What is that makes a great image or composition?

• composition
• focus
• color
• lighting

Have these AIs just learned this from data and training loops, or have a set of rules been applied in an iterative method to hone in on better generated results?

• Avoid items overlapping in either layer
• Centered and symmetric compositions

bot	image	comment
midjourney
simulacra

not plain centered views, but offset items:

If the background layer matches the foreground placement, even better:

atomic heart

MidJourney tends to favor a very saturated extreme color palette.

Color contrast of different layers.

Many midjourney images incorporate elements that have internal lighting

super flowers, minimaliste, photorealism, glitch

• glitch

bot	image	comment
midjourney
simulacra

Foreground and background layers are separated by color, scale, lighting, blur, placement.

Time travelers

bot	image	comment
midjourney		separation / symetry / centering
simulacra		not much separation by comparison for an instance of the same prompt

Depth of field. Foreground elements in sharp contrast to blurry background. This is without any related image prompt.

bot	image	comment
midjourney		"that is not what I had in mind. Cinematic."
midjourney		Ghostbusters inside a glass jar, insanely detailed, epic lighting, cinematic composition, hyperrealistic, 8k render

atomic explosion inside flower

hello i love you

midj

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