3 Local AI Workflows: Outpainting, Illustration to Realism and Inflate

Short answer: Three ready-made CosyTemplates cover jobs a single prompt box can’t: Flux.1 Outpaint extends a picture to a new aspect ratio, Illustration to Realism turns a sketch or drawing into a photographic version with the same pose, and INFL8 inflates a chosen subject. All three ran locally on an RTX 4060 laptop, so every retry is free.

Workflow	Model	Use it for	Try it
Flux.1 Outpaint	Flux.1	Extending a square render to 16:9 or other formats	Open template
Illustration to Realism	Qwen Image Edit 2509	Turning concept art into a photographic version	Open template
Image Inflation Effect	INFL8 LoRA for Qwen Image Edit	Exploring exaggerated volume and glossy materials	Open template

1. Flux outpainting: fix the frame after the fact

You have a character render you love, but the client needs a 16:9 banner and you only have a square. Outpainting uses the model’s sense of space to extend the scene while keeping the original subject, so one asset can be re-cut for YouTube, Instagram and the web without re-rendering it.

2. Illustration to realism

A rough storyboard or 2D sketch is hard for a client to picture as a finished photo. The Qwen Image Edit workflow does a one-to-one style translation: unlike ordinary image to image, it keeps the original pose, composition and silhouette, and changes only the look. Upload the illustration and generate the realistic version.

3. Inflate: push materials past reality

Think avant-garde puffer jackets or high-gloss vinyl. Doing that in 3D means cloth simulation; here you upload an image, name the subject, and the INFL8 LoRA makes it look inflated. Adjusting the LoRA weight changes how far the volume and surface tension are pushed.

Why run them locally

On a per-render cloud service, every failed attempt costs a credit — you pay most when you experiment most. Locally, you can run 100 outpainting variations to find the right light, or iterate on a material 50 times, at no extra cost, and your files stay on your machine.

Hardware

Shown running on an RTX 4060 laptop GPU.
The video description lists an NVIDIA GPU with 12 GB of VRAM as the minimum for these workflows and 32 GB of RAM as recommended, so expect tighter limits on 8 GB cards.
Windows 10/11 or macOS on Apple Silicon.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Flux outpainting do?

It extends an image beyond its frame while keeping the original subject, so a square render can become a 16:9 banner without re-rendering the character.

How is illustration to realism different from image to image?

The Qwen Image Edit workflow translates the style one to one while keeping the original pose, composition and silhouette, rather than loosely reinterpreting the picture.

What is the INFL8 LoRA?

A LoRA for Qwen Image Edit that makes a chosen subject look inflated. Adjusting the LoRA weight changes how far the volume and surface are pushed.

What hardware do these workflows need?

The video ran them on an RTX 4060 laptop. The video description lists an NVIDIA GPU with 12 GB of VRAM as the minimum and 32 GB of RAM as recommended, so expect tighter limits on 8 GB cards.

Do these workflows cost credits?

Not when they run locally. Each attempt runs on your own hardware, so failed experiments cost nothing extra.

Written by:

Claudia Perez

Claudia Perez is a tech creator and founder at Promptus. She loves to design and share expressive image workflows. Her work focuses on visual storytelling, refined aesthetics, and ComfyUI workflows.

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