Enhance — When It Helps, When It Hurts
What Does Enhance Do?
The Enhance button sends your prompt to an AI model that expands it with additional cinematic details — camera settings, atmospheric descriptions, technical terms. It's like having a cinematographer review your shot list and add professional polish.
Keep in mind: the Builder already expands your parameter choices into a detailed prompt. Enhance adds another layer on top of that. So the final prompt may be significantly longer than the short descriptions you see in tutorials.
When Enhance Helps
Enhance works best when your prompt is short or general. If you've selected a subject and 2-3 parameters, the AI can intelligently fill in gaps with complementary details.
A cinematic portrait of a man in shadows
A cinematic film still, a weathered man emerging from deep shadows, Rembrandt lighting sculpting his angular features, shot on vintage Cooke anamorphic lens with subtle lens flare, f/2.0 shallow depth of field, moody chiaroscuro atmosphere
Enhance shines with vague prompts. "A portrait in shadows" → the AI adds specific lighting, lens, and mood details that you might not have thought of.
When Enhance Hurts
If you've already crafted a precise, detailed prompt with specific technical choices, Enhance may overwrite your decisions with generic alternatives. Your careful 85mm f/1.4 choice might become a "cinematic lens with shallow depth of field."
A woman lit by a single candle, shot on ARRI ALEXA Mini with Cooke S4 50mm at f/2.0, Kodak Vision3 500T film stock, intimate Vermeer-style lighting
A cinematic portrait of a woman in warm candlelight, dramatic lighting with soft shadows, shot with a professional cinema camera, shallow depth of field, warm golden tones, intimate atmosphere
The more specific your prompt, the less you need Enhance. If you've chosen exact camera, lens, and lighting — Enhance will likely dilute your vision.
Best Practices
Start simple, then enhance. Write a short prompt with 2-3 parameters. Hit Enhance. Compare both versions.
Always compare. Use the before/after view to check if Enhance actually improved your prompt or just made it longer.
Iterate. If you don't like the enhanced version, undo it, adjust your original, and try again. Or skip Enhance entirely — a focused manual prompt often beats an AI-expanded one.