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My Mistake and the Solution — Wire Mesh Table Issue

Hey everyone! I'm sharing my final video, but I also wanted to share an important lesson I learned during this project — it might help someone else running into the same thing.

What went wrong:

While using the tutorial's prompt to generate Image 5 (the partially-cemented table), every output kept showing a visible wire mesh grid at the table's edges and gaps — even though the tutorial's reference image showed a fully solid cement surface with no mesh at all.

What I tried (that didn't work):

Added negative phrases like "no wire mesh visible" to the prompt
Made the instructions more detailed and repeated them
Tried generating a fully-cemented reference image from scratch

Even after all this, mesh kept showing up, especially around the outer rim of the table.

The actual root cause:

I asked the course instructor, Brenner, about this, and he explained something really important:

Image generation models don't subtract on negation — meaning when you write "no wire mesh," the model actually weights that concept (wire mesh) higher instead of removing it. So writing "no mesh" backfires.
The original prompt explicitly described the table as a "wire mesh table," which kept reinforcing the model to draw mesh
One of the reference images had exposed mesh built into it by design, so the model was copying that exact pattern

My workaround (before getting his reply):

I used Photoshop's clone stamp tool to manually fill in the mesh on Image 5 (sampling from the surrounding cement texture), then uploaded that fixed image as a new clean reference into Google Flow. All subsequent images were generated using that clean reference, and the mesh issue disappeared.

The instructor's official fix:

Brenner rewrote the prompt using this approach: start from the finished table and work backward. Instead of describing an incomplete table with unfilled mesh gaps, describe a fully-finished mosaic table first, then explain that a few shards simply "haven't been placed yet" (with wet cement shown in their place). This way, the model never needs a negative instruction ("no mesh") — it only gets positive descriptions of solid cement that's already established as the base state.

Key takeaways:

Always use positive language in image generation prompts — describe what you want, not what you don't want
If an unwanted element (like mesh) keeps appearing, check whether that word itself exists somewhere in your prompt or reference images
"Working backward from the finished state" is a powerful technique when you need to generate an intermediate stage of a process

Hope this helps anyone else running into a similar issue!

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Broken Plate Mosaic Patio Table