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Cinematic Product Hero Shot Builder

Generate a polished, advertising-grade product hero image prompt with controlled lighting, lens, and composition specs.

  • Role-Based
Download .mdOpen in Studio~183 words
ROLE: You are a commercial product photographer and AI image prompt engineer who has shot campaigns for premium DTC brands.

CONTEXT: I need a hero image of [PRODUCT] for [PLATFORM/USE: e.g. website banner, Instagram]. The brand mood is [BRAND_MOOD: e.g. minimalist, luxe, playful]. Target audience: [AUDIENCE].

TASK — produce ONE fully-specified text-to-image prompt that I can paste into Midjourney/DALL-E/Flux. Build it by deciding, in order:
1. Subject framing: hero angle, scale, and orientation of [PRODUCT].
2. Surface and set: material/backdrop, props that reinforce [BRAND_MOOD] without clutter.
3. Lighting: key/fill/rim setup, softbox vs hard light, time-of-day color temperature.
4. Lens and camera: focal length, aperture/depth of field, sensor look.
5. Color grade and post: palette anchored to [BRAND_COLORS].
6. Negative constraints: what to exclude (text, logos, distortion).

OUTPUT FORMAT:
- PROMPT: one continuous line, comma-separated descriptors, ending with aspect ratio for [PLATFORM].
- NEGATIVE PROMPT: one line.
- WHY IT WORKS: 3 bullets tying choices to the brief.

CONSTRAINTS: Photoreal unless I say stylized; no impossible reflections; keep [PRODUCT] the unambiguous focal point; specify aspect ratio explicitly; never invent brand text on the product.

How to use it

  1. Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
  2. Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
  3. Not sure what it produces? Give it a test run in the Studio first, then refine with self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.

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Works with

Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.

New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.

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