ComfyUI Tutorial Series: Ep08 - Flux 1: Schnell and Dev Installation Guide

Welcome to Episode 8 of our ComfyUI tutorial series! In this episode, we're exploring FLUX, a new model from Black Forest Labs. I'll walk you through installing and using the different versions, like Dev and Schnell, while comparing their performance and highlighting the best settings. Discover which model works best for your needs and how to integrate FLUX into your workflow. We’ll also share some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of FLUX, ensuring smooth and efficient results. Check out the description for all the links and resources you'll need to follow along! Download all the workflows from the pixaroma-workflows channel on Discord. The links are also organized there. https://discord.gg/gggpkVgBf3 Flux Examples https://comfyanonymous.github.io/ComfyUI_examples/flux/ ---- Download Flux Schnell fp8 from here (Faster) https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/flux1-schnell/tree/main Place it in the folder: ..ComfyUI/models/checkpoints/ ---- Download Flux Dev fp8 from here (Better Quality) https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/flux1-dev/tree/main Place it in the folder: ..ComfyUI/models/checkpoints/ ---- Download Flux Dev Full from here (The Best Quality) https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev/blob/main/flux1-dev.safetensors Place it in the folder: ..ComfyUI/models/unet/ Download clip_l.safetensors and t5xxl_fp16.safetensors from here https://huggingface.co/comfyanonymous/flux_text_encoders/tree/main Place them in the folder: ..ComfyUI/models/clip/ Download the ae.safetensor VAE from here https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell/blob/main/ae.safetensors Place it in the folder: ..ComfyUI/models/vae/ ---- Download this version of schnell with bnb in name flux1-schnell-bnb-nf4 https://huggingface.co/silveroxides/flux1-nf4-weights/blob/main/flux1-schnell-bnb-nf4.safetensors Or this version of Dev flux1-dev-bnb-nf4 https://huggingface.co/lllyasviel/flux1-dev-bnb-nf4/blob/main/flux1-dev-bnb-nf4.safetensors Place them in the ..ComfyUI\models\checkpoints folder The node you need - more info in the video and on discord https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI_bitsandbytes_NF4 ---- Realism Lora for Flux Dev Download this small Lora model https://huggingface.co/comfyanonymous/flux_RealismLora_converted_comfyui/tree/main Place it in ..\ComfyUI\models\loras Restart ComfyUI. ---- Test Flux online. You have a few free generations on these websites: FLUX.1 [schnell] https://huggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell FLUX.1 [dev] https://huggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev FLUX.1 [schnell] https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-schnell Post your questions on the discord server on the ComfyUI channel or on Pixaroma Community on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/pixaromacommunity/ #comfyui #flux #aitutorials Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to FLUX Models 00:22 FLUX Versions (Pro, Dev, Schnell) 02:14 Installing FLUX Dev and Schnell FP8 08:14 Add A1111 Art Styles in Flux 11:01 Comparing Dev vs. Schnell FP8 15:14 Fixing Blurred Images 15:50 Installing FLUX Dev Full 18:31 Comparing Dev Full vs. Dev FP8 20:10 Installing Flux BNB NF4 Dev and Schnell 23:44 Comparing Dev FP8 vs. Dev NF4 25:16 Using LoRA with FLUX Dev 27:34 Summary and Best Practices