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Introducting ComfyUI Native API Nodes
https://blog.comfy.org/p/comfyui-native-api-nodes
Models Supported
- Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1[pro] Ultra, Flux .1[pro]
- Kling 2.0, 1.6, 1.5 & Various Effects
- Luma Photon, Ray2, Ray1.6
- MiniMax Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video
- PixVerse V4 & Effects
- Recraft V3, V2 & Various Tools
- Stability AI Stable Image Ultra, Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
- Google Veo2
- Ideogram V3, V2, V1
- OpenAI GPT4o image
- Pika 2.2
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ComfyUI-CoCoTools_IO – A set of nodes focused on advanced image I/O operations, particularly for EXR file handling
https://github.com/Conor-Collins/ComfyUI-CoCoTools_IO
Features
- Advanced EXR image input with multilayer support
- EXR layer extraction and manipulation
- High-quality image saving with format-specific options
- Standard image format loading with bit depth awareness
Current Nodes
Image I/O
- Image Loader: Load standard image formats (PNG, JPG, WebP, etc.) with proper bit depth handling
- Load EXR: Comprehensive EXR file loading with support for multiple layers, channels, and cryptomatte data
- Load EXR Layer by Name: Extract specific layers from EXR files (similar to Nuke’s Shuffle node)
- Cryptomatte Layer: Specialized handling for cryptomatte layers in EXR files
- Image Saver: Save images in various formats with format-specific options (bit depth, compression, etc.)
Image Processing
- Colorspace: Convert between sRGB and Linear colorspaces
- Z Normalize: Normalize depth maps and other single-channel data
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Claudio Tosti – La vita pittoresca dell’abate Uggeri
https://vivariumnovum.it/saggistica/varia/la-vita-pittoresca-dellabate-uggeri
Book author: Claudio Tosti
Title: La vita pittoresca dell’abate Uggeri – Vol. I – La Giornata Tuscolana- ISBN: 978-8895611990
Video made with Pixverse.ai and DaVinci Resolve
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DiffusionToolkit – An image metadata-indexer and viewer for AI-generated images
https://github.com/RupertAvery/DiffusionToolkit
It aims to help you organize, search and sort your ever-growing collection.
https://github.com/RupertAvery/DiffusionToolkit/blob/master/Diffusion.Toolkit/Tips.md
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KUNG FURY 2 movie trailer
David Sandberg has responded and said “This was an internal promo video that was never supposed to be seen by the public. I feel bad because it contains a bunch of plot points and temp VFX,” Sandberg told Variety in a statement. “I hope at least people can see the passion that we poured into the movie, the world deserves to see it as it was meant to be seen. This movie has been held hostage for the past 5 years but I promise to keep fighting for it and make sure this film gets the chance it truly deserves.”
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Mape – ComfyUI Helpers
- Multi-monitor image preview
- Variable Assigment/Wireless Nodes
- Prompt Tweaking
- Command Palette (Shift+P)
- Pinned favourite nodes
- Fuzzy search
- Auto organize nodes
- Error management
- Node navigation
- Node time tracking
- Hidden nodes connections
FEATURED POSTS
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HuggingFace ai-comic-factory – a FREE AI Comic Book Creator
https://huggingface.co/spaces/jbilcke-hf/ai-comic-factory
this is the epic story of a group of talented digital artists trying to overcame daily technical challenges to achieve incredibly photorealistic projects of monsters and aliens
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Clearview AI fined in UK for illegally storing facial images
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61550776
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK’s privacy watchdog and told to delete the data of UK residents.
The ICO says that, globally, the company has stored more than 20 billion facial images.
Clearview AI takes publicly posted pictures from Facebook, Instagram and other sources, usually without the knowledge of the platform or any permission.
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Photography basics: Shutter angle and shutter speed and motion blur
http://www.shutterangle.com/2012/cinematic-look-frame-rate-shutter-speed/
https://www.cinema5d.com/global-vs-rolling-shutter/
https://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Camera-Shutter-Speed
https://www.provideocoalition.com/shutter-speed-vs-shutter-angle/
Shutter is the device that controls the amount of light through a lens. Basically in general it controls the amount of time a film is exposed.
Shutter speed is how long this device is open for, which also defines motion blur… the longer it stays open the blurrier the image captured.
The number refers to the amount of light actually allowed through.
As a reference, shooting at 24fps, at 180 shutter angle or 1/48th of shutter speed (0.0208 exposure time) will produce motion blur which is similar to what we perceive at naked eye
Talked of as in (shutter) angles, for historical reasons, as the original exposure mechanism was controlled through a pie shaped mirror in front of the lens.
A shutter of 180 degrees is blocking/allowing light for half circle. (half blocked, half open). 270 degrees is one quarter pie shaped, which would allow for a higher exposure time (3 quarter pie open, vs one quarter closed) 90 degrees is three quarter pie shaped, which would allow for a lower exposure (one quarter open, three quarters closed)
The shutter angle can be converted back and fort with shutter speed with the following formulas:
https://www.provideocoalition.com/shutter-speed-vs-shutter-angle/shutter angle =
(360 * fps) * (1/shutter speed)
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(360 * fps) / shutter speedshutter speed =
(360 * fps) * (1/shutter angle)
or
(360 * fps) / shutter angleFor example here is a chart from shutter angle to shutter speed at 24 fps:
270 = 1/32
180 = 1/48
172.8 = 1/50
144 = 1/60
90 = 1/96
72 = 1/120
45 = 1/198
22.5 = 1/348
11 = 1/696
8.6 = 1/1000The above is basically the relation between the way a video camera calculates shutter (fractions of a second) and the way a film camera calculates shutter (in degrees).
Smaller shutter angles show strobing artifacts. As the camera only ever sees at least half of the time (for a typical 180 degree shutter). Due to being obscured by the shutter during that period, it doesn’t capture the scene continuously.
This means that fast moving objects, and especially objects moving across the frame, will exhibit jerky movement. This is called strobing. The defect is also very noticeable during pans. Smaller shutter angles (shorter exposure) exhibit more pronounced strobing effects.
Larger shutter angles show more motion blur. As the longer exposure captures more motion.
Note that in 3D you want to first sum the total of the shutter open and shutter close values, than compare that to the shutter angle aperture, ie:
shutter open -0.0625
shutter close 0.0625
Total shutter = 0.0625+0.0625 = 0.125
Shutter angle = 360*0.125 = 45shutter open -0.125
shutter close 0.125
Total shutter = 0.125+0.125 = 0.25
Shutter angle = 360*0.25 = 90shutter open -0.25
shutter close 0.25
Total shutter = 0.25+0.25 = 0.5
Shutter angle = 360*0.5 = 180shutter open -0.375
shutter close 0.375
Total shutter = 0.375+0.375 = 0.75
Shutter angle = 360*0.75 = 270Faster frame rates can resolve both these issues.
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PTGui 13 beta adds control through a Patch Editor
Additions:
- Patch Editor (PTGui Pro)
- DNG output
- Improved RAW / DNG handling
- JPEG 2000 support
- Performance improvements