Midjourney Prompts for Camera Film and Photography Styles - Part 1 | Midjourney v6 Tips
TLDRThis video explores 10 film and photographic styles using Midjourney V6, offering creative prompts for AI image generation. The host demonstrates how different styles affect subjects, from vibrant photogram color to nostalgic 35mm film, and introduces techniques like chromatic aberration and tilt-shift for unique visual effects. The summary encourages viewers to experiment with these styles, aiming to inspire new creative directions in AI-generated art.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video series aims to inspire prompt ideas and introduce lesser-known styles for AI image generation.
- 🔍 The presenter uses Midjourney V6 to explore visual aesthetics and create images that reflect different film and photography styles.
- 📸 Six diverse subjects are shown for each style to demonstrate how styles affect a range of subjects.
- 📝 Each prompt follows a specific formula: subject, style, parameters (V6, aspect ratio 2:3, seed number 1111).
- 🌱 The 'Photogram Color' style creates silhouette and double exposure effects with vibrant colors, but can be unpredictable.
- 🎞 '35mm Color Film' style offers rich warm tones and a nostalgic cinematic feel, suitable for various photography genres.
- 🌈 'Chromatic Aberration' produces colorful and interesting images by simulating lens errors, despite being undesirable in traditional photography.
- 🏞 The 'Daguerreotype' style evokes an old-time aesthetic with black and white or brown tinted images, vignettes, and rough borders.
- 🌌 'Ultraviolet Fluorescence Photography' reveals hidden details with a heavy violet hue and bright fluorescent colors.
- 📽 'Vintage Color Film' style is similar to 35mm but with more muted colors and a focus on cyan-orange color palettes.
- 🎨 'Lomography' embraces imperfections with spontaneous, experimental, and retro images featuring light leaks and lens flares.
- 🌆 'Tilt Shift' creates miniature scenes or selective focus effects, working best with cityscapes or nature landscapes.
- 🖌 'Long Exposure Light Painting' involves creating abstract luminous trails in the dark or at night with light sources.
- ⚫ 'Kodak Panatomic X' is a black and white film known for fine grain and high resolution, producing aesthetically pleasing images with a double exposure effect.
Q & A
What is the main goal of the AI prompt series presented in the video?
-The main goal of the AI prompt series is to provide prompt inspiration and introduce viewers to various styles that they may not have heard of, with a focus on exploring visual aesthetics using AI image generators.
What is a photogram and how does it affect the image style?
-A photogram is a cameraless image made by placing objects directly under light-sensitive material like photographic paper and exposing them to light, resulting in a negative shadow image with varying tones based on object transparency. It produces a mixture of silhouette and double exposure effects, often with vibrant colors if the word 'color' is included in the prompt.
What is the significance of the seed number 1111 used in the prompts?
-The seed number 1111 is used to establish reproducibility and allows for easier comparison of the impact of different prompts on the same subjects. It ensures that the results can be replicated and examined for consistency.
How does the 35mm Color Film style differ from the Vintage Color Film style in the script?
-The 35mm Color Film style is known for its rich warm tones and a nostalgic cinematic feel, while the Vintage Color Film style has more muted colors and leans more into the cyan-orange color palette, evoking a more retro feel.
What is chromatic aberration and how does it influence the style of images in prompts?
-Chromatic aberration occurs when a lens fails to focus all light wavelengths to the same point, resulting in unnatural colors along high contrast edges. In prompts, it produces colorful and interesting images, often with a surreal or abstract quality.
What is the deer type photography process and how does it affect the image style?
-The deer type, introduced in 1839, is the first publicly available photographic process involving dangerous chemicals. It gives images a classic muted, old-time aesthetic, primarily in black and white or brown tints, with vignettes and rough borders.
How does ultraviolet fluorescence photography differ from other styles mentioned in the script?
-Ultraviolet fluorescence photography uses UV light to capture images, revealing details not visible to the human eye. It results in images with a heavy violet hue and bright fluorescent colors, similar to images taken under a black light.
What is the effect of using the tilt-shift lens style in prompts?
-The tilt-shift lens style in prompts results in unique images that look like miniature scenes or have very selective focus. It works best for prompts with cities or nature landscapes, creating a miniature effect with blurred backgrounds.
What is the Kodak Panatomic X and how does it influence the image style?
