Load VAE

Documentation

Class name: VAELoader
Category: loaders
Output node: False

The VAELoader node is designed for loading Variational Autoencoder (VAE) models, specifically tailored to handle both standard and approximate VAEs. It supports loading VAEs by name, including specialized handling for ‘taesd’ and ‘taesdxl’ models, and dynamically adjusts based on the VAE’s specific configuration.

Input types

Field	Comfy dtype	Description
`vae_name`	`COMBO[STRING]`	Specifies the name of the VAE to be loaded, determining which VAE model is fetched and loaded, with support for a range of predefined VAE names including ‘taesd’ and ‘taesdxl’.

Output types

Field	Comfy dtype	Description
`vae`	`VAE`	Returns the loaded VAE model, ready for further operations such as encoding or decoding. The output is a model object encapsulating the loaded model’s state.