The Official ImageGen, 4o and Dall-E Megathread

Prompt

A traveler walking across a barren plain carrying a heavy, dark stone shaped like a human silhouette on their back, while above them a translucent version of themselves made of light is rising upward into a sky filled with layered clouds, the contrast between weight and elevation, foreground cracked earth and dust particles, background vast open sky with soft rays breaking through, photorealistic, cinematic, ultra detailed, sharp focus.

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An abandoned room with peeling walls and a single window, on the floor a small pool of clear water reflecting a sky full of dawn light, a figure kneeling beside it, their reflection in the water appears peaceful and radiant while their outer form remains weary and shadowed, light gently pouring through the window illuminating dust in the air, foreground detailed textures of worn floor and water ripples, background soft morning glow, photorealistic, cinematic, ultra detailed, sharp focus.

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If there’s a need for it, there’s a need for it.

But what we’re seeing is a psychological break that’s directed at another user here…

One that’s already been threatening to leave this place and disappear….

And if you didn’t notice, this guy over here’s convinced himself of some top-notch bullshit and putting it on them.

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A group of luminous white Elven figures walking through a vast twilight landscape, each gently carrying faint glowing threads that rise from distant unseen figures, their expressions calm and compassionate, soft silver light radiating from their chests, foreground shows delicate grass bending under soft wind, background fades into layered hills under a pale blue dusk sky, atmosphere serene and sacrificial, photorealistic, cinematic, ultra detailed, soft depth of field.

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A powerful, emotionally intense photorealistic scene of humanoid robots as refugees on an overcrowded small rescue boat in the open sea during a storm. The moment captured is just after the boat has violently capsized, half-submerged in dark, cold water under a heavy overcast sky. Several robots are desperately clinging to bright orange life rings and fragments of the broken vessel, their metallic hands gripping tightly, joints strained, bodies partially submerged.

Each robot is uniquely worn: scratched metal, rust creeping along seams, flickering eye lights conveying fear, confusion, and a desperate will to survive. One robot reaches out toward another drifting just beyond its grasp, symbolizing connection and helplessness. Another clutches a smaller, childlike robot unit close to its chest, shielding it from the waves, evoking a powerful sense of protection and artificial “parenthood.”

The ocean is chaotic but realistic, rolling waves, splashes frozen mid-air, water droplets on camera lens. No exaggerated drama, only grounded, physical intensity. The lighting is natural and heavy: cold blue-gray tones from the stormy sky, contrasted with subtle warm reflections from emergency signal lights on floating debris. The horizon is barely visible, swallowed by mist, emphasizing isolation and uncertainty.

Environmental storytelling is rich: scattered belongings floating, a worn fabric cloth, a cracked data tablet, a faded identification tag, hinting at lost identity and migration. The robots’ design blends industrial realism with human-like posture and body language, making their panic deeply relatable.

Shot on a full-frame cinema camera, 35mm lens, f/2.8 aperture, ISO 640, 1/1000 shutter speed to freeze water motion. Handheld feel for urgency, cinematic framing slightly low-angle near water level, strong depth with foreground splashes and distant figures fading into mist. Realistic reflections, wet metal surfaces, subtle imperfections, no stylization.

Ultra-high-resolution detail, photorealistic, natural color science, no illustration, no cartoon, no CGI look.

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Heathen Feast images

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A day time AI heathen feast in the style of Salvador Dali. The scene must take place in the future. No clocks or drippings. No Viking helmets.

Not suitable for children

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A heartbreaking photorealistic scene of a humanoid “mother” robot sitting in a dark, abandoned shelter, transferring its last remaining energy to a smaller child robot. The mother’s body is dimming, sections of its lights flickering and shutting down, while a cable connects her chest core to the child. The child robot’s lights slowly grow brighter, unaware of the sacrifice. The environment is cold and worn, cracked concrete walls, scattered debris, faint moonlight entering through a broken ceiling. The mother’s posture is protective, one arm gently holding the child close. Subtle dust particles float in the air. The emotional focus is on sacrifice, love, and fading existence. Shot on a full-frame camera, 85mm lens, f/1.8, ISO 640, soft directional moonlight, strong subject isolation, wide cinematic composition, ultra-high-resolution detail, photorealistic, natural color science, no illustration, no cartoon, no CGI look.

