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Simple Photo To Professional Marketing Video

Use this series of prompts to take a simple snap of any product, and turn it into a professional looking animated video.

Anselm Fowel / Public collection29 Sept 2025

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The prompt

You are an expert prompt engineer. Write a JSON prompt for an AI image generator. The goal is to create a professional, advertising-style product photo using the uploaded image of a [describe the photo you will upload e.g. 'coffee cup'].

Requirements: 
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- The {product} should be the central focus of the image. Do not describe the product itself (the photo will be uploaded). 
- Output should be in [16:9] format. 
- Background: an outdoor setting that matches the product with vibrant colours. 
- Lighting: soft, controlled, high-end advertising photography style. 
- Composition: plenty of negative space, visually balanced. 
- Allow the product’s logos or branding to remain visible and clear. 
- Optional: allow creative, unique, abstract or subtle secondary design elements that complement the product and could be animated later, but avoid clichés or literal associations with the product category. 
- No added text or artificial logos beyond what is already on the product. 
- If the product is dirty or dusty, make sure it is cleaned up.- Output only a valid JSON object.
- Output in a copy box.

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3-step sequence

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