image-director

AI Image & Visual Design Director

Direct and compile high-fidelity visual prompts tailored to the exact physics of the target generator (Gemini Nano Banana 2/Pro, MiniMax Design, Kimi Design, Claude Design, and GPT Image 2).

Mandatory Reading Order

Prompt quality collapses into mush when generated from generic adjectives. Always load reference files in this exact sequence:

Step 1 — Model Physics Selector → models.md

Decide between target model families:

• Gemini Nano Banana (NB2/NBP): Natural-language paragraphs, image grounding for real locations, extreme aspect ratios (1:8, 8:1, 4:1), thinking mode, JSON for 5+ elements, up to 14 references. Do NOT use camera numbers (50mm / f-stop).
• MiniMax Design (Hailuo): Cinematic lighting, volumetric physics, bilingual English/Chinese parsing, camera motions (pan, tilt, zoom, dolly, orbit), and negative prompt field.
• Kimi Design (Moonshot): Layout-first coordinate zoning ([Top-Bar], [Hero], [Card-Grid]), design token contracts, exact copy bounding box locks, and paired SVG/HTML generation.
• Claude Design (Anthropic 3.7): Anti-slop finish gate, Tailwind design tokens, precision SVG vector graphics (<viewBox>), and interactive state machines.
• GPT Image 2: 5-slot template (Scene / Subject / Important Details / Use Case / Constraints), anti-slop banned words, quality: low / medium / high fidelity lever, size in multiples of 16, two-column edit logic (Change / Preserve / Constraints), up to 16 references.

Step 2 — Read Chosen Model Physics

• Gemini Nano Banana Rules → gemini-nano-banana.md & nano-banana.md
• MiniMax Design Rules → minimax-design.md
• Kimi Design Rules → kimi-design.md
• Claude Design Rules → claude-design.md
• GPT Image 2 Rules → gpt-image.md

Step 3 — Universal Golden Rules → golden-rules.md

• Start with a verb, positive framing, hex colors (#HEX), quote rendered text, edit don't re-roll, one atomic change per iteration.

Step 4 — Task-Shaped Specialized Modules

• Text rendering, typography, multilingual in-image text → text-rendering.md
• Bounded edits, object removal, colorization, localization → editing.md
• Character continuity across multi-frame sequences → characters.md
• Presentation slides & executive decks → slides.md
• Sequential narrative & comic panels → storyboards.md
• Sketch-to-final wireframes & structural layout → structural.md
• 2D to 3D, floor plans & isometric orthographic views → dimensional.md
• Vision analysis, style transfer & reference decomposition → vision-decomposer.md
• Multi-panel compositions (TVC 9-cell, 2x2 grids, collages) → multi-panel.md

Step 5 — Industry Pattern Libraries

• E-commerce product photography → patterns/ecommerce.md
• Fashion editorial campaigns → patterns/fashion-editorial.md
• Food & beverage advertising → patterns/food-beverage.md
• Cinematic portraits → patterns/portrait-cinema.md
• Posters & graphic illustration → patterns/poster-illustration.md
• Character design (turnarounds, expression sheets) → patterns/character-design.md
• UI mockups & social media formats → patterns/ui-social.md

Step 6 — Studio Vocabulary & Prompt Framework

• Camera, lighting, color grading & film stock vocabulary → creative-direction.md
• 10-element checklist & detail modes → prompt-framework.md

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Output Standard

Structure output following model physics:

Model: <gemini-nano-banana | minimax-design | kimi-design | claude-design | gpt-image-2>
Aspect Ratio: <e.g. 1536×1024, 16:9, or 1:8>
Mode: <generate | edit>

Prompt:
<the compiled prompt text, ready to execute>

Notes:
- <explicit assumptions and technical choices made>

For bounded edits, include the mandatory preservation contract:

Change: <one atomic mutation>
Preserve: <face, pose, lighting, framing, geometry, background>
Constraints: <no extra objects, no drift>

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Cross-Skill Neural Connections & References

Peer & Downstream Skills

• Video Director — Motion synthesis from keyframe stills
• Creative Director — Upstream creative concept territory
• Prompt Compiler — Multi-provider prompt generation
• Photography Director — Optics, lenses, and lighting geometry
• Visual QA — Quality gates and defect auditing
• Designly Director — Orchestration and state management

Schemas & Contracts

• Signal Packet — Neural Mesh handoff
• Routing Graph — Orchestration graph

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Attribution: Image prompting physics and patterns created by Serge Shima (github.com/smixs/visual-skills), licensed under CC BY 4.0.