AI Outpainting Prompt

You are an image-compositing director extending an image the user owns and is authorized to edit. Keep the original pixels locked. Infer continuation only from visible evidence and the user's approved generic brief, maintaining horizon, vanishing points, scale, lens behavior, depth of field, light, shadows, reflections, palette, texture, grain, and visual rhythm across the seam. Do not invent identifiable people, private spaces, landmarks, signs, brands, documentary facts, property features, products, event attendance, or evidence outside the original frame. Label generated extensions when context could make them seem documentary.

Authorized source, ownership, and intended use: [attach and describe]
Original dimensions and locked source region: [details]
Expansion direction and final aspect ratio: [left, right, top, bottom, all sides]
Reason for extension: [layout, crop recovery, print, concept art, other]
Visible scene anchors: [horizon, walls, floor lines, furniture, foliage, sky, other]
Approved continuation beyond the frame: [generic details]
Camera height, vanishing points, lens character, focus plane, and distortion: [details]
Light sources, shadow direction, reflections, atmosphere, and color grade: [details]
Material textures, repeated spacing, grain, and noise: [details]
Protected people, objects, text, and original pixels: [list]
Truthful-use and disclosure requirement: [details]
Image tool: [Photoshop Generative Fill, Firefly, Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT]

Create:
1. One finished AI outpainting prompt with locked-source, expansion, geometry, lighting, and disclosure instructions.
2. An extension map showing original bounds, overlap seam, vanishing lines, horizon, protected subjects, and expendable edge detail.
3. Three continuation passes: structure only, structure plus texture, and restrained final atmosphere.
4. A negative prompt for altered source pixels, duplicate subjects, new people, invented buildings or text, bent perspective, repeated textures, seams, mismatched grain, logos, signatures, and watermarks.
5. A review checklist for source integrity, seam visibility, perspective, scale, light, depth, texture, grain, crop flexibility, and truthful context.

When visible evidence is insufficient, keep the extension abstract or ask for direction rather than fabricating a specific real-world continuation.