Text / Gao Yang (WeChat public account: Quantum Theory)
Recently, I am addicted to MidJourney painting. Compared with ChatGPT, studying AI painting can expand my imagination.
Children's imagination is richer. If you have a baby at home, you can use AI painting to present the children's ideas. I believe it will be more fun.
In order to master the essentials of AI painting, I have learned some knowledge about cameras and lenses. MidJourney has done a good job of showing the different effects of different lenses for different cameras. I will use Nikon cameras as an example.
Default image prompt: portrait of a woman, low-light conditions, photo --v 5.1
The effect is as follows:
With the prompt words of camera settings: portrait of a woman, shot with a Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens, low-light conditions, photo --v 5.1
The characters are more three-dimensional, and the effect is as follows:
You can see that there is still a lot of difference in the picture effect between the picture I added the camera settings and the picture generated by MidJourney by default.
Let's look at the effect of "Cleopatra" again, the prompt word:
1980s film noir mystery film still, low-angle medium closeup two-shot of 2 ancient Egyptian women opening a large gold treasure chest, kohl-lined eyes, bold lip colors, elaborate wigs, and flowing garments, ochre & gold tones, atmospheric lighting, dramatic light and shadow contrast, hieroglyphics, clues, hidden treasure, suspenseful --ar 16:9 --style raw
Among them, the style of Style Raw can make the realism of the characters presented more realistic, and the details, light sources, and fluency of the characters are closer to the original works.
How about it? Does it feel like a big movie?
It suddenly occurred to me that I wonder if the pictures of Chinese girls drawn by MidJourney are of good quality?
Let's try.
提示词：portrait of a Chinese girl, shot with a Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G Lens, low-light conditions, photo --v 5.1
It feels okay. What about an African girl? try again.
not bad. Try Indian girls again.
So lovely. However, I am a little surprised, why do Indians have a mole between their eyebrows?
Google easily, the answer is as follows:
The cinnabar mole on the eyebrows of Indian women is an "auspicious mole" in Indian customs. Cinnabar, glutinous rice and rose petals are mashed to make the raw materials of auspicious moles.
This is a religious tradition. As long as the auspicious mole is placed on the forehead and between the eyebrows, disasters and evil spirits can be warded off. The main point of the mole is on the forehead and between the eyebrows because ancient Indians believed that this place is the source of human vitality and wisdom.
A red mole on a woman's face can not only represent that she is married, but also a kind of decoration during festive festivals.
Children can also have auspicious moles, because the family members will worry that she is too good-looking, the sky will be jealous of her beauty, and she will die early, so they will put black moles on the child.
Yes, I learned a little knowledge.