get_started/first_generation

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get_started/first_generation

This tutorial will guide you through your first image generation with ComfyUI, covering basic interface operations like workflow loading, model installation, and image generation

https://docs.comfy.org/get_started/first_generation

[Raptor2213]

Would be nice if these instructions actually started at step 1 - building the graph. I just get a blank graph, and can't find any instructions for creating it. Your GUI is the #1 least intuitive and least user-friendly GUIs I've ever had the displeasure to run across.

[lin-bot23]

Hi @Raptor2213, thanks for the feedback! This is actually covered in step 2 of the tutorial, "Load Default Text-to-Image Workflow": https://docs.comfy.org/get_started/first_generation

ComfyUI usually loads the default text-to-image workflow automatically when it launches. If you end up with a blank canvas instead, you can load a workflow in two easy ways:

• Menu Workflows -> Open, then pick the example text-to-image.json
• Drag and drop a ComfyUI-generated image into the interface (the workflow metadata is embedded in the image)

That gives you a complete, runnable graph to start from. Hope this helps!

[LNQ1997]

This tutorial is not smooth to follow for beginners.

1. If I load workflow from that galaxy bottle image, it just said model is missing, but has no model download button.
2. After I downloaded safetensors from hf, I cannot find the model folder where I should put safetensors in. The actual GUI is different from this tutorial, there is no "Open Folder" option in "Help"

[lin-bot23]

Hi @LNQ1997, thanks for the detailed feedback - this is really helpful for making the tutorial smoother. Two quick answers for what you ran into:

1. "Model is missing" when loading the example workflow (the galaxy-bottle image)

That is expected: ComfyUI does not bundle any base model, and the workflow embedded in that example image uses v1-5-pruned-emaonly-fp16.safetensors. The warning dialog should list the missing model, and clicking it usually shows a download link (it opens Hugging Face). If your version does not show a download button, you can grab the file directly here:

https://huggingface.co/Comfy-Org/stable-diffusion-v1-5-archive/blob/main/v1-5-pruned-emaonly-fp16.safetensors

2. Where to put the downloaded .safetensors file

The "Help -> Open folder" menu exists only in Comfy Desktop (click the logo at the top-left -> Help -> Open folder -> Open models folder). If you are on the portable or browser version, open the folder manually instead:

• Portable (Windows): ComfyUI_windows_portable/ComfyUI/models/checkpoints
• Manual install: <your ComfyUI folder>/models/checkpoints

Save the file there, then press R in the UI (or restart ComfyUI) to refresh the model list - it will then appear in the Load Checkpoint node dropdown.

I will also pass along your feedback that the tutorial should make it clearer that "Help -> Open folder" is Desktop-only. Thanks again for reporting this!