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
  • 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