08.30.24 Newsletter

Our weekly dispatch from the Experience Design Studio cooking up creative mischief at the crossroads of tech and imagination.

Anna Williams

and

Sheridan Low

Aug 30, 2024

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⚡️Embrace the Singularity⚡️

Tech news, AI tools, and radical stuff worth your time!

🖼️ Picture This 🖼️
Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha now allows you to set a specific image as the first or last frame in your video generation, offering more precision and control of your output.
Is It In Frame?

🧨 It’s The Weeknd 🧨
Tune in for The Weeknd’s exclusive one-night concert from Sao Paulo on YouTube, featuring never-before-seen visuals generated with Midjourney and animations by Google Veo, Runway Gen-3, and Luma Dream Machine (Directed by YZA Voku)
Learn More

🕺🏻 I Like To Move It, Move It 🕺🏻
Move.ai provides cutting-edge motion capture technology that converts real-world movement into digital animations without the need for traditional suits or equipment.
Break It Down

💎 Meet Gems! 💎
Google Gemini has launched "Gems," custom AI chatbots that allow users to create personalized AI experiences, enhancing everyday interactions with AI.
TTYL

🪄 Dont Worry, I’ll Fix It 🪄
Adobe has introduced Magic Fixup, an AI-driven breakthrough in photo editing that simplifies and enhances the process of retouching images.
Thank You Adobe

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⚔️ Mastering Prompts on Ideogram ⚔️

As generative AI continues to revolutionize, platforms like Ideogram offer users the ability to produce stunning visual content with simple text prompts. Whether you're working on typography, refining details with precision, or exploring possibilities through the Magic Prompt feature, understanding how to effectively communicate with the AI is crucial. In this guide, we'll explore best practices for prompting on Ideogram, helping you unlock the full potential of this platform.

Part 1: Text and Typography Prompts

When using Ideogram for text and typography, it's crucial to understand how your prompts will influence the final output. Ideogram excels in generating accurate text-based designs, but clarity and specificity are key. When crafting your prompts, place your text inside quotation marks (example below), consider the style, size, and alignment of the text you want to generate. By providing clear instructions, you can create everything from elegant logos to intricate typographic art.

Example Prompt: A retro futurism style image of a vintage billboard on the side of the road. The billboard has a unique typography and the text says "Atypical Times.”

Part 2: The Importance of Precision in Prompts

Precision in your prompts is essential for getting the most accurate and desired results from Ideogram. The platform responds best to detailed and specific instructions. Whether you're focusing on the layout, color scheme, or a particular design elements, the more precise your prompt, the better Ideogram can meet your expectations. Avoid vague language and ensure your instructions are as clear as possible to maximize the AI's potential.

Example Prompt: A full-screen, audience-facing UI design for a space racing game. The display screen is a holographic style with a light blue background and purple neon light outlines. There are various buttons and charts, with a model of the spacecraft in the middle.

Part 3: Leveraging the Magic Prompt Feature

Ideogram’s Magic Prompt feature is designed to enhance your creative process. This feature is particularly useful when you're seeking inspiration, uncertain about the direction of your project, or just need help putting your idea into words. By simply providing a basic idea or theme, the Magic Prompt can suggest more refined and detailed prompts that lead to impressive results, making it a powerful tool for both novice and experienced users.

Starting Example Prompt: Ancient schematics for human teleportation held by an old demon woman, with horns and wings, looking down at the ground with a sad expression on her face, with soft natural light and cinematic lighting

Magic Prompt: A cinematic medium shot of an ancient demon woman with horns and wings holding a worn-out parchment. The parchment contains a detailed schematic for human teleportation. She is standing in a dimly lit room with a stone floor. The room has a vintage aesthetic, with torches on the walls and a wooden door in the background. The woman has a sad expression on her face and is looking down at the ground.

🌟 Style Spotlight 🌟

Gothic Design, which began in 12th-century France, is known for its grand architecture. This style features pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and intricate stained glass windows, all contributing to a sense of otherworldly mystery. These elements were not only aimed to connect the earthly with the divine but also gave Gothic structures an almost supernatural aura. Key figures like Abbot Suger, who influenced the design of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, and artists like Giotto, who infused Gothic elements into painting, played crucial roles in shaping this style. Today, Gothic design is still visible in iconic buildings like Notre-Dame de Paris, and its influence can be found in various aspects of contemporary culture, music, architecture and fashion.

Gothic Type, or blackletter fonts, originated in the 12th century as a practical alternative to the ornate Carolingian Minuscule, better suited to the growing demand for books in Europe. These fonts were favored for their efficiency and compact design, allowing more text to fit on each page. Over time, Gothic fonts evolved into distinct families, such as Textualis, Fraktur, Schwabacher, and Rotunda, each with unique characteristics. These fonts became synonymous with medieval manuscripts, exuding an aura of tradition, solemnity, and historical depth that continues to influence modern design and typography.

Prompt Specifics

When writing text prompts for any kind of AI generative art, there are keywords that can help you closer achieve the desired style or overall outcome. For creating Gothic style images, here are some great keywords and seeds to try:

/imagine: gothic, gothic architecture, pointed arches, flying buttresses, stained glass windows, gargoyles, dark and moody, intricate details, cathedrals, dramatic lighting, shadowy, mystical, stone carvings, dramatic contrasts, gothic sculptures, ethereal, mysterious

seeds: 3626861119, 2080131439, 2748945585, 1903057055