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Quick Start – New Albedo

Quick Start New Albedo

Setup

  1. “Start ComfyUI” button:
    Click the button to launch ComfyUI.
Start ComfyUI

Generate

  1. Resolution
    Choose the image resolution.
  2. Prompt
    • Prompt
      Enter descriptive text for the image you want to generate.
    • Negative Prompt
      Specify elements you want to avoid in the generated image.
  3. Settings
    • Sampling Steps:
      Define the number of steps for refining the image. Higher values result in better quality but increase generation time.
    • CFG Scale:
      Adjust the strength of the prompt’s influence.
  1. Use ControlNet
    • Enable “Use ControlNet” and input the path to the ControlNet reference image. This image is in color.
  1. Click “Generate Albedo” button and choose your preferred albedo map.
  2. Click “Generate Texture” button
    • You can click the Download button to save the current image for adjustments.
    • After making your changes, click the Upload button to upload the modified image.
Preview Texture
Download Texture
Upload Texture
  1. Click “Create Material” button
    • Choose how to apply the material by displaying it on a plane, sphere, or cube.
    • Enter material name.
  2. Shader Edit
    • Open the Shader Editor and adjust the following parameters.
    • Roughness:
      Controls the smoothness and reflectivity of the material’s surface.
      • Scale
        Default value 1.0
      • Offset
        Default value 0.0
      • Randomness
        Default value 0.0
    • Normal:
      Defines surface details like bumps and reflection direction through normal maps.
      • Strength
        Default value 1.0
      • Scale X
        Default value 1.0
      • Scale Y
        Default value 1.0
      • Scale Z
        Default value 1.0
    • Displacement:
      Used to change the geometry of the model surface and add a realistic height difference effect.
      • Midlevel
        Default value 0.5
      • Scale
        Default value 0.03
      • Flip
        Default value 0.0

Material Management

  1. Add
    • Preview Area
      • Adjust the size of the preview area by dragging the Preview Scale slider at the top of the preview window.
      • Select the preview render type on the right side of the preview area.
    • Click “Save to Lib” to save the material to the LH asset library.
  1. Delete
    • Click “Delete from Lib” button. In the pop-up window, select the name of the asset you want to delete and confirm by clicking “OK”.

Stop ComfyUI

  1. Click the button to terminate the ComfyUI service.

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