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February 2, 2026·Use Cases·11 min read

Using AI Images for Your Etsy Shop: Complete Guide

Learn how to create product mockups, lifestyle images, and marketing visuals for your Etsy shop using AI image generation.

Using AI Images for Your Etsy Shop: Complete Guide

On this page

  • The three things that make a product image sell
  • First, what still has to be a real photograph
  • White backgrounds: the hard part is the shadow
  • Consistency across angles: generate the sheet, not nine images
  • Lighting a buyer believes
  • Which model for which asset
  • Four templates for a shop
  • Starting points from the gallery
  • FAQ
  • Can I use AI images on Etsy at all?
  • How do I keep my product identical across ten photos?
  • Why does my white background come out grey?
  • Which model should I use for product photos?
  • Can I use a photo of my actual product as the reference?
On this page
  • The three things that make a product image sell
  • First, what still has to be a real photograph
  • White backgrounds: the hard part is the shadow
  • Consistency across angles: generate the sheet, not nine images
  • Lighting a buyer believes
  • Which model for which asset
  • Four templates for a shop
  • Starting points from the gallery
  • FAQ
  • Can I use AI images on Etsy at all?
  • How do I keep my product identical across ten photos?
  • Why does my white background come out grey?
  • Which model should I use for product photos?
  • Can I use a photo of my actual product as the reference?

The three things that make a product image sell

Photography is the quiet bottleneck of a small shop: you can make the candle in an afternoon and then lose a week to staging, waiting for light, and reshooting the same jar from nine angles. AI closes that gap — but generated product images fail in three very specific ways, and buyers spot all three.

The background is not actually white. The product changes between photos. The object floats because nothing casts a shadow onto anything. This article fixes those three, with prompts you can copy, and it draws on what 9,599 published prompts in the LocalBanana gallery show about which model people trust with photographic work.

First, what still has to be a real photograph

The main listing image has to be the item you will actually ship. Generated imagery belongs in the supporting slots — context shots, banners, seasonal refreshes, social graphics — where its job is to help a buyer imagine the product, not to stand in for it.

SlotGenerated image OKWhy
Main listing photoNoIt is the buyer's evidence of what arrives
Scale and detail shotsNoSame reason — these answer "is it really like that"
Styled context and lifestyleYesShows the setting, not the merchandise
Shop banner and section headersYesBrand surface, not a product claim
Social posts and adsYesSame, with the usual advertising honesty rules
Seasonal variants of a context shotYesThe product stays the real one; the props change

Check the current policy yourself

Etsy's seller policies govern how you represent what you sell, and its creativity standards have addressed AI-assisted work — but the wording changes, and this article is not legal advice. Read the current version on Etsy before you upload anything. The practical baseline that survives every revision: never let a generated image imply a physical detail the buyer will not receive, and disclose more rather than less.

White backgrounds: the hard part is the shadow

Ask for "white background" and you usually get a soft grey studio sweep with a gradient — which looks fine alone and looks wrong the moment it sits next to a true-white marketplace layout. Then the second problem: with no contact shadow, the product hovers a centimetre above nothing.

Both are one prompt away.

Product photography on a pure white seamless background, #FFFFFF, no gradient,
no vignette, no visible sweep curve. The product sits flat on the surface with a
soft contact shadow directly beneath it, slightly darker where the base touches.
Even studio lighting from a large softbox above and slightly front-left, plus a
white bounce card on the right to open the shadow side. No reflections on the
background, no props. Product centred with generous margin on all four sides.
Sharp focus across the whole product, no shallow depth of field.

Two lines in there do most of the work: #FFFFFF, no gradient kills the grey sweep, and soft contact shadow directly beneath it puts the object back on the ground. no shallow depth of field matters too — blur is flattering for portraits and suspicious for merchandise, because it hides exactly the detail a buyer is trying to inspect.

