While the models load, an empty picture area says the run is going instead
of asking for a run. With steps on, the last step stays up until the saved
picture has loaded, so it no longer blinks out. Between a tiled upscale's
split and stitch (and for Ultimate SD Upscale) the step pictures are tiles:
the whole picture stays and the chip says "upscaling in tiles".
Watch the picture form one sampling step at a time and stop a run that is
going wrong. Step Preview needs no wires and shows whichever sampler is
working, with Stop and Stop all. Save Image and Save Video get a steps
switch, off by default, that shows the steps where the saved picture goes,
with a Stop button.
A queued workflow that shows its steps asks ComfyUI for the auto preview
method for that run, only when no method was chosen in the frontend or on
the command line.
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