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What is Style Reference?

An image you give the model to borrow a look from: palette, light, texture and mood. The prompt still decides what is in the picture; the reference decides how it feels.

new subject · same look

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A style reference mainly tells the model…

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To keep the summer social posts on brand, she loaded three frames from last spring's product shoot as a style reference, so every new image came back with the same warm light and grain.

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The probe reads the warm, grainy reference print, the filter dials turn to match it, and the next print comes out a new subject in the same warm, grainy look.

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Add three frames from last spring's product shoot as a style reference in your creative tool, then make six new social images of the summer range that match their light, grain and color.

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