#prompt-craft
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One Gown, One Quarry, One Afternoon: How I Directed a Fashion Editorial with AI
The full process behind an AI-generated Valentino editorial in a Carrara marble quarry — casting, wardrobe sheets, shot direction, and the three mistakes that cost a full re-fire.
JSON Prompts, Tested: What Actually Works and What's Just Aesthetic
The JSON prompt trend split the AI art community in half. One side says it is the secret behind every great Veo 3 clip. The other says it is cargo-cult hype. This article tests it properly — with the primary sources, a three-way image comparison, and the one case where the format actually earns its place.
Directing AI Video Like a Cinematographer — Without the Jargon
Camera movement, lens logic, pacing, and shot chaining — the visual vocabulary that turns AI video from random clips into directed film. Twenty ready-to-use prompt templates included.
Directing Seedance 2.0: The Multimodal Prompt Guide
Seedance 2.0 takes text, images, video clips, and audio — up to twelve references in a single generation. Here is the reference grammar, seven techniques for directing it, and sixteen ready-to-use prompt templates.
The Photographer's Prompt Guide: How to Actually Get Good Output from Nano Banana
Not another prompt list. This is the craft behind the prompts — perspective, lens choice, film aesthetics, lighting physics, and the techniques that turn generic AI output into images with genuine creative vision.