Prompt field notes
Write Krea 2 prompts as visual direction, not adjective lists.
Krea 2 responds well when every part of a prompt supports the same image. Subject, spatial composition, light, material texture, and emotional tone should form a hierarchy. The goal is not maximum description; it is enough compatible direction for the model to make a coherent visual decision.
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Updated 2026-07-21
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What makes a good Krea 2 prompt?
A good Krea 2 prompt describes a subject and action, establishes camera position or composition, names a decisive light source, adds a small set of compatible material qualities, and finishes with an emotional or editorial tone. It gives the model a visual hierarchy while leaving creativity controls room to interpret secondary details.
Key takeaways
- Put subject and action before style language.
- Describe spatial relationships instead of relying on generic quality words.
- Use one decisive light source and a limited material vocabulary.
- Match prompt precision to the selected creativity level.
- Change one variable per iteration and save the working version.
How do you structure a Krea 2 prompt?
Start with what is happening. A subject that acts creates more compositional information than a list of objects. Then locate the viewer: low angle, overhead grid, compressed telephoto, close crop, or distant environmental frame. Add a specific light source, two or three material qualities, and a coherent tone.
This order helps diagnose weak results. If the pose is wrong, adjust subject and action. If the image feels generic, strengthen camera relationship or material language. If every output drifts, reduce creativity or make the non-negotiable spatial relationship explicit.
- 1Subject and action: name who or what is doing something.
- 2Composition: define camera position, crop, scale, or spatial relationship.
- 3Light: choose a source such as hard flash, north-window softness, or sodium vapor.
- 4Material and medium: select a few compatible qualities such as wet film, gouache, chrome, or risograph ink.
- 5Tone: finish with an emotional or editorial direction that supports the earlier choices.
Krea 2 prompt recipes by use case
The prompts below are reproducible directions, not claims about a generated output. Each one keeps its model controls attached so you can test the same language in the workbench and compare the result honestly.
Medium · Medium creativity · 4:5
Editorial motion
A fashion editor crossing an empty tram depot at blue hour, coat caught by a sudden side wind, photographed from knee height with hard direct flash, pushed color film, cobalt shadows and warm skin, tense off-center editorial composition
The action, low camera, and single flash source give the model a stable structure while film and palette define the surface.
Try this promptMedium · High creativity · 2:3
Graphic poster
Three cyclists forming a rising diagonal across a blank cream field, cropped wheels and elongated shadows, two-color risograph print in fluorescent red and midnight blue, rough paper grain, urgent independent-sports-poster energy
The diagonal and limited palette act as anchors, allowing High creativity to vary rhythm and print texture.
Try this promptMedium · Low creativity · 4:3
Quiet product still life
A translucent glass perfume bottle resting between two folded sheets of cobalt fabric, narrow white spotlight from upper left, liquid caustics on a matte stone surface, generous negative space, restrained luxury editorial still life
Low creativity protects the object relationship while light and material descriptions create the visual interest.
Try this promptLarge · High creativity · 16:9
Surreal environment
A chrome horse standing ankle-deep in a flooded brutalist museum, distant visitors reduced to silhouettes, long horizontal reflections, starburst highlights and low fog, quiet monumental surrealism, cinematic wide frame
The central impossible relationship stays fixed; atmosphere and secondary staging remain open to interpretation.
Try this promptMedium · Medium creativity · 3:2
Painterly illustration
Two botanists cataloging luminous plants inside a night greenhouse, viewed through overlapping leaves, matte gouache shapes, dry-brush edges, deep green and apricot palette, patient scientific wonder, layered storybook composition
Medium, palette, and viewpoint reinforce one illustration grammar without stacking unrelated art-style labels.
Try this promptMedium · Raw creativity · 2:3
Documentary portrait
An elderly ceramicist pausing beside a kiln doorway, hands marked with pale clay, eye-level 50mm portrait, soft north-window light, natural skin texture, muted earth colors, direct and unsentimental documentary photograph
Raw creativity and a concrete camera description keep the portrait grounded and reduce decorative drift.
Try this promptHow should prompt detail change with creativity?
Prompt length is less important than the number of fixed decisions. At Raw, explicit relationships help the model follow a precise plan. At High, specifying every surface and secondary object can create conflict because the control invites broader interpretation. Keep the subject and main composition stable, then loosen treatment and atmosphere.
| Creativity | Keep explicit | Leave open |
|---|---|---|
| Raw | Subject, layout, light, palette, material | Minor texture variation |
| Low | Subject, layout, main light | Surface detail and small props |
| Medium | Subject, camera relationship, tone | Texture and secondary composition |
| High | Subject and one spatial anchor | Lighting treatment, rhythm, atmosphere |
How do you combine prompts with style references?
Let the reference carry qualities that are difficult to verbalize and let the prompt define the new content. If a reference already communicates grain, palette, and edge treatment, repeating many approximate style labels in the prompt can pull the model in competing directions.
A useful prompt states which parts must be new: the subject, action, environment, or aspect ratio. Use one reference first. Add more only when they share a readable visual grammar. Several unrelated references do not average into a coherent art direction automatically.
- Name the new subject and action even when the reference contains a similar figure.
- Keep camera direction explicit if composition matters more than surface style.
- Avoid naming living artists; describe observable visual properties instead.
- Treat the first reference-assisted output as a test, not proof of repeatability.
Which prompt mistakes create generic results?
Generic quality terms such as beautiful, cinematic, ultra-detailed, masterpiece, and award-winning do not establish a unique image. They can also hide the missing decision: where is the viewer, what is the light source, which material is visible, and what relationship creates tension?
Contradiction is the other common failure. Minimal but densely detailed, candid but perfectly staged, soft flat light with extreme chiaroscuro, or documentary realism with polished advertising all compete for priority. Choose one dominant visual grammar and use every later phrase to support it.
- Replace “cinematic” with a specific lens relationship, light source, and frame.
- Replace long adjective chains with two observable material qualities.
- Remove duplicate synonyms that do not add a new visual decision.
- Avoid asking for readable typography unless the text itself is essential and testable.
How do you iterate without losing a good direction?
Save the last prompt that produced a useful composition. Duplicate it before changing creativity, model size, aspect ratio, or references. If several variables change together, the successful decision becomes impossible to identify and repeat.
- 1Mark the non-negotiable subject and spatial relationship.
- 2Change one phrase that corresponds to the weakest visible decision.
- 3Keep the same model and creativity level for the next comparison.
- 4After the prompt improves, test one control change such as Low to Medium creativity.
- 5Move to Large only after the revised direction remains useful across more than one output.
Practical questions
Krea 2 prompt guide FAQ
How long should a Krea 2 prompt be?
Long enough to define subject, composition, light, material, and tone without repeating synonyms. A coherent short prompt usually performs better than a long contradictory list.
Should Krea 2 prompts include camera terms?
Use camera terms when they describe a real visual relationship, such as low angle, compressed telephoto, overhead grid, or close crop. Avoid technical vocabulary that does not change the intended image.
Can I use the same prompt with Medium and Large?
Yes. Testing the same prompt is the cleanest comparison. Stabilize the direction with Medium, then send the unchanged prompt to Large before deciding whether further detail is useful.
Do more style words create a stronger style?
Usually not. A few compatible, observable qualities create clearer direction than many unrelated movements, media, photographers, or quality labels.