The ()s, []s and {}s do different things, and some can do multiple things. And most can be used in both +/- prompts
Use of ()
These tell the AI to focus more on that specific term.
(keyword) - will increase the keyword weight by x1.1 the default weight.
((keyword)) - will increase it by x1.21.
(((keyword))) - will increase it by x1.33.
3 sets of ()s is the highest recommended level.
Use of []
[keyword] - will decrease the keyword weight by x.09 the default weight.
[[keyword]] - will decrease it by x0.81.
[[[keyword]]] - will decrease it by x0.73.
3 sets of []s is the highest recommended level.
You can be more specific with your keyword weighting by using the following syntax
(keyword:1.5) - will increase the keyword weighting by x1.5 the default weight
(keyword:0.25) - will decrease the keyword weighting by x0.25 the default weight.
This can be used with both () and [].
The highest recommended weighting is 1.5 (you can theoretically go as high as 2 but this can cause problems as it makes the AI to focus too much on this specific part of the prompt).
[]s can also be used to blend two terms together.
[keyword1:keyword2:0.5] - this will give a slightly biased emphasis to keyword1 as it is first in the list.
[keyword1:keyword2:0.3] - this will give greater emphasis to keyword2
[keyword1:keyword2:0.7] - this will give greater emphasis to keyword1.
Or to blend three or more terms together. [keyword1|keyword2|keyword3] - this will merge all the terms together.
Use of {}s
These can be used in a few ways.
{keyword1|keyword2|keyword3} can be used to list things you want to appear/happen together
{keyword1:keyword2} as an alternate way to blend terms.