higgsfield-moodboard

name	higgsfield-moodboard
description	Use when the user asks about Moodboard, building a moodboard from reference images, curated moodboard presets, Soul Hex color transfer, applying a visual style direction to generations, or named moodboard styles like Y2K studio, Warm ambient, Theatrical light, Swag era, Flash editorial, Street photography, Asian nostalgia, Retro BW, Surreal solarization, etc.
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Higgsfield Moodboard

What Moodboard Does

Moodboard translates a collection of visual references into a unified style direction that can be applied to any generation. Instead of describing a feeling in text and hoping the model interprets it correctly, you show the platform exactly what you want.

Location: Moodboard tab (marked "New" in nav) → higgsfield.ai/moodboard

Two tabs inside Moodboard:

• Curated — Higgsfield's own named preset moodboards, ready to use
• My Moodboards — your custom moodboards built from uploaded references

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Curated Moodboard Presets

Named presets built by Higgsfield — apply any of these immediately without uploading reference images. Each represents a complete visual world.

Preset	Visual Character	Best for
General	Neutral — no strong stylistic bias	Default when unsure, versatile
Warm ambient	Warm, soft, gently lit — cozy and lived-in	Lifestyle, home, intimate portrait
Y2K studio	Hypercolor studio backdrop, fairy wings, maximalist	Y2K aesthetic, fashion, fantasy editorial
Swag era	Early 2000s hip-hop and streetwear energy	Urban fashion, music culture content
Theatrical light	Dramatic stage lighting, strong contrast, silhouette	Artistic portrait, performance, dark editorial
Y2K street	Union Jack tees, street photography, 2000s pop culture	Street style, youth culture, nostalgia
Flash editorial	On-camera flash, oversaturated, candid — Cobrasnake era	Party, raw editorial, documentary fashion
Old smartphone	Low resolution, slightly washed, nostalgic phone camera	Authentic, lo-fi, personal content
Street photography	Urban candid, natural light, documentary	Street style, city life, authentic scenes
Asian nostalgia	Japanese/Korean city streetwear, warm neon, youth culture	Asian fashion, Tokyo/Seoul aesthetic
Retro BW	Black and white, classic tones, timeless	Artistic portrait, formal editorial, classic fashion
Surreal solarization	Otherworldly color shifts, solarization effect	Conceptual/avant-garde, fashion art

How to apply a curated preset:

1. Go to Moodboard tab
2. Select Curated
3. Click any preset
4. It becomes available in My Moodboards or applies directly to generation

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Building a Custom Moodboard

Upload Requirements

Recommended: 20+ photos, one cohesive style Avoid: Mixed styles, inconsistent quality

Two upload options in the Moodboard builder:

• Upload images — upload from your device
• Upload from assets — pull from your existing Higgsfield generations/assets

What "one cohesive style" means: All reference images should share the same visual world — similar lighting quality, color temperature, tone, and aesthetic. If half your references are dark and moody and half are bright and airy, the moodboard gets confused and produces a muddled output.

Good reference set (cohesive): Film stills from the same movie, a photographer's series, a curated Pinterest board with a single strong aesthetic, a fashion brand's lookbook.

Bad reference set (mixed): Random images from different genres, mixing a sunset photo with a dark studio portrait with a colorful illustration.

Building the Moodboard

1. Click Build your moodboard ✦ (yellow button at top)
2. Upload 20+ reference images via "Upload images" or "Upload from assets"
3. Higgsfield analyzes the visual properties across all references
4. Synthesizes dominant: colors, tonal values, lighting character, stylistic patterns
5. Creates a named moodboard saved under My Moodboards

Applying to Generation

Once built, your moodboard appears in:

• Soul 2.0 → Moodboard selector in the prompt bar
• Any generation interface that supports moodboard input

The moodboard acts as a style layer applied on top of your text prompt — you describe the scene, the moodboard handles the look.

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Soul Hex — Color Transfer

Soul Hex is Moodboard's dedicated color feature. It extracts and transfers the exact color signature from a reference image.

Location: Soul 2.0 prompt bar → Color Transfer button

Named Color Palettes

Pre-built palettes available directly in Color Transfer:

Palette	Visual Character
Film colors	Natural, organic, slightly desaturated film stock
Lime Jam	Cool greens, fresh tones, nature-adjacent
Candy pink	Warm pinks, peachy highlights
Nostalgic blue	Desaturated blues, faded, melancholic
Soft palette	Muted, airy, minimal contrast
Black gloss	High contrast, deep blacks, graphic

Custom Color Reference Upload

1. Click Upload & Create ✦ in the Soul Hex section
2. Upload any reference image with the color world you want
3. Soul Hex extracts the color palette automatically — shows hex swatches
4. Apply to generations

Good color references to upload:

• Film still from a movie with the color grade you want
• Fashion editorial with a strong color world
• Your brand's visual assets to match brand colors
• Any image where the color palette is the dominant appeal

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Moodboard + Soul ID: The Power Combination

What it controls	Tool
Who — face and character consistency	Soul ID
Color world — palette and grade	Color Transfer / Soul Hex
Overall aesthetic — lighting, tone, visual language	Moodboard
Specific visual treatment — preset style	Soul 2.0 Style Preset

Workflow for a consistent content series:

Step 1: Create Soul ID character (20+ photos, Character tab)
Step 2: Build Moodboard from style references (20+ cohesive images)
Step 3: Set Color Transfer palette (named or custom upload)
Step 4: Every generation uses:
         → Character slot: Soul ID active
         → Style: appropriate preset
         → Color Transfer: consistent palette
         → Moodboard: your custom moodboard active
Step 5: Only the scene description changes post to post

Per-post prompt template (with all consistency tools active):

[Soul ID character] is [action] at [specific location].
[One unique visual detail for this post.]
Camera: [movement]. Aspect: 9:16.
[No style description needed — moodboard + preset handle it.]

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Moodboard as a Prompt Modifier

When you want to write the moodboard's style into the prompt directly (rather than using the UI), use this structure:

[MOODBOARD: Project Name]
Color palette: [2–3 dominant colors]
Tone: [warm/cool + emotional register]
Film look: [sensor/grain if applicable]
Lighting character: [quality of light]
Cultural reference: [specific aesthetic if using a curated preset]

Example — Y2K Studio:

[MOODBOARD: Summer Campaign]
Color palette: electric blue backdrop, metallic silver, iridescent highlights
Tone: hyper-energized, maximalist, unserious
Film look: early 2000s digital — slightly blown highlights, vivid saturation
Lighting character: hard studio flash, colorful gels
Cultural reference: Y2K maximalism, early internet fashion

Example — Theatrical Light:

[MOODBOARD: Dark Portrait Series]
Color palette: deep black, single amber key light, deep shadow fill
Tone: mysterious, composed, high-drama
Film look: medium format digital, razor-sharp
Lighting character: single hard source, theatrical — all else falls to black
Cultural reference: stage photography, Helmut Newton editorial

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Related skills

• higgsfield-soul — Soul ID character consistency (combine with Moodboard for full visual lock)
• higgsfield-style — Visual styles and color grades
• higgsfield-mixed-media — Artistic preset overlays
• higgsfield-pipeline — Pipeline B uses Moodboard as a core stage
• templates/ — Annotated genre templates demonstrating style direction