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How to describe what you want

A practical way to write a first prompt: name the subject, the look, and the moment — and leave the technical choices to Viszy.

Most disappointing results come from a prompt that is too thin, not from the tool. There is no syntax to learn: describe the picture or the clip you have in mind the way you would describe it to a friend who is going to make it for you.

Four things worth saying

  1. The subject. Who or what is in the frame. "A ceramic mug", "my dog Pico", "a harbour at dawn".
  2. The look. Materials, light, and mood: "matte, warm morning light, soft shadows".
  3. The moment. What is happening: "steam rising, condensation on the table", "mid-stride, ears back".
  4. The shape of the frame. Close-up, wide, square for a profile picture, tall for a phone wallpaper.

A prompt that carries those four things reads like a sentence, not a settings panel:

A ceramic mug on a linen tablecloth, warm morning light from the left, steam rising, close-up, square.

Details that change the result

  • Light is the strongest lever. "Golden hour", "overcast", "single lamp", "hard studio light" move a result more than any adjective about quality.
  • Position beats praise. "Filling the left third, blurred background" does more than "beautiful composition".
  • Name the material. Leather, brushed steel, watercolour paper, wool — materials tell Viszy what the surfaces should look like.
  • Say what to leave out when it matters: "empty background", "no text", "no people".

Working in steps

You do not have to get it right in one pass. Start close, look at the result, then change one thing: the light, then the angle, then the mood. Changing one thing and creating again is cheaper than rewriting a long prompt, because the previous result is your starting point.

Templates are a good starting point when you would rather not think about wording at all — pick the situation ("product photo", "profile picture") and describe only the subject.

What you never have to specify

Model names, samplers, step counts, and quality tiers. Viszy takes care of those. If a phrase like that creeps into what you write, delete it and spend the words on the subject and the light instead.