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User: How can I make better prompts when the images I am making?

How can I make better prompts when the images I am making?

Assistant: Great question—your results will improve a lot once your prompts get more intentional.

Great question—your results will improve a lot once your prompts get more intentional. Based on the kinds of image edits you’ve been doing (enhancing photos, changing backgrounds, adjusting faces, restoring old images), here’s a clear, practical way to level up your prompts.

1. Use the 4-Part Prompt Formula

Think in this order:

Subject → Action/Change → Style → Quality/Constraints

Example (basic)

“Change the background to a church.”

Improved

“Keep the person exactly the same. Replace the background with the interior of a traditional Catholic church, wooden pews, stained glass windows, soft natural lighting, realistic style, high resolution.”

2. Be Explicit About What Must NOT Change

This is huge for photo edits.

Use phrases like:

• “Do not alter facial features”
• “Keep body proportions the same”
• “No changes to clothing”
• “Maintain original pose and expression”

Example

“Enhance and sharpen the image. Do not change the person’s face, age, skin tone, or hairstyle. Keep it natural and realistic.”

3. Describe Lighting & Mood (Most People Forget This)

Lighting often matters more than the background itself.

Helpful words:

• soft natural light
• warm ambient lighting
• dramatic lighting
• studio lighting
• overcast daylight
• golden hour

Example

“Indoor church setting with warm ambient lighting, light rays through stained glass, peaceful and reverent mood.”

4. Use Style Anchors (Without Overdoing It)

You’ve used styles like Norman Rockwell before—this is good.

Other useful anchors:

• “photorealistic”
• “cinematic”
• “studio portrait”
• “vintage photograph”
• “high-end DSLR look”
• “film grain, subtle”

Example

“Photorealistic, high-end DSLR quality, natural skin texture, no artificial smoothing.”

5. Add Quality Controls

These help avoid weird artifacts.

Common phrases:

• “high resolution”
• “sharp focus”
• “clean edges”
• “no distortion”
• “no extra limbs”
• “no blur”

Example

“Ultra-sharp, clean details, no blur, no distortion, no artificial effects.”

6. When Editing Faces or Eyes

Be surgical.

Instead of:

“Fix eyes”

Use:

“Adjust eye direction so both eyes look straight at the camera while keeping the natural eye shape and expression unchanged.”

7. Use Before/After Logic in One Prompt

This works especially well for restorations.

Example

“Restore this old photo by removing scratches and noise, improving clarity and contrast, and enhancing details while preserving the original facial features, age, and historical look.”

8. One Change Per Sentence (Very Important)

Avoid stacking everything into one long sentence.

❌ Bad:

“Enhance, change background, fix hair, sharpen face, make younger, add lighting”

✅ Good:

“Enhance overall clarity and sharpness.

Change the background to a sunny outdoor setting.

Fix stray hairs only—do not change hairstyle.

Keep the person’s age and facial structure the same.”

9. Save Your “Winning Prompts”

When something turns out great, reuse the structure.

Example reusable template:

“Enhance image quality with natural sharpening and color correction. Keep the subject exactly the same. Replace the background with [describe background]. Use [lighting]. Photorealistic, high resolution, no distortion.”

10. Want a Custom Prompt Template?

If you’d like, I can:

• Build you copy-paste prompt templates for: - Photo restoration - Background replacement - Face/eye correction - Artistic styles (Rockwell, painting, cinematic)
• Rewrite one of your past prompts into a “perfect” version

Just tell me what type of image you make most often 👍