15s, 18s or 57s - The ComfyUI Edit Speed Ladder

15s, 18s or 57s - The ComfyUI Edit Speed Ladder

The same edit three ways with a 4-step Lightning LoRA, Flux Kontext and full Qwen. What each trade-off actually costs.

July 26, 2026 · 2 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Combine Two or Three Images Into One Photo, Locally

Combine Two or Three Images Into One Photo, Locally

One node takes three reference images. Person plus product, person plus scene, and the group shot - with measured timings.

July 26, 2026 · 2 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Generate an Image With Every Object on Its Own Layer

Generate an Image With Every Object on Its Own Layer

One generation, seventeen outputs: the flat image, every object on transparency, and a free background plate.

July 26, 2026 · 3 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Inpainting in ComfyUI - and Why a Mask Is Not Automatically Better

Inpainting in ComfyUI - and Why a Mask Is Not Automatically Better

We ran the same edit with and without a mask. The no-mask version won. Here’s when a mask helps and when it costs you.

July 26, 2026 · 3 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Outpainting in ComfyUI - Extend a Photo That's Framed Too Tight

Outpainting in ComfyUI - Extend a Photo That's Framed Too Tight

Add canvas and let the model fill it. The node, the feathering, and the mistake that invents furniture.

July 26, 2026 · 3 min · Aillex / DIY AI
The One Graph Every ComfyUI Image Edit Is Built On

The One Graph Every ComfyUI Image Edit Is Built On

The nine nodes behind every local instruction edit, what each does, and the one node that turns generating into editing.

July 26, 2026 · 3 min · Aillex / DIY AI
Edit Images With Plain English (and Combine Two), Instruction Editing in ComfyUI

Edit Images With Plain English (and Combine Two), Instruction Editing in ComfyUI

Local instruction-based image editing: change an outfit, nudge a pose, or merge two references, while keeping face, scene, and identity intact. The Engine Room, machine two.

July 12, 2026 · 3 min · Aillex / DIY AI
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