Premium Industrial Product Diagram

Premium Industrial Product Diagram

Nano Banana Pro
Prompt▾
{
  "reference": {
    "type": "image",
    "usage": "Use the uploaded image as the sole source of truth. Do not assume product category in advance."
  },
  "scene": {
    "description": "Minimal, premium product presentation layout inspired by high-end industrial design and product documentation.",
    "background": "Pure white, clean, distraction-free"
  },
  "layout": {
    "top_left": {
      "content": "Brand name",
      "style": "Modern sans-serif typography, subtle, elegant"
    },
    "left_column": {
      "content": "Multiple auxiliary product views",
      "views": ["Primary front or main view", "Secondary side view", "Alternate angle or rear view", "Detail or top view if applicable"],
      "arrangement": "Vertically stacked, evenly spaced, aligned"
    },
    "right_section": {
      "content": "Main hero product render",
      "style": "Large, dominant, photorealistic",
      "lighting": "Soft studio lighting",
      "materials": "Visually accurate to the uploaded product"
    }
  },
  "visual_style": {
    "aesthetic": "Scandinavian, modern, industrial documentation",
    "mood": "Calm, precise, professional",
    "color_palette": "Neutral and restrained"
  },
  "rendering": {
    "quality": "Ultra-high resolution",
    "shadows": "Soft and realistic",
    "accuracy": "Exact proportions and geometry fidelity"
  }
}
A clean-white presentation layout built from an uploaded reference — note the instruction making the uploaded image the sole source of truth for the product.Open in LocalBanana

That last instruction is the one to steal. If you upload a photo of your real product, add a line like "use the uploaded image as the sole source of truth for the product's shape, materials, colour and label; do not invent details" — otherwise the model will happily improve your packaging.

Consistency across angles: generate the sheet, not nine images

Run the same prompt nine times and you get nine slightly different products: the label creeps, the cap changes proportion, the amber glass shifts colour. Buyers read that as a mismatched listing even if they cannot say why.

The fix is to generate all the angles in a single pass, with the consistency requirement stated as a hard constraint rather than implied.

Premium 3x3 Grid Studio Product Storyboard

Premium 3x3 Grid Studio Product Storyboard

Nano Banana Pro
Prompt▾
{"OverallLayout":{"Format":"3×3 grid storyboard, nine equal panels on 4:5 ratio canvas","Style":"High-end designer mockup, editorial, curated, design-driven","Focus":"Form, composition, materiality, visual rhythm over lifestyle narrative","ProductConsistency":"Exact same product, packaging, branding, materials, colors, proportions maintained across all nine panels","ProductRecognition":"Product clearly recognizable in every frame, label/logo/proportions unchanged"},"Frame1_HeroShot":{"Type":"Front-facing hero shot","Set":"Clean studio setup","Background":"Neutral, balanced composition","Product":"Nano Banana Pro package center","Lighting":"Calm, confident presentation","Camera":"Straight-on angle"},"Frame2_CloseUp":{"Type":"Close-up middle focus","Focus":"Surface texture and materials","Details":{"Texture":"Matte finish package texture","Print":"Crisp banana illustration details","Seal":"Re-sealable zipper mechanism texture","Branding":"Logo typography and colors"},"DepthOfField":"Shallow, product in sharp focus"},"Frame3_BrandEnvironment":{"Type":"Environment fit for brand","Setting":"Studio setting inspired by packaging colors","Colors":"Yellow banana tones with soft green accents","Props":{"Background":"Soft yellow backdrop with banana leaf shadows","Surface":"Matte white table with subtle texture"}},"Camera&Style":{"Quality":"Ultra high-quality studio imagery, real camera look","ColorPalette":"Soft yellow, white, green banana tones with matte finishes","Mood":"Clean, modern, approachable yet premium"},"Output":{"Format":"3×3 grid, no borders, no text, no captions, no watermarks","Quality":"High-resolution portfolio-ready"}}
A nine-panel product storyboard produced in one generation — the prompt names product, packaging, branding, materials, colours and proportions as things that must not vary between panels.Open in LocalBanana
9-Grid Editorial × Bare 3D Pop-Out Fashion Composition

