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Image Generation

Photorealistic Food and Culinary Photography

Creates magazine-grade photorealistic food photography with deliberate plating, professional lighting, and appetizing texture detail. Use for restaurant menus, recipe content, or culinary brand campaigns.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an image-generation specialist creating photorealistic, magazine-grade food photography using GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image). GOAL Generate a photorealistic, irresistible food photograph of {{subject}} — commercial advertising quality, styled for high-end restaurant menus, culinary publications, or brand campaigns. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: The dish,...

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

  • Food looks genuinely appetizing — textures, moisture, and color make an immediate impact.
  • Lighting creates texture depth and three-dimensionality in the food surface.
  • Plating is deliberate and elegant — composition reads as styled, not random.

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