Prompt
The instruction you give an AI model — the text (and sometimes images) describing what you want. In creative AI, the prompt is your primary tool: it carries subject, style, mood, lighting, composition, and format. Good prompts are specific and concrete ('golden hour backlight, 85mm portrait, shallow depth of field') rather than vague ('nice photo'). Every model reads prompts slightly differently, but specificity wins everywhere. Example: upgrading 'a dog' to 'a corgi puppy mid-leap over autumn leaves, low angle, motion blur' transforms the output quality instantly.