First download a VAE from [stabilityai](https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/sd-vae-ft-mse-original/tree/main) and drop it in `ComfyUI\models\vae`. Get the pruned.safetensors file. Don't click the filename, click to the right. <imgsrc="downloadvae.png"width="75%"align="middle">
adding new nodes is done three ways
adding new nodes is done three ways
* noodle dragging
* noodle dragging
* left click and drag from a node's output dot. A noodle appears.
* left click and drag from a node's output dot. A noodle appears.
@ -54,6 +52,9 @@ adding new nodes is done three ways
For a VAE Loader
For a VAE Loader
* Right click. Add node → loaders → Load VAE
* Right click. Add node → loaders → Load VAE
* double left click, type VAEL and select it
* a noodle can be pulled from the _VAE Decode_ node's input and dropped to show a Vae Loader in the menu, but that'll be messy. Let's save messy workflows for crazy vixens like comfy and mike.