heydoughogan ComfyUI VFX Workflow — ComfyUI VFX passes¶

Development line: project:comfyui-vfx-workflow · thread comfyui-vfx-passes
Last event: 2026-06-12 · 1 dated since 2026-06-12 · Researched: 2026-09-05 · confidence: medium

What it is¶

VFX Utilities is a ComfyUI workflow by Doug Hogan for compositors and VFX artists. It generates passes for relighting, compositing, and look development without a separate CG render.

• Alpha and matte extraction with RMBG and SAM3
• Text prompt and point segmentation
• Face segmentation
• Depth and normal pass generation

The card currently provides 1 downloadable JSON graph.

Development line¶

• 2026-06-12 — Dated Comfy workflow reference for VFX passes. The graph combines source video ingestion, RMBG, SAM3 prompts and points, face segmentation, depth, and normals in 1 ComfyUI graph. The current card lists alpha, depth, and normal maps as outputs. We do not have confirmation for the graph state on the publication date.

What changed¶

2026-06-12 — Published VFX Utilities workflow. It combines source video ingestion, RMBG, SAM3 prompts and points, face segmentation, depth, and normals in 1 ComfyUI graph. The current card lists alpha, depth, and normal maps as outputs. The historical version of the graph on the release date remains unconfirmed.

How to use this¶

As of 2026-06-12, treat the linked Comfy workflow as a reference to inspect manually for VFX-pass work, rather than as a verified or fully documented recipe.

1. Open the card and download the workflow JSON. — https://comfy.org/workflows/be0889296f65-be0889296f65/
2. Load the JSON into ComfyUI, provide an image or video plate, and set prompt text or segmentation points. — https://comfy.org/workflows/download/be0889296f65.json?filename=be0889296f65
3. Run the required paths and use the alpha, depth, and normal outputs as passes for compositing, relighting, or look development. — https://comfy.org/workflows/be0889296f65-be0889296f65/

Superseded by this¶

• Nothing marked obsolete yet.

Still unknown¶

• The event listed an account URL for heydoughogan, but we could not verify it. The confirmed card author is Doug Hogan (@doughogan).
• The card displays the current JSON with a relative creation date, so the exact node and model setup on 2026-06-12 is not confirmed.
• We found no dated primary source confirming later changes to this workflow, so no new dated events are added.

Sources¶

Agent brief¶

• Subject: project:comfyui-vfx-workflow, thread comfyui-vfx-passes, 1 dated events 2026-06-12 → 2026-06-12.
• Practical note: As of 2026-06-12, practitioners should treat the linked Comfy workflow as a reference to inspect manually for VFX-pass work, rather than as a verified or fully documented recipe.
• Confidence: medium. Dated supersedes above are the authority for what is obsolete.