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Feb 5, 2023 13 tweets 7 min read Read on X
🕯️Exploring lighting styles in #MidJourney

pt. 2 of an ongoing series, today we're building off of yesterday's exploration into film types (link at end of thread)

Retweet if you're liking the series so far. It really helps and your support means the world to me

🧵 A thread street style photo of a woman, studio lighting, shot on Kodastreet style photo of a woman, natural lighting, shot on Kodstreet style photo of a woman, low-key lighting, shot on Kodstreet style photo of a woman, Soft Light, shot on Kodak Gol
Same base prompt as yesterday, this time with [lighting]

💬 [Shot Type] photo of [Subject], [Lighting Style], shot on [Film Type]

For easy comparison, images in this thread are:

💬 [Street Style] photo of [a woman], [Lighting], shot on [Kodak Gold 200]
Some key lighting examples

💡Studio Lighting

👀 Controlled lighting set up using multiple artificial lights to achieve the desired effect. Commonly used in #portrait #fashion, product, and commercial #photography street style photo of a woman, studio lighting, shot on Koda
💡Natural Lighting

👀 Light from the sun or other sources present in the environment, often making use of windows, open spaces, or reflective surfaces to control the light. street style photo of a woman, natural lighting, shot on Kod
💡Off-Camera Flash

👀 A portable flash unit that is not attached to the camera, allowing for greater creative control over the lighting of a scene

One of my favorites street style photo of a woman, Off-Camera Flash, shot on Kod
💡Spot Lighting

👀 A type of lighting that uses a focused beam of light to illuminate a specific area or subject street style photo of a woman, spot lighting, shot on Kodak
How about combination lighting?

💡Backlight with Hair Light

👀 A combination of backlight and hair light to add dimension and separation to a subject's hair. Often used in #portrait and #beautyphotography street style photo of a woman, Backlight with Hair Light, sh
💡Silhouette Lighting with Side Light

👀 A type of lighting where the key light is positioned behind the subject, casting their outline into sharp relief against the background street style photo of a woman, Silhouette Lighting with Side
💡Split Lighting with Rim Light

👀 A combination of split lighting and rim light to create a dramatic, high-contrast look street style photo of a woman, Split Lighting with Rim Light
And finish off with some examples using the same lighting (Off-Camera Flash), this time with 2 different film styles.

I love this side-by-side view street style photo of a woman, Off-Camera Flash, shot on Agfstreet style photo of a woman, Off-Camera Flash, shot on Kod
If you got this far, I love you.

Here's a link to yesterday's thread where we explored different film types. Retweet if you're liking this content so far, it really helps.

s/o @LinusEkenstam for the tip on using --seed for more consistent results

Here's a preview of where we're headed in this series

Follow me @nickfloats to stay tuned
Just posted part 3 in this series where we explore different shot types and camera positions. Here's a link to the thread if you wanna check it out!

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I ran a bunch of random prompts through Google Veo 2

It's the best text-to-video model out right now

some non cherry-picked results:
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its features give you a ton of control over the creative direction

> style refs
> reframing
> repainting
> parameters

let's breakdown a full workflow, using this image as an example🧵 Image
first thing I did was find style codes I like and blend them together

I used 2 codes:
--sref 2855100467 (blue, left)
--sref 3111593995 (red, right)

I played with the weights & found that I liked 3.5 parts of the blue code to 1 part red, or --sref 2855100467::3.5 3111593995::1
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next i tested the global weight of my new blend against a simple prompt that included the general medium I was after

even when using style references, your prompt still has a major impact on the style

to test, I ran "painting of a woman in the city --sw {25,50,75,100,250,500} Image
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Jul 11, 2024
side-by-side examples of how style references impact your image generations in midjourney:

on the left is the image used as a style reference

on the right are the results of the prompt run with & without the style reference

the prompt was: "photo of a woman in the city"


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Breakdown of how it works:
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MJ's algorithms fill in the blank w/ their own 'preferences', which comes with certain biases

Model personalization learns what YOU like so MJ is more likely to fill in the blanks with YOUR tastes Image
Right now model personalization learns from votes in pair ranking & images that you like from the explore page

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You can see how many ratings you have by typing /info or going to 'tasks' on alpha Image
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Elaborating on how to use Midjourney's "Style Reference" feature

This is how you break free of MJs default training data "aesthetic", and fine tune the way it interprets your prompts

Codes & examples 👇 Image
When you use the style reference feature, you're essentially sending MJ to a specific location in "style space"

Each location has its own unique style, vibe & aesthetic. Once you're there, any prompt you run will be influenced by the locations unique characteristics
It's a far more visual & interesting way of working in MJ

To navigate style space, you'll need:
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Whether you use a code or an image doesn't really matter. They are effectively the same thing – coordinates to a particular "style"
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