13 style presets

Quick answer

AI image style presets are reusable visual directions that shape lighting, color, texture, composition, and genre. KrafLayer provides 13 presets so users can move faster from a plain prompt to a specific look such as photoreal, product, anime, cinematic, watercolor, or fashion.

How to combine preset and prompt

Each preset applies a visual style layer on top of your prompt. The preset sets the lane; the prompt defines the subject, scene, and purpose within it.

For each style below you can scan what it is best for, what your prompt should include, and how the enhancer tends to bias the result.

• Use the preset to define the visual lane.
• Use the prompt to define the subject, scene, composition, and purpose.
• Keep style, camera language, and subject matter aligned.
• If results feel inconsistent, simplify the prompt and keep only the details that matter.

Cinematic

• Best for: moody scenes, emotional portraits, dramatic environments, film-like storytelling.
• Prompt should include: atmosphere, lens feel, framing, lighting direction, emotional tone.
• Enhancer bias: cinematic photography, dramatic light, film still color, strong subject separation.

Photoreal

• Best for: realistic portraits, objects, architecture, believable everyday scenes.
• Prompt should include: real materials, natural lighting, realistic scale, physical textures.
• Enhancer bias: realism, true-to-life detail, balanced exposure, believable materials.

Portrait

• Best for: headshots, editorial portraits, close character studies, profile-style images.
• Prompt should include: expression, face angle, eye focus, portrait crop, portrait lighting.
• Enhancer bias: flattering portrait composition, sharp eyes, shallow depth of field, clean background control.

Product

• Best for: ecommerce visuals, launch banners, clean object showcases, product hero shots.
• Prompt should include: product type, material, finish, surface, lighting setup, commercial goal.
• Enhancer bias: premium studio product photography, controlled reflections, centered composition, material clarity.

Fashion

• Best for: editorial looks, apparel campaigns, luxury styling, fashion portraits.
• Prompt should include: wardrobe, pose, setting, silhouette, editorial tone, styling cues.
• Enhancer bias: fashion editorial photography, confident pose, premium lighting, magazine feel.

Digital

• Best for: polished digital paintings, stylized scenes, futuristic visuals, vivid illustration work.
• Prompt should include: shape language, palette, graphic energy, scene clarity, stylized lighting.
• Enhancer bias: polished digital illustration, vibrant color harmony, clear shape design, painted finish.

Anime

• Best for: character art, anime posters, expressive scenes, stylized action or emotional moments.
• Prompt should include: character look, expression, pose, framing, color palette, anime mood.
• Enhancer bias: expressive character design, clean linework, vivid anime colors, stylized lighting.

Concept

• Best for: world-building, sci-fi environments, fantasy scenes, large-scale imagination work.
• Prompt should include: scale, environment story, atmosphere, layered depth, dramatic focal point.
• Enhancer bias: concept art quality, environmental storytelling, cinematic mood, large-scale atmosphere.

Minimal

• Best for: restrained compositions, poster-like graphics, single-object layouts, negative-space visuals.
• Prompt should include: one clear subject, simple geometry, composition, spacing, palette restraint.
• Enhancer bias: minimal design, clean geometry, soft shadows, controlled negative space.

Logo

• Best for: symbols, abstract marks, icon concepts, clean branding directions.
• Prompt should include: brand feeling, geometry, symmetry, simplicity, shape language.
• Enhancer bias: strong recognizable symbol, clean lines, balanced geometry, modern branding aesthetics.

Render

• Best for: 3D product visuals, CGI objects, material studies, polished visualization work.
• Prompt should include: object form, material realism, reflections, render environment, lighting rig.
• Enhancer bias: physically based rendering, realistic materials, global illumination, premium 3D visualization.

Watercolor

• Best for: soft painterly scenes, floral work, gentle illustration, light organic atmosphere.
• Prompt should include: paper texture, pigment flow, softness, bleeding edges, delicate color transitions.
• Enhancer bias: watercolor painting, gentle blending, paper grain, organic softness.

Oilpaint

• Best for: classical painterly portraits, rich scenes, textured brushwork, dramatic painted images.
• Prompt should include: brush stroke character, pigment richness, canvas texture, dramatic light.
• Enhancer bias: oil painting look, visible brushwork, rich layered color, painterly depth.

A simple rule for choosing the preset

If your priority is realism, start with Cinematic, Photoreal, Portrait, Product, or Fashion. If your priority is stylization, start with Digital, Anime, Concept, Minimal, Logo, Render, Watercolor, or Oilpaint.

When a preset feels too strong, do not stack more style words on top. Instead, simplify the prompt and describe the scene more clearly.

Related KrafLayer docs

• [Prompt writing basics](/docs/prompt-writing-basics)
• [AI image generator for business](/docs/ai-image-generator-for-business)
• [Image generation models](/docs/image-generation)