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title: AI Image and Video Generation Glossary
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## Common questions
- Look up a term used in an AI Pin Maker workflow guide
- Understand a model parameter (resolution, aspect ratio, duration) before generating
- Decide between hard enamel and soft enamel for a pin run
- Compare text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video before picking a workflow
- Map an unfamiliar industry term to the AI Pin Maker studio button that does the same thing

## How to start
- Bookmark this glossary and open it whenever a workflow guide uses an unfamiliar term
- For each term, follow the inline link to the studio button that uses it in practice
- Use the glossary as a shared vocabulary when briefing collaborators or vendors
- Treat the definitions as practical, not academic: every entry is tied to a real workflow on AI Pin Maker
- Refresh your mental model when the changelog flags a definition change

## FAQ
### What is text to image on AI Pin Maker?
Text to image is the workflow that turns a written prompt into a still image, run through the [text to image](https://aipinmaker.com/zh/eshi/text-to-image?feature=glossary) studio. AI Pin Maker routes the prompt to a chosen model, returns the result, and lets you simplify it into pin-ready art.

### What is image to video on AI Pin Maker?
Image to video takes a still source frame and animates it into a short clip. Use the [image to video](https://aipinmaker.com/zh/eshi/image-to-video?feature=glossary) studio after a still concept has passed product, rights, and safety review.

### What is reference to video (r2v)?
Reference to video accepts a still or short reference clip and generates a new clip that matches its motion or composition. It is a separate workflow from image to video; the reference does not have to be the first frame.

### What does Credits required: 0 mean?
It means the page or preview action does not consume your AI Pin Maker credits. Generating a final image or video on the studio does consume credits, but reading guides and previewing examples is free, no sign-up required.

### What is mature fictional content on AI Pin Maker?
Mature fictional content is a tier of routing that supports a wider creative range while staying within the policy boundary. It is routed only through models that support that tier (see the Model Specs page) and is isolated from standard workflows in URL, sitemap, and internal linking.

### What is the AI router on AI Pin Maker?
The router is the layer that takes a workflow request and forwards it to the right model based on capability, tier, and cost. The [text to image](https://aipinmaker.com/zh/eshi/text-to-image?feature=glossary) and [text to video](https://aipinmaker.com/zh/eshi/text-to-video?feature=glossary) studios both go through the router.

### What is prompt extend?
Prompt extend is an optional flag on some video models that asks the model to fill in extra detail before generation. It can improve coherence on short prompts but may drift from the original brief, so use it deliberately.

### What is the difference between an enamel pin and a metal badge?
A pin uses a butterfly clutch or rubber clutch on the back; a badge can use a pin-back, magnet, or button mechanism. Both can come out of the same AI Pin Maker design, but the production fit changes the file you send to the manufacturer.