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Develop Victoria
new skills Victoria is a freelance
promptographer from Belarus
who uses Midjourney AI to
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Quality Choosing Keywords
Use words and phrases that
promptography
enhance the photorealistic effect.
Your prompt should address the
is photorealistic which following aspects of an image:
demands accuracy, Image Quality
attention to detail,
High detail, ultra-realistic,
photorealistic
and the right choice
of keywords. Textures and Materials
Texture, detailed, intricate
Here's a step-by-step guide that will
help you achieve a photorealistic result. Lighting and Atmosphere
Realistic lighting, shadows,
atmosphere
Define Your Theme and Story Use Detailed Descriptions
Start with a clear understanding of what The more details you include
you want to create: in your prompt, the better the
result will be:
Story
Object Descriptions
Determine the main idea of the image.
Clearly describe each element
of the scene, its shape, texture,
Key Elements and color.
Highlight the important objects and details
Background and Environment
that will be in the image.
Don't forget to include details
about the background, lighting,
and atmosphere.
Light and Shadows
Indicate the light source,
its intensity, and the direction
of shadows.
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Here is an example prompt to help you build
a photorealistic piece. The text includes elements
that are often employed to achieve realistic
images.
A photorealistic portrait of a woman
with short brown hair, wearing
earrings and a black turtleneck,
in a surreal scene surrounded by
pastel-colored daisies floating
around her head. background blurry
sky with clouds, realistic lighting,
detailed skin texture. Made with Midjourney AI
This is a general outcome which can be altered with your personal
prompts. The image can be changed with careful notes given to the
neural network. For example, you can modify the atmosphere by
requesting ‘dreamy style reminiscent of Kodak film’ or ‘shot with Fujifilm
Superia 35mm Untitled 2 contax g2’, which makes an image turn out
more photograph-like.
Final touch
Add or refine details
Adjust lighting and Practice and
as needed. other parameters to experiment with
achieve the desired different approaches
effect. and refine your
prompts to achieve the
best results.
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what AI makes art?
What’s more, would you be able
Does AI make real art?
to tell AI-generated art from that The countering question would be,
made by a human? what is real? Today the concept
of ‘real’ is volatile, to say the least.
The current understanding of real
is ‘with a root or origin made in the
physical dimension’ (as defined in
Merriam-Webster), and AI formally
meets the requirement. Its creative
outcome is based on thousands of
photos indeed made in the physical
dimension. As long as an AI artwork is
made with an intention and an implied
meaning, it is considered real art.
Photography vs Promptography: too
Boris Eldagsen, The Electrician different?
As EDEN Gallery puts it, photography
is the process of capturing light with
a device like a camera and creating
Those are questions posed by Boris Eldagsen
an image. While promptography means
who was awarded Sony World Photography
feeding a neural network a prompt.
2023 Award for his AI-generated image. In fact,
Although there is a distinction
Eldagsen’s work was not the first to sparkle the
(an analogue or digital camera against
unceasing debate on photography and AI.
a keyboard), the very conflict is not new.
In 2022, 7 months before Eldagsen, Jason Allen
had received a Winner of Colorado Art Fail There were times when comparing a
award for his work composed by Midjourney.
digital camera sensor to the traditional
film was nearly blasphemous!
Jason Allen, Théâtre D’opéra Spatial Promptography is a new dimension of
photography, and the progress will
prove its viability in the long-run.
Is promptography worth it?
Money-wise, promptography is a new
promised land for business. Thanks to
its rapid data processing abilities, AI is
a promising tool for producing custom
creative content at scale, so mastering
the AI-assisted visual content creation
may be a serious income source.
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