Prompting glossary
Style reference
An example image or named look to copy.
What it means
A style reference points the tool at a visual direction, either by uploading an example or by naming the look in words, such as editorial studio photography or flat vector illustration. It keeps a set of images consistent with each other.
How to use this in practice
Knowing the word is the easy half. The useful half is writing the instruction so the AI does not have to guess: say who it should act as, give it the background it cannot know, state the outcome you want, set the limits, and name the format the answer should come back in. That is the same structure behind every template in the free prompt library.
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