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Overview (TL;DR)

• The model’s attention is scarce. If a detail keeps disappearing, remove competing elements to create more "budget" for it.
• Redundancy helps the model notice the detail. Restate the key idea in a second (or third?) short clause or sentence. Maybe a few synonyms.
• Reduce stylize. Try --s 50–75 to increase prompt adherence.
• Rewrite > tweak. When stuck, rewrite the prompt to rebalance attention grammatically, from scratch.
• Literally give Midjourney more room. Expand --ar to make sure Midjourney has all the room it needs to show the details it missed. Crop, if needed for production. </aside>

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So, how do I emphasize a detail on the canvas?

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It is harder for details to go missing in V8, but it can happen when prompts are demanding (not long, just demanding). There are several strategies to explore.

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Before giving up on Midjourney's apparent disobedience, take a moment to examine your entire batch of results. Keep in mind that having just 1 or 2 usable images in a batch actually indicates you have a well-crafted prompt!

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1. Remove other details to make room.

• Missing details could be due to "running out of time" - each server job has a fixed processing time allocation.
• Review your prompt and remove unnecessary details to avoid wasting processing time.
• Remove details from other areas of the prompt that are working well.
• Add more details (see #2) to the stubborn area that's not showing up.
• This shifts the model's attention balance toward the stubborn detail, increasing the chances it will be included.

2. Spend more time on the stubborn detail.

If a detail is hard to get on the canvas, describe it more in your prompt.

When included in a long V7 prompt that “drowns out” the detail (see captions below), the phrase a tired cat curled up sleeping on the windowsill may render an alert cat with its head up and eyes open. Within that long V7 prompt, expanding the amount of time spent on the missing detail brought it back into the image: