AI image prompts that give models a clear job.
A good prompt is not a pile of adjectives. It is a compact creative brief that separates the goal, composition, visual treatment, fixed constraints, and delivery format.
[Goal] of [subject], composed as [camera and layout], in [environment and light]. Preserve [invariants]. Deliver as [ratio and quality]. Avoid [exclusions].
Build the prompt in a useful order
Lead with the job, then narrow the model's freedom. Put the most important constraints before decorative language.
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Goal and subject
A premium product photograph of the uploaded fragrance bottle
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Composition
Three-quarter camera angle, centered low in frame, negative space above
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Environment and light
Dark burgundy stone, precise rim light, controlled reflections
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Invariants
Preserve bottle geometry, label spelling, cap, color, and logo
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Delivery constraints
4:5 portrait, realistic materials, no added text or extra products
Write for control without over-directing
State the outcome
“Campaign key visual” gives the model a job. “Beautiful, cinematic, amazing” only adds mood without defining success.
Name what cannot change
For reference-based work, list identity, geometry, color, text, or camera properties that must survive.
Give each reference a role
Say which image defines the subject, palette, material, composition, or environment instead of uploading an unexplained stack.
Match the model
Use a model's real controls—ratio, resolution, references, search, thinking, or batch output—only where they support the brief.
Three adaptable AI image prompts
Replace the subject and fixed details, but keep the structure and order.
Reference-faithful skincare campaign
Use the uploaded skincare bottle as the identity reference. Preserve its proportions, pump, glass color, label spelling, and logo exactly. Place it on pale limestone beside one translucent amber resin shape, with warm side light, a controlled reflection, and generous negative space above. Premium editorial product photography, realistic materials, no additional text or objects.
See why it worksReadable editorial cover
Create a restrained architecture magazine cover. A white concrete house occupies the lower two-thirds under a cobalt evening sky. Set the exact masthead 'FORM / LIGHT' across the top in a clean white serif. In the lower-left add only 'ISSUE 12 — SUMMER 2026'. Keep every character readable, preserve wide margins, and add no other words, symbols, or logos.
See why it worksFour-frame courier storyboard
Create four equal cinematic frames featuring the same bicycle courier in a yellow rain jacket: checking a map under an awning, riding through blue evening rain, stopping outside a bookshop, and handing over a parcel. Preserve face, jacket, bicycle, weather, and screen direction across every frame. Natural urban lighting, realistic anatomy, no captions and no panel borders.
See why it worksBefore you generate
- Can someone identify the intended image in the first sentence?
- Are camera and composition specific enough for the required crop?
- Does every reference image have a stated role?
- Are fixed product, character, text, or layout details explicit?
- Are ratio and resolution appropriate for the final placement?
- Did you remove adjectives that do not change a visible decision?