Getting Started with ComfyUI: The Gen AI Tool for Professional Creators

Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ Lovis Odin is a French interactive designer specialising in 3D, XR and motion. With the advent of AI he started digging into tools and workflows to accelerate and augment the work of creatives, and today he will share with us how comfy UI has become one of the primary weapons in his toolset. ComfyUI can feel quite intimidating but after this conversation you’ll know where to start and how far you can push it. - How to get started with **ComfyUI** - What are the hardware requirements for various applications and alternatives if your rig is not up to the task - His professional experience when working with brands - Additional resources and platforms to help AI artists in their professional journey ✨ Special thanks **Henry Daubrez** – CEO, [Dogstudio](https://dogstudio.co) (Coca-Cola project) Their trust kick-started my ComfyUI journey 🙏 🔧 Credits & open-source resources • Official ComfyUI site → https://www.comfy.org • Great custom-node devs to follow: – **kijai** → https://github.com/kijai/ – **Kosinkadink** → https://github.com/Kosinkadink – **filliptm** → https://github.com/filliptm/ComfyUI_Fill-Nodes – **cubiq** → https://github.com/cubiq/ComfyUI_IPAdapter_plus – **MrForExample** → https://github.com/MrForExample/ComfyUI-3D-Pack – **pythongosssss** → https://github.com/pythongosssss/ComfyUI-Custom-Scripts ⚙️ Quick specs (May 2025) — corrections to the video • **Image** : runs from RTX 2060 / 6 GB VRAM (SD 1.5 or SDXL quantised). • **Video** (AnimateDiff / WAN / Frame-pack) : workable from RTX 3060 12 GB (lower res & longer renders). A 4090 can crank out 16-frame 768–1024 px clips in ~1 min, depending on the model. • **Mac M-series** : M1 / M2 / M3 fine for base SD & AnimateDiff. *** OUR SPONSOR Meshy empowers XR content creators to bring their visions to life with a toolkit for creating 3D models in seconds. Visit https://www.meshy.ai/ and use the code “XRAI20” to get a 20% discount on your subscription. *** CONNECT WITH LOVIS 💼 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lovis-odin-7a751360/ 🔗 Website: https://lovis.io/ *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GabRoXR 💼 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele-romagnolixr/ 🔗Link-in Bio: https://beacons.ai/gabroxr *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️Show Website: https://www.xraispotlight.com/ 🟢Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HLkRmFFBfmsr7MSFgthXi 🍎Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/xr-ai-spotlight/id1718315002