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    Published July 19, 2023by smokescreen

    Simple prompt organization with dynamic prompts (no dynamics needed)

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    My prompts tend to get away from me, extensive in determination and detail, and their structure tended to vary wildly from one mini project to another. So I got organized. This was possible because I installed and enabled the Dynamic Prompts extension, which allows you to mark lines as comments, excluded from the actual prompt itself, only holding your notes.

    For different aims I have different templates. For images that feature humans, I use the following, with examples for each section. The sections guide me to enter what's important, and I ignore or leave out line items for what's not important.

    # POSITIVE CATEGORY : HUMANS

    # SETUP: SHOOT, FOCUS, DETAIL, LIGHT

    model shoot, crystal clear, intricate, sunlight,

    # MODEL/PERSON

    a gorgeous forty year old model,

    # LOCATION / BACKGROUND

    on the shore of the Isle of Man,

    # GENRE

    vacation,

    # WEARING/CLOTHING: OUTFIT/DRESS, SHIRT, PANT/SHORTS/SKIRT, SHOES, HAT, OR NUDE

    winter clothes, fur hat,

    # VIEWING / LOOKING AT

    looking at viewer,

    # BODY ATTRIBUTES: SKIN TYPE N COLOR, BODY PARTS (NOSE...)

    creamy skin,

    # EYES : COLOR, LIDDED, EYE ENHANCEMENT

    brown eyes,

    # HAIR COLOR

    {__hair_colors__},

    # HAIR STYLE

    ponytail,

    # POSITION / ORIENTATION

    sitting on a park bench,

    # EXPRESSION

    smirking,

    # ACTIVITY

    sticking her tongue out,

    # EXTRAS

    # ENHANCERS (OVERALL)

    <lora:wowifierV3:500.1>, <lyco:add_a_box_of_crazy_details>

    Highly organized, but if you also turn on the Dynamic Prompts setting for turning all whitespace into a single space each, it doesn't eat up your tokens, as this is what that template actually spills out:

    model shoot, crystal clear, intricate, sunlight, a gorgeous forty year old model, on the shore of the Isle of Man, vacation, winter clothes, fur hat, looking at viewer, creamy skin, brown eyes, blonde, ponytail, sitting on a park bench, smirking, sticking her tongue out, <lora:wowifierV3:1.4>, <lyco:add_a_box_of_crazy_details>

    ...and this is also the cover image for the article. The template I use for artworks is a little stranger, with different sections. :)

    I've also created an organization for my negative prompts. Most are incorporated into Automatic1111 styles now, but the exercise to organize was informative and will pay off immediately when I need to amend a negative prompt. Here's the template I use, with a few examples. With Dynamic Prompts enabled, I keep the # comment lines in.

    # NEGATIVE CATEGORY : ART PAINTINGS / PGM

    # TASK/PROJECT SPECIFIC

    (leather helmet),

    # QUALITY

    (blurry:1.3),

    # COMPOSITION and COLORS

    monochrome, desaturated, face out of frame,

    # DEFORMITY

    extra heads,

    # WATERMARKS

    logo, signature,

    # GENERAL EMBEDDINGS

    bad-ears-mark-229,

    I hope you find this technique as useful as I do.