Generated Images That Hold Up Enlarged

Generated Images That Hold Up Enlarged

Prompt structure, what never to ask a generator for, and the full-zoom checklist that catches the failures before you publish.

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What it is for

A working loop for AI image generation that has to ship: a prompt shape, a short list of things generators still fail at, and a zoom checklist for the places output breaks. Reach for it when the image will be seen larger than a thumbnail. It prevents publishing a picture whose hands, background faces or invented lettering only become obvious after someone enlarges it.

The skill

Use when a generated image has to work as a finished asset.

Write the prompt in this order, one clause each:
  subject, what it is doing, where, the light, the framing, the mood.
Example to edit:
  "a ceramic coffee cup on a linen cloth, morning window light from the
  left, close three-quarter view, shallow depth of field, calm and warm"

Do not ask for these. You will spend longer repairing than remaking:
- Readable words, signage, or a specific logo.
- Hands doing something precise, or an exact number of objects.
- A real product you sell, rendered from a description. Photograph it.
- A named living person.

Generate several and cull hard. One usable frame in eight is normal and
cheaper than forcing a bad frame to become good.

Enlarge only after you have chosen, then inspect at full zoom:
- Hands, fingers, teeth, ears, jewellery, glasses.
- Any repeated pattern: knitwear, tiles, brickwork, crowds.
- Faces in the background, which is usually where it falls apart.
- Text-shaped smudges the generator invented.
- Edges that melt where two objects overlap.

Repair a small failure by clearing that area and regenerating it alone.
If the same area breaks twice, change the prompt instead of trying a
third time.

Two rules that are not about quality:
- Never present a generated image as a photograph of a real product, a
  real place, or a real event.
- Keep the prompt in the filename or a note. The version you will be
  asked for next month is the one you cannot remember how you made.

How to install it

1. Open the tool and start a new conversation, project or template.
2. Paste the text below wherever the tool keeps standing instructions
   — usually called system prompt, instructions, or persona.
3. Save it so it applies to every run rather than a single message.

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