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How Image AI Works
5 min 75 XP
Specificity beats vagueness every time
'A dog' creates a generic dog. 'A golden retriever puppy sitting in autumn leaves, warm afternoon light, shallow depth of field, photorealistic' creates something remarkable. Specificity is your prompt superpower.
Style and mood are instructions too
Describe how it should feel: cinematic, minimalist, whimsical, dramatic, watercolour, 8-bit pixel art, studio photography. These words change everything about the output.
Iteration is the skill
The best AI image creators do not write one perfect prompt. They generate → inspect → identify what is off → change one element → regenerate. Version 3 is always better than Version 1.