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May 31, 2025

Video creation not following prompt

I used this prompt: "Static shot of a cozy lakeside deck at sunset with snow-capped mountains in background. Camera is completely stationary on tripod - NO camera movement, NO panning, NO zooming, NO drift. Sun must remain fixed in its position - NO sun movement, NO setting. Clouds must stay completely still - NO cloud movement or drift. Only these subtle animations: crackling flames dancing in the fire pit with realistic fire movement and occasional sparks, gentle ripples spreading across the calm lake surface, thin wisps of steam rising from the coffee mug on the side table, soft mist hovering above the water. Maintain the exact same warm golden sunset lighting throughout entire video. Keep all furniture, blankets, mountains, sky, sun, clouds, and background elements completely still and frozen. Focus only on natural, subtle movements - fire flickering, water rippling, steam rising. Fixed camera position, static sky, cinematic quality, peaceful ambiance." 

I get the sun setting everytime!! Why am I paying for this??

 

Heres another one: "Static shot of a luxury high-rise living room overlooking NYC skyline at twilight during a rainstorm. Camera is completely stationary on tripod - NO camera movement, NO panning, NO zooming, NO drift. Heavy rainstorm is already in progress from the very first frame and continues throughout entire video duration - rain must be falling constantly from start to finish. City lights and building illumination must remain exactly the same - NO flickering lights, NO changing window lights in buildings. Only these continuous animations: crackling flames dancing in the modern fireplace with realistic fire movement, thin wisps of steam rising from the coffee mug on the table, heavy raindrops streaming down the floor-to-ceiling windows throughout entire video, rain falling outside against the glass creating water trails and droplets from beginning to end. Maintain the exact same warm interior lighting and city lights throughout entire video. Keep all furniture, pillows, curtains, skyline, and background elements completely still and frozen. Focus only on natural, subtle movements - fire flickering in fireplace, steam rising from mug, continuous rain streaming down windows. Fixed camera position, static cityscape lighting, persistent rainstorm, cinematic quality, cozy rainy night ambiance."

I get a storm that starts rather than begining with the storm ongoing. 

1 commentaire

droopydog500
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 2, 2025

Hi @meaghan_1207,

 

Firefly has no negative prompting. The model does not understand the concept of a word being negated by the word in front of it. So using "not [X]", "no [X]", "exclude [X]", "with no [X]", and "without [X]" does not work. It ignores the negation word and adds to the image or video the thing you are trying to avoid.  You basically need to find "positive" words and phrases telling the model what you want to see rather than telling it what you do not want to see.  Such as "flat land" rather than "no mountains" or "desolate" rather than "no people".  If I am not sure how to describe something I want to exclude in a positive way, I will ask Google Gemini or ChatGPT for ideas.  Just be aware that when they give prompts, they are usually too wordy and conversational, so you have to edit them, but they are good for ideas.

 

    droopy

Adobe Community Expert (not an Adobe employee)