In this tutorial, we will learn how to animate images using LTXV, specifically those that initially do not yield good results.The workflow used is a customized modification of the following workflow:<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/sandner-art/ai-research/blob/main/LTXV-Video/ltxvideo_I2V-motionfix.json">https://github.com/sandner-art/ai-research/blob/main/LTXV-Video/ltxvideo_I2V-motionfix.json</a>This approach was inspired by the idea of using blur effects to improve results, as proposed by VoidVisionary in:<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1057138">https://civarchive.com/models/1057138</a>The zip includes: The workflow, a .png image of the Mona Lisa without blur, a .png image of the Mona Lisa with blur and a .psd archive with the edition.This workflow incorporates a modified version of the VAE created by SpacePXL, which you can find here:<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/spacepxl/ltx-video-0.9-vae-finetune/tree/main">https://huggingface.co/spacepxl/ltx-video-0.9-vae-finetune/tree/main</a>In this case, I am using <code>ltx-video-v0.9-vae_finetune_all.safetensors</code>, which you should place in the <code>models/VAE</code> folder of ComfyUI.The model used for LTX is <code>ltx-video-2b-v.0.9.1.safetensors</code>, which should be placed in the <code>models/checkpoints</code> folder of ComfyUI:<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/Lightricks/LTX-Video/tree/main">https://huggingface.co/Lightricks/LTX-Video/tree/main</a>The text encoder used is <code>t5-v1_1-xxl-encoder-Q6_K.gguf</code>:<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/city96/t5-v1_1-xxl-encoder-gguf/tree/main">https://huggingface.co/city96/t5-v1_1-xxl-encoder-gguf/tree/main</a>, which should be placed in the <code>models/clip</code> folder of ComfyUI.This workflow utilizes the following custom nodes:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/Kosinkadink/ComfyUI-VideoHelperSuite">https://github.com/Kosinkadink/ComfyUI-VideoHelperSuite</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/city96/ComfyUI-GGUF">https://github.com/city96/ComfyUI-GGUF</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/logtd/ComfyUI-LTXTricks">https://github.com/logtd/ComfyUI-LTXTricks</a></li></ul>Once everything is set up, we will load the initial image of the Mona Lisa. If we use it as is (without blur) and render it, we will get a very limited animation. To enhance the animation, we will simply use a image editor, select the face, copy it, paste it onto another layer, and apply a slight horizontal motion blur. I’ve provided a Photoshop file where the face has been converted into a Smart Object with a horizontal motion blur of 12 applied. I also add the image of the Mona Lisa already blurred.If we now copy and paste our modified image into ComfyUI, we will see a much smoother and more natural animation.This technique can be applied to almost any image, and experimentation is encouraged.

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