking forward to see you replicate that in ComfyUI and show us how to do it or sharing the workflow! I am pretty sure you can build a pretty robust workflow for that with maybe control net/canny + "model training" or reference for the Sketch/Image to turn into something with similar style. Great work! Looking forward to the next episodes!

[rambaral]

Awesome tutorial man, Was super hesitant to make the move but i finally did, Can't wait for your new episodes

[aml]

Fantastic tutorial thank you. After a year with a1111 and have a good understanding with it and 80% good results. I've often thought about comfy but the UI has put me off a little, but with your excellent tutorial series your doing this gives me a stronger interest in it. I'm looking forward to seeing more and giving it a try. Once again thank you.

[dazjames]

Loved all your FORGE videos and now you are doing tutorials on COMFY I may yet give it a go. Thanks for the clear and concise vids, much appreciated.

[fishpickles]

Thanks so much for this, VERY helpful!

[ryczkowsky]

starts well. there is a sub and a like. greetings from PL

[elegost]

Finally a more recent take at the whole process! I am so grateful you were so organized throughout it. Side note, I might have this fixed by the time you see it, but I haven't been able to even install ComfyUI yet. The unzipping keeps taking forever. It seems to be doing 'something', but I'm 30 mins in. Is that normal?

[ralphmccloudvideo]

Thanks for doing this. Do you know of a way to use the models folder from automatic 1111 in comfy? I have so many models and don't want to have to download them again just for comfy. Thank you!

[rambaral]

will you do a text2vid tutorial in the future?

[wpoole]

Is there a way to have the output folder be on a nas instead of the default comfyui\output folder?

[videomarketing]

Please can you help. I have been running into all sorts of problems with Comfyui manager. Every time I try use the manager to install or update I get this message in red : TensorRT Node for ComfyUI install failed: Bad Request and the command prompt says or one of its dependencies.
I have tried every possible sollution on reddit and installed Conda, Python and every other version I can find but nothing helps. I even downloaded every Nvidia update, driver and tool I can find and still nothing. Any idea what is going on?

[ElectronicBoxOfficial]

thanks for all your hard works, they are amazing, do you have a telegram channel for updates and news? i would love to join.

[tiffanyw]

Its great that you can save setting but its still a weird ui

[twitch_theoxidado]

Would you make a tutorial about loras?

[vickyrajeev]

Thanks, Can i run this on CPU because i don't have GPU