Prompting Tip: Let AI help you write better prompts
One mistake I see a lot of people making is trying to create prompts completely from their imagination. You spend time describing the scene you want… but the result often looks very different from what you pictured. A much better approach is simple: use AI to help you build the prompt. Here’s what I usually do. First, find a reference image that represents the style or scene you want. It can be a screenshot, a photo, or any image that captures the look you're aiming for. Then upload that image to an AI like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and ask something like: “Based on this image, create a detailed prompt I can use to generate a similar image in [your AI tool].” After that, take the prompt it generates and paste it into your image generator. You’ll notice that the results become much closer to the vision you had in mind. The reason this works so well is because AI understands visual references better than abstract descriptions. When you only describe something with words, there’s often a gap between what you're imagining and how the AI interprets it. But when you give it an image, it can analyze the lighting, style, composition, and mood much more accurately. It’s similar to showing someone a picture instead of trying to describe it. Using reference images and letting AI help build your prompts can save you a lot of time and frustration when creating visuals. — Marcos