Getting started with AI creation: images, video and audio

Start creating with AI by choosing one small outcome, describing it clearly and reviewing a limited first attempt against criteria you set beforehand. You do not need to learn every model name or write a complicated prompt. You need to know what the result is for and what would make it usable.

This approach works for an illustration, a flyer, a narration or a video concept. Deepnia covers each format: the Image Studio, the Video Studio, Voice & Audio for voice-over and music, and Imprimerie IA, Deepnia’s print-ready document tool, for flyers and presentations. Generating something and deciding to publish it are separate steps.

Choose a project you can evaluate

For a business task, use a brief that reflects the information you must verify. The restaurant content workflow starts from approved menu and service details; the real-estate content workflow starts from confirmed property facts. Both apply the same small-task method, starting from validated facts.

“Create my entire marketing campaign” combines too many decisions for a first exercise. “Prepare an illustration for a beginner drawing workshop announcement” is easier to assess.

Describe the outcome in one sentence: what you want, who will see it and where it will be used. Then choose three acceptance criteria. For a workshop illustration, these might be a recognizable drawing theme, an uncluttered composition and space for a headline added later.

Start with a fictional exercise rather than sensitive work. You can learn how to give instructions and review output without sharing customer records or making a public promise. Once you understand the process, apply it to a real project with the appropriate facts and permissions.

Understand the role of a prompt

Match the next step to your deliverable

Use the general method here to define your first task, then choose the detailed guide that fits the file you need:

You need…	Prepare first	Tool	Continue with
A consistent set of images	A shared brief and one representative example	Image Studio	Image workflow
A short visual sequence	A shot list and a purpose for each shot	Video Studio	Video workflow
Spoken information	An approved script and pronunciation notes	Voice & Audio	Narration workflow
A musical accompaniment	Its role, mood and listening criteria	Voice & Audio with Suno V5	Music workflow
A resume draft	Your verified experience and target role	Imprimerie IA	Resume writing without invented experience
A document explaining an offer	Approved scope, terms and next action	Imprimerie IA	Promotional leaflet planning

If you are unsure which medium serves the message, Studio brings image, video and audio together in one conversation. Example prompt:

I want to help [audience] understand [message] in [context]. My confirmed facts are [facts]. Compare an image, a short video and spoken narration for this task. Recommend one manageable first deliverable and three review criteria. Flag missing information and separate preparation from any media-generation steps.

What a prompt does

A prompt is the instruction you give the system. It can describe a subject, purpose, style and constraints. It cannot turn unknown information into verified facts.

Treat generated content as a proposal. A polished image can contain impossible objects, a natural-sounding voice can mispronounce a name, and a fluent paragraph can introduce a claim you never supplied. Quality of presentation and factual reliability are different things.

Your job is not to approve everything that looks impressive. It is to select what meets the purpose you defined.

Gather only the information the task needs

Prepare relevant facts and authorized references before starting. For a real event, you might need the confirmed date, location and contact details. The image generator may not need those details if you add them to the final flyer with Imprimerie IA.

Use placeholders for private information during drafting. Avoid uploading customer messages or internal documents when a short, anonymous summary would do. Check the chosen service’s data-handling terms before sharing material that requires special care.

Separate information that must remain accurate from creative choices. A real product’s shape is not a style preference. An event date is not something the system should improvise. Lighting and background colors, on the other hand, may be open to exploration.

Try a simple first exercise

Imagine an announcement for a fictional drawing workshop for adults. The task is to prepare an illustration, not an image of real attendees or a completed poster. The beginner’s guide to creating AI images walks through each step of this kind of exercise.

Example prompt:

Create a welcoming illustration of a drawing-workshop table for adult beginners. Include an open sketchbook, a few pencils and a small plant. Keep the composition simple, with soft light and natural colors. Leave a quiet area near the top where I can add a headline later. No text, logos or identifiable people. Suggest an approachable creative activity without depicting a real venue.

This prompt establishes the subject, mood, layout and exclusions. “Make an amazing event image” leaves much more to interpretation and gives you fewer specific ways to diagnose a disappointing result.

Want to try this prompt? Open the Image Studio, pick Nano Banana 2 Lite for a quick draft and paste the prompt.

Review the result against your original criteria

For the workshop exercise, ask three questions: is drawing the obvious theme, is the composition simple, and is there usable space for a headline?

Then inspect unexpected details. Look for invented lettering, unwanted marks and objects that do not make sense.

Use a short review note rather than a vague reaction:

• Keep: the warm lighting and visible sketchbook.
• Change: remove extra desk objects that distract from the subject.
• Check: make sure the empty headline area remains clear after cropping.

Notes like these turn “I don’t like it” into a useful next instruction.

Review at the intended viewing size. For audio, listen to the entire file. For video, inspect the opening, transitions and ending rather than approving one attractive frame.

Change one important thing at a time

If the scene is too crowded, try: “Keep the warm mood, but reduce the scene to the sketchbook and three pencils. Increase the empty area at the top.”

Do not change the subject, palette, style and composition simultaneously unless you intend to start again. Small revisions make it easier to understand which instruction helped.

In the Image Studio, edit the result instead of generating a new one. A fresh generation may alter the entire scene even when the prompt asks to preserve it.

For a more focused image-writing method, use the AI image prompt guide. Keep the original purpose in view: technical vocabulary is useful only when it expresses something you actually want.

Set a stopping rule before repeated attempts

If several attempts fail in the same way, reconsider the task. Could you simplify the scene? Repeating an unchanged request is not a strategy for solving a persistent problem.

The workshop exercise deliberately avoids people because they are unnecessary to communicate its theme. That reduces the number of faces, hands and interactions you would need to inspect. Simplification is not a compromise when the removed detail does not serve the message.

Stop when the acceptance criteria are met. More variations can create more decisions without improving the final asset.

Separate creation from finishing and publication

A completed generation may still need editing. Add confirmed event details, review spelling and open the final file in the context where people will see it. Check that the headline remains readable and no important information is cropped.

Save the approved prompt, selected version and a brief note about changes. This gives you a repeatable method without requiring you to remember every experiment. It also helps distinguish the file you approved from earlier drafts.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need coding skills?

Not to describe a creative task in ordinary language and review a result. The first skills to develop are defining the outcome, supplying useful context and spotting problems.

Should I choose the most popular model?

No. Start with the default model, for example Gemini Omni for video, Open TTS for voice or Suno V5 for music, then compare if needed.

Are longer prompts always better?

No. Add useful constraints, but remove contradictions and irrelevant detail. A short, clear instruction is easier to evaluate than a long list of competing requirements.

What should I do now?

Write one sentence describing your project and three acceptance criteria. Start your first request in Studio, which brings image, video and audio together, then review the result before using it. Learning what to keep—and what to reject—is as important as learning how to generate.