Difference between Style Ref, Character Ref, Seed and Image Prompt
Image Prompt
- Use an image as a reference
- Mimics Image Construction + Composition
- Uses subjects + objects from reference image
- To generate new image
Use Case: Making an avatar of yourself
Style Ref (--srf)
- goal: apply artistic overall style from a reference image to a new image
- it applies colors, media, overall asthetics
- itkeeps consistent visual signature
- use style weight (--sw)
- default style weight: --sw 100
- range: 0 to 1 000
- tip: test it out, but keep it low between 25 and 90)
- there are four style versions (--sv)
- Version 1 to 4
- --sv 1
- --sv 2
- --sv 3
- --sv 4
- prompt --sv + number (--sv 1)
- default: Version 4
- Version 1 to 4
- Style Codes
- how are they made? --sref random
- they have unique numbers like -sref 1234567
- they can be blended by --sref 1234567 7654321
- weight them by adding double colons (::):
- --sref 1234567::1 7654321::2
- to see overall look of a style code, use a moodboard prompt:
- /imagine multi-panel mood board,, split into multiple images, including lifestyle images and color swatches --ar 5:6 --sref 1234567
Use Case: Staying on brand visually
Character Ref (--crf)
- main goal: apply the specific character/subject of an image to a new image
- it can be human people, animals or even colors
- Character weight (--cw) to change the clothing of a character
- settings: 0–100
- default: 100
- refer to face only: --cw 0
- refer to face and clothing: --cw 100
Seed
- Uses original generation as a ref
- Mimics orignal image’s
- Construction + Composition
- With little variation
Use Case: Comparing parameters
Image Prompts → Transfer the whole image
SREFs → Transfer the aesthetic (colors/composition/etc)
Seed → Transfer the original ref image construction