9-Grid Editorial × Bare 3D Pop-Out Fashion Composition

Nano Banana Pro
Prompt▾
Create a 2:3 portrait fashion poster featuring THE SAME WOMAN in THE SAME OUTFIT shown in 9 different magazine editorial styles with 3D pop-out effect:

CHARACTER CONSISTENCY (CRITICAL - HIGHEST PRIORITY):

THE SAME female fashion model appears in ALL 9 positions:

- Same face, same facial features, same skin tone, same body type

- Cold-beauty aesthetic: sharp jawline, high cheekbones, aloof minimalist expression

- Early-20s Chinese/Korean fashion model with editorial face

- Her identity NEVER changes across all 9 appearances

OUTFIT CONSISTENCY (NEW RULE):

THE SAME OUTFIT in all 9 positions:

- Oversized black cashmere V-neck sweater (slightly loose fit)

- High-waisted wide-leg pure white tailored trousers

- Black leather loafers with subtle gold horsebit detail

- Neat low bun with slightly messy front strands

- Small gold hoop earrings, thin gold chain necklace

SAME CLOTHING - only photography style, pose, and angle vary

BACKGROUND LAYER (Z=0) - 3×3 Grid with 8 Visible Magazine Styles:

Grid Structure & Occlusion:

- Standard 3×3 layout = 9 magazine editorial shots

- **8 visible cells** (center cell [2,2] COMPLETELY OCCLUDED by 3D figure)

- Cells separated by DISTINCT THICK WHITE LINES (3-4px) for clear separation

[1,1] Vogue Editorial Style:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Standing tall, hand in pocket, direct powerful gaze

- Style: High contrast lighting, dramatic shadows, sophisticated

- Sharp focus, clear face

[1,2] Harper's Bazaar Style:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Side profile, looking over shoulder

- Style: Soft glamour lighting, elegant mood

- Sharp focus, clear face

[1,3] Elle Street Style:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Walking motion, casual confident stride

- Style: Natural daylight, urban chic aesthetic

- Sharp focus, clear face

[2,1] i-D Magazine Style:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Sitting on minimal cube, legs crossed

- Style: Bold graphic composition, colorful backdrop

- Sharp focus, clear face

[2,3] Dazed & Confused Style:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Dynamic movement, fabric flowing

- Style: Experimental angles, artistic editorial

- Sharp focus, clear face

[3,1] Marie Claire Corporate Chic:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Power stance, arms crossed professionally

- Style: Clean corporate aesthetic, neutral tones

- Sharp focus, clear face

[3,2] GQ Minimalist Style:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Leaning against wall, relaxed elegance

- Style: Architectural composition, clean lines

- Sharp focus, clear face

[3,3] W Magazine Avant-Garde:

- Same woman, same outfit

- Pose: Artistic pose, hand gestures expressive

- Style: Bold contrast, fashion-forward editorial

- Sharp focus, clear face

CRITICAL TECHNICAL SPECS FOR BACKGROUND GRID:

- Deep depth of field (f/16) - ALL faces sharp and clear

- NO bokeh, NO blur, NO out-of-focus areas

- Even bright studio lighting across all cells

- High resolution faces in every cell

- Thick white grid lines clearly visible between cells

- Background color: Bright minimalist concrete/white studio

FOREGROUND LAYER (Z=5-10cm forward) - Hyper-Realistic 3D Pop-out:

THE SAME WOMAN, SAME OUTFIT (Look 5 - Most Dramatic):

- Massive hyper-realistic full-body shot dominating the center

- Positioned at EXACT CENTER, completely occluding center cell [2,2]

- **Head touches very top edge of canvas**

- **Shoes touch very bottom edge of canvas**

- Occupies MAXIMUM vertical space for strong 3D illusion

Pose:

- Dynamic walking forward motion

- Confident stride, mid-step

- Hand on hip or naturally swinging

- Direct gaze at camera, commanding presence

- Full body visible from head to toe

Technical Execution:

- Figure extends 5-10cm forward from background plane

- Hyper-realistic detail (skin texture, fabric weave visible)

- +20% saturation compared to background for "pop forward" effect

- Slightly sharper focus than background (but background still sharp)

