DONT USE THIS
The Node the Author Named 'DONT USE THIS' — and Why
- segs
- image
- IMAGE
This is the rare ComfyUI node whose display name is a warning: "DONT USE THIS." The author of ComfyUI-off-suite registered the same square-face-crop class twice - once under the correctly spelled "Crop Center with SEGS" and once under a typo'd name, "Crop Center wigh SEGS" - then renamed the typo's display title to tell you exactly what to do with it.
If you're googling this page, you've probably spotted the scary-looking node in your node list after installing off-suite and want to know if it's malware or a landmine. It is neither. Let's defuse it.
What it actually is
Both entries point to the same Python class (OFFCenterCropSEGS). The node takes a SEGS stream and an IMAGE, then for each detected segment it crops a square centered on the face, resizes it to a multiple of 8, and returns the result. Functionally identical to Crop Center with SEGS - because it is that node, registered twice.
The likely story: the author typo'd "with" as "wigh" in the mapping, noticed the duplicate, and instead of deleting it (which would break any workflow already saved against the typo'd name), they kept it registered but renamed the display to a blunt instruction. It's a compatibility shim with an attitude.
So… can you use it?
You can - it works, because it's the same code. But you shouldn't, because:
- The correct node exists, so there's no functional reason to.
- Any saved workflow you build with the "wigh" version is coupling itself to a typo that the author explicitly flagged as abandon-ware.
- If the author ever cleans house, "DONT USE THIS" is the node most likely to get deleted - and your workflow would come back with a missing node.
There's a small thing worth respecting about the author here: most devs would just delete the duplicate or leave it silent. Naming it "DONT USE THIS" is genuinely helpful, the ComfyUI equivalent of a DEPRECATED banner.
The one thing to check
Because both names map to the same class, ComfyUI Manager and the node registry will happily show you two nodes with the same behavior. When you're searching for the good one, the correct name is "Crop Center with SEGS" - no typo. If you've dragged "DONT USE THIS" into a graph out of curiosity, right-click and delete it, then add the properly named version.
Install (if you somehow don't have it yet)
cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/Off-Live/ComfyUI-off-suite
# or: ComfyUI Manager → search "ComfyUI-off-suite"
Both nodes arrive together - you don't install the bad one separately, and you can't uninstall just it. It comes with the pack. Ignore it, use the good twin, and you've got a perfectly functional square-face-crop node with a funny story attached.
Inputs (2)
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| segs | SEGS | — | |
| image | IMAGE | — |
Outputs (1)
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IMAGE | IMAGE | — |