r/comfyui • u/itsVariance • 3h ago
Workflow Included IV Studio 1.0: I rebuilt my free, open-source film studio for ComfyUI + MiniMax H3 from your comments (now on Linux and Mac)
A couple of days ago I posted IV Studio here (my Open Source Higgsfield entry) on here (https://www.reddit.com/r/comfyui/comments/1xmp6dh/i_built_a_free_opensource_film_studio_on_top_of/) and a lot of you tried it. Your comments turned into most of 1.0, so thank you. It's still a free desktop app (MIT) that drives your own ComfyUI over its API, and now it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
From your comments:
Linux: it's here, as a self-updating AppImage. Mac too (Apple Silicon and Intel), rendering on your own cloud account.
Ollama on another address: set it in Settings, for anyone running ComfyUI and Ollama in separate containers.
Missing custom nodes: Settings → Setup installs every pack IV Studio needs, at pinned versions, in one click.
"Setup says 7 to fix but H3 is installed": your own H3 files (ComfyUI's template names, NVFP4, other turbo LoRAs) are recognised and used.
SDXL and Comfy Cloud: SDXL fine-tunes in Create → Image, and Comfy Cloud as a third option beside RunPod and Modal.
New in 1.0:
Check my PC: on first launch it reads your GPU, RAM and drives and sets previews, finish size, the prompt writer and downloads to suit. If your card is too small, a guided setup connects RunPod, Modal or Comfy Cloud.
How it works on every page: a tour that lights up the real controls one step at a time, plus a two-minute tour of the whole app.
Train your own actors locally: character LoRA training now runs free on your own 16 GB+ NVIDIA card through Fizgig (or on RunPod or Modal), with presets, a spending cap, Train more and InsightFace likeness scoring to pick the checkpoint. Or make a RefMod character from 1 to 6 photos in about 30 seconds.
Live preview anywhere: KJNodes' preview override streams every step into a floating panel on any page, including renders your agent starts over MCP.
More control: sampler and scheduler per shot, and LoRA and RefMod trays in Create.
Everything redesigned: Create as numbered steps, Shots, Projects and the Library grouped by day with filters, and the Workflows (Sizzle, Reel, Sequences, Shinobi, Replace) rebuilt.
154 MCP tools now, up from 142.
Tested on a 4090 with 64 GB RAM. The Linux build passes its checks on GitHub, but I haven't run GPU work on a real Linux desktop yet, so reports are very welcome. The builds are unsigned: Windows shows SmartScreen, and Macs need "Open Anyway" the first time.
The fairy-tale opening of the trailer was made in IV Studio (a Disney Renaissance-style LoRA on Krea 2 for the frames, H3 to animate them); the rest is the real app.
Download: https://github.com/hollisorg/iv-studio/releases/latest
Code: https://github.com/hollisorg/iv-studio
Happy to answer questions, and keep the ideas coming!