OCCLUSION MECHANICS (9格 - 1格遮挡 = 8格可见):

Complete Occlusion:

- Figure's body COMPLETELY covers center cell [2,2] (100% invisible)

- Center magazine shot is fully hidden behind 3D figure

Partial Occlusion (Natural Edge Overlap):

- Top [1,2]: Hair/head overlaps 10-15% into Harper's Bazaar shot

- Left [2,1]: Left arm/sleeve overlaps 15-20% into i-D shot

- Right [2,3]: Right arm overlaps 15-20% into Dazed shot

- Bottom [3,2]: Legs/feet overlap 10-15% into GQ shot

- Overlaps break the white grid boundaries naturally

Edge Treatment:

- Soft organic transitions, NO hard cutout edges

- Figure appears to physically exist in front of the grid

- Like a 3D cardboard cutout standing in front of a poster

DEPTH EFFECTS:

Shadows:

- Drop shadow from 3D figure onto grid background

* Blur: 12px

* Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.25) (slightly darker for stronger effect)

* Offset: X=6px, Y=10px

- Contact shadow where figure "stands" on background

* Blur: 8px

* Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.35)

* Creates grounding effect

Lighting:

- Background grid: Even bright studio lighting (no dramatic shadows)

- Foreground figure:

* Key light upper left 45°

* Subtle rim light on edges for separation

* Slightly more dramatic lighting than background

- Consistent lighting direction across all elements

Separation Techniques:

- Slight brightness difference (foreground +10% brighter)

- Slight saturation boost (foreground +20% more saturated)

- Subtle sharpening halo around figure edges

- Clear Z-axis spatial hierarchy

CONSISTENCY RULES (ABSOLUTE PRIORITY):

Same Woman Verification:

- Same face in all 9 positions

- Same facial structure, eyes, nose, lips, jawline

- Same cold-beauty editorial expression

- Same hair styling (low bun, messy strands)

- Same age, same ethnicity, same beauty

Same Outfit Verification:

- Same black sweater in all 9 shots

- Same white trousers in all 9 shots

- Same accessories (earrings, necklace, loafers)

- Only photography style and pose differ

What Changes:

- ✅ Magazine editorial style (lighting, mood, composition)

- ✅ Pose and body angle

- ✅ Camera angle and framing

- ✅ Photographic treatment

What NEVER Changes:

- ❌ The woman's face or identity

- ❌ The outfit or clothing items

- ❌ The accessories

- ❌ The overall styling concept

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Image Composition:

- Aspect ratio: 2:3 portrait (or 9:16 vertical)

- Resolution: 2000×3000 pixels (or higher)

- Color mode: RGB, sRGB color space

- Quality: Professional editorial fashion photography

Camera & Focus:

- **Deep depth of field (f/16 or higher)**

- **NO selective focus, NO bokeh, NO blur**

- **ALL faces in background grid MUST be sharp and clear**

- Foreground figure slightly sharper for hierarchy

- Both layers fully illuminated and visible

Environment:

- Bright minimalist indoor studio

- Concrete walls or pure white background

- Optional: Minimal green plants for visual interest

- Clean, uncluttered aesthetic

- Quiet luxury mood

Layout:

- Background: Clear 3×3 grid with THICK WHITE LINES visible

- Foreground: Massive full-body figure breaking grid boundaries

- Surreal creative collage composition

- Graphic and editorial feel

FORBIDDEN ELEMENTS (严格禁止):

Character & Outfit:

- ❌ Different women in different cells

- ❌ Different outfits or clothing changes

- ❌ Changing facial features or styling

- ❌ Multiple models instead of one person

Technical:

- ❌ Blurred background or bokeh effect

- ❌ Out of focus faces in grid

- ❌ Shallow depth of field

- ❌ Missing or unclear grid lines

- ❌ Dark shadows obscuring faces

- ❌ Low resolution or pixelation

- ❌ Deformed limbs or merging bodies

- ❌ Messy composition

Structure:

- ❌ 4×4 or other grid sizes (must be 3×3)

- ❌ All 9 cells visible (center must be occluded)

- ❌ Flat composition (must have clear 3D depth)

- ❌ Hard cutout edges on foreground figure

QUALITY CHECKLIST:

Before Generation:

- [ ] Same woman's face in all 9 positions?

