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LayerForge – Advanced Canvas Node Editor for ComfyUI 🎨
LayerForge is an advanced fork of the original Canvas Node for ComfyUI, extended with full multi-layer support, masks, blending modes, opacity control, canvas resizing, snapping, and high-precision transformations — all integrated into a node-based workflow.
✨ Key Features
- 🖼️ Add images to layers from disk or node outputs
- 📐 Move, scale, rotate layers with mouse or keyboard
- 🌈 Blend Modes (e.g. overlay, multiply, soft-light, etc.)
- 🕳️ Per-layer masking with full alpha control
- 🔎 Scalable & pannable canvas viewport
- 🎯 Grid snapping with
Ctrlmodifier - 📤 Export flattened image + mask to server
- 🔃 Import latest generated image from ComfyUI
- 🔧 Canvas resize with live preview overlay
🖱️ Controls
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| 🖱️ Click layer | Select layer |
| 🖱️ Shift + Click | Open blend mode menu |
| 🖱️ Double-click or empty area | Deselect layers |
| 🖱️ Scroll | Zoom canvas (no selection) or scale selected layer |
| 🖱️ Shift + Scroll | Rotate selected layer |
| 🖱️ Ctrl + Drag | Enable snapping to grid |
| 🖱️ ALT + Drag | Stretch/compress layer (non-uniform) |
| 🖱️ Shift + drag on empty space | Start canvas resize |
| ⌨️ Delete | Remove selected layer |
| ⌨️ Arrow keys | Move layer (Shift = faster) |
| ⌨️ [ / ] | Rotate selected layer (Shift = snap to 15°) |
🎨 Blend Mode Menu
When Shift+Clicking a selected layer, a blend mode menu appears with:
- Available modes:
normal,multiply,overlay, etc. - Per-layer opacity slider
Changes are applied live.
🖼️ Adding Images
Click "Add Image" to upload files from your disk.
Or click "Import Input" to fetch the latest generated image from ComfyUI (/ycnode/get_latest_image).
💾 Saving to Server
When saving, the canvas exports two files:
- A flattened image (
.png) - A binary mask (
_mask.png)
Both are sent to /upload/image.
🧠 Optional: Matting Model (for cutout)
If matting (cutout) is enabled:
- Model Name:
models--ZhengPeng7--BiRefNet - Download from:
- Place it in:
models/BiRefNet
📜 License
MIT — free to use, modify, and share.
Based on the original Comfyui-Ycnode
This fork significantly enhances the editing capabilities for practical compositing workflows inside ComfyUI.