About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – ChatGPT, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney, Meta AI and more
- Niche – Space Disaster
- Language – English
- Category – Catastrophic FX
- Prompt Title – Meteor Strike VFX Prompt
Prompt Details
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### **Optimized Dynamic AI Prompt for Catastrophic Meteor Strike VFX**
This prompt is designed as a modular template. You can mix and match elements from each category to create a highly specific and detailed scene. The structure guides the AI by starting with the core subject and progressively adding layers of detail, from the object itself to the cinematic style.
#### **How to Use This Dynamic Prompt**
1. **Start with the Core Concept:** Always begin with the fundamental subject of your image.
2. **Fill in the Brackets:** Choose one or more options from the lists provided for each `[Variable]`. Feel free to invent your own that fit the theme.
3. **Combine and Refine:** Assemble your chosen elements into a single paragraph. Use commas and connecting phrases to make it read like a natural description, which helps AI models understand the relationships between concepts.
4. **Iterate:** Generate an image. If it’s not quite right, adjust one or two variables at a time (e.g., change the camera angle or the meteor’s composition) and regenerate.
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### **The Dynamic Prompt Structure**
#### **1. Core Subject & Action**
This is the non-negotiable foundation of your prompt. It establishes the main event.
* **Base:** `Catastrophic meteor strike,` `Extinction-level event,` `Planet-killer asteroid impact,` `Apocalyptic meteor shower impacting a planet,`
#### **2. The Meteor [Primary Subject Details]**
Describe the incoming object. Its characteristics will define the nature of the destruction.
* **Size/Scale:** `[a single city-killer asteroid]`, `[a colossal, mountain-sized meteor]`, `[a swarm of smaller, hypersonic fragments]`, `[a rogue planetesimal]`, `[an extinction-level Chicxulub-type impactor]`
* **Composition & Texture:** `[jagged, porous rock and regolith]`, `[dense, pitted iron-nickel alloy, glowing cherry-red]`, `[a fragment of an icy comet, trailing vapor and ice shards]`, `[crystalline, alien mineral structure, refracting light unnaturally]`
* **Atmospheric Trail:** `[blazing plasma tail scorching the sky]`, `[a thick, turbulent trail of black smoke and superheated ash]`, `[a brilliant, superheated atmospheric friction shield]`, `[an ethereal, blue-ion trail from exotic materials]`
#### **3. The Impact Zone [Target & Environment]**
Where is the impact happening? The environment dictates the type of secondary effects.
* **Location Type:** `[a sprawling futuristic megalopolis]`, `[a deep blue ocean, miles from land]`, `[a desolate arctic ice shelf]`, `[a lush, alien jungle on a terraformed planet]`, `[a barren red desert on Mars]`, `[a low-gravity moon with a fragile domed city]`
* **Time of Day / Atmosphere:** `[at the break of dawn, with low-angle golden light]`, `[in the dead of night, only illuminated by the meteor and city lights]`, `[during a violent, stormy twilight]`, `[under the eerie green glow of an aurora]`
#### **4. The Impact Event [The Climax FX]**
This is the moment of contact. Focus on the raw energy and immediate destruction.
* **Initial Flash & Energy Release:** `[a blinding, silent flash of white light that vaporizes everything at ground zero]`, `[a massive release of kinetic energy, visible as a hemispherical dome of distorted air]`, `[a brilliant, multi-colored explosion from the alien mineral composition]`
* **Debris & Ejecta:** `[a colossal plume of molten rock, water vapor, and debris is thrown miles into the stratosphere]`, `[a flower-like corona of liquid fire and shattered earth erupts outwards]`, `[a curtain of pulverized ice and superheated steam blasts into the sky]`
* **Shockwave:** `[a ground-hugging pyroclastic shockwave flattens buildings for miles]`, `[a hypersonic atmospheric pressure wave shatters glass and structures in its path]`, `[a colossal tsunami ring radiates outwards from the ocean impact]`
#### **5. The Aftermath [Immediate Consequences]**
Describe the scene in the seconds and minutes following the impact.
* **Atmospheric Effects:** `[a rapidly expanding mushroom cloud of ash and vapor]`, `[the sky turns a hellish red, filled with burning embers and falling debris]`, `[a vast, circular crater is instantly carved into the landscape, its rim molten]`
* **Secondary Destruction:** `[a firestorm engulfs the surrounding city]`, `[towering skyscrapers collapse like sandcastles from the shockwave]`, `[cascading secondary explosions from damaged infrastructure]`
#### **6. Cinematography & Composition**
How is the viewer seeing this event? This is crucial for setting the scale and mood.
* **Shot Type:** `[extreme wide shot from low orbit, showing the planetary curvature and the impact scar]`, `[dramatic aerial drone view, flying just ahead of the shockwave]`, `[low-angle ground-level shot, looking up in terror as the meteor fills the sky]`, `[satellite reconnaissance view, top-down perspective]`
* **Camera Lens & Effects:** `[captured with a cinematic wide-angle 24mm lens]`, `[telephoto lens, compressing the distance and emphasizing scale]`, `[shaky-cam, found-footage style]`, `[anamorphic lens flare, motion blur, atmospheric haze]`
#### **7. Art Style & Mood**
Define the overall aesthetic and emotional tone.
* **Realism:** `[photorealistic]`, `[hyper-realistic]`, `[hyper-detailed concept art]`
* **Artistic Style:** `[dark and gritty cinematic style]`, `[epic and awe-inspiring, matte painting]`, `[VFX cinematic still from a blockbuster film]`, `[in the style of Weta Digital or Industrial Light & Magic]`
* **Mood:** `[apocalyptic, terrifying, ominous]`, `[majestic, awe-inspiring, sublime terror]`, `[chaotic, visceral, intense]`
#### **8. Rendering & Detail Qualifiers**
These are powerful keywords that push the AI towards higher quality results.
* **General Quality:** `[VFX, CGI, digital art, masterpiece, trending on ArtStation]`
* **Detail Level:** `[insanely detailed, intricate detail, complex, sharp focus, 8K, UHD]`
* **Lighting:** `[cinematic lighting, volumetric lighting, god rays, dramatic shadows, global illumination]`
* **Engine/Renderer:** `[Unreal Engine 5 render, Octane render, V-Ray]`
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### **Example Prompt in Practice**
Here is a complete prompt generated by filling in the dynamic structure above. It is designed to create a specific, high-impact scene of a meteor strike on a futuristic city at night.
**(Combined into a single paragraph for the AI)**
`VFX cinematic still from a blockbuster film, an apocalyptic meteor strike event. A colossal, mountain-sized meteor of dense, pitted iron-nickel alloy, glowing cherry-red with atmospheric heat, descends upon a sprawling futuristic megalopolis in the dead of night. Its blazing plasma tail scorches the sky and tears through the dark storm clouds. From a dramatic high-angle aerial drone view, we witness the moment of impact: a blinding, silent flash of white light and a massive release of kinetic energy that vaporizes the city center. A ground-hugging pyroclastic shockwave flattens the neon-lit skyscrapers for miles. The sky turns a hellish red, filled with burning embers as a rapidly expanding mushroom cloud of ash and vapor begins to form. Photorealistic, hyper-detailed, in the dark and gritty cinematic style of Weta Digital. Captured with a cinematic wide-angle 24mm lens, featuring anamorphic lens flare and motion blur. Insanely detailed, complex, sharp focus, 8K, UHD, cinematic lighting, volumetric lighting, masterpiece, Unreal Engine 5 render.`