One word typed with a photo turns it into an exploded view, a blueprint, an X-ray, a marble sculpture or a cake. Twenty-one commands, the full prompt behind each, and which one to use for which job.
You have one product photo. You need a post that explains it, a post that makes it look premium, and a post that makes people stop. Three briefs for a designer, three days, three invoices.
Or you attach the photo, type one word, and get the first one in a minute.
That is what a slash command is: a single word the model reads as the whole instruction. Type "/explode" with a photo of a drone and you get the drone pulled apart into its parts, floating in order, on a clean white ground. Type "/blueprint" with a bicycle and you get a cyanotype sheet with dimension lines. Nobody programmed those commands. The model knows what the words mean and applies them to your photo.
Below are the twenty-one that work, the full prompt behind each one so the result is repeatable, and the table that tells you which to use for which job. Nine of them are the ones in my video; the other twelve were generated the same way and cut for time, not for quality.
How a Slash Command Works
Attach one photo. Type the command, nothing else. In ChatGPT and most current image models that is enough most of the time.
When it drifts, or when the result has to look exactly like the ones you saw, paste the full prompt. Every prompt here is the same sentence with one block swapped:
- The subject line. Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Without it the model invents a new object.
- The command block. One transformation, described the way a designer would describe it.
- The keep line. Same object, fill the frame, professional, no watermark, any text short and real or none at all.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. [THE COMMAND BLOCK: one transformation, from the list below.] The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
Swap only the middle. The two outer lines are what keep the result honest to your photo.
What Is a Slash Command Prompt?
A slash command prompt is a one-word instruction attached to an image, named after a known visual format: exploded view, knolling, blueprint, patent drawing, X-ray. The format carries its own rules (angle, line weight, background, labels), so one word replaces a paragraph of adjectives, and the result is consistent from run to run.
Group One: Take it apart
The commands that show what is inside. Product pages, how-it-works posts, anything where the parts are the story.
/explode (in the video)
An exploded-view diagram: every part separated and floating in order, like a product render. Tested on a grey quadcopter camera drone with four propellers.
Copy the /explode prompt
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Render the object in the attached photo as an exploded-view product diagram: every part separated and floating in order along one axis with small gaps, each part in its real colour and material, clean white background, soft shadows, studio product-render look, no labels. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/knolling (in the video)
Every component taken apart and laid out at right angles, shot from above. Tested on a mechanical wristwatch with a brown leather strap and a steel case.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Show the object in the attached photo knolled: every single component taken apart and laid out neatly at right angles on a plain white surface, photographed straight from above, perfectly aligned, soft studio light. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/cutaway
One side sliced away to show the mechanism, with short labels. Tested on a chrome and black espresso machine with a portafilter.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Draw the object in the attached photo as a technical cutaway illustration: one side of the body sliced away to reveal the parts inside, rendered in clean coloured technical-illustration style with thin leader lines and short labels. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/xray (in the video)
A radiograph: the internals glowing white and pale blue on black. Tested on a chrome and black espresso machine with a portafilter.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Show the object in the attached photo as a medical-style X-ray radiograph: white and pale-blue translucent internal structures glowing on a black background, bones-of-the-machine look, sharp and realistic, no text. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/anatomy
A labelled anatomy poster with a bold title. Tested on a pair of black over-ear wireless headphones.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Lay out the object in the attached photo as a labelled anatomy poster: the object drawn large in the centre in clean technical-illustration style, thin leader lines to short real labels, a bold title at the top reading exactly "[OBJECT] ANATOMY", white poster, black and one accent colour. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
Group Two: Draw it like a pro
The commands that turn a photo into a document a designer or an engineer would have made.
/blueprint (in the video)
A cyanotype engineering sheet with dimensions and a title block. Tested on a classic red road bicycle.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Draw the object in the attached photo as an engineering blueprint: precise white line work on a deep blue cyanotype sheet, side elevation plus a small top view, dimension lines with arrows and short measurements, a title block in the corner reading exactly "[OBJECT]", fine grid, slightly worn paper edges. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/patent
A classic patent drawing: ink hatching, numbered callouts, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. Tested on a vintage 35 mm film camera with a leather body.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Draw the object in the attached photo as a classic patent drawing: fine black ink line art with hatching and stippling on aged cream paper, two views (front and top), numbered part callouts with thin leader lines, the captions "FIG. 1" and "FIG. 2" under the views, nothing else written. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/floorplan
A room seen from above as an architect's plan with measurements. Tested on a small white kitchen with a wooden counter, an oven and a window.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Turn the room in the attached photo into an architect's floor plan: seen straight from above as a clean 2D plan drawing, black lines on white, wall thickness, the fixtures drawn with standard plan symbols, dimension lines with short measurements, a light grid, no other text. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/isometric
A clean isometric 3D illustration, flat shaded, floating on pastel. Tested on a desk setup with a laptop, a monitor, a lamp and a coffee mug.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Redraw the scene in the attached photo as a clean isometric 3D illustration: a 30-degree isometric angle, flat shaded with soft gradients, floating on a plain pastel background, every object simplified but recognisable, no text. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/sketch
An industrial designer's sketchbook page with annotations. Tested on a desk setup with a laptop, a monitor, a lamp and a coffee mug.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Redraw the object in the attached photo as an industrial designer's concept sketch: loose confident pencil and fine-liner lines on white sketchbook paper, light grey marker shading, a few hand-written annotation arrows with short words, small thumbnail variants in a corner, designer's sketchbook page look. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/ikea (in the video)
A flat-pack assembly sheet: numbered steps, the little assembler, a bag of screws. Tested on a modern office chair with a mesh back and black frame.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Turn the object in the attached photo into a page of IKEA-style flat-pack assembly instructions: black line drawings on white, numbered steps, exploded parts with little arrows, a bag of screws, the tiny cartoon assembler figure, no colour, no words except step numbers. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
Group Three: Make it from something else
The same shape in a new material. These are the ones people stop on.
