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AI

Emphasis And Weighting

A little push

Some tags need a shove to actually show up. We use Compel syntax to give them extra weight. Compel is the weighting language A1111 understands here: parentheses, then a number glued to the close.

How hard to push

Syntax Weight When
tag 1.0x Normal, no boost
(tag)1.1 1.1x Gentle nudge
(tag)1.21 1.21x Standard boost for important stuff
(tag)1.33 1.33x Strong push for stubborn features
(tag)1.5 1.5x Heavy handed. Use sparingly.

Always boost these

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(solo)1.21, (1girl)1.21
(dark skin)1.21, (fair skin)1.21
(symmetrical eyes)1.33
(full beard)1.21, (thick beard)1.21

Character count, skin tone, eye symmetry, facial hair. Those four wander off if you leave them at 1.0.

The triple-stack

When something just will not stick, hit it from multiple angles:

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(dark skin)1.21, (brown skin)1.21, (dark skinned man)1.21

Three synonyms hammering the same concept. Works way better than cranking one tag to 1.5.

No space after the paren

Weight goes right after the closing paren. No space.

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CORRECT:   (dark skin)1.21
WRONG:     (dark skin) 1.21
WRONG:     ((dark skin))

Nested weights do not work. If you see A1111 colon syntax like (tag:1.3), rewrite it as (tag)1.3.

In a real prompt

Quality tags with emphasis:

masterpiece, best quality, detailed eyes, (symmetrical eyes)1.33, perfect eyes, detailed face

Character with skin tone boosted:

(solo)1.21, 1boy, man in his 30s, (dark skin)1.21, (brown skin)1.21

Facial hair that actually shows up:

(full beard)1.21, (thick beard)1.21