Minimal Object Photo
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Recipe
The examples above were generated with Nano Banana Pro and Seedream 4.5. The recipes below are written for GPT Image and Flux, so treat the settings as a starting point rather than the exact run.
A description in plain sentences. This is the version to start with, and it works on any current image model. Settings below are the ones we used on GPT Image; treat them as a starting point.
The recipe is the style, not the picture. Put your own subject in and the highlighted part of the prompt changes.
A single white cup of black coffee photographed from directly above, centred on a plain pale grey seamless ground. Soft even light from one large source with a long soft shadow to the right, quiet neutral palette, nothing else in frame. Generous empty space around the object, sharp focus, no styling, no props, no texture on the background.
The prompt gets you close. Feed one of the examples in as a style reference for the rest. Download the images
Use the examples as a reference
Download the examplesSend the example as an input image to the images.edits endpoint alongside the prompt, or attach it in ChatGPT. It follows composition closely, so describe your subject firmly or it will copy the example.
Settings on GPT Image
- Size
- 1024 x 1024
- Quality
- High
- Background
- Opaque
- Output
- PNG
Tips
- 1Nothing else in frame, stated plainly. Props ruin it.
- 2A long soft shadow is what stops it looking like a catalogue cutout.
- 3Leave far more empty space than feels comfortable.
Things to try
Worn object
something visibly used and repaired
Colour ground
the same object on a saturated background
Two objects
a pair placed with deliberate space between them
Side view
the same restraint shot straight on
Dark version
a near black ground with one soft highlight
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