Photo editing prompts

Widen a photo to 16:9

Nano Banana Pro prompt, 16:9 frame. Uses your photo.

Extend my photo to a 16:9 frame. Keep the original image untouched in the centre and continue the scene outward on both sides: same light direction, perspective and colour. Fill new areas with what would plausibly be there: [hints about surroundings].

Remove people from the background

Nano Banana Pro prompt, 3:2 frame. Uses your photo.

Remove every person behind the main subject in my photo. Rebuild what was hidden behind them so the background is continuous: [what should be there, e.g. stone steps, sea]. Keep the main subject, light and shadows exactly as they are.

Negative prompt

Removes unwanted text, people or styles.

subtitles, captions, on-screen text, watermark, extra people, cartoon style

Stage-to-crowd 180° arc

Category: dialogue-driven. Shows the official prompt structure in practice.

Photorealistic cinematic concert style, dramatic stage lighting. Subject: a female pop star with shoulder-length dark hair and a sequined jacket, singing into a vintage chrome microphone. Action: she sings with eyes closed, then opens them as the camera arcs around her, ending with her view facing a sea of fans. Camera: smooth 180-degree arc shot starting on the front-facing close-up and circling around to a POV shot from behind her shoulders. Lighting: single dramatic front spotlight transitioning to bright stage lights with lens flare facing the crowd. Environment: dark concert stage with a roaring audience of silhouettes and phone lights below. Audio: live drum kit pulse, electric guitar sustain, crowd cheering and chanting rising in intensity, microphone reverb tail. Dialogue: she sings "when you look me in the eyes, I can see a million stars."

Professional polish for a phone photo

GPT Image 2.5 prompt, 3:4 frame. Uses your photo.

Polish my phone photo the way a professional photographer and retoucher would: correct white balance, recover highlights, lift shadows gently, straighten the horizon, remove small distractions like [distractions], and add subtle contrast. Keep it natural; do not change faces, bodies or the scene.

Restyle a photo as an oil painting

Grok Imagine prompt, 4:5 frame. Uses your photo.

Repaint my photo as an impressionist oil painting: visible brush strokes, broken colour, soft edges, light that glows. Keep the composition and the people recognisable.

Restyle a photo as a graphite sketch

Grok Imagine prompt, 4:5 frame. Uses your photo.

Redraw my photo as a detailed graphite pencil drawing on textured paper: careful cross-hatching in the shadows, clean outlines, a few loose construction lines left visible.

Restyle a photo as a loose watercolour

Grok Imagine prompt, 4:5 frame. Uses your photo.

Turn my photo into a loose watercolour: wet-on-wet skies, soft bleeding edges, white paper left showing in the highlights, a few crisp detail strokes on the main subject.

Restyle a photo as an anime still

Grok Imagine prompt, 16:9 frame. Uses your photo.

Redraw my photo as a still from a hand-drawn anime film: clean line art, cel shading with two tones, painted background, warm atmospheric light. Keep the poses and setting.

Restyle a photo as bold pop art

Grok Imagine prompt, 1:1 frame. Uses your photo.

Remake my photo as bold pop art: flat saturated colour blocks, thick black outlines, halftone dot shading, and a [colour] background. Keep the subject recognisable.

Inline polish

Targeted refactor of the selection.

Improve visual hierarchy here: one primary action, consistent 8px spacing scale, no inline styles.