Motion, Held Still Prompt pack

About this prompt pack

Make speed and timing readable in your generated images with 8 exact prompts, from a frozen tennis impact and a panning cyclist to a spinning record and a finished motion poster. Learn to control sharp details, blur paths, repeated exposures and readable type, then transfer those instructions to your own subjects.

What you'll learn

• Freeze the instant — Sharp felt and suspended fibers let the contact point carry the action. Start by naming the exact instant you want to hold.
• Follow the subject — Panning moves the camera with the subject. The sharp rider and streaked setting reverse the relationship in BLUR THE TRAVEL.
• Blur around an axis — The blur bends around a fixed spindle. Sharp parts outside the rotation help you distinguish a spinning object from a blurred camera.
• Give type a still place — The final prompt combines a sharp endpoint, a fading trail and a separate area for type. Motion stays in the photograph while the words remain easy to read.
• Blur the travel — A locked camera gives the whole moving subject the blur while the surface stays sharp. The stationary stripe makes that difference easy to see.
• Draw the elapsed path — A moving light source leaves a continuous path while the lit object stays still. Define the path's start, route and end before adding atmosphere.
• Separate the phases — Separate exposures turn one movement into readable phases. The central squash marks contact, while the lower final height gives the bounce a direction.
• Put the trail behind — A sharp endpoint gives the blur a destination. Putting the fading trail behind the toe makes left-to-right travel easier to read.