Plain-English definitions of everything these guides use. Alphabetical.
Aspect ratio — the shape of a picture: square, portrait or landscape. Set it to suit where the picture is going, since cropping later throws part of it away.
Batch — a set of generations run together. See generating in bulk.
Bulk generation — making many things in one run rather than one at a time.
Cancelled — a job that was stopped, by you or because it exceeded the time allowed. Costs no credits.
Completed — a job that finished and produced something. This is when credits are actually spent.
Credits — what generating costs. Your plan includes an allowance; you can buy more. See how credits work.
Downscale / upscale — see upscale.
Draft — an early attempt, not a formal feature. Drafting on a fast, cheap model before committing to a good one is the habit that saves the most credits.
Erase — painting over something in a picture so it is removed and the background filled in behind it. See editing and upscaling.
Failed — a job that went wrong and produced nothing. The credits held for it are released.
Favourite — starring something so it is easy to find again. A shortlist, as opposed to a folder, which is lasting organisation.
Folder — a group in your own library. An item lives in one folder at a time. Deleting a folder does not delete its contents. See folders.
Frame extraction — taking one still picture out of a video.
Generate — to make something. The verb for the whole activity.
Guidance — how literally the model follows your prompt. Low is loose, high is literal. See settings explained.
Held credits — the amount reserved while work runs. Spent if it succeeds, returned if it does not. This is why a balance can briefly look lower than expected.
Image-to-image — starting from a picture rather than a blank page. See starting from an image.
Job — one unit of work you asked for. It has a status: queued, processing, completed, failed and so on.
Library — everything you have made, uploaded or saved. Private to you.
Metadata — hidden information attached to a file: when it was taken, on what, and often exactly where. Removable — see removing file information.
Model — the thing that actually makes the picture. Different models have different looks, speeds and costs. See choosing a model.
Negative prompt — a list of things you do not want. Keep it short, and do not list something you have also asked for in the main prompt.
Partial success — a batch where some items worked and some did not. Normal on large batches. You are charged only for what produced something.
Pending — for a job, accepted but not yet started.
Prompt — the description you type. The biggest lever you have. See writing a prompt.
Queue — the line your work waits in when demand is high. Everyone’s work is interleaved so no single account monopolises capacity.
Regenerate — running one of your own library items again from its saved recipe, with the seed pinned so it reproduces that exact output.
Recipe — the prompt, model and seed behind an item. See Regenerate.
Rejected — a request refused rather than attempted, almost always on content grounds. Costs no credits.
Seed — the starting point of the randomness. Same prompt, settings and seed gives the same picture again. Usually best left random. Some models manage their own and do not offer the setting.
Steps — how much work goes into each image. More costs more, with diminishing returns.
Strength — when starting from an image, how far the result may drift from your original. Too high ignores your picture; too low ignores your prompt.
Trash — the view holding items you have deleted. They stay there, and stay restorable, until you delete them forever or empty it.
Two-step sign-in — requiring a code from your phone as well as your password. The single most effective thing you can do for your account. Also called two-factor authentication.
Upscale — increasing a picture’s resolution, reconstructing detail as it grows rather than simply stretching it. Do it last, on the version you are keeping.