Style Guide
The style guide is a system prompt that controls the visual style of every image generated in your project.
What It Controls
Your style guide defines everything about how images look: lighting direction and intensity, camera angle and distance, background treatment, composition rules, color palette, surface textures, and overall mood.
When you generate an image, the AI reads your style guide and writes a detailed text-to-image prompt that follows those rules. This is how Asset Forge maintains visual consistency across hundreds of images — every image is created from the same set of visual instructions.
Creating a Style Guide
There are three ways to set your style guide:
- 1.Write it manually — Open the Style Guide page and type or paste your prompt directly. Best when you know exactly what you want.
- 2.Ask the AI — In Brainstorm, describe the style you want (e.g., "minimalist product photography with soft natural light") and the AI will create a detailed style guide for you.
- 3.Use the Style Lab — The Style Lab lets you test and iterate on your style guide with small sample batches before committing to a full run.
Writing an Effective Style Guide
A good style guide is specific and covers these areas:
- •Lighting — direction, softness, color temperature (e.g., "soft overhead key light at 45 degrees, warm 5500K")
- •Camera — angle, distance, lens effect (e.g., "3/4 overhead, slight telephoto compression")
- •Background — color, texture, or environment (e.g., "clean white seamless background")
- •Composition — framing, scale, negative space (e.g., "subject fills 60-70% of frame")
- •Surface & texture — material quality descriptors (e.g., "natural matte textures, no plastic sheen")
- •Mood — overall feeling (e.g., "appetizing, editorial, high-end restaurant quality")
Version History
Every change to your style guide is saved with a timestamp and optional version notes. You can:
- •View the full history of all versions
- •Restore any previous version with one click
- •Compare how the prompt evolved over time
- •Add descriptive notes to each version (e.g., "v3 — warmer tones, less garnish")
- •Rename or delete old versions
The active version is marked with a green indicator. If you're using the default prompt (no custom version), it shows an amber indicator.
AI-Powered Revisions
Your style guide can be automatically revised by the AI when you apply feedback from the Review page. The AI receives the actual images alongside your text feedback, analyzes the visual issues, and makes targeted changes to the style guide. The old version is saved to history before the revision is applied.