Image_effect_Load

A quick way to see several stock filters applied to the same source image side by side, instead of wiring a separate node per effect and running the graph four times. Load - or feed in - an image, pick up to four effects from a dropdown, get four filtered outputs back from one node.

How it works

image is a file picker like ComfyUI's core LoadImage node - it pulls from your input directory - with an optional image_input override if you'd rather feed it a wired IMAGE from earlier in your graph instead of loading from disk first. output_01_fx through output_04_fx each choose one effect from a roughly 30-item list; the defaults are original, grayscale, flip_h, and flip_v. What the brief shows beyond that - enhance, posterize, sharpen, contrast, equalize, sepia, blur, emboss, plus 18 more - is enough to confirm it's a real preset library, not a handful of toy filters, but the full list isn't documented anywhere outside the live dropdown, so check ComfyUI itself for the complete set rather than trusting a partial one here.

The inputs and outputs that matter

• image (a file dropdown) or image_input (optional IMAGE override - use this if your source is already in the graph).
• output_01_fx … output_04_fx - four independent effect choices.
• Output: output1 … output4, one IMAGE per effect slot, in order.

How to install it

Via ComfyUI Manager: search ComfyUI-Apt_Preset, install, restart. Manually:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/cardenluo/ComfyUI-Apt_Preset.git

Windows: install.bat. Linux/Mac: pip install -r ComfyUI-Apt_Preset/requirements.txt in your venv. Restart ComfyUI. Nothing to download for this node - the effects are computed locally, no external model - though the pack's requirements.txt (pandas, gguf, onnxruntime, transparent-background, scenedetect, and more) is heavier than a filter node alone would need, because Apt_Preset is one large, actively maintained pack (~300 GitHub stars) covering a lot of unrelated ground.

Common issues & troubleshooting

No fine control over any single effect. This is a preset picker, not a parametrized filter node - if "blur" is too strong or "sharpen" isn't strong enough, there's no radius or amount slider here. Use this node to figure out which stylistic direction you want, then reach for a dedicated node (blur, sharpen, etc.) once you know.

image_input seemingly ignored. Make sure you're not relying on the image dropdown selection at the same time you're wiring image_input - the override exists specifically so you don't have to save a file to disk first, but double-check which one is actually driving the node if the output doesn't match what you expected.

Node missing after an update. Every Apt_Preset node ships from one Python module - a broken dependency anywhere in requirements.txt can hide the whole pack from the menu, not just this node. Check the ComfyUI console for import errors first.