Creating Cinematic Images with Flux AI: A 4-Step Guide

As an AI artist, I've spent countless hours experimenting with different AI models to help our users create stunning visual content. Today, I want to share my discoveries about Flux AI and how you can achieve film-like, realistic images that stand out from typical AI-generated content.

The realistic, cinematic quality possible with Flux AI is remarkable, but only when you understand how to use its settings properly. Unlike other models, Flux requires a different approach to prompting. 🎨

Technique 1: Mastering the Guidance Value with Realism LoRa

When testing guidance values:
- High values (3.5-10): Clean, crisp images but with an artificial, plastic appearance
- Value of 1: Poor results
- Value of 0: Amazingly lifelike, film-quality images with natural skin textures

For cinematic effects, try adding: "cinematic film still, chromatic bokeh, backlight, dark orange cerulean colors" while keeping guidance value at 0. ✨

Technique 2: Adjusting Samplers and Schedulers for Gritty Realism

When you want a rougher, grittier aesthetic:
- Change the sampler to DPM2
- Set the scheduler to Karas
- Keep flux guidance at zero

Technique 3: Fixing Plastic-Looking Skin with Shift Settings

For the most natural-looking skin:
- Keep flux guidance between 0 and 0.6
- Lower the max shift to 0.2-0.7
- Lower the base shift to 0.2 🎥

Technique 4: Enhancing Details with Natural Language Prompting

One of Flux's strengths is its excellent response to plain language prompting. Instead of the comma-separated keyword approach, you can write detailed sentences describing exactly what you want.

Try These Techniques in Promptus

At Promptus, our visual workflow system makes implementing these techniques intuitive and accessible. Using our Cosyflows system, you can connect nodes for different models and settings, including Flux AI, without writing a single line of code.

Whether you're a beginner just starting with AI image creation or a creative professional looking for more control, Promptus gives you the visual, modular environment to experiment with these techniques and develop your own creative workflows.