Most weak Stable Diffusion outputs come from weak prompt structure, not from picking the wrong buzzword.
A cleaner prompt pattern
Use this order:
- subject
- medium
- setting
- camera or framing
- lighting
- style
- negative prompt
When to stop adding detail
If a prompt starts fighting itself, shorten it. More adjectives do not always mean better control.
When to switch to image-to-image
Switch when:
- composition is more important than novelty
- you already have a useful draft
- text-only prompting keeps drifting
From there, the image-to-image guide becomes more useful than adding another line of prompt text.