Words of Power: The Essential Cheat Sheet for Super Prompts Techniques
Mastering the art of prompting can be a game-changer. This comprehensive guide serves as a toolkit to enhance your image prompting skills. Leveraging power words, super prompts, and strategically curated techniques, this handbook provides a foundational blueprint for creating prompts that yield phenomenal results.
Some of these prompts may already be embedded in your AI model, so we recommend trying these out to gauge their effectiveness. As the models continue to improve and evolve, so does the landscape of effective prompting. Hence, this guide is not intended to be a rigid formula, but a dynamic starting point that aligns with the fluidity of this innovative field.
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Keep it Simple at First
It’s often beneficial to start off with smaller, concise prompts to establish a baseline. This allows you to get a sense of the types of images your AI is currently producing. From there, you can progressively build upon your prompts, adding more detail and specificity to fine-tune the output. When prompt engineering, it’s essential to maintain the image seed constant. This approach ensures you’re only altering one variable at a time – the prompt – allowing for a clean split test to evaluate what works best and what might require further refinement.
Remember, the effectiveness of a prompt doesn’t necessarily correlate with its length or complexity. Sometimes, the simplest prompts yield the most powerful results. The key is to test, evaluate, and iteratively refine your prompts.
Moving forward, we’ll be zooming in on fine-tuning diffusion models to streamline your prompting experience. If we venture into other models, rest assured, we’ll keep you in the loop. If you have any models you’d like us to experiment with, feel free to share. Together, we can navigate the exciting terrain of image prompting, exploring the vast possibilities of AI-driven creativity!
What is a Super Prompt?
A Super Prompt is a power-packed word or phrase that you can incorporate into nearly every image prompt to significantly enhance the final result. These are common terms that can instantly uplift the quality, details, and overall appeal of the generated image.
Examples of Super Prompts include:
| best quality | masterpiece | realistic | detailed | 8K | 4K | photo-realistic | detailed |
| ultra-high res | high detail | ultra-detailed | HDR | RAW photo | photorealistic | hyperrealism | best quality |
| high resolution | ultra-realistic | cinematic | masterpiece | DSLR | gigapixel | photorealism | absurdres |
These super prompts may not work with all models, particularly the more modern ones, as they might have these prompts already embedded. Nonetheless, experimenting with one or more of these Super Prompts can potentially yield better outputs if such qualities are not inherently present.
In the following sections, we’ll delve deeper into embeddings and negative embeddings, their applications, and how you can utilize them to optimize your prompting process.
Embeddings, including negative ones, are powerful tools for influencing the generation of images in AI models. They function as markers or guides that help the model understand the specific characteristics or attributes you desire in your image.
For instance, you can have a ‘toy cat’ embedding that tells the model you want a representation of a toy cat. Similarly, negative embeddings, like ‘bad-artist’ or ‘bad hands’, tell the model to avoid certain qualities, such as poorly drawn figures or anatomically incorrect hands.
You can think of embeddings as adding details to a recipe. Just like you would add instructions like “no garlic” or “extra cheese” to personalize a dish, you can use embeddings to customize your image generation.
- BadDream v1.0
- UnrealisticDream V1.0
BadDream is good for dreamshaper style stuff, while UnrealisticDream is more suited for realistic images, but it’s not standalone. You should use it together with BadDream or with other negative words. These can be combined with, Fast Negative Embedding (+ FastNegativeV2)
Using Embeddings to Save Time
One of the key advantages of using embeddings is that they can save a lot of time. Instead of typing out a full description every time you want to generate an image, you can use an embedding. It’s a bit like using a shortcut or a code for a specific instruction or set of instructions.
The best part is that once you have created an embedding, you can save it and use it again whenever you need it. So, if you find yourself often generating images with specific characteristics, creating and using embeddings can make your work much more efficient.
Popular Embeddings Below:
For your convenience, we will provide a list of commonly used prompts and negative prompts below. This list can serve as a useful reference, helping you to get started with using embeddings to generate fantastic images!
