AI image & video glossary
Clear, jargon-free definitions of the terms you'll meet when creating with AI.
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Aspect Ratio
Aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between an image's width and height, written as two numbers like 16:9, 1:1, or 9:16.
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Batch Generation
Batch generation is creating multiple AI images at once from a prompt or set of prompts, producing several variations in a single run to compare and pick.
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CFG Scale
CFG scale (classifier-free guidance) controls how strictly an AI image model follows your prompt versus generating freely — higher means more literal.
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Checkpoint
A checkpoint is a saved snapshot of a fully trained AI image model's weights — the complete file the generator loads to turn prompts into images.
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Commercial License
A commercial license is the legal permission to use AI-generated images and video for business and revenue-generating purposes.
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ControlNet
ControlNet is an add-on for image models that guides generation with a structural input like an edge map, pose, or depth — for precise control.
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Denoising
Denoising is the step-by-step process a diffusion model uses to turn random noise into a clear image guided by your prompt.
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Diffusion Model
A diffusion model is a generative AI that creates images by starting from random noise and gradually denoising it into a coherent picture.
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GAN
A GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) is an AI model where a generator and discriminator compete, training the generator to produce realistic synthetic data.
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Generative AI
Generative AI is a class of models that create new content — images, video, text, audio — from learned patterns, in response to a prompt.
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Image-to-Video
Image-to-video is AI that animates a still image into a short video clip, adding motion and camera movement while keeping the original picture.
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Image-to-Image (img2img)
Image-to-image (img2img) is AI generation that uses an existing image plus a prompt as the starting point, transforming it while keeping chosen structure.
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Inpainting
Inpainting is AI editing that regenerates a selected region of an image, replacing or repairing content while blending seamlessly with the rest.
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Kling 3
Kling 3 is a generative AI video model that turns text prompts or still images into short, high-fidelity video clips with controllable motion.
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Latent Space
Latent space is the compressed numerical map where AI models represent images as points, so similar concepts sit close together.
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LoRA
LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) is a lightweight fine-tuning method that teaches an AI model a new style, character, or concept without retraining it fully.
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Negative Prompt
A negative prompt tells an AI model what to leave out of an image, steering the result away from unwanted elements or artifacts.
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Outpainting
Outpainting is AI editing that extends an image beyond its original edges, generating new surroundings that match the existing scene.
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Photorealism
Photorealism is AI-generated imagery so lifelike it resembles a real photograph, with believable lighting, texture, depth, and detail.
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Prompt
A prompt is the text instruction you give an AI model to describe the image or video you want it to generate.
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Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the practice of crafting and refining the text instructions given to an AI model to get more accurate, useful, on-target results.
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Render
To render is to generate the final image or video from a model and inputs; a render is the produced output of that computation.
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Seed
A seed is the starting number that determines the random noise an AI uses to generate an image, making results repeatable.
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Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion is an open-source latent diffusion model that generates images from text by iteratively denoising in a compressed latent space.
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Style Pack
A style pack is a curated, reusable set of visual settings — look, lighting and aesthetic — applied to AI generations for a consistent style.
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Style Transfer
Style transfer is an AI technique that applies the visual look of one image — its colors, textures, brushwork — to the content of another.
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Text-to-Image
Text-to-image is AI that turns a written prompt into an original picture, generating the image from noise rather than retrieving it.
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Text-to-Video
Text-to-video is AI that turns a written prompt into a short moving video clip, generating motion, scenes, and timing from words alone.
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Upscaling
Upscaling is increasing an image or video's resolution while adding plausible detail, using AI to enlarge it without looking soft or blocky.
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Watermark
A watermark is a visible or embedded mark added to an image or video to indicate ownership, source or that it was AI-generated.
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