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Show HN: Comflowy – A ComfyUI Tutorial for Beginners

56 points by thinkingjimmy 3y ago

skeptrune 3y ago
this is a really well written docs page
- kelsolaar 3y ago
  The explanation on how Stable Diffusion works here is great: https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation
  - thinkingjimmy 3y ago
    Thank you for your recognition
ShamelessC 3y ago
What’s the catch? Why not just push this upstream?
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  Thanks for your feedback. Your confusion arose due to a problem with the website design, our website indeed lacks guidance. Our product is divided into two parts: - [1] is the ComfyUI and SD tutorial, for example :https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation - [2]and the second is an open-source ComfyUI product (currently under development):https://www.comflowy.com/space https://www.comflowy.com/space
matt3210 3y ago
What does comfyUI use for flow diagrams/no-code stuff? I've been using react-flow but have been thinking about writing one from scratch that is more intune to my needs.
- jamal-kumar 3y ago
  It's litegraph.js [1] and seems to be the only lib they include in /web [2] : [1] https://github.com/jagenjo/litegraph.js https://github.com/jagenjo/litegraph.js [2] https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/tree/master/web/lib https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/tree/master/web/li...
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  We are also using react-flow. We have tried numerous frameworks, but eventually returned to react-flow.
givinguflac 3y ago
This is fantastic! I use comfyui and it has been a game changer for my creation workflow. I’m certain I’ll be using it even more effectively after reading through this. Thanks!
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  Thank you for your recognition!
smusamashah 3y ago
Edit: Sorry I was on phone and missed the hamburger menu with index of pages. Original comment: I dont understand what this is. Following links didn't lead me anywhere. Clicked comflowy link and it opened the same website but in Chinese. There is discord link which I am not clicking. Is main thing being promoted here a discord group? There is fancy UI in screenshot which I don't know where I can access. This page offers nothing otherwise other than promise of a discord group.
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  Thank you very much for your feedback, our website should be in English by default, something might have gone wrong. We will immediately look into what the reason is. In addition, our website indeed lacks guidance, thank you very much for your suggestion. Our product is divided into two parts: - one is the ComfyUI and SD tutorial, for example :https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation#what-is-stable-diffusion https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation#... - and the second is an open-source ComfyUI product (currently under development):https://www.comflowy.com/space https://www.comflowy.com/space
627467 3y ago
I'm still looking for a simple installer for comfyUI... A brew command or a DMG would be great
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  We are developing a similar product, please look forward to it.https://www.comflowy.com/space https://www.comflowy.com/space
- marc_io 3y ago
  You can use Pinokio: https://pinokio.computer/ https://pinokio.computer/
andrewstuart 3y ago
I can’t work out what comfyui is about. What’s it’s purpose?
- eightysixfour 3y ago
  ComfyUI is an open source interface for interacting with StableDiffusion image generation models. It is probably the most common interface for power users and uses a “nodes” style programming interface like Unreal Engine.
lbeltrame 3y ago
While I currently use SD.Next[1], I have tested ComfyUI locally with my AMD card. The UI can be daunting, but you learn quite a great deal about how a Stable Diffusion pipeline works. In addition some innovations and advances find their way into ComfyUI first. [1] https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  While I believe learning ComfyUI is challenging, but it becomes much simpler when you understand the underlying workings. In the long run, I am more optimistic about ComfyUI. It's worth investing.
  - thot_experiment 3y ago
    >I am more optimistic about ComfyUI I've got a few hundred hours in both auto and comfy, and I think the two UIs solve fundamentally different problems. I think I maybe even agree with your statement in the same way I think Linux has a brighter future than Windows, but they'll both be around for a long time, and they are both incredibly useful.
jichu14273 3y ago
could you help me? F:\AI : 无法将“F:\AI”项识别为 cmdlet、函数、脚本文件或可运行程序的名称。请检查名称的拼写，如果包括路径，请确保路径正确，然后再试一次。所在位置行:1 字符: 1 + F:\AI CODE + ~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (F:\AI:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException I don't understand...
pahn 3y ago
I read almost all of this, and am kind of torn on this ressource: On one hand this is a great introduction to ComfyUI, including concepts and possibilities, and it really IS helpful for getting started. Thanks to the authors for putting in the work! That said, some of the information, especially regarding the more technical parts, is somewhat misleading (debatable, simplification is hard), and at times outright false (e.g. "This method is called LoRA (Loopy Recurrent Attention)"… what?), so don't make it your only source of info. Eg. I found this also helpful: https://blenderneko.github.io/ComfyUI-docs/ https://blenderneko.github.io/ComfyUI-docs/

