prompts being ignored

Forum|Forum|9 days ago
May 27, 2026
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not sure if it's a bug, but i'm on the seventh straight generation using different variations of the same prompt asking nothing new to be added to the video and it keeps adding something that isn't there. i'm wasting credits on a simple request and it keeps ignoring my prompts. i understand you might not be able to prevent generation from going awry, but if i specifically use prompts to prevent something and it does it anyway, why should I lose credits? a few times sure, but seven or eight straight?

Correct answer daniellei4510

Negative prompts can be tricky with a lot of AI models. “Do not”...” or something similar for many models is interpreted as requesting the exact opposite. A prompt such as, “the man should not have a beard” will often result in giving the subject a full beard. “The man should be clean shaven” on the other hand, might yield the desired result. If you could post the prompt in questions, that might help and someone can suggest some possible work arounds. Are you creating an entire new video or attempting to edit an existing one?

JimOfAllTradesAuthor

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@Oh.N8 yep, good idea. thanks!

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Oh.N8

Hey @JimOfAllTrades
Just to add to what @daniellei4510 mentioned.
Could you share an example of your prompt? This way we can assist you better.

I find clearing the images that I don’t want helps as well.

When wanting to keep the same image, I often put at the beginning of my prompt:
Example of Prompt
Keep original image
or
Use reference image

Cheeers

Nate

JimOfAllTradesAuthor

Participant

I’ll keep that in mind as well. Like I said I’ve got a rhythm down with some repetitive product clips and it’s just a rarity it hiccups and gives me a stretch of garbage.

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Oh.N8

Okay. I get that. I have had a few moments like that as well. Make sure to give a thumbs down and thumbs up and some feedback for the developers. They do read your feedback.

I find when I give a thumbs up to images that are working. It helps just as much.

the clearer the feedback/ specific details helps them a lot.

Final bit… Not exactly sure if this would help or not. There are the custom models as well. Again… I am not sure if this would apply to what you are doing.

Cheers
Nate

daniellei4510

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Negative prompts can be tricky with a lot of AI models. “Do not”...” or something similar for many models is interpreted as requesting the exact opposite. A prompt such as, “the man should not have a beard” will often result in giving the subject a full beard. “The man should be clean shaven” on the other hand, might yield the desired result. If you could post the prompt in questions, that might help and someone can suggest some possible work arounds. Are you creating an entire new video or attempting to edit an existing one?

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JimOfAllTradesAuthor

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Thanks. Yes that makes sense. I’m doing a lot of repetitive product movement for things that I’ve got down pretty well. It rarely acts up over a few generations until I get it right. Nothing that complicated. Sometimes it just does what it wants. Sometimes the fix is going to my generation history to something that’s worked, and just work from that prompt and it’ll suddenly obey. My frustration is when you’ve used good AI prompts to lock the appearance and remove/reduce/limit added crap, it just trips its balls off and throws nonsense into the mix. Add several botched generations and you just feel like you want some money back.

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