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Downlink

An engine-agnostic style recipe: a wide hero, proof shots across subjects, and a portable prompt.

Downlink hero
Downlink proof 1
Downlink proof 2
Downlink proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Downlink — a still frame pulled off a broadcast-safe video feed: the subject fills the frame edge to edge in lifted graphite grayscale with peak whites held below pure white, soft analog scan tonality and faint horizontal scanlines, a thin off-white title-safe hairline rectangle inset near the edges with tiny frame-counter notches, one or two graphite signal-dropout bands clipping horizontally across the image, {palette}, and ONE narrow magenta signal pulse — a short tick or underline — as the only color in the whole image, everything else pure grayscale, quiet mission-control calm, transmitted never grungy, full-frame edge to edge
Slot recipes
hero — {subject} captured large to fill the full 16:9 frame as a Downlink broadcast still, lifted graphite grayscale reaching all four edges, faint scanlines and two thin signal-dropout bands, a title-safe hairline frame with corner notches and a thin orbital acquisition arc crossing one corner into bracketed antenna marks, ONE small magenta signal tick, no whitespace, no text
feature — {subject} as a centered Downlink broadcast capture, broadcast-safe grayscale tonality with soft scan softness, a single graphite dropout band clipping across it, thin title-safe hairline guide with frame-counter notches, ONE short magenta underline tick at the lower edge, full-frame edge to edge
avatar — a single {subject} head-and-shoulders rendered as a tight Downlink broadcast still, lifted-black grayscale and faint scanlines, a thin title-safe hairline corner with notches and one tiny magenta acquisition tick, square full-frame, no text
empty-state — a quiet sparse {subject} as a calm Downlink broadcast capture on a near-empty graphite field, faint scanlines, a thin title-safe baseline guide and a lone small magenta signal tick, restrained and still, full-frame, no text
illustration — a layered scene of {subject} as a Downlink satellite broadcast still, varied graphite tones and two dropout bands clipping across the field, a thin orbital acquisition arc terminating in bracketed antenna marks over a title-safe hairline frame with counter notches, ONE narrow magenta signal pulse, full-frame edge to edge, no text
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Broadcast-safe video stillsTraditiondownlink frame aesthetics

A generated style is an aggregate of many influences — credit is given to the artists and traditions it draws on, not a claim of authorship.

produced by unrecorded · sourced by unrecorded · images by unrecorded

Do
  • · Fill the whole frame edge to edge with the subject as a still pulled off a broadcast feed.
  • · Hold every value broadcast-safe: lifted graphite blacks and peak whites kept below pure white.
  • · Draw a thin off-white title-safe hairline frame with tiny frame-counter notches as interface structure.
  • · Add faint horizontal scanlines and one or two thin graphite signal-dropout bands clipping across the image.
  • · On scenes, let one thin orbital acquisition arc cross a corner and terminate in bracketed antenna marks.
  • · Reserve exactly ONE narrow magenta signal pulse — a short tick or underline, under 4% of area — as the only color.
Don't
  • · Do not flood the image with magenta or introduce a second or third accent color.
  • · Do not leave empty margins, blank quadrants, or marketing whitespace.
  • · Do not render a physical monitor, TV set, or device bezel framing the subject — the image IS the feed.
  • · Do not add text, captions, timecode numbers, signatures, or watermarks.
  • · Do not use green terminal glow, matrix code rain, neon cyberpunk gradients, glossy 3D, or grungy distressed grain.
  • · Do not add decorative HUD rings, meaningless circles, or rounded badges.
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remix with this style

Apply Downlink to any UI language and swap the palette — the preview takes this style's hero image.

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.