How to narrow a request when the result keeps coming back wrong
Stop adding detail and take detail away. When a result keeps missing, tell Vizard Agent to forget the earlier instructions and ask for the smallest possible change to what already exists, such as one element removed or one panel resized. An edit can be checked exactly, while a recreation can only be judged.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Say "forget the previous requests" in as many words. It sounds blunt on the page and it is the single most useful sentence in a long session with Vizard Agent, because it clears out constraints you no longer want and stops them quietly shaping the next attempt. Then ask for one change and say everything else stays as it is.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
You asked for something faithful to a reference. It came back different. You described the difference, and it came back different in a new way. The instinct is to describe harder; the fix is to ask for less, because each narrower request can be checked at a glance. In the session behind this article it:
- Analysed a comic-panel reference, mapped each of the five source scenes onto its layout, and built a collage with angled cut-outs, comic colour grading and a central silhouette. It was plausible, but not the image wanted.
- Adjusted the crop and refined positions and outlines, then re-read the reference in detail to copy the dividers and each panel's position.
- Rebuilt from scratch with curved masks aligned to the reference, dropping the extra effects and lines nobody had asked for.
- Reviewed the new version side by side with the reference, checking the dividers specifically, and kept both characters in the couple panel.
- Enlarged only the lower-left panel's mask, because the divider was hiding the art, and adjusted the scale of the couple's panel without altering the overall structure.
When does this not work well?
Narrowing assumes the current version is close. If it's fundamentally wrong, with the wrong structure, footage or idea, a series of small edits is a slow way to arrive somewhere you should have restarted from. Several real faults should be fixed one at a time, and some changes interact: resizing one panel moves another.
Common questions
Does it really forget the earlier brief? Yes, if you say so. Vizard Agent treats it as cleared rather than as background.
What if I want two changes? Ask for them one at a time. Vizard Agent can do both, but you can only check one.
When should I restart instead? When the version is wrong in structure, or three narrowed edits haven't converged. Vizard Agent will say when that's the case.