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Is Local AI Generation Right for Your Post-Production Workflow?
When we first stumbled across ComfyUI, the promise seemed almost too good to be true: a fully-featured generative AI application rivaling online services like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion—except it runs entirely on your own machine. No cloud uploads. No subscription fees. Complete privacy for client work.
For post professionals constrained by NDAs or client confidentiality agreements, this distinction matters. You’ll discover how ComfyUI opens up AI-powered image and video generation without compromising the security protocols that govern professional production environments.
“ComfyUI is a complex tool and in many ways, it’s more difficult to use than online Gen AI services. What you get in return is an incredibly flexible and completely free AI image generator [with absolute privacy].”
Igor Riđanović, Colorist, Finisher
This first installment in our ComfyUI series provides a broad overview of the interface, capabilities, and workflow philosophies that make this tool both powerful and challenging. We’ll explore everything from basic image generation to inpainting, sketch-to-image workflows, and even LoRA fine-tuning—helping you determine whether ComfyUI deserves a place in your creative toolkit.
Security Considerations Before You Install
Before rushing to download ComfyUI, understand the security implications. The application itself isn’t malicious, but it can become a vehicle for introducing trojans through third-party custom nodes—snippets of code the community freely shares to extend functionality.
Wait for the next installment in this series, where we’ll cover proper installation procedures, including sandboxing techniques that let you explore ComfyUI safely. Alternatively, consider trying one of several cloud-based ComfyUI services to experiment with the interface before committing to local installation—though this reintroduces the privacy concerns that make local processing attractive in the first place.
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