Added RS Ref Encode node

Rayko_Reference_Encode.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Raykosan (RaykoStudio)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import node_helpers
+
+class RSReferenceLatentEncode:
+    @classmethod
+    def INPUT_TYPES(cls):
+        return {
+            "required": {
+                "positive": ("CONDITIONING",),
+                "negative": ("CONDITIONING",),
+                "pixels": ("IMAGE",),
+                "vae": ("VAE",),
+            }
+        }
+
+    RETURN_TYPES = ("CONDITIONING", "CONDITIONING")
+    RETURN_NAMES = ("positive", "negative")
+    FUNCTION = "execute"
+    CATEGORY = " RaykoStudio"
+    DESCRIPTION = "Combines VAE Encode + Set Reference Latent"
+
+    def execute(self, positive, negative, pixels, vae):
+        if pixels.shape[3] > 3:
+            pixels = pixels.narrow(3, 0, 3)
+
+        latent_result = vae.encode(pixels)
+
+        if isinstance(latent_result, dict):
+            samples = latent_result["samples"]
+        else:
+            samples = latent_result
+
+        ref_data = {"reference_latents": [samples]}
+
+        new_positive = node_helpers.conditioning_set_values(
+            positive, ref_data, append=True
+        )
+        new_negative = node_helpers.conditioning_set_values(
+            negative, ref_data, append=True
+        )
+
+        return (new_positive, new_negative)
+
+
+NODE_CLASS_MAPPINGS = {
+    "RS_ReferenceEncode": RSReferenceLatentEncode,
+}
+
+NODE_DISPLAY_NAME_MAPPINGS = {
+    "RS_ReferenceEncode": "🦊 RS Ref Encode",
+}

__init__.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ IGNORED_MODULES: Set[str] = {'__init__.py'}
 REQUIRED_MODULES: Set[str] = set()
 
 PACKAGE_DISPLAY_NAME = "ComfyUI_RaykoStudio"
-__version__ = "0.40.0"
+__version__ = "0.41.0"
 
 def load_modules():
     print(f"🦊 {PACKAGE_DISPLAY_NAME}: Version: {__version__}")

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ComfyUI_RaykoStudio",
-  "version": "0.40.0",
+  "version": "0.41.0",
   "description": "Set of custom nodes for ComfyUI providing additional image processing capabilities",
   "author": "Raykosan",
   "license": "Apache License 2.0",
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
       "Rayko_Outpaint.py"
       "Rayko_Prompts.py"
       "Rayko_Ref2Latent.py"
+      "Rayko_Reference_Encode.py"
       "Rayko_RGB2RGBA.py"
       "Rayko_Save_Image.py"
       "Rayko_Save_Image_Pair.py"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "ComfyUI_RaykoStudio"
 description = "Set of custom nodes for ComfyUI providing additional image processing capabilities"
-version = "0.40.0"
+version = "0.41.0"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 dependencies = ["torch", "numpy", "Pillow>=10.0.0", "freetype-py>=2.5.1", "pycairo>=1.29.0", "scipy>=1.10.0"]