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Horizontal banding is a visual composition pattern where repeating parallel horizontal lines stack across the frame, dividing the image into distinct sections.
Horizontal banding uses repeating parallel lines to anchor an image, creating a feeling of calm, structural stability, and rhythm across the canvas. It works exceptionally well for wide landscapes or graphic architecture.
Keep lines parallel: Even a slight camera tilt causes diagonal convergence (lines slanting toward each other), ruining the graphic stack effect. Keep your frame perfectly level.
Full Prompts:
horizontal banding formed by crisp parallel shadow stripes across a flat minimalist wall, perfectly straight horizontal lines stretching edge to edge across the frame, neutral balanced light --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 50