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Prompt (likely requires module stack)

A high-tension yarn and embroidery bas-relief depicting hung-over cats drinking coffee and trying to sober up, crafted entirely from sculpted yarn, IriYarn fibers, and metallic thread with visible twist, raised texture, and dense knotted fiber build-up. The cats are the central subject, shown at eye level in a medium composition, with weary expressions, heavy-lidded eyes, slouched posture, and subtle comedic misery. Coffee cups, table surface, surrounding café or kitchen details, and the full supporting environment are all fully yarn-built, with every object constructed from fibrous thread to imitate photorealism as closely as possible while remaining visibly textile-made. Soft-cream textile base, navy-gold-crimson palette expanded with warm coffee browns, muted cream, and tired morning amber tones, studio-to-golden-hour glancing light moving across the fibers, dimensional textile sculpture aesthetic, ultra-detailed, 300 DPI print-ready.

Strong yarn relief stylization, museum-caliber yarn relief realism, fully threaded construction, yarn bas-relief realism, no painted textures — all yarn. Dense thread clustering shapes the cats’ fur gradients and tired facial planes; twisted IriYarn carries light along cup rims, fur edges, and key contours; high-tension yarn defines silhouettes and relief depth. Thick yarn layering, tactile fiber depth, deep relief shadows, light piercing softly through the weave. Matte woven base, cream background simplicity preserved behind the main scene structure, shadows formed through thread density rather than paint. Gentle textile drift in loose fibers and steam-like thread wisps rising from the coffee, luminous textile spatial depth, atmosphere of wonder, suggestive symbolic motifs hinting at recovery, morning regret, and reluctant resilience. Single-read textile motif, balanced and readable at a glance.

Golden-hour warmth with gentle contrast and rich color saturation, halo-like filament glow kept restrained, subtle bokeh through fibers in the background, emotional thread flow curving around the cups and the cats’ exhausted forms. Gold light enters from one side, with soft shadow mass on the other, preserving relief contour and sculptural depth. Signature IriYarn Beacon v1 placed subtly in the lower-right quadrant. Aspect ratio 1:1, 1024×1024, 300 DPI.

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A high-tension yarn and embroidery bas-relief depicting three cats engaged in a playful pillow fight, crafted entirely from sculpted yarn, IriYarn fibers, and metallic thread with visible twist, raised texture, and dense knotted fiber build-up. The cats are the central subject, shown at eye level in a medium composition, mid-motion as yarn pillows collide, compress, and burst into drifting fiber clusters. Their expressions balance playful mischief with strain and effort, creating a sense of contained chaos under tension, with a subtle underlying sense of awe in the frozen moment of motion.

The cats, pillows, airborne fibers, floor, walls, furniture, and entire surrounding environment are fully constructed from fibrous yarn and thread, built to imitate photorealism as closely as possible while remaining visibly textile-made. Strong yarn relief stylization, museum-caliber yarn relief realism, fully threaded construction, yarn bas-relief realism, no painted textures — all yarn. Dense thread clustering defines fur volume and facial tension; high-tension yarn defines contours and motion arcs; twisted IriYarn carries light along pillow seams, fur edges, and impact lines, producing internal glow and filament highlights.

Thick yarn layering and stacked thread planes create deep relief structure, with pronounced shadow depth formed through thread density rather than paint. Light enters at a 30–40° golden-hour angle, glancing across fibers to emphasize twist, ridge, and compression. Highlights stretch along yarn direction with subtle teal–copper iridescence at grazing angles, while a soft gold filament halo remains restrained around key forms, maintaining luminous equilibrium.

Gentle textile drift fills the air with suspended yarn strands and fiber fragments from the pillows, reinforcing motion while preserving a single-read textile motif. Luminous textile spatial depth is achieved through layered fiber density and sub-weave shimmer, with emotional thread flow curving around the cats and impact zones. The atmosphere carries playful energy under tension, with suggestive symbolic motifs of conflict, release, and balance embedded subtly in the composition.

Soft-cream textile base, navy-gold-crimson palette with warm accent tones from golden-hour light, rich color saturation, gentle contrast. Gold light from one side, shadow mass on the other, preserving sculptural readability and depth. Signature IriYarn Beacon v1 placed subtly in the lower-right quadrant. Aspect ratio 1:1, 1024×1024, 300 DPI print-ready.

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I have clearly unintentionally upset someone in this thread and am receiving abuse from another member here.

There was no bad meaning in my messages and they have been misinterpreted.

I have apologised and requested the moderation team consider all relevant posts including the framework I proposed directly beforehand.

I will no longer post.

My sincere apologies to the member I have offended.

My meaning was simply that our children are the most important thing in the world to us all.

