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Watch: The sky grows brighter while the person goes completely black, leaving only an outline. Even with no features you can tell who it is and what they're doing, because the pose and shape are clear enough.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Image · Lighting

Silhouette剪影

The subject goes completely black, just an outline against a bright background, speaking through shape.

Category: Lighting
Group: Basics
Medium: Image
Library: 112 / 166

Want to merge it with other techniques (shot size, lighting, style…) into one full prompt? Click “Add to combo”, then pick one from each of the other terms.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Sunsets, posters, loneliness and farewells, hiding an identity.

Prompt template

silhouette, a person standing on a hilltop against a bright orange sunset, the figure fully black with no facial detail, outline clearly readable (hat, backpack, outstretched hand).

Sample prompt · generate an image directly

The technique comes first, followed by the subject, scene, details and aspect ratio. Paste it straight into an image model and swap in your own subject.

Silhouette photography: on seaside rocks at sunset, a father lifts his child above his head against a bright orange-red sky and a sun half sunk into the sea. Both are pure black outlines with no facial detail, the outlines clearly readable (the child's outstretched arms, the father's hat). 16:9.

Common pitfalls

Fill light on the front of the person, so it's no longer a silhouette.
The pose and outline aren't clear, so you can't tell what it is.

Parameter tips

The pose should be side-on or open so the outline reads; the brighter and cleaner the background, the better.