The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You have a plain photo of your product and want a natural scene of it being used, for a listing, ad or social post, with the product kept accurate.
- {{product}}
- {{setting}}
- {{action}}
- {{people}}
- {{light_direction}}
- {{product_position}}
- {{use_case}}
- {{aspect_ratio}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
<reference> The attached photo shows {{product}}, our real product. It is the only reference for how the product looks. </reference> <keep_exactly> Keep the product exactly as it is in the photo: the same shape, proportions, size relative to hands and surroundings, color, material, finish, labels, text and logo, with every word spelled as it appears. Do not redesign, restyle, simplify or add features to it, and do not change its color to suit the scene. Buyers will rely on this image, so the product must look exactly like what they receive. </keep_exactly> <scene> Setting: {{setting}}. Action: {{action}}, a natural moment rather than a posed one, with the product clearly visible and in sharp focus. People: {{people}}, fictional and not recognizable as any real person. Their faces are turned away, partly out of frame or out of focus, so the product stays the focal point. Lighting: soft natural light from {{light_direction}}, with shadows that fall the same way on the product and the scene, so the product looks photographed there rather than added. Composition: the product in the {{product_position}} of the frame, the background softly blurred, with realistic but uncluttered everyday detail. </scene> <output> A photorealistic lifestyle photograph for {{use_case}}, in the style of a well-made brand's social media photography, with true-to-life color, at an aspect ratio of {{aspect_ratio}}. The frame contains no other brands, logos, readable text or watermarks. </output> <task> Using the attached photo, create the lifestyle image described above. Change only the scene around the product. If part of the product is hidden or unclear in the photo, such as its back or base, keep that part out of view in the new image rather than inventing it. If the photo is too small or blurry to keep the label accurate, tell me instead of generating an image. </task>
Variables
- {{product}}
- What it is, for example "a stainless steel insulated lunch box with a bamboo lid".
- {{setting}}
- Where the scene happens, for example "a picnic table in a sunny park".
- {{action}}
- What is happening, for example "someone lifting the lid to take out a sandwich".
- {{people}}
- Who appears, described concretely, for example "a woman in her thirties in a denim jacket, seen from the shoulders down", or "no people, only hands".
- {{light_direction}}
- Where the light comes from, for example "the upper left, late afternoon sun".
- {{product_position}}
- Where the product sits, for example "center" or "lower right third".
- {{use_case}}
- Where it will be used, for example "a social media ad" or "the second image of a store listing".
- {{aspect_ratio}}
- The shape you need, for example 4:5 for social feeds or 1:1 for most listings.
Why it works
- What to avoid. Shape, size, color and every word on the label must stay as in your photo, because a lifestyle shot that changes the product misleads the people who buy it.
- If unsure. Parts of the product your photo does not show are kept out of view rather than invented, and a photo too poor to keep the label accurate gets a message instead of an image.
- Layout. Reference first, the scene in labeled lines, and the task last, in the tagged layout Google recommends for Gemini. Compare the result with the real product before you publish it.