Artificial Intelligence

Level 1 - Exploration

Prompt to Pixel: Images & Video Essentials

Taught by Dr. Lila Moreno

About This Challenge

Turn ideas into visuals using AI. In this guided, hands-on challenge, you’ll learn prompt engineering for image and video generation, control outputs with key parameters, and build a mini-portfolio. Ideal for creators, marketers, and beginners exploring creative AI.

What You'll Learn

Compose clear image prompts using subject, style, composition, and lighting components to achieve predictable results.
Control generation with seeds, guidance scale, aspect ratios, and samplers to iterate and reproduce outputs.
Apply negative prompts and safety practices to reduce artifacts and avoid undesired content ethically.
Design concise video prompts with shot structure, camera moves, and motion cues for short text-to-video clips.
Build and present a small set of coherent AI-generated images or a short video storyboard with documented prompts.

Challenge Content

9 lessons

Foundations: From Words to Visuals

From Words to Visuals: How AI Understands Prompts

10 Min

Image Prompt Building Blocks: A Practical Guide

8 Min

Checkpoint: Prompting Fundamentals

12 Min

Control and Style: Making Images Yours

Live Demo: Style, Composition, and Iteration Loops

12 Min

Parameters Mastery: Seeds, CFG, AR, Steps, Samplers

9 Min

Image Prompt Sprint: 3-Image Mini-Portfolio

60 Min

From Stills to Motion: Video Prompting

Text-to-Video Basics: Motion, Shots, and Timing

12 Min

Writing Video Prompts: Shots, Camera Moves, and Beats

10 Min

Storyboard-to-Video: 5–10 Second Clip

75 Min

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Challenge Info

Level

Level 1 - Exploration

Subject

Artificial Intelligence

Progress

Rewards

Requirements

Basic computer literacy and access to the web.
Free accounts on at least one AI image or video tool (e.g., Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, Runway).
A modern browser and reliable internet connection.
Willingness to experiment and iterate on creative ideas.

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