Prompt Writing Guides
Practical, in-depth guides on writing AI image & video prompts — structure, parameters, lighting vocabulary and workflows. All guides are editorial content, updated as tools evolve.
AI Art Prompt Structure 101: From a Single Sentence to a Controllable Image
If you want stable, controllable AI art, start by structuring your prompts. This guide breaks a prompt into four elements—subject, style, lighting, and camera—with a formula you can apply directly, real examples, and fixes for common mistakes, taking you from lucky one-liners to images that match your intent.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
The Complete Guide to Midjourney Parameters: --ar, --s, --v, --c, --no
A beginner-friendly guide to Midjourney parameters: what --ar, --s, --v, --c and --no do, their common value ranges and how to tune each one, with complete example prompts and a recommended workflow, so you can move from luck-based results to steady control.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
How to Choose Stable Diffusion Samplers, Steps and CFG: A Practical Guide from Euler a to DPM++ 2M Karras
Blurry output, broken anatomy, oversaturated colors? The problem may not be your prompt. This guide explains what Steps, CFG and common samplers each control and how to tune them, with two complete parameter examples for portraits and scene illustration.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
How to Write Negative Prompts: Common Problems, Word Lists, and Their Limits
Negative prompts tell the model what not to draw — a common fix for broken hands, watermarks and soft images. This guide explains which models they work on, how to pick words by problem, what happens when you stack too many, plus a copyable base list and scenario add-ons.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
Getting Started with Qwen Image: Chinese vs. English Prompts and In-Image Text Rendering
Qwen understands Chinese prompts natively, so there is no need to translate your ideas into English first. This guide covers the key differences between Chinese and English prompt styles, when Chinese is the more reliable choice, quotation tricks for rendering text inside images, Chinese phrasing for lighting and camera terms, plus three complete examples for portrait, landscape and poster.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
Lighting and Composition Cheat Sheet: The Photography English Terms Your Prompts Need Most
A scenario-based cheat sheet of the English photography terms used most often in AI image prompts, organized into natural light, artificial light, time-of-day mood, lens and composition. Every term comes with what it does and the subjects it suits, plus a ready-to-use combination formula for controllable results.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
Img2img and Reference Images in Practice: Controlling Composition and Character Consistency
From swapping backgrounds to locking in the same face, reference images turn AI image generation from luck into control. This guide covers when to use img2img versus reference images, how to adjust denoising strength, the three-part recipe for character consistency, and how first frames and prompts work together for image-to-video.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
Getting Started with AI Video Prompts: How to Write Camera Moves, Actions and Duration
Video prompts are not just longer image prompts. This guide breaks down the five elements — subject, action, scene, camera movement and atmosphere — with a practical camera-move vocabulary, action-writing principles, where duration and aspect ratio are actually set, image-to-video tips, and three complete copy-ready examples.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3
E-commerce Product Image Prompts: Templates for Hero Shots, Lifestyle Scenes and Detail Close-ups
Hero shots, lifestyle scenes and detail close-ups are the three core needs of e-commerce product imagery. This guide gives a structure template and a lighting-background vocabulary for each, covers phrase swaps for beauty, electronics, food and apparel, and includes complete Midjourney and Flux examples you can adapt by simply replacing the product description.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 4
Realistic Portrait Prompts: Controlling Skin Texture, Lens Feel, Age and Emotion
Realistic portraits are the genre that tests your descriptive skills most in AI image generation. This guide breaks down the four-layer structure of a portrait prompt, explains skin-texture keywords, framing and lens parameters, and how to write age and emotion, with three complete examples — studio, backlit and street — to help you escape the plastic look.
Updated 2026-11-05 · min read 3