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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.