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<h1 align="center">LayerForge Advanced Canvas Editor for ComfyUI 🎨</h1>
<p align="center"><i>LayerForge is an advanced canvas node for ComfyUI, providing a Photoshop-like layer-based editing experience directly within your workflow. It extends the concept of a simple canvas with multi-layer support, masking, blend modes, precise transformations, and seamless integration with other nodes.</i></p>
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### Why LayerForge?
- **Full Creative Control:** Move beyond simple image inputs. Composite, mask, and blend multiple elements without
leaving ComfyUI.
- **Intuitive UI:** Familiar controls like drag-and-drop, keyboard shortcuts, and a pannable/zoomable viewport make
editing fast and easy.
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## ✨ Key Features
- **Persistent & Stateful:** Your work is automatically saved to the browser's IndexedDB, preserving your full canvas
state (layers, positions, etc.) even after a page reload.
- **Multi-Layer Editing:** Add, arrange, and manage multiple image layers with z-ordering.
- **Advanced Masking Tool:** A dedicated masking mode with adjustable brush size, strength, and softness. Masks have
their own separate undo/redo history.
- **Full Transformation Controls:** Precisely move, scale, and rotate layers with mouse or keyboard shortcuts.
- **Blend Modes & Opacity:** Apply 12 common blend modes (`Overlay`, `Multiply`, etc.) and adjust opacity on a per-layer
basis via a context menu.
- **Comprehensive Undo/Redo:** Full history support for both layer manipulations and mask drawing.
- **Seamless I/O:**
- **Drag & Drop** image files to create new layers.
- **Copy & Paste** images directly from your system clipboard.
- Import the last generated image from your workflow with one click.
- **AI-Powered Matting:** Optional background removal for any layer using the `BiRefNet` model.
- **Efficient Memory Management:** An automatic garbage collection system cleans up unused image data to keep the
browser's storage footprint low.
- **Workflow Integration:** Outputs a final composite **image** and a combined alpha **mask**, ready for any other
ComfyUI node.
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## 🚀 Installation
1. Install [ComfyUi](https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI).
2. Clone this repo into `custom_modules`:
```bash
cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes/
git clone https://github.com/Azornes/Comfyui-LayerForge.git
```
3. Start up ComfyUI.
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## 🧪 Workflow Example
For a quick test of **LayerForge**, you can try the example workflow provided below. It demonstrates a basic compositing setup using the node.
**🔗 Download Example Workflow**
![📥 LayerForge\_Example](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7572149a-bd5e-4f3b-8379-18bcc9ea3874)
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## 🎮 Controls & Shortcuts
### Canvas Control
| Action | Description |
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| `Click + Drag` | Pan canvas view |
| `Mouse Wheel` | Zoom view in/out |
| `Shift + Click (background)` | Start resizing canvas area |
| `Shift + Ctrl + Click` | Start moving entire canvas |
| `Double Click (background)` | Deselect all layers |
### Clipboard & I/O
| Action | Description |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| `Ctrl + C` | Copy selected layer(s) |
| `Ctrl + V` | Paste from clipboard (image or internal layers) |
| `Drag & Drop Image File` | Add image as a new layer |
### Layer Interaction
| Action | Description |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
| `Click + Drag` | Move selected layer(s) |
| `Ctrl + Click` | Add/Remove layer from selection |
| `Alt + Drag` | Clone selected layer(s) |
| `Shift + Click` | Show blend mode & opacity menu |
| `Mouse Wheel` | Scale layer (snaps to grid) |
| `Ctrl + Mouse Wheel` | Fine-scale layer |
| `Shift + Mouse Wheel` | Rotate layer by 5° |
| `Arrow Keys` | Nudge layer by 1px |
| `Shift + Arrow Keys` | Nudge layer by 10px |
| `[` or `]` | Rotate by 1° |
| `Shift + [` or `]` | Rotate by 10° |
| `Delete` | Delete selected layer(s) |
### Transform Handles (on selected layer)
| Action | Description |
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| `Drag Corner/Side` | Resize layer |
| `Drag Rotation Handle` | Rotate layer |
| `Hold Shift` | Keep aspect ratio / Snap rotation to 15° |
| `Hold Ctrl` | Snap to grid |
### Mask Mode
| Action | Description |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `Click + Drag` | Paint on the mask |
| `Middle Mouse Button + Drag` | Pan canvas view |
| `Mouse Wheel` | Zoom view in/out |
| **Brush Controls** | Use sliders to control brush **Size**, **Strength**, and **Softness** |
| **Clear Mask** | Remove the entire mask |
| **Exit Mode** | Click the "Draw Mask" button again |
## 🧠 Optional: Matting Model (for image cutout)
The "Matting" feature allows you to automatically generate a cutout (alpha mask) for a selected layer. This is an
optional feature and requires a model.
> - **Model Name**: `BiRefNet`
> - **Download from**:
>
- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/ZhengPeng7/BiRefNet/tree/main) (Recommended)
> - [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BCLInCLH89fmTpYoP8Sgs_Eqww28f_wq?usp=sharing)
> - **Installation Path**: Place the model file in `ComfyUI/models/BiRefNet/`.
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## 📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use, modify, and distribute.
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## 🐞 Known Issue:
### `node_id` not auto-filled → black output
In some cases, **ComfyUI doesn't auto-fill the `node_id`** when adding a node.
As a result, the node may produce a **completely black image** or not work at all.
**Workaround:**
* Search node ID in ComfyUI settings.
* In NodesMap check "Enable node ID display"
* Manually enter the correct `node_id` (match the ID shown in the UI).
⚠️ This is a known issue and not yet fixed.
Please follow the steps above if your output is black or broken.
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Based on the original [**Comfyui-Ycanvas**](https://github.com/yichengup/Comfyui-Ycanvas) by yichengup. This fork
significantly enhances the editing capabilities for practical compositing workflows inside ComfyUI.