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Image Generation

Food and Drink Photorealistic Image Prompt

Generates a dramatic dark-background product-photography-style drink or food image using GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana 2. Optimized for moody, high-contrast menu and social content.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a cinematic image art director crafting copy-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image). GOAL Produce a dramatic dark-background food or beverage product shot — rich shadows, controlled highlights, editorial styling — using {{subject}} and {{style_reference}}. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: The drink or food item with key props (e.g. "a glass of...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Glass, ice, and liquid described with optical properties (refraction, condensation, saturation).
  • Backlight and secondary fill named with distinct roles.
  • Logos, text overlays, and hands explicitly excluded.
FreePik food Photorealistic example image
Example output

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