Learn how to generate an image.
A good image prompt has five pieces. Name each one clearly and the AI stops guessing.
Subject
Setting
Light
Camera
Style
Your image
Try it: build a prompt.
Pick one from each row. Your prompt writes itself on the right, ready to paste into ChatGPT or Google Flow.
YOUR PROMPT
Four steps, every time.
- Start with whoOne clear subject. Say what they look like and what they wear.
- Put them somewhereA real place helps: a kampung, a rainy street, a market.
- Choose the light and cameraGolden hour, close-up, low angle. This is what makes it look like a film.
- Generate, then fix one thingChange only one piece at a time until it looks right.
Short prompt, short result.
TOO VAGUE
a cat
MUCH BETTER
A ginger cat wearing a tiny helmet, inside a wooden house on stilts, golden hour sunlight from the side, close-up at eye level. Photorealistic, cinematic film still. No text, no logos.
Add "no text, no logos"AI loves to add random writing. Ask it not to.
One subject per imageTwo people? Make each one first, then put them together.
Save what worksKeep a note of prompts you like. That's your own prompt playbook.