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ChatGPT visual codes

From Adam

Hey, it's Adam. Every visual in that carousel came out of ChatGPT — one word, one product photo, hit enter. Nothing to install, nothing to set up. Here are the codes I used, plus fifty more. You commented SLASH, so here's the lot.

The 9 codes I showed 🎬

Type the code, attach your product photo. The longer prompt underneath is what the code stands for — use it when you want the shot locked instead of interpreted.

`/3dbillboard` — product bursting out of a city LED billboard
Giant curved LED billboard on a city building at blue hour. The product breaks the plane of the screen and extends past the frame in forced perspective. Wet street below reflecting the glow, small pedestrians for scale, long lens from across the street, slightly low angle.
`/ProductAd` — clean studio hero shot
Seamless background in a colour from the product's own palette. Product centred, hero-angled, floating slightly above a soft reflection. Large soft key from upper left, crisp rim light. 85mm feel, shallow depth, clean negative space. No props, no text.
`/MetaAd` — scroll-stopping feed ad creative
Square 1:1. Bold flat-colour background with a strong diagonal or circular graphic shape behind the product. Product large in the lower two-thirds, clean empty space up top for a headline. Saturated, high contrast, readable as a phone thumbnail.
`/RetailDisplay` — in-store shelf display
Branded retail endcap in a bright modern store. Multiple units faced across two or three shelves, branded header card above, clean aisle floor below, store softly blurred behind. Even overhead retail light, shopper's eye level.
`/GravityDefying` — floating, with its own parts orbiting
Product weightless in centre frame, three to five of its own ingredients or components orbiting at different depths. Motion blur on the orbiting elements, product perfectly sharp. Soft gradient background, rim light from behind, one crisp shadow below.
`/UGC` — looks like a customer photo, not an ad
A hand holding the product, shot on a phone in a slightly messy real home — bathroom counter, kitchen bench, desk. Natural window light, real texture, imperfect framing, mild phone grain. No studio lighting, no styling, no perfect surfaces.
`/CoverStory` — premium magazine cover
Vertical format. Masthead across the top in a clean editorial serif, two or three short cover lines down one side, small barcode in a corner. Strong directional editorial lighting against a rich single-colour backdrop. All text short and legible.
`/Anatomy` — exploded technical view
Layers or components separated vertically in mid-air, evenly spaced, in correct assembly order. Thin clean callout lines from three or four parts to short labels. Flat even lighting, light-grey background, straight-on view. Labels five words maximum.
`/LandingPage` — website hero section
Desktop browser mockup. Product large on the right, short headline, subheadline and one call-to-action button on the left, generous white space. Modern minimal SaaS/DTC web design, soft background gradient in the product's colour family. Headline under six words.

50 ChatGPT codes 🖼️

Short codes for ChatGPT. Type the code, attach your product photo, and it builds the image. Grouped so you can find the vibe fast.

Studio & hero
/HeroShot      Centred on seamless background, dramatic single key light from upper left./Floating      Suspended mid-air, soft shadow far below, minimal gradient background./Spotlight     Dark room, one hard spotlight pool, everything else falling into black./Marble        On a polished marble slab, cool daylight from a window, soft natural shadow./Monochrome    Product and background in one colour family, form defined only by light./GlassShelf    On thick frosted glass, backlit, glowing edge light through the glass./Silk          Resting on flowing silk, soft folds, light raking across the texture./Neon          Lit by two coloured neon sources from opposite sides, dark background./Pedestal      On a minimal stone plinth in an empty gallery, museum lighting from above./Macro         Extreme close-up on the most interesting surface detail, razor-thin focus.
Lifestyle & scene
/MorningRoutine  Bathroom counter in early light, condensation on the mirror, lived-in./DeskSetup       Tidy modern desk beside a laptop and notebook, soft window light./Kitchen         Kitchen bench mid-use, ingredients nearby, bright natural daylight./Outdoor         Held or placed in natural outdoor light, real landscape blurred behind./Travel          Packed in an open bag with travel items, overhead view, warm afternoon./CafeTable       Cafe table beside a coffee, side window light, gentle street bokeh./Bedside         Bedside table in warm low lamplight, cosy evening mood, soft shadows./Gym             Beside gym equipment, cool directional light, real sweat-and-texture./InHand          Held naturally in one hand at arm's length, real skin texture./GoldenHour      Outdoors in golden-hour backlight, warm flare, long soft shadow.
Advertising & campaign
/BusStop       Backlit bus-shelter poster on a real street at dusk, city in the glass./TimesSquare   On a huge illuminated screen among other billboards at night./BeforeAfter   Split frame, same scene, without on the left and with on the right./Comparison    Beside a generic unbranded alternative, product lit better as the hero./Testimonial   Warm real-life setting with clean empty space for a quote overlay./PriceTag      With a clean minimal price tag beside it, catalogue lighting, white bg./Sale          Bold high-contrast promo layout, flat colour block, space for an offer./Bundle        Several units arranged as a set, neatly stacked, catalogue style./LifestyleAd   In aspirational real-world use, cinematic grade, space for a headline./AppStore      Inside a phone mockup screen, clean gradient, app-marketing aesthetic.
Packaging & detail
/Unboxing      Half out of its open box, tissue and packaging visible, overhead view./FlatLay       Product and components flat and evenly spaced, shot straight down./Texture       Tight crop on the material surface, raking side light revealing grain./Ingredients   Surrounded by the raw materials it's made from, loose circle, natural light./Cutaway       Cross-section showing interior layers, clean technical render, flat light./Scale         Beside a common object for size reference, neutral background, straight on./Packaging     With its full retail packaging, both lit together, commercial arrangement./Label         Straight-on, label filling the frame, flat lighting, every detail legible./Stack         Multiple units stacked or lined up in a repeating pattern, graphic./Splash        Liquid splashing around it, frozen mid-motion, high-speed flash, dark bg.
Social & content formats
/CarouselCover  Bold square opening slide, product large, empty band for a hook line./StoryFormat    Vertical 9:16, product in the middle third, safe space top and bottom./Thumbnail      High contrast, product huge, exaggerated lighting, readable tiny./Grid           Nine-square grid of the same product from nine angles, consistent light./QuoteCard      Product small in a corner, rest of frame calm for a quote overlay./Announcement   Revealed through a graphic shape or spotlight, celebratory, space for text./Poll           Two variants side by side, identical framing and light, clearly comparable./Tutorial       Mid-use with hands visible, clear instructional angle, bright even light./Minimal        Tiny in a vast empty frame, extreme negative space, one soft shadow./Maximal        Surrounded by dense repeating props in one colour family, organised chaos.

Three things that make them work better 🔑

The honest bit ⚠️

These aren't secret ChatGPT commands — there's no hidden feature and nothing to unlock. They're shorthand, and they work because ChatGPT reads language. Which also means they're interpreted, so the same code twice gives you cousins, not twins. Great for exploring, annoying for a matched set — that's what the longer prompts up top are for.

Two more: AI redraws your product rather than photographing it, so check labels and logos before anything goes on a listing or a paid ad. And your source photo sets the ceiling — clean, sharp, plain background beats everything else you can do.