56 points by thinkingjimmy 3y ago

skeptrune 3y ago

this is a really well written docs page

kelsolaar 3y ago
The explanation on how Stable Diffusion works here is great: https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation
- thinkingjimmy 3y ago
  Thank you for your recognition

ShamelessC 3y ago

What’s the catch? Why not just push this upstream?

thinkingjimmy 3y ago
Thanks for your feedback. Your confusion arose due to a problem with the website design, our website indeed lacks guidance. Our product is divided into two parts: - [1] is the ComfyUI and SD tutorial, for example :https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation - [2]and the second is an open-source ComfyUI product (currently under development):https://www.comflowy.com/space https://www.comflowy.com/space

matt3210 3y ago

What does comfyUI use for flow diagrams/no-code stuff? I've been using react-flow but have been thinking about writing one from scratch that is more intune to my needs.

jamal-kumar 3y ago
It's litegraph.js [1] and seems to be the only lib they include in /web [2] : [1] https://github.com/jagenjo/litegraph.js https://github.com/jagenjo/litegraph.js [2] https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/tree/master/web/lib https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/tree/master/web/li...
thinkingjimmy 3y ago
We are also using react-flow. We have tried numerous frameworks, but eventually returned to react-flow.

givinguflac 3y ago

This is fantastic! I use comfyui and it has been a game changer for my creation workflow. I’m certain I’ll be using it even more effectively after reading through this. Thanks!

thinkingjimmy 3y ago
Thank you for your recognition!

smusamashah 3y ago

Edit: Sorry I was on phone and missed the hamburger menu with index of pages. Original comment: I dont understand what this is. Following links didn't lead me anywhere. Clicked comflowy link and it opened the same website but in Chinese. There is discord link which I am not clicking. Is main thing being promoted here a discord group? There is fancy UI in screenshot which I don't know where I can access. This page offers nothing otherwise other than promise of a discord group.

thinkingjimmy 3y ago
Thank you very much for your feedback, our website should be in English by default, something might have gone wrong. We will immediately look into what the reason is. In addition, our website indeed lacks guidance, thank you very much for your suggestion. Our product is divided into two parts: - one is the ComfyUI and SD tutorial, for example :https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation#what-is-stable-diffusion https://www.comflowy.com/basics/stable-diffusion-foundation#... - and the second is an open-source ComfyUI product (currently under development):https://www.comflowy.com/space https://www.comflowy.com/space

627467 3y ago

I'm still looking for a simple installer for comfyUI... A brew command or a DMG would be great

thinkingjimmy 3y ago
We are developing a similar product, please look forward to it.https://www.comflowy.com/space https://www.comflowy.com/space
marc_io 3y ago
You can use Pinokio: https://pinokio.computer/ https://pinokio.computer/

andrewstuart 3y ago

I can’t work out what comfyui is about. What’s it’s purpose?

eightysixfour 3y ago
ComfyUI is an open source interface for interacting with StableDiffusion image generation models. It is probably the most common interface for power users and uses a “nodes” style programming interface like Unreal Engine.

lbeltrame 3y ago

While I currently use SD.Next[1], I have tested ComfyUI locally with my AMD card. The UI can be daunting, but you learn quite a great deal about how a Stable Diffusion pipeline works. In addition some innovations and advances find their way into ComfyUI first. [1] https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic

thinkingjimmy 3y ago
While I believe learning ComfyUI is challenging, but it becomes much simpler when you understand the underlying workings. In the long run, I am more optimistic about ComfyUI. It's worth investing.
- thot_experiment 3y ago
  >I am more optimistic about ComfyUI I've got a few hundred hours in both auto and comfy, and I think the two UIs solve fundamentally different problems. I think I maybe even agree with your statement in the same way I think Linux has a brighter future than Windows, but they'll both be around for a long time, and they are both incredibly useful.

jichu14273 3y ago

could you help me? F:\AI : 无法将“F:\AI”项识别为 cmdlet、函数、脚本文件或可运行程序的名称。请检查名称的拼写，如果包括路径，请确保路径正确，然后再试一次。所在位置行:1 字符: 1 + F:\AI CODE + ~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (F:\AI:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException I don't understand...

pahn 3y ago

I read almost all of this, and am kind of torn on this ressource: On one hand this is a great introduction to ComfyUI, including concepts and possibilities, and it really IS helpful for getting started. Thanks to the authors for putting in the work! That said, some of the information, especially regarding the more technical parts, is somewhat misleading (debatable, simplification is hard), and at times outright false (e.g. "This method is called LoRA (Loopy Recurrent Attention)"… what?), so don't make it your only source of info. Eg. I found this also helpful: https://blenderneko.github.io/ComfyUI-docs/ https://blenderneko.github.io/ComfyUI-docs/