The medium board.

Camera, light and framing all describe how a picture is shot. This board answers a different question: what kind of picture is it? Photorealistic is the most-used word in real prompt corpora, which is why it is the default everywhere else on this site.

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Mediums — what kind of picture this is

Picked from measured prompt data, not taste: photorealistic is the #4 term across 512,634 Midjourney specifiers, and concept art the #5 across 1.7 million DiffusionDB specifiers.

Photorealistic

A real photograph. Pores, grain, imperfect edges - the thing most people actually want and the most-used word in real prompts.

photorealistic, captured on a real camera, true-to-life detail and skin texture, natural imperfections, no illustration
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Film Still

One frame lifted out of a movie. Not a colour grade - the whole medium, grain and production design included.

a still frame from a feature film, 35mm motion-picture grain, anamorphic character, production-designed set
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3D Render

Built in 3D and rendered. Clean materials, soft bounce light, the Pixar-to-product-shot family.

a polished 3D render, physically based materials, soft global illumination, clean studio setup, subtle depth of field
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Concept Art

The painting a studio makes before anything is built. Mood and silhouette first, detail second.

concept art for film and games, painterly brushwork, strong silhouette reading, atmospheric perspective, production-design intent
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Digital Illustration

Drawn, not photographed. Confident line, flat shaped colour, stylised on purpose.

a digital illustration, clean confident linework, flat shaped colour, deliberate stylisation over realism
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Anime

Japanese animation grammar - cel shading, ink lines, painted backgrounds behind sharp characters.

anime illustration, cel shading, crisp ink linework, expressive eyes, hand-painted background
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Oil Painting

Paint you can see. Brush marks, thick impasto, canvas weave under the colour.

an oil painting on canvas, visible brush strokes and impasto texture, warm varnish, gallery lighting
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