Product
FLUX 3 product photography prompt
A studio product brief for FLUX 3 with a strip-light setup, contact shadow and layout headroom, explained phrase by phrase.
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The complete prompt
1Commercial product photograph of 2an unbranded matte-black insulated water bottle with a brushed steel lid, 3standing upright and slightly off-centre on a pale concrete plinth. Three-quarter view at 90 mm, 4one large strip softbox behind camera left tracing a long specular edge down the body, 5a narrow silver reflector opposite lifting the shadow side, 6crisp contact shadow anchoring the base, cool grey seamless background with a soft floor-to-wall falloff. 7Believable powder-coat texture with faint fingerprint sheen, accurate metal reflections in the lid, neutral white balance, e-commerce hero finish with 8generous headroom for a headline. 9No logo, no label, no text, no watermark, no floating props.
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Prompt structure
Each phrase below appears verbatim in the prompt above and controls one thing. Mix, replace or delete them to make your own version.
- 01
Commercial product photograph
Product work has its own physics: controlled light, no ambient mess, everything in service of the object. This opening sets that expectation.
- 02
an unbranded matte-black insulated water bottle with a brushed steel lid
Unbranded is deliberate. Asking for a brand invites garbled logos; asking for unbranded gives you a clean surface to composite your own onto.
- 03
standing upright and slightly off-centre on a pale concrete plinth
Position and surface. Off-centre leaves room for type — decide that here rather than cropping it in later.
- 04
one large strip softbox behind camera left tracing a long specular edge down the body
The strip softbox is the whole trick for cylinders and bottles: it produces the long vertical highlight that reads as glass or coated metal.
- 05
a narrow silver reflector opposite lifting the shadow side
Fill, described as a physical object rather than as a brightness value. Silver keeps it crisp; swap to white for a softer, lower-contrast fill.
- 06
crisp contact shadow anchoring the base
Without a named contact shadow, products float. This one phrase fixes the most common product-render tell.
- 07
Believable powder-coat texture with faint fingerprint sheen
A small imperfection is what separates a photograph from a render. Keep it faint — heavy fingerprints read as dirty rather than real.
- 08
generous headroom for a headline
Name the layout need in the prompt and you stop cropping good images to death in the design file.
- 09
No logo, no label, no text, no watermark, no floating props
The four things a product shot must not invent, plus the fifth that ruins composites.
Questions about this prompt
Can I swap in my own product?
Rewrite phrase 2 with your object, its material and its finish, and leave the lighting phrases alone. The strip-light setup works for anything cylindrical; a flat object usually wants a broader softbox instead.
Why does it say unbranded?
Generated logos and label text come out garbled far more often than not. An unbranded surface with correct lighting is a better base for compositing real artwork on top.
The result looks like a 3D render. What is missing?
Usually the imperfection phrase. Faint fingerprints, micro-scratches, a slightly uneven edge and a real contact shadow are what pull an image back from render territory.
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