Midjourney Prompt Guide

These our tips for manually creating prompts for Midjourney. There is also another technique of using GPT-4 to generate ideal Midjourney prompts.

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Robomar Hyperrealism §

professional color grading, soft shadows, no contrast, clean sharp focus, film photography

Tips §

Keep prompts short §

The AI needs to know what the focus and subject of the image is.

Stay focused §

Achieve one thing with each image. Stay on topic. You can augment in photoshop later.

Aspect Ratio §

2:3 or 3:2 work better with v4.

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Think like a Photographer §

Camera angle can be changed, lighting can be changed, depth of field. Imagine what a photographer would do with an image and tell the AI using photography terms.

Style §

• film photography
• cinema film photography
• award winning studio photography
• digital photography
• magazine photography
• glamour photography

Depth of Field §

• bokeh photography
• f-stop 1.2, depth of field, focus stacking, macro photography

Color Sheet §

Eye Colors §

• Diamond: clear
• Ruby: red
• Sapphire: blue
• Emerald: green
• Amethyst: purple

Clothing Colors §

• Cotton: white or off-white
• Wool: gray, brown, or black
• Silk: gold, silver, or pastel shades
• Leather: brown, black
• Flax: natural, beige

Oceans, lakes, rivers §

• Water: clear
• Milk: white
• Wine: red
• Juice: orange
• Beer: amber
• Cola: brown
• Lemonade: yellow
• Blue Curacao: blue
• Pepto-Bismol: pink
• Antifreeze: bright green

Fantasy Skin §

• Iron oxide: red, yellow, brown
• Carbon: black
• Charcoal: black
• Indigo: blue
• Henna: reddish brown
• Cochineal: red
• Carmine: red
• Carnelian: red
• Ochre: yellow, orange, red
• Kaolin: white
• Saffron: yellow