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A Cheat Sheet of Midjourney control phrases

[descriptions based on v4]

  • fine ultra-detailed realistic - Can be a bit grainy and "ropey" but increases detail generation
  • ultra photorealistic - Simiar to "fine ultra-detailed realistic"
  • Hasselblad H6D - Sharper focus on subect; shadows are deepened
  • high definition - Shadows are lightened; more fanciful and saturated colors
  • 8k - Lighting tends to be more extreme; colors even more saturated and computer-generated looking than "high definition"
  • cinematic - Shadows tend to be more extreme (though not darker); objects a bit thicker; more poster-like
  • color grading - Extreme variations in hue; vibrant but not over-saturated colors
  • depth of field - sharp focus on subject, background and foreground blurred
  • film lighting - Limited lighting sources; backlighting common; deep shadows cast by light sources
  • rim lighting - Slighting stronger lighting effect than "film lighting," but very similar results
  • intricate - Tends toward non-realistic "crafts" and "pattern" type designs.
  • realism - Aristic realism. Backgrounds tend to be more uniform; subject looks more like a painting; more objects with subject
  • photography - Subject tends to have a little area of objects around it with little else in the background
  • rendered for IMAX - More complex subject with very directional lighting and subdued saturation
  • tilt-shift - Like "depth of field," but from above or with high angle
  • motion-blur - Speed lines. May render as if wind is blowing
  • 35mm film - More vibrant colors, but muted saturation, detailed with additional foreground and/or background elements
  • soft focus - Slight blurry focus and thiner subject with lots of potentially grainy detail; colors tend toward pastels
  • harsh lighting - Extreme contrast with dark shadows
  • minimalist line art - Very simplified pen-on-paper type line sketch of the subject with few or no additional elements†
  • Hasselblad full frame - Similar to "35mm film" with more emphasis on strong contrast.

†In general, "minimalist" can be added to many modifiers to reduce the complexity.

Examples with v4

[all with "--seed 1" to stabilize generated details for comparison]

Tree with no parameters: image

Tree with tree :: photography + rim lighting + depth of field + color grading image

Tree with tree :: intricate + 8k + fine ultra-detailed realistic image

Tree with tree :: 35mm film image

Examples with v3

Tree with no parameters: image

Tree with tree :: photography + rim lighting + depth of field + color grading image

Tree with tree :: intricate + 8k + fine ultra-detailed realistic image

Artists

See the slideshow here.

  • paul wonner image
  • eddie campbell image
  • arthur melville image
  • milo manara image
  • evgeny lushpin image
  • quentin blake image
  • carl larsson image
  • alison kinnaird image
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