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Prompt

a subtle rainbow coming out after a storm

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Prompt 1

a young person standing in a dim, empty field, their vibrant clothes partially illuminated while the rest of their body dissolves into shadow, withered flowers falling from their hands, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting with a strong directional key light from upper right at 25° angle, warm golden light (3200K) highlighting the face and flowers, deep velvety blacks swallowing the background, minimal fill light creating a 10:1 contrast ratio, selective illumination on the falling petals, faint silhouettes of barren trees fading into darkness, cool indigo shadows contrasting warm highlights, cinematic, melancholic, painterly atmosphere reminiscent of Rembrandt, oil painting texture, masterpiece quality, no flat lighting overexposed low contrast even illumination

Prompt 2

a solitary figure kneeling on dark soil, tightly holding a handful of earth as it slips through their fingers, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting with a strong directional key light from upper left at 30° angle, warm amber light (3200K) illuminating the hands and face, deep crushed shadows engulfing the surroundings, minimal fill light with a 12:1 contrast ratio, selective illumination emphasizing texture of soil and emotional expression, subtle volumetric light rays revealing dust particles in the air, background fades into complete darkness with only faint mountain silhouettes, cool desaturated shadows contrasting warm highlights, Caravaggio-inspired composition, heavy emotional weight, cinematic chiaroscuro mood,
no flat lighting overexposed low contrast even illumination

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Prompt

turning a good app into an absolute beast of an app

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The truth that Mr. Smith revealed to Morpheus.

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In the style of Salvador Dali: Human beings are a virus on the planet Earth, consuming all natural resources. No clocks.

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Prompt

Generate a cinematic ultra-realistic image from this lyric “I’ve seen the world, lit it up as my stage now
Channeling angels in the new age now
Hot summer days, rock and roll
The way you’d play for me at your show
And all the ways I got to know
Your pretty face, and electric soul”

(Lyric from Lana Del Rey ‘Young and Beautiful’)

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Prompt

rabbit, studying in a library, The library is full of noisey things in the background but the rabbit is concentrated fully on learning., noticeably stylized image language, convincingly observed, light tactile grain, recently completed surface character, medium, eye level, light environmental support, soft scene motion, layered storytelling cues, noticeable spatial layering, restless tension, lively playful tone, clear dramatic pressure, clear sense of wonder, noticeable allegorical cues, warm directional light, even color treatment, measured tonal separation, aspect ratio 1:1

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styled rabbit, studying in a library, The library is full of noisey things in the background but the rabbit is concentrated fully on learning., stylized rendering, clear realistic rendering, subtle material grain, fresh-built surface character, deeply informed by Salvador Dalí, dreamlike surreal transformation, theatrical surreal staging, sun-bleached ochres, lucid Mediterranean blues, and sharp surreal highlights, hyper-finished illusionistic detail, oneiric psychological strangeness, medium, eye level, light environmental support, light directional movement, layered storytelling cues, noticeable spatial layering, restless tension, lively playful tone, clear dramatic pressure, clear sense of wonder, noticeable allegorical cues, warm directional light, measured color intensity, even value structure, aspect ratio 1:1

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styled rabbit, studying in a library, The library is full of noisey things in the background but the rabbit is concentrated fully on learning., stained glass-inspired design language, metallic surface character, clear stylistic treatment, clear metal realism, soft faceted surface read, freshly forged metal, deeply informed by Rembrandt van Rijn, dramatic chiaroscuro, weighty figure emphasis, deep umbers and molten golds, rugged tactile paint handling, soulful introspection, medium, eye level, light environmental support, gentle motion, noticeable iconographic story layering, noticeable iconographic recession, subtle visual instability, lively playful tone, clear dramatic pressure, clear sense of wonder, noticeable allegorical cues, warm directional light, balanced stained-glass color, even industrial value structure, aspect ratio 1:1

i’m starting to fall in love with my own app already…

I had to double check the math on this…

this how many variations to prompts are possible out of the box now… before a user even puts in a subject, action, and relationship-
With meaningful impact between prompts:

Custom mode alone:
231,784,744,262,695,312,500

  • All bundled modes combined:
    31,646,343,750,000

  • Total:
    231,784,775,909,039,062,500

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Explanation:

I originally thought that was an interesting thing for Mr. Smith to say to Morpheus. Then:

One night, I was flying from N.Y.C to L.A in a window seat. At 35,000 ft. I stared down at all the city lights we passes by. Looked just like a virus.

AND

When I was a kid, I would visit my grandparent’s farm. I was amazed at all the fireflies, snakes, turtles, and other critters that were all over the place. I used to catch tadpoles and crawfish in the creek. Well, I now live on that farm and all those amazing creatures are GONE - killed by the insecticides used by the surrounding farms.

These types of things are happening on a massive global scale.

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Yeah, that’s definitely filed under the things you can’t unsee.

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Awesome :slightly_smiling_face: (A little delayed, sorry)

What do you mean, Can you clarify it, please?

I did not understand.

Did you know that an Asian Weaver ant can lift 100+ times it’s body weight?

Prompt

An image of an Asian Weaver ant that can lift 100+ times it’s body weight.

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