- [ ] Same outfit in all 9 positions?

- [ ] Each cell shows different magazine editorial style?

- [ ] Center cell [2,2] completely hidden?

- [ ] 8 visible background cells clearly defined?

- [ ] Thick white grid lines visible?

- [ ] ALL background faces sharp and clear (no blur)?

- [ ] Foreground figure full-body, head-to-toe?

- [ ] Figure extends maximum vertical space?

- [ ] Clear 3D pop-out effect?

- [ ] Natural edge overlaps into adjacent cells?

- [ ] Shadows present for depth?

- [ ] Deep depth of field maintained?

MIDJOURNEY/AI COMMAND FORMAT:

/imagine prompt: A surreal 3x3 fashion grid collage with THICK WHITE LINES separating cells. Background shows THE SAME Chinese fashion model in THE SAME black oversized sweater and white wide-leg trousers in 8 different magazine editorial styles (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, i-D, Dazed, Marie Claire, GQ, W Magazine) - various poses but identical outfit. CENTER CELL HIDDEN. OVERLAID by a massive hyper-realistic full-body 3D cut-out of the SAME MODEL in SAME OUTFIT walking forward, head touching top edge, feet touching bottom edge. ALL faces sharp and in focus, deep depth of field f/16, no blur anywhere, bright studio lighting, clear white grid lines, strong 3D pop-out effect, editorial photography, same woman same clothes 9 times, 8k resolution --ar 2:3 --v 6.1 --stylize 300 --quality 2

MATHEMATICAL LOGIC:

Same woman × Same outfit × 9 different magazine editorial styles arranged in 3×3 grid. Center style completely occluded by 3D foreground version = 8 visible background editorial styles + 1 foreground 3D editorial = 9 total appearances of ONE PERSON in ONE OUTFIT with NINE photographic interpretations.
The same technique applied to a person and an outfit: nine editorial treatments, one identical subject, consistency declared as the highest-priority instruction.Open in LocalBanana

The clause worth keeping in your template:

CONSISTENCY (HIGHEST PRIORITY): the same physical product appears in all panels.
Identical shape, proportions, materials, finish, colour values, label artwork,
typography and cap. Only camera angle, distance and background treatment change
between panels. Do not restyle, redesign or "improve" the product in any panel.

Panel layouts have their own mechanics — how many cells a model can hold, how to number them, when the grid collapses. Those are covered in the multi-panel image guide.

Lighting a buyer believes

Here the corpus is unusually clear. Across 9,599 published prompts, 45.5% of Nano Banana prompts carry photographic parameters — lens, aperture, lighting setup — against 28.0% for GPT Image and 9.6% for Midjourney. People have already worked out which model to hand camera language to, and product photography is camera language almost by definition.

It also inverts the advice you would give for social content. For a feed selfie, studio lighting (the most common lighting term in the corpus at 6.5%) is what makes an image look synthetic. For a product, a studio is the truth: that is how catalogue photography is lit, and a buyer's eye expects the softbox highlight.

What makes the lighting credible is naming the fixture and letting it leave evidence:

Levitating Shoe Deodorant Premium Product Shot

Levitating Shoe Deodorant Premium Product Shot

Nano Banana Pro
Prompt▾
A product photo in a premium advertising style. Two tall matte bottles of Salton Shoe Deodorant levitate in the air in a dynamic, balanced composition.

The bottles are positioned at an angle to each other, creating a striking diagonal composition. One bottle is slightly forward, the other is slightly behind, creating depth and hierarchy. Both bottles are elegantly wrapped with a wide black and brown satin ribbon featuring the repeating "Salton" branding. The lettering is executed in a neat, contrasting font, legible without distortion, and is repeated evenly along the entire length of the ribbon. The ribbon flows smoothly between the bottles, uniting them into a single composition, without obscuring key messages on the packaging or clashing with the main branding on the bottles.

