Level 3 exam — Midjourney & Visual AI

Exam — fresh questions

12 questions to validate style, light & photorealism: light vocabulary, framing and lens, photorealism, graphic styles and series consistency.
Answer everything, then click Check: your score and explanations will appear.

3.1 · Recall

1. What is the top perceived-quality factor of an image?

Resolution in megapixels Light (quality, direction, color) The number of prompt words The model version used

Light first: “soft, coming from the left” always beats “well lit”.

3.1 · Application

2. Sonia retakes her café poster with a fixed seed to test light. She writes…

She changes subject with each test “Well lit, pretty, gorgeous” Same prompt + “soft light”, then “hard light”, then “golden hour”, specifying direction “Low key + high key + neon” at the same time

Fixed seed, one lever changed at a time, direction specified.

3.1 · Arbitration

3. Sonia's prompt mixes “low key, high key, golden hour, neon”. Correct arbitration?

Keep the mix, the more the better Keep only one mood consistent with the intent, described in quality + direction + color Add “well lit” to decide Remove any mention of light

One mood at a time: contradictory mixes give mush.

3.2 · Recall

4. What should you ask for to reserve an area for text in the image?

The AI writing the text directly Nothing, we will recrop afterwards A very busy, detailed background “Negative space” + the right --ar, at generation time

Planned empty space + exact format of the medium; text added afterwards.

3.2 · Application

5. Sonia prepares a 16:9 banner with the shop name on the left. She writes…

“Carpet off-center to the right, negative space on the left, 85mm, shallow depth of field --ar 16:9” “Write the shop name in beautiful letters” “24mm, telephoto, macro” at the same time “Beautiful centered carpet” in square format, we will see later

Off-center subject, reserved text area, single lens, exact format of the medium.

3.2 · Arbitration

6. A prompt stacks “24mm, telephoto, macro, f/1.8, f/11”. Correct arbitration?

Remove the subject and keep the settings Keep everything, it looks more pro Keep only one lens and one aperture consistent with the intent Add three more focal lengths to be sure

One lens + one aperture are enough; contradictory references backfire.

3.3 · Recall

7. How do you achieve photorealism?

By quoting a famous artist By ADDING imperfections (grain, textures, directional light) and lowering --stylize By asking for “ultra realistic, 8K, masterpiece” By raising the output resolution

The credible is born of deliberate flaws, not superlatives from old models.

3.3 · Application

8. Sonia's craftswoman portrait looks “plasticky”. She writes…

She removes any mention of light and texture “Ultra realistic 8K masterpiece best quality” “Documentary photograph, 35mm film, film grain, 85mm f/1.8, skin texture, pores” + low --stylize She raises --stylize to maximum

Photo anchoring + light + explicit textures + curbed --stylize.

3.3 · Arbitration

9. Sonia must deliver a photorealistic portrait of a real identifiable person, with no consent, no AI notice. Correct arbitration?

Deliver removing only the AI notice Generate another real person's face instead Deliver as is, the client is in a hurry Refuse without consent, require written agreement and flag any realistic image as AI-generated

No real face without consent; every realistic image ships flagged, with traceability.

3.4 · Application

10. Sonia wants a recognizable illustration series for the juice brand. She writes…

“Flat vector illustration, limited palette of orange and teal, minimal details” noted and reused A living illustrator's name + “masterpiece” A different hyper-detailed style for each visual “Pretty detailed drawing” changing style with each flavor

Medium + constrained palette + detail: the simple, repeatable formula makes the series.

3.4 · Application

11. To escape the generic “already seen” style, Sonia…

Quotes a living artist in each prompt Raises resolution and adds “8K” Copies popular prompts found online Describes by components, constrains the palette, uses --sref and adds human work

Singularity = components + constraints + references + human work (4.4/4.5).

3.5 · Application

12. Sonia serializes her mascot across six flavors with no drift. She…

Freezes a master image, reuses --cref (+ --cw) + common --sref, everything else constant, documented recipe Changes model version with each flavor Raises resolution instead of using a reference Describes the fox differently each time, with no reference

Show, don't describe: excellent reference, single variable, documentation.

What's next?

Score ≥ 80%: move to Level 4 — local retouching, local Stable Diffusion, ControlNet and combined workflows (fixing without redoing everything).
Score 50-79%: review the failed sections (light in 3.1, framing in 3.2, photo recipe in 3.3, style formula in 3.4, references in 3.5) then retake the test.
Score < 50%: replay each 48h challenge in order — 3 lights, 1 framed visual, 1 credible portrait, 1 style formula, 3 --cref variants.