These are the most commonly used prompts that does magic to your image generations that I call “Super Prompts.”
| Quality and Resolution | ||
|---|---|---|
| High quality | 8K, 4K | 8k wallpaper |
| Ultra-high res | High detail | Ultra-detailed |
| HDR RAW photo | Photorealistic High Resolution (Photography) | Ultra-realistic Cinematic Masterpiece |
| DSLR Gigapixel | Photo-realistic | Hyperrealism |
| Photorealism | Detailed | best quality |
1. Quality and Resolution
- High quality
- 8K, 4K
- 8k wallpaper
- Ultra-high res
- High detail
- Ultra-detailed
- HDR RAW photo
- Photorealistic High Resolution (Photography)
- Ultra-realistic Cinematic Masterpiece
- DSLR Gigapixel
- Photo-realistic
- Hyperrealism
- Photorealism
- Detailed
- best quality
2. Specific Details and Features
- Absurdres
- Ultra-high detail
- Intricate details
- Textured skin
- Cold skin pores
- Pimples
- Subsurface scattering
- Scaly armor
- Metal reflections
- Supercharger on car
- 45-degree angle shots
- Sleek and aerodynamic body (car)
- Large and sturdy wheels (car)
- Detailed clothes
- Dragon scaly armor
- Symmetrical
- 85mm, F/4
- DSLR BREAK
- BREAK detailed
3. Artistic Techniques & Technology
- Octane render
- Physically-based rendering
- Volumetrics
- Unreal engine
- UE5 Raytracing
- Photon mapping
- Radiosity 3D Render
- Digital Art
- Cinematic lighting
- Soft light
- Hard light
- Sharp
- Surreal
- Oil Painting
- Matte Drawing
- Warm lights
- Dramatic Light
4. Genre and Style
- Fantasy
- Medieval
- Post-apocalyptic
- Surreal Vintage
- Filmic
- George Miller’s Mad Max style
- Anime Manga
- Chibi
- Fantasy style
- Epic realistic
- Horror art
- Romanticism
- Cyberpunk
- Neo-Noir
5. Settings and Environment
- Beach
- Island sanctuary
- Ancient fallen kingdom
- Drowned city
- City street
- Office with wall of monitors and computers
- Forest background
- Post-nuclear fallout setting
- Empty desert highway
- Unsettling
- Unnerving
- Tunnel in Hell Creepy Terrifying
6. Lighting and Effects
- Volumetric lighting
- DTX
- Sunrays
- God rays
- Intense sunlight
- Soft shadows
- Harsh lighting
- Serious eyes
- Dramatic light
- Teal and orange
- Warm lights
- Soft light
- Hard light
- Sharp Atmospheric
7. Artists and Platforms
- Ed Blinkey
- Atey Ghailan
- Jeremy Mann
- Greg Rutkowski
- Artstation
- James Dean
- Roby Dwiantono
- Ross Tran
- Francis Bacon
- Michal Mraz
- Adrian Ghenie
- Petra Cortright
- Gerhard Richter
- Takato Yamamoto
- Ashley Wood
- Stephen Gammell
- Junji Ito
- Frank Miller
8. Colors and Tones
- Natural skin texture
- Muted colors
- Neutral colors
- Dark shot
- Blue
- Gold
- White
- Purple
- Vibrant colors
- Black color (car)
- Rust (car)
- Spots of dust and dirt (car)
- Rugged and gritty (car)
9. Specific Views and Angles
- Close up
- Wide-angle view
- Reflections in water
- Half body portrait
- Full body photo
- View from back
- Medium upper body shot
- Looking at the camera
10. Cameras and Photography Techniques
- High speed camera
- Vignette
- Black and white
- Film noir style
- Sepia toned
- Soft glow effect
- Lens flare
- Bokeh effect
- Aerial view
- Drone shot
- Wide landscape
- Microscopic detail
- Macro photography
- Vintage filter
- Soft pastel colors
- Neon lighting
11. Negative Attributes
- Blurry
- Bad anatomy
- Low quality
- Lowres
- Overexposure
- Sketch
- Artifacts
- Washed-out
- Bad proportions
- Extra limbs
- Disfigured
- Deformed
- Poorly drawn hands, face
- Extra fingers, arms, legs
- Long neck
- Gross proportions
- Missing arms, legs
- Mutated hands
- Fused fingers
12. Negative Format and Technical Issues
- Low quality
- Lowres
- Jpeg artifacts
- Artifacts
- Glitch
- Error
- Out of focus
- Amateur
- Poorly lit
- Overexposed
- Underexposed
- Cropped
- Out of frame
- Semi-realistic
- Cartoon
- Drawing
- Digital art
- Anime
- Manga
- Painting
- Doll
- Fake
- 3D modeling
- Greyscale
- Monochrome
13. Negative Anatomy and Proportions
