One of the first things I learned while testing AI image generators is that there are a lot of things that can go wrong when you're trying to get the image you see in your head to appear on your screen. If you've ever used an AI image or video generator, you know what I mean.

I've spent the past year testing and reviewing different AI image generators, and I've generated hundreds of images across services like Google's nano bananas model , Midjourney and Dall-E . But the images I created haven't all been winners. A bunch of them have been downright horrifying . But all my testing forced me to learn that the best way to avoid creating a wonky AI image is using a good prompt.

Prompt engineering, as experts call it, is knowing what words to use to get AI products to do what you

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