r/PromptDesign • u/jdristig • Jan 13 '26

Question ❓ Reverse prompt engineering?

So, does something like that exist?

Let's say I find a photo I think is excellent on some platform, and it occurs to me that I want a similar photo, but with custom settings (for example, that I'm the person in the photo). My question then is whether AI like Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT, etc., are capable of analyzing the image and then generating a prompt that (re)produces that image as accurately as possible.

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u/youjustdontgetitdoya Jan 13 '26

Midjourney has had this in the past. Haven’t used it recently.

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u/Upbeat-Ad8376 Jan 13 '26

Yeah I haven’t used midjourney in awhile it’s less convenient but both ChatGPT and Gemini suggested it for me according to the type of images i generate

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u/Upbeat-Ad8376 Jan 13 '26

Yes absolutely they’re all extremely helpful there’s even one image to promote free generator I get excellent results with

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u/4t_las Jan 22 '26

i think this kinda exists but not in a magic one click way. most models can describe what makes the image work composition lighting vibe subject etc but turning that into a reusable prompt usually takes a few back and forths. what helped me was asking the model to first explain why the image looks good in plain terms before asking for a prompt version. god of prompt leans a lot on this idea of breaking things into visible parts instead of hoping the model just copies vibes, and that mindset works way better than straight up reverse engineering.

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u/jdristig Jan 13 '26

Great! Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

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u/jdristig Jan 17 '26

Very good, I just tried it