- Poorly drawn hands
- Poorly drawn face
- Poorly drawn feet
- Poorly drawn eyes
- Deformed iris
- Deformed pupils
- Deformed face
- Bad teeth
- Bad hands
- Bad fingers
- Bad eyes
- Long body
- Bad anatomy
- Gross proportions
- Extra fingers
- Too many fingers
- Extra limbs
- Extra arms
- Extra legs
- Missing arms
- Missing legs
- Fused fingers
- Long neck
- Mutated hands and fingers
- Conjoined
- Missing limbs
- Mutation
- Deformed
- Dehydrated
- Disfigured
- Mutated
- Bad proportions
- Malformed limbs
14. Negative Subject Matter and Miscellaneous
- Asian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese
- Child
- Strabismus
- Plump
- Fat
- Muscular female
- Man with scruffy beard, balding, chubby face, wide chin, squinting, glasses
- Man with dirty grey hoodie and sweatpants
- Twisted
- Distorted
- Logo
- Watermark
- Signature
- Copyright
- Title
- Text
- Trademark
- Username
- Cloned
- Ugly
- Gross
- Morbid
- Mutilated
- Incoherent
15. Negative Lighting and Effects
- Noisy
- Pixelated
- Fish-eye lens distortion
- Distorted perspective
- Uneven lighting
- Harsh flash
- Red-eye effect
- Motion blur
- Over saturation
- Unnatural colors
- Visible tripod
- Reflection of the photographer
- Visible dust or smudges on the lens
- Overly complex and confusing composition
- Awkward pose
- Obvious photo manipulation
- Beautiful form of chaos
16. Negative Embeddings
(You need to download the checkpoints.)
- 21charturnerv
- Asian-Less-Neg
- CyberRealistic_Negative-neg
- EasyNegativeV2
- HyperStylizeV6
- bad-artists-anime
- bad-artist
- bad-hands-5
- bad-image-v2-39000
- bad-picture-chill-75v
- bad-pictures
- bad_prompt
- bad-prompt_version2
- badhandv4
- charturnerv2
- easynegative
- nartfixer
- negative_hand-neg
- nfixer
- ng_deepnegative_v1_75t
- nrealfixer
- pureerosface_v1
- rmadanegative402_sd15-neg
- ulzzang-6500-v1.1
- ulzzang-6500
- verybadimagenegative_v1
Learn the ins and outs of Stable Diffusion Prompt Weights for Automatic1111. I’ll be sharing my findings, breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-understand language, and providing practical examples along the way.
Conclusion
To wrap it up, the power and beauty of prompting is limited only by your imagination and creativity. Whether you’re diving into the basics of prompting, enhancing your skills with super prompts, or venturing into the advanced territory of embeddings and negative embeddings, this guide is designed to take you through every step of the journey.
Remember, there’s no “one size fits all” in this rapidly evolving landscape. With the continual improvements and evolution in AI models, we encourage you to experiment with prompts and negative prompts, to make each image better and more efficient. Start small, gauge the results, and gradually build on that foundation. Retain the same image seed when prompt engineering, to effectively split test what works best for you.
And finally, don’t forget the importance of time-efficiency. Make full use of embeddings as preset groups, which you can reuse over time, making the process of prompt engineering faster and easier.
This is just the beginning. As you traverse through the world of AI and image prompting, keep experimenting, learning, and above all, have fun. After all, the journey is just as important as the destination.
Until next time, keep prompting!
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Reference: Github Automatic1111 User Guide.
Learning Stable Diffusion 101:
- How to Install Stable Diffusion Web UI
- Mastering the Automatic1111 User Interface: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners
- Prompt Weights & Punctuations – How to use it in Automatic1111- Stable Diffusion
- Words of Power: The Essential Cheat Sheet for Super Prompts Techniques
- Maximize Your Workflow Efficiency: Pre-Planning with Stable Diffusion’s XYZ Plot
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