Acid
Acid, the acid visual look, is a ruined print: burned chroma, melting edges, silver that shifted, dyes left in the sun too long. The dyes should misbehave, and a festive rainbow LUT is not damage.
Narrative function
Nights that went wrong, posters, a memory that chemically failed: a face still held, edges melting, magentas and yellows overcooked. LSD is wet perception.
Acid is the print after the sun. Cross-process is a cousin in the soup.
It is the wrong tool for grocery-store realism, and the wrong tool if you add trails. Trails belong to LSD.
If it looks festive rather than damaged, you shot a party filter.
How it works
Lock off, 35mm to 50mm, eye height. Keep a readable face.
Prompt melted edges, overcooked magentas and yellows, shifted silver. Do not add trails unless you want LSD as well.
Pick one. Prompt: Acid look on [Subject], burned chroma, melting edges, a print left in the sun too long.
When to use it
A night that chemically failed, a poster, a damaged memory. Do not use it as a rainbow party grade, and do not mix trails unless you mean LSD.
Compared with similar shots
LSD is wet trails and breathing walls. Acid is print damage.
Cross Process is a specific soup mistake that shifts hues. Acid is the named ruin: melt, burn, sun-sick dyes.
Not a festive LUT.
In film
Enter the Void can overlap with LSD, but its dye is usable as burned chroma. Spring Breakers cooks color until it hurts.
Chemistry, not a party filter. Grammar, not a frame to copy.
Prompt it
Damage, not a party. Acid look on [Subject], burned chroma, melting edges, a print left in the sun too long.
Add lock-off, held face, melted edges, overcooked magenta and yellow, no trails. Pick acid or LSD, not both.
What usually goes wrong
A rainbow LUT, or trails from LSD stacked on melt. The tell is festive rather than ruined.
Fix it: show the melt, burn the dyes, hold the face.
Questions
What is Acid in film?
A ruined-print look: burned chroma, melting edges, dyes that sat in the sun. It is chemical damage, not a rainbow grade.
Acid vs LSD
LSD is wet perception: trails, breathing walls. Acid is a print that failed: melt and burn. Trails belong to LSD. Damage belongs to acid.
When should I use Acid?
Failed nights, posters, chemically sick memory. Skip grocery realism and party rainbows.
How do I prompt Acid for AI image or video?
Hold the face, then: Acid look on [Subject], burned chroma, melting edges, a print left in the sun too long. Forbid trails unless you mean LSD instead.