Platform fluency
The rules are universal, but the phrasing is not. Here is how each major AI platform likes to be prompted, with a working recipe for each.
Rewards rich context and explicit reasoning. Give it the background, define the role, and ask it to think step by step before answering.
You are a senior editor. Context: [brief]. Task: tighten this paragraph. Think through the changes, then give the final version.
Responds well to a clear system role and step-by-step framing. Ask for a specific output format and it will hold to it.
Act as a market analyst. Summarize this report as 5 bullets, each under 15 words.
Favors concise, well-scoped tasks and handles long documents well. Keep the ask narrow and the context clearly delimited.
From the text below, extract every date and return them as a JSON array. --- [document]
Loves dense, comma-separated descriptions and parameters. Lead with subject, then style, then camera, then flags like aspect ratio and stylize.
a lone lighthouse at dawn, storm clouds, cinematic, 35mm, dramatic side light --ar 16:9 --stylize 250 --seed 42
Prefers natural, complete sentences over keyword soup. Describe the scene as you would to a person, including the mood and the style.
A watercolor illustration of a cozy bookshop on a rainy evening, warm light spilling onto the wet pavement.
Gives you the most control: positive and negative prompts, weights, seeds, and samplers. Use negatives aggressively to remove artifacts.
Positive: portrait, soft light, 85mm Negative: blurry, extra fingers, text Seed: 12345 CFG: 7
Describe the scene, the subject action, and the camera movement in one clear paragraph. Specify pacing to control how much happens per second.
A slow dolly-in on a woman reading by a window, dust drifting in the light, calm pacing, warm afternoon tones.
Works best from a starting image plus a short motion prompt. Keep the motion description simple: one camera move, one subject action.
Start image: hero.png Motion: gentle push forward, hair moving slightly in the breeze.
Handles longer clips and complex motion. Chain reference frames between clips to keep a character consistent across a sequence.
Clip 2 start = Clip 1 end frame Motion: character turns and walks toward camera, steady tracking shot.
Start at module one and build up to full image-and-video workflows.
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