Stop alt-tabbing to Photoshop

What it does

ComfyUI_LayerStyle is a sprawling collection of custom nodes that replicates basic Photoshop functionality—layer effects, blend modes, masks, color adjustments, and filters—inside ComfyUI. The stated goal is to keep generative-AI workflows from bouncing between apps for routine compositing and touch-ups. It covers everything from drop shadows and LUTs to segmentation masks and halftone dithering.

The interesting bit

The project treats ComfyUI less like a pure inference engine and more like a node-based image editor, grafting on utilities—rounded rectangles, text presets, batch list juggling, even a PurgeVRAM node—that have nothing to do with diffusion itself but everything to do with finishing an image without alt-tabbing.

Key highlights

• Photoshop-style layer effects: drop shadow, inner/outer glow, stroke, gradient overlay, and standard blend modes.
• Extensive mask tooling, including trimap edge refinement, segformer segmentation, and rembg integration.
• Color-correction nodes: levels, color balance, auto-adjust, temperature, and channel splits/merges.
• Utility nodes for batch handling, image scaling with aspect-ratio protection, and a PurgeVRAM node for GPU hygiene.
• Recently split dependency-heavy AI nodes (SAM2, Florence-2, JoyCaption2, etc.) into a separate ComfyUI_LayerStyle_Advance repo to reduce breakage.

Caveats

• The README spends as much space on troubleshooting as on features; expect dependency friction with opencv-contrib-python, transformers, and onnxruntime.
• The recent split into a base and “Advance” repo means existing workflows may break if you do not install the companion plugin.

Verdict

Worth a look if you live in ComfyUI and want Photoshop-like compositing without exporting to another app. Skip it if you prefer lightweight, single-purpose custom nodes; this is a broad toolbox that will clutter your node menu.