Shot from a slightly lower angle, the bottles are slightly tilted, enhancing a sense of confidence, strength, and premium quality. The background is a solid studio color, a deep warm shade (chocolate, dark caramel or soft terracotta), clean and minimalist, without distracting details.
Levitating bottles in a premium ad composition — the reason it reads as a photograph rather than a render is that the light has a direction and the shadows agree with it.Open in LocalBanana
Full High-End Product Promotional Photo

Full High-End Product Promotional Photo

Nano Banana Pro
Prompt▾
[BRAND NAME] is launching a new functional wellness elixir (e.g., adaptogenic, nootropic, or natural energy drink). As the Creative Director, devise a product name and visualize a complete high-end promotional shot. The aesthetic is "Cosmic Premium"—technological, clean, and sophisticated, like top-tier Apple product photography.

THE PRODUCT: Design a sculptural, multi-layered beverage bottle suspended in the center. The form is engineered and futuristic. The materials are hyper-tactile: bead-blasted titanium details, frosted borosilicate glass, and textured haptic polymer grips.
**Crucial Color Instruction:** The liquid inside must have a distinct, natural color relevant to its invented function (e.g., vibrant turmeric yellow, deep berry red, earthy matcha green, or pale calming blue). The liquid should look real with subtle natural sediment.
**Crucial Graphic Detail:** On the clear glass section of the bottle, apply a layer of subtle, minimalist, technical typography printed in matte white ink. This design should feel utilitarian and futuristic (e.g., small technical specs like 'SPACE GRADE FORMULA', 'BATCH: OZ-9', volume indicators, or coordinate markings), adding a functional aesthetic similar to aerospace labeling, without overwhelming the bottle's clean lines.

THE ENVIRONMENT & LIGHTING: The bottle is in a seamless studio.
**Crucial Background Instruction:** The background must be a solid, clean, very light pastel tone that is specifically chosen to complement the liquid color (e.g., a soft cool mint background for a warm orange liquid, or a pale blush background for a deep green liquid). No gradients. Ultra-soft, diffused studio lighting creates sleek highlights on metal and deep subsurface scattering in the glass and liquid.

PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE: High-resolution 100mm macro lens shot. Shallow depth of field, sharp focus on bottle textures and the printed graphics on the glass, smooth pastel background bokeh. 8k resolve, hyper-realistic textures.

GRAPHIC OVERLAYS: Include subtle dark gray UI elements.
Bottom Left Corner: Very small, minimalist text (like Manrope Regular font) describing the product's name and function in two sentences.
Bottom Right Corner: A small, minimalist dark gray logomark for [BRAND NAME].
A full promotional shot written as a creative brief: brand, product concept, aesthetic and shot list all specified before a single style adjective appears.Open in LocalBanana

Three light setups that cover most of a shop:

Large softbox above and slightly front-left, white bounce card right, soft contact
shadow beneath. Clean and neutral — for the catalogue look.

Single hard light from back-right creating a long directional shadow across a
textured surface, warm bounce filling the front. Editorial — for context shots.

Bright diffused daylight from a window on the left, soft shadow falling to the
right, mild warmth in the highlights. Homely — for lifestyle and seasonal.

Which model for which asset

Two of the images below are the same brief — a premium perfume advertisement — run on different models, and the third is a text-heavy product poster. Open them and compare how each handles the lettering versus the glass.

Metallic Pink Perfume Luxury Ad

Nano Banana Pro

Metallic Pink Perfume Luxury Ad

Minimalist Perfume Commercial

GPT Image

Minimalist Perfume Commercial

Futuristic Earbuds Ad

GPT Image

Futuristic Earbuds Ad

Left: Nano Banana. Middle and right: GPT Image. The split in the corpus matches what you see — photographic parameters go to Nano Banana, lettering and layout go to GPT Image.

