How to Read an AI Image Prompt: The Six Parts Behind Every Picture
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An AI image prompt usually does six jobs. It names a subject, places it in a setting, fixes the composition, describes the light, chooses a style or medium, and sets technical options such as aspect ratio. The quickest way to get better at prompting is to read finished prompts next to the images they produced, mark which words did each job, then change one part at a time and compare the results.
