Stable Diffusion Prompts Cheatsheet - SDXL Weighting & Parameters

Essential Stable Diffusion / SDXL prompt templates — six-segment structure, weight syntax, LoRA, sampling params. Copy a template, fill the variables, and ship.

AI Prompts·30 commands·Last updated 2026-08-21

Six-Segment Structure 5

[Subject] + [Action/Pose]

Subject + pose first, highest weight

[Environment]

Environment/scene description

[Lighting/Mood]

Lighting and mood

[Camera/Technical]

Camera/technical (focal length, DoF)

[Artist Style]

Artist style at the end

Weight Syntax 5

(keyword:1.3)

Boost a token (>1 raises weight)

(keyword:0.7)

Reduce a token (<1 lowers weight)

((word))

~1.1x mild boost, nestable

Balance weights; avoid one token too high

Too high → oversaturation/artifacts

Use weights to spotlight subject, weaken bg noise

Focus the composition

Negative Prompts 5

blurry, low quality, watermark

General negatives: blur/low-q/watermark

distorted hands, extra fingers, bad anatomy

Common human defects

oversaturated, jpeg artifacts

Oversaturation/compression artifacts

duplicated, mutated, deformed

Structural anomalies

Add style-specific negatives (e.g. drop conflicting words)

Style consistency

LoRA & ControlNet 5

<lora:name:0.6>

Mount a LoRA; 0.6-0.9 is the sweet spot

Stack at most 3 LoRAs to avoid clashes

Too many fight each other

ControlNet: OpenPose / Canny / Depth

Pose/lineart/depth control

img2img denoising 0.3-1.0

Lower = closer to the source

Tune LoRA weight per base model

Sweet spot differs by base

Sampling Params 5

CFG Scale 6-8

Prompt adherence; too high → artifacts

Sampling Steps 25-30

Enough denoising steps

Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras

Common high-quality SDXL sampler

Native 1024×1024

SDXL optimal training resolution

Minimum 8GB VRAM

VRAM floor reference

Templates 5

portrait of {subject}, studio lighting, 85mm, sharp focus, <lora:film:0.7>

Portrait template

{scene}, cinematic lighting, wide shot, detailed, art by {artist}

Scene illustration template

product photo of {item}, softbox, white background, 4k

Product shot template

negative: blurry, low quality, watermark, extra fingers

General negative template

((masterpiece)), {subject}, intricate details, volumetric light

High-quality boost template

Tips

SDXL prompts want "six segments + balanced weights": subject first, style last; weights >1.4 cause oversaturation/artifacts, LoRA 0.6-0.9 is safest.
Negative prompts are a quality floor: blurry/low quality/watermark plus distorted hands/extra fingers for people are nearly mandatory.
CFG 6-8, Steps 25-30, DPM++ 2M Karras is the safe SDXL default; native 1024×1024 is most stable — avoid non-native resolutions.
For precise pose/composition use ControlNet (OpenPose/Canny/Depth) — more controllable than words alone.

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Publicly updated on Aug 21, 2026, continuously proofread against official docs.

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