# AI image prompts for product ads > A simple formula and ten copy-and-paste AI image prompts for product ads, sized for Meta feed and Reels, with the safe-zone maths and rules on honest visuals. - **Author**: Marxx - **Published**: 2026-10-28 - **Category**: AI prompts - **URL**: https://marxx.ai/library-templates/ai-image-prompts-for-product-ads --- A good AI image prompt names the product, the setting, the light, the camera view, the mood and the image shape. Add where to leave empty space for your headline. The ten prompts below follow that formula. We wrote them for you to adapt. ## The formula ``` [Product, described plainly] in/on [setting] [light: soft window light / hard overhead / golden hour] [camera: close-up, eye level, top-down, low angle] [mood: calm, festive, energetic] [shape: 4:5 portrait / 9:16 vertical / 1:1] Leave the [top / bottom / right] empty for text. No text, no logos, no watermark. ``` ## Ten prompts to copy ``` 1. Skincare: A 30 ml amber glass dropper bottle on a wet marble shelf, soft morning window light from the left, water droplets on the glass, shallow depth of field, calm mood, 4:5 portrait, leave the top empty for text. 2. Coffee: A matte black coffee pouch on a wooden kitchen counter beside a steel tumbler of steaming coffee, warm side light, beans scattered, eye-level shot, cosy morning mood, 4:5, leave the right side empty. 3. Sneakers: A white running shoe mid-air above wet pavement, low angle, city lights blurred behind it, cool evening light, energetic mood, 9:16 vertical, leave the bottom third empty. 4. Festive clothing: A folded mustard cotton kurta on a brass tray beside marigold petals and a lit diya, golden light, top-down, festive mood, 4:5. 5. Protein powder: A tub of protein powder on a gym bench beside a shaker and a towel, hard overhead light, high contrast, 1:1. 6. Jewellery: Close-up of gold jhumka earrings on a dark velvet tray, a diya glowing out of focus behind, macro lens, rich warm festive mood, 4:5. 7. Mattress: A neatly made bed in a bright bedroom, soft daylight, the mattress edge clearly visible, wide shot, calm colours, 4:5. 8. Phone cases: Three phone cases in teal, coral and cream laid flat on a pastel background, top-down, soft shadow, 1:1. 9. Hair oil: A glass bottle of hair oil beside curry leaves and half a coconut on a rustic table, warm side light, natural mood, 4:5. 10. Phone-camera style: A hand holding [product] in a bright kitchen, slightly off-centre, natural light, unposed, 9:16, leave the bottom third empty. ``` ## Size and safe zones Meta's Ads Guide lists 4:5 at 1440 x 1800 pixels for feed images, and 9:16 at 1440 x 2560 pixels for Instagram Reels. For Reels images it asks you to keep text, logos and key visuals out of three zones: the top 14%, the bottom 35% and 6% on each side (checked 2026-10-20). Suppose you make a 9:16 image at 1440 x 2560: - Top: 14% of 2,560 is about 358 pixels. - Bottom: 35% is 896 pixels. - Sides: 6% of 1,440 is about 86 pixels each. - What is left: roughly 1,267 pixels wide and 1,306 pixels tall. So the product and the headline must fit in that box. Add "leave the bottom third empty" to a 9:16 prompt and you are most of the way there. ## Rules that save you a rewrite 1. **Show the product as it is.** India's 2022 misleading advertisement guidelines cover visuals that mislead people about the product. If the real tub is blue and the AI draws green, do not use it. Feed a real product photo to your tool if it accepts a reference image. 2. **Add text yourself.** Image tools often garble letters. Write "no text" in the prompt and add your headline in an editor. The [ad headline examples](/templates/ad-headline-examples) fit a feed headline. 3. **Change one thing at a time.** If you change light and angle together, you will not know which helped. 4. **Review before you publish.** Run the image through the [ad review checklist](/templates/ad-review-checklist). ## Tips - Make still images first, then animate the best. See [AI video prompts for product ads](/templates/ai-video-prompts-for-product-ads). - For text prompts that write the copy around an image, use the [ChatGPT prompts for Facebook ads](/templates/chatgpt-prompts-for-facebook-ads). - Static or video? See [static ads vs video ads](/compare/static-ads-vs-video-ads). We make Marxx. Its production canvas generates images, video, voice, dubbing, avatars and UGC in one place and publishes campaigns, ad sets and ads to Meta. See the [production canvas](/features/production-canvas). ## FAQ ### Which AI image tool should I use? Use the one that lets you upload your own product photo and gives clean results on your product. Test the same prompt in two tools and compare. ### Can I run AI-made images as ads? Yes, if the image shows your product honestly and the ad follows the platform's rules. Check the current rules in Ads Manager before you launch. --- - [More AI prompts articles](https://marxx.ai/library-templates/category/ai-prompts) - [All articles](https://marxx.ai/library-templates)