Make a reusable Community Preset
Review scope: Linked public documentation checked October 30, 2026. Examples are proposed checks, not recorded OD results; use your account's current controls.
A preset is a saved instruction you can apply without retyping it. OD's Community Presets use separate pose, outfit, and background slots. A scene combines these choices into one image. An image model is the generator selected for the result; a preset is not a new model.
This lesson drafts one reusable archive background. It also shows how to keep an outfit or pose independent. The examples are original neutral starting points, not tested publication-ready recipes.
1 Decide which slot owns your idea
Write a plain sentence in your notes: “I want to reuse the archive room.”
That is a background idea. “I want a navy work jacket” is an outfit idea. “I want someone holding a folder” is a pose idea. Choose one before opening the creator.
The Known State guide keeps the three slots independent so they can be combined across existing characters. Preset types
For practice, use fictional Mira, a 30-year-old adult archivist, and Rowan, a 32-year-old adult courier. Their faces, hair, skin, and builds remain character information.
2 Open the preset tool
Open Generate, choose the relevant preset type, and locate Create a Preset. This is the documented entry point; if the control is absent, check the available interface rather than putting the draft into an unrelated character field.
For this exercise, choose Background. Locate its title, description, and prompt fields. Do not submit yet.
3 Enter a focused background draft
Use this title:
Daylit Archive Reading Room
Use this description:
A quiet reading room with wooden shelving, study tables, and soft daylight.
Paste this into the background preset prompt:
archive reading room, wooden shelves, orderly document boxes,
study tables, tall windows, soft daylight
Notice that it names no person, jacket, action, or exact story date. A background should remain usable with different characters and poses. Background guidance
4 Keep the other slots separate
If you later create an outfit draft, put this example only into an Outfit preset's prompt:
navy work jacket over a cream shirt, dark straight trousers,
plain brown ankle boots
Do not add smiling, shelves, or braid color. Outfit presets describe clothes without replacing the character. Outfit guidance
For a Pose draft, use a separate prompt:
standing with shoulders relaxed, both hands supporting a closed folder
at waist height, elbows slightly bent
The folder supports the body arrangement. Keep the room and clothing out of this slot. Pose guidance
These examples teach separation. They are not instructions to submit several nearly identical public presets.
5 Test combinations before seeking publication
Apply the background to Mira, then to Rowan, using controls available in the tool. Mira should retain warm brown skin, brown eyes, black shoulder-length braids, and a lean build. Rowan should retain light skin, green eyes, short red hair, and freckles.
Try a different pose or outfit without changing the background text. Record failures as well as preferred images. Two characters are an initial exercise, not sufficient evidence of public-library compatibility.
For public submission, consult the current checklist: it calls for testing at least three visibly different characters, English fields, appropriate content labeling, and a cover generated in the preset tool. An ordinary Generate image is not the specified submission cover. Use the cover character/model designated by the current preset tool and checklist rather than assuming your Mira test image is eligible. Submission checklist
For each trial, record the character, image model, other two preset slots, exact preset revision, returned image, and whether the target background and character identity both survived. Test the same revision repeatedly without discarding inconvenient results. Three characters meet a documented test-coverage requirement; three attractive images alone do not prove a reliability percentage or guarantee approval.
Before submission, search the public preset library for an existing equivalent. The checklist asks for a meaningfully different idea, rather than another wording or color variant. It also recommends limited prompt weights, normally no higher than 1.1; this is public-preset authoring guidance, not a verified parser maximum or a rule for every image model.
6 Review the draft scope
Before using any submission control, compare the cover with the actual prompt. Check that the room remains recognizable, the selected character remains distinct, and the background does not force every subject into one pose.
Checkpoint: Your background can combine with a different outfit and pose without contradictory instructions. You know which additional testing and current submission requirements remain.
Three common problems
- Mira's jacket appears on everyone: remove clothing from the background prompt and place it in Outfit.
- Every subject sits: remove sitting or desk-position instructions from Background; put a necessary body arrangement in Pose.
- The cover looks good but other combinations fail: simplify the draft and retest. Keep a narrow idea for personal use rather than claiming broad compatibility.
Next practice: Generate with a selected preset. Back: Gallery and reuse or the Tutorial index.