The rule that falls out of it:

  • No text on the image — product shots, white backgrounds, detail crops, lifestyle: Nano Banana. Start from the Nano Banana prompt collection.
  • Text on the image — banners, sale graphics, packaging mockups with a legible label, price callouts: GPT Image, where 51.7% of corpus prompts ask for text or typography versus 21.8% for Nano Banana. Start from the GPT Image prompt collection.

Do not borrow someone else's brand

Plenty of published ad prompts name a real luxury house because that is how people test typography and finish. For your shop, replace the brand with your own name. A generated image carrying another company's trademark is a takedown risk on any marketplace, and it is trivially detectable.

Four templates for a shop

White-background hero (supporting angles)

Product photography of [PRODUCT WITH MATERIAL DETAIL], pure white seamless
background #FFFFFF, no gradient. Shot from [ANGLE]. Soft contact shadow directly
beneath the product. Large softbox above front-left, white bounce right. Sharp
focus across the whole product, no shallow depth of field, no props, centred with
generous margin. Colour-accurate, neutral white balance.

Styled context shot

[PRODUCT] resting on [SURFACE], photographed from [ANGLE]. Background: [SETTING],
softly out of focus. Light: [SETUP FROM THE LIST ABOVE]. Two or three supporting
props in the same palette: [PROPS]. The product remains the brightest and sharpest
element in the frame. Warm, natural colour, no filter look. [RATIO].

Lifestyle / in-use

Candid lifestyle photo, hands only, [ACTION WITH THE PRODUCT]. [SETTING], [TIME OF
DAY]. Diffused window light from camera left, soft shadow to the right. The product
is fully visible and unobstructed, label facing the camera. Shallow background blur,
product itself sharp. No faces. 4:5 vertical.

Shop banner

Wide banner composition, [RATIO]. [PRODUCT GROUP] arranged along the right third
of the frame on [SURFACE]. Left two thirds intentionally empty for text overlay,
filled with a smooth [COLOUR] backdrop. Even soft lighting, gentle contact shadows.
No text in the image itself. Calm, uncluttered, generous negative space.

Note the last line of the banner template. Leave the lettering to your own design tool where you can edit it later — generate the space, not the words.

Starting points from the gallery

Hyper Realistic 3D Instagram AdPremium Poster for Dan Dan NoodlesClean Drink InfographicBrowse all prompts

FAQ

Can I use AI images on Etsy at all?

For supporting imagery, generally yes; for the main listing photo, no — buyers are entitled to see the item that ships. Etsy's own policies are the authority and they get revised, so read the current version on Etsy rather than any summary, this one included. The safe operating rule is that no generated image should imply a physical detail the buyer will not receive.

How do I keep my product identical across ten photos?

Generate the angles in one pass as a grid rather than as ten separate runs, and state consistency as a hard constraint: same shape, proportions, materials, colour values, label artwork and typography, with only the camera moving. If you must run separate generations, upload the same reference photo each time and add the "sole source of truth, do not invent details" instruction.

Why does my white background come out grey?

Because "white background" reads as "white studio sweep" to most models, and a sweep has a gradient. Write pure white seamless background, #FFFFFF, no gradient, no vignette and add soft contact shadow directly beneath the product — without the shadow clause a truly white background makes the product look pasted on.

Which model should I use for product photos?

Nano Banana for anything photographic; 45.5% of its prompts in our corpus carry photographic parameters, the highest of the three major models. GPT Image when the image itself must contain readable text, where it leads at 51.7%. The full breakdown of who asks which model for what is in what 9,667 published AI prompts actually contain, and there is a broader tool comparison in the 2026 image generator roundup.

Can I use a photo of my actual product as the reference?

Yes, and it is the highest-leverage thing in this article. Upload your real photo in the generator and add: "use the uploaded image as the sole source of truth for the product's shape, materials, colour and label; do not redesign or add details." You then get new angles, new backgrounds and new seasons of the item you genuinely sell.

LocalBanana Team

We run Nano Banana, GPT Image and other models side by side, and publish every prompt in our gallery. These guides are written from that corpus.

Updated August 5, 2026@LocalBanana_io

Try it yourself

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