Elevate Your Portrait Game: Comprehensive Workflow for Advanced Facial Expression and Lighting

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ComfyUI.org
2025-06-26 16:19:00

1. Workflow Overview

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This is a professional facial expression editing + lighting control workflow featuring:

  • Micro-expression adjustment (25 params via ExpressionEditor)

  • Dynamic lighting system (cinematic lighting with ICLight)

  • Multi-resolution support (800x1200 to 2048x3072)

2. Core Models

Model/Component

Function

Source/Installation

photon_v1

Base image generation

Download .safetensors file

iclight_sd15_fc

Advanced lighting control

Install IC-Light plugin

SplineEditor

Custom light path drawing

Via ComfyUI-Manager

3. Key Nodes

Node Name

Function

Installation

ExpressionEditor

Facial micro-expression editor

Requires ComfyUI-Animation

CreateGradientFromCoords

Gradient light generator

Built-in

ICLightConditioning

Professional lighting control

Bundled with IC-Light

4. Workflow Stages

  • Stage 1: Input Processing

    • Load image → Expression edit → Resolution normalization

  • Stage 2: Lighting Control

    • Draw light paths with SplineEditor → Generate gradients → ICLight integration

  • Stage 3: Final Render

    • Output HD results with dpmpp_2m sampler (25 steps)

5. Inputs & Outputs

  • Input Parameters:

    • Required: Original portrait (PNG with alpha recommended)

    • Optional:

      • Expression params (e.g., "mouth_corner_up:0.7")

      • Light coordinates (default orange-to-black gradient)

  • Output:

    • Professionally lit image (with preserved metadata)

6. Notes

  • Must install IC-Light & ComfyUI-Animation plugins

  • Recommend NVIDIA GPU (≥10GB VRAM)

  • Disable "face restoration" nodes during expression editing