-Kodak Panatomic X is a black and white film known for its fine grain and high resolution. It was popular in the mid-20th century for its versatility and sharpness. In prompts, it often results in aesthetically pleasing images with a fine grain texture and sharp details, sometimes with a double exposure effect.
What is the effect of long exposure light painting in the images?
-Long exposure light painting involves leaving the camera shutter open and using light sources to create luminous trails and shapes. It results in abstract, glowing images that are typically done in the dark or at night, adding a sense of motion to the images.
How does the script suggest improving prompts that aren't working well with simple subject, comma, style format?
-The script suggests that if simple subject, comma, style prompts are not working well, one should try putting them into sentences to improve the results with the AI image generator.
Outlines
🎨 Exploring Visual Aesthetics with AI Prompts
This paragraph introduces the AI prompt series, aimed at inspiring viewers to explore visual aesthetics using AI image generators like Mid Journey V6. The speaker shares their passion for finding the perfect combination of words and styles to create captivating images. The video showcases 10 different film and photographic styles, demonstrating their effects on diverse subjects with six examples each. The prompts are structured with a subject, style, and parameters for the Mid Journey model, including a consistent seed number for reproducibility. The speaker encourages viewers to experiment with any text-to-image tool and provides an article for further reading on using seed numbers and prompts.
📸 Diverse Styles in AI Image Generation
This paragraph delves into the details of various photographic and film styles as applied to AI image generation. It starts with the 'Photogram Color' style, which creates silhouette and double exposure effects with vibrant colors. The speaker discusses the unpredictable results of this style and how it can be influenced by the prompt's wording. The paragraph continues with styles like '35mm Color Film', known for its nostalgic and cinematic feel, 'Chromatic Aberration' that introduces colorful fringes along edges, and 'Daguerreotype', offering a classic, old-time aesthetic. Each style is illustrated with examples, and the speaker provides insights on how to achieve different effects, such as using full sentences for prompts or adjusting parameters for specific outcomes.
🌆 Creative Prompts for Unique AI Imagery
The final paragraph wraps up the video by summarizing the remaining styles discussed, such as 'UV Fluorescence Photography', which gives images a violet hue and fluorescent glow, 'Vintage Color Film' that evokes a retro feel, and 'Lomography', embracing imperfections for an artistic touch. It also touches on 'Tilt Shift' for miniature effects, 'Long Exposure Light Painting' for abstract luminous trails, and 'Kodak Panatomic X' for fine grain black and white images. The speaker hopes that the examples inspire viewers to try new prompts and engage with the content by liking, subscribing, and commenting on their experiences or suggestions for future videos.
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Keywords
💡AI prompt series
💡Visual Aesthetics
💡Midjourney V6
💡Aspect Ratio
💡Seed Number
💡Photogram
💡35mm Color Film
💡Chromatic Aberration
💡Daguerreotype
💡UV Fluorescence Photography
💡Vintage Color Film
💡Lomography
💡Tilt-Shift Lens
💡Long Exposure Light Painting
💡Kodak Panatomic X
Highlights
Introduction to a series of videos on AI prompt creation for exploring visual aesthetics with AI image generators.
The goal is to inspire prompt creation and introduce lesser-known styles for image generation.
Exploring the use of Midjourney V6 for creating images with different film and photography styles.
Presenting 10 distinct film and photographic styles with examples.
Each style is demonstrated with six different subjects to show versatility.
The prompt formula includes subject, style, parameters, model version, aspect ratio, and seed number for reproducibility.
Photogram color style creates silhouette and double exposure effects with vibrant colors.
35mm Color Film style offers a nostalgic cinematic feel with rich warm tones.
Chromatic aberration style results in unnatural colors along high contrast edges.
Daguerreotype style gives a classic, muted, old-time aesthetic with black and white or brown tints.
Ultraviolet fluorescence photography reveals details not visible to the human eye with a heavy violet hue.
Vintage Color Film style evokes a nostalgic and retro feel with distinct color characteristics.
Lomography embraces imperfections with spontaneous, experimental, and retro images.
Tilt-shift lens creates unique images with miniature scenes or selective focus.
Long exposure light painting creates abstract luminous trails and shapes.
Kodak Panatomic X style, a black and white film, known for fine grain and high resolution.
Encouraging viewers to try new prompts and share their experiences in the comments.