If you're tired of hitting "generate" and hoping for the best, it's time to learn the controls. These techniques move you from gambling to designing.
1. Negative Prompts
This is a list of things you don't want. It's super important. Always put things like "blurry, ugly, bad anatomy, text, watermark" in your negative prompt box to keep the image clean.
2. Weighting
You can tell the AI which words matter most. If you want blue mushrooms in a forest, and the AI keeps ignoring the mushrooms, you can boost their weight. Syntax varies, but it's usually like (blue mushrooms:1.5).
3. Mixing Styles
Force the AI to combine two things that don't belong together.
Example: "Batman in the style of Wes Anderson." It forces the AI to think creatively.
4. Seeds
The "Seed" is a number that determines the random noise pattern the image starts from. If you keep the seed the same, you can change one word in your prompt and see exactly how that word changes the image. It's great for testing.
5. Image-to-Image
Don't start with text. Start with a sketch. It guides the AI on where to put things.
6. Camera Settings
Use real photography terms. "f/1.8" makes the background blurry. "16mm" makes it look wide-angle.
7. The "High Quality" Cheat Code
It sounds silly, but adding "unreal engine 5, 8k, sharp focus, cinematic lighting" to the end of your prompt actually makes the AI try harder to make it look good.
Try these out and see how much more control you get. Test these techniques now.
