You upload and ask AI: Describe the visual style of this image. What terms would I use to recreate this style?

A lever is something you can pull to change the result. For example: “A robot in a city.” v/s “A cinematic cyberpunk robot in a neon-lit futuristic city, low-poly, dramatic lighting.”

You're essentially pulling different visual levers

Knowing the words that describe how the image should look

The AI sees enough of the surrounding information to make a reasonable guess about what is missing.

coarse understanding means big picture understand. AI can understand the the overall scene of picture and is good at this but it is weak at understading the fine(specific/small) details. E.g: Coarse understanding: “I see a car.”

Fine understanding: “It's a 2024 Toyota Corolla, white, with a specific license plate number.”