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Negative prompt

What does “Negative prompt” mean?

Negative prompt: Text describing what you do not want in a generated image. The model is steered away from those concepts during generation. It is common in Stable Diffusion-style tools; some newer models ignore it or expect you to phrase exclusions in the main prompt.

Negative prompt visual guide: Text describing what you do not want in a generated image. The model is steered away from those concepts during generation. It is common in Stable Diffusion-style tools; some newer models ignore it or expect you to phrase exclusions in the main prompt.
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What is an example of “Negative prompt”?

Adding "blurry, extra fingers, watermark, text" as a negative prompt to reduce those common flaws in portraits.

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