Prompt pairs that cancel each other out
Contradictions like 'static handheld' make a model keep one instruction, drop the other, or muddle both. The common conflicts and how to collapse each into one.
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Dolly in or zoom in? Name the mechanism
A dolly and a zoom both read as getting closer, so models pick at random. How to name the physical mechanism and read the background to check what you got.
9 min read
Motion blur and shutter language in prompts
Motion blur names an outcome, not an instruction. Shutter and exposure phrasing for crisp versus smeared movement, and when to add the blur in post instead.
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Prompt adherence vs aesthetic defaults
Complaints that a model ignored the prompt are usually a casting error. Two prompts at three seeds each sort image models into the two camps that matter.
8 min read
Reviewing a Generation Before You Reroll
Rerolling the same prompt is a coin flip you pay for. A structured critique first, then one changed variable, cuts the renders you throw away.
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Put the camera first: prompt order that holds framing
Leading a video prompt with shot size and angle changes the framing you get back. A five-slot shot-card skeleton you can fill for any shot, in order.
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How to fill a 4,500-token prompt window
Long-window image models take far more instruction than most prompts supply. A block structure for long prompts, and where extra tokens stop mattering.
8 min read
A Diagnostic Tree for Generations That Come Back Wrong
A decision tree for AI generations that come back wrong: what to change based on exactly what you see in the output, not what you originally asked for.
7 min read
Camera Instructions Models Silently Ignore
Some camera directives are real parameters. Others are prose the model approximates and quietly drops. How to tell which is which, and test for it.
9 min read
Why Prompt Adherence Collapses Around Keyframes
Near a supplied keyframe, models drift toward their own priors instead of the prompt — and escalating the prompt with more restrictions reliably makes it worse.
7 min read
DALL-E 3.5 vs Flux 1.2 Ultra vs Midjourney v7
DALL-E 3.5, Flux 1.2 Ultra and Midjourney v7 anchor the 2026 image model field. Full capability breakdown, pricing, and per-use-case verdicts for serious creators.
12 min read
Flux 1.2 Ultra vs Ideogram 3: prompts vs type
Flux 1.2 Ultra leads on prompt adherence and photoreal detail. Ideogram 3 owns in-image text and layout. Full capability breakdown, pricing and verdicts.
10 min read
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