I wanna revisit my Additive Prompting series, this time updated for Midjourney v5, with even more prompts and examples.
So over the next few days, I'll be doing just that. Starting with...
𧡠Pt. 1 - Exploring film stocks in Midjourney v5
Real quick, here's a basic overview of what I'll be covering in this series over the coming days. To follow the series, follow me @nickfloats
For this film exploration, I kept all of the prompts + seeds the same, changing only the film stock. And of course, we're doing street photography. For exact prompts, see image ALT tags
The base prompt:
/imagine street style photo of a woman, shot on [FILM TYPE] --seed 1 --v 5
ποΈ Fujifilm Superia 400
A multi-purpose color film that is ready for virtually any occasion. It provides particularly outstanding results in low-light photography without a flash, and fast-action sports.
ποΈ Lomography Color Negative 800
A unique color film that produces a vintage, cross-processed look. It has a high ISO, making it a good choice for low-light situations and capturing movement.
ποΈ CineStill 800T
A unique color film that's actually repurposed from motion picture film. It produces a vintage, cinematic look with high contrast and muted colors.
ποΈ Ilford XP2 400
A black and white film that can be processed using color-negative chemicals. Excellent results when there is a wide subject brightness range.
ποΈ Fujichrome Velvia 50
A daylight-type, high-image-quality color reversal film. Retains extremely fine grain, resolving power, sharpness and brilliant color reproduction.
ποΈ Kodak Ektar 100
A continuous tone, panchromatic black-and-white negative film that is especially useful for photographing dimly lighted subjects, fast action, extended range flash pictures, and subjects that require good depth of field.
ποΈ Kodak Portra 400
Outstanding color fidelity and excellent skin tone reproduction. For exposures in unfavorable light conditions or for pictures with long focal lengths. Ideal for wedding, portrait, and advertising photography.
ποΈ Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100
A medium-speed, ultra-high-image quality black-and-white negative film that features the world's highest standard in grain quality among ISO 100 films.
ποΈ Kodak Gold 200
Provides an excellent combination of color saturation, color accuracy, and sharpness. Excellent for picture-taking under general lighting conditions.
ποΈ Agfa Vista 400
A color film that produces vibrant colors and fine grain. It's a good choice for street photography, as it can handle a wide range of lighting conditions and produce consistent results.
ποΈ Fujifilm Pro 400H
ISO 400 daylight-type film. Wide exposure latitude. Particularly suited to wedding, commercial, and fashion work.
ποΈ Kodak T-MAX 400
A continuous tone, panchromatic black-and-white negative film that is especially useful for photographing dimly lighted subjects, fast action, extended range flash pictures, and subjects that require good depth of field.
ποΈ Kodak Ektachrome E100
Slide film that produces vibrant, saturated colors and fine grain. The film is designed to respond to diverse shooting conditions and can produce amazing detail, clean highlights, and brighter whites.
For more film types, check out the B&H photo website, or ask ChatGPT for some ideas of film stocks that would be good for the type of image you're generating (portrait, landscape, outdoor, low-light, etc)
Coming up next in this series: π‘Lighting
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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 π
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:
> a style "code", or
> an image reference
Whether you use a code or an image doesn't really matter. They are effectively the same thing β coordinates to a particular "style"
I'm really liking the approach @LTXStudio is taking with their video platform
Instead of going clip by clip, you prompt the basic story concept, and it generates an entire storyboard w/ multiple scenes, shots, and even character casting
Full interface tour:
You still have full control at the individual clip level, but the fact it takes the basic idea and turns it into a structured storyboard with multiple scenes and shots you can edit is pretty amazing
A few more consistent character tests in Midjourney
top row β test of --cw values on clothing
middle β seeing how it transfers emotions
bottom β using --cref with different actions
prompts & some notes in thread:
MJ default is --cw 100, but try lower --cw values if you plan to specify an outfit different from your reference img
π¬ cinestill 800T photo of a woman working at her desk. She's wearing a black shirt and clear lens glasses --ar 5:7 --style raw --cref {img URL} --cw {0,50,100}
Here I asked for her in a black dress, so i dropped the --cw value to 0 to transfer just the face and tested different emotions
π¬ cinestill 800T photo of a {happy, sad, neutral} woman wearing a black dress sitting on a boat --ar 5:7 --style raw --cref {img URL} --cw 0