# SceneRef Showcase: stage a shot in 3D (or from photos), cast your own characters, get pictures and movies
**Nodes (required):** https://github.com/AliC-2001/ComfyUI-SceneRef-Nodes
Install: `cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes` → `git clone https://github.com/AliC-2001/ComfyUI-SceneRef-Nodes.git` → restart ComfyUI.
## What's in the zip
* `SceneRef - Showcase.json`: the workflow (drag it onto the canvas)
## What this workflow does
* **A 3D scene as the reference.** Open a Blender `.blend` or Daz Studio `.duf` right on the node, walk
through it, place posable mannequins where people should be, pick the camera. The demo room comes
with the nodes (`examples/living_room.blend`) and opens by itself.
* **A scene from photos.** No 3D? A few photos of a place (a `.scene` file) work too.
* **Your own cast.** `.char` files, DaSiWa RefMods or plain photos; each person can be tied to a
mannequin colour.
* **One control panel for everything.** SceneRef Studio writes the prompt with a vision model (✎), builds
the whole generation graph inside, and outputs a **FLUX.2 Klein 9B picture** or a **MiniMax H3 movie
with sound and speech**.
* **Make your own** `.char` and `.scene` files (the muted group at the bottom left).
## Models
* Pictures: FLUX.2 Klein 9B (`flux-2-klein-9b.safetensors`, `qwen_3_8b_fp8mixed.safetensors`, `flux2-vae.safetensors`)
* Movies: MiniMax H3 ref2va, its Qwen3-VL 32B text encoder, the H3 video and audio VAEs, the ref2v turbo LoRA
* Prompt writer: a Qwen3-VL 8B file with its `lm_head` (e.g. `qwen3vl_8b_int8_convrot.safetensors`)
The Studio finds the files by name (`auto`); every model selector's tooltip says what it looks for. The
repository README lists every file and folder.
## How to use
1. Install the nodes, restart, load the workflow.
2. Group 1: the cast (Emma and Jack, or your own `.char` files / photos).
3. Group 2: the demo room opens by itself (`examples/living_room.blend`). Pick *Camera* in the camera
list, move the mannequins or add more with **+ Figure**. **Browse…** opens your own scene.
4. Group 3: the café (or your own `.scene` / photos of a place).
5. The **switch** picks the scene: ON = the 3D room, OFF = the photos (only that one runs).
6. In the Studio: `create` = image (FLUX.2 Klein 9B) or movie (MiniMax H3). Write the action, press
**✎ Write the prompt**, check the prompt box, **Run**. Results are saved to `output/SceneRef/`.
Queue from the ComfyUI page: the 3D view is rendered by the browser.
## Notes
* Tested on Windows 11 with a 16 GB NVIDIA card. Blender 4.2+ for `.blend`, Daz Studio 4.x for `.duf`.
* The people and the café are fictional, made with FLUX.2 Klein for this showcase.
Only use photos of real people who agreed to it.
* Each model has its own license; check them before using the results.
