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Product Ad Hero Shot Prompt for DALL-E

This is the DALL-E version of the product ad hero shot prompt: a commercial hero image of a product with deliberate negative space reserved for ad copy. It is formatted the way DALL-E takes prompts best. Free — copy it, replace the bracketed parts, and paste it in.

The prompt

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Reference image — keyframe

Attach a reference image: choose a file, drag & drop it here, or click here and paste. It never leaves your browser.

Attach reference image

Push copies this prompt with a reference line naming your image, and downloads the image file — attach it in the model to complete the pair. This page stages the pair for you; it cannot upload into the model itself (sites cannot reach into each other), so the final attach happens there. The image is downscaled to at most 1024px and stored only in this browser, paired with this prompt. If browser storage is full, it is kept for this visit only.

The deliverable — and how to check it

Deliverable: one hero product image, 16:9, product sharp in the left two-thirds of frame, the right third kept as clean negative space for copy. Acceptance check: the product's real proportions and materials read correctly at a glance, the copy space contains no objects, shadows or texture breaks, and no text or logo appears anywhere in frame (branding is added in post).

Series: Website Promotional Production — Step 1 of 2 — the anchor still. See its place in the full workflow

Using this prompt with DALL-E

DALL-E responds best to plain descriptive prose, not tag lists, which is why this version is written as a paragraph. Describe the subject, setting, light, and style in that order for the most reliable results.

What this route costs — and how to pay less

Cost structure: two routes — bundled inside ChatGPT's subscription plans (image generation included up to plan limits), or metered per image through OpenAI's API. The same prompt works on both. The same prompt is pre-configured in this library for every major model, so you can run it on whichever route fits your budget — comparing the structures before you generate is a free way to save money.

Replace the bracketed placeholders — [PRODUCT], [SURFACE], [BACKDROP], [LIGHT DIRECTION] — with your own details before pasting.

Other versions and customization

See all model versions of this prompt, or open the prompt gateway to build a custom prompt from your own one-line goal, formatted for DALL-E or any other model.

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