/origami (in the video)
Folded paper, visible creases, macro photograph. Tested on a blue two-seat sports car.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Fold the object in the attached photo from paper: the same object made entirely of crisp folded origami paper in the same colours, visible creases and paper texture, standing on a plain white surface with a soft shadow, macro photograph. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/embroidery (in the video)
A hand-embroidered patch on linen, raised stitches. Tested on a green monstera house plant in a terracotta pot.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Stitch the object in the attached photo as a hand-embroidered patch: the same object rendered in dense coloured embroidery thread on cream linen, visible satin stitch and French knots, slightly raised texture, photographed straight on in soft light, no text. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/marble (in the video)
A polished marble sculpture on a plinth in a gallery. Tested on a white and orange running sneaker.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Carve the object in the attached photo as a classical marble sculpture: reproduced life-size in polished white Carrara marble with grey veins, every detail rendered in stone, standing on a marble plinth in a bright museum gallery, soft daylight, no text. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/cake
A sculpted cake with one slice cut out. Tested on a glossy yellow Vespa scooter.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Bake the object in the attached photo as a hyper-realistic sculpted cake: recreated as a cake covered in smooth fondant in the same colours, with one slice cut out to reveal sponge layers and cream filling, on a white cake stand, bakery photography, soft light, no text. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/claymation
A chunky stop-motion clay model with fingerprints. Tested on a white and orange running sneaker.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Remake the object in the attached photo as a chunky handmade claymation model: every part sculpted from soft matte modelling clay in the same colours, thick rounded lumpy forms, visible fingerprints, thumb-pressed seams, slightly wobbly edges and none of the original surface texture, like a stop-motion prop, on a plain pale tabletop set, warm miniature studio lighting. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/lego
The object rebuilt from bricks, shot like box art. Tested on a vintage 35 mm film camera with a leather body.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Rebuild the object in the attached photo as an official LEGO brick set: built from visible LEGO bricks and studs in the same colours, photographed like LEGO box art on a clean white ground with a soft shadow, hyper-detailed plastic texture. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
Group Four: Change the scale, the era or the resolution
Same object, different world.
/evolution (in the video)
Five generations side by side with year labels, ending in yours. Tested on a modern smartphone with a black screen.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Lay out the evolution of the object in the attached photo as a timeline poster: five versions side by side from the earliest form on the left to the attached one on the far right, with exactly these five labels underneath in order: "[YEAR]", "[YEAR]", "[YEAR]", "[YEAR]", "TODAY", clean white poster, flat even lighting. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/miniature
A tiny diorama in a box, tilt-shift, tweezers for scale. Tested on a small white kitchen with a wooden counter, an oven and a window.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Photograph the scene in the attached photo as a tiny handmade miniature diorama: built at 1:12 scale in a box, tilt-shift blur, visible model-making materials, a pair of tweezers resting at the edge for scale, soft daylight. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/pixel
Chunky 16-colour pixel art, every pixel a visible block. Tested on a classic red road bicycle.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Convert the object in the attached photo into low-resolution pixel art: redrawn on a coarse 48 by 48 pixel grid where every single pixel is a large visible square block, hard stair-stepped edges on every line, a limited 16-colour palette with checkerboard dithering, on a flat pastel background, no smooth lines, no anti-aliasing, no gradients. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
/vintagead
A 1950s magazine advert with a halftone illustration and a retro headline. Tested on a pair of black over-ear wireless headphones.
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Use the attached photo as the exact subject. Design a 1950s magazine advertisement for the object in the attached photo: illustrated in a retro print style with halftone texture, a smiling vintage illustrated person using it, cream paper, a bold retro headline reading exactly "[YOUR HEADLINE]" and nothing else. The result must stay recognisably the same object as the photo (same shape, colours and details), fill the square frame, look like finished professional work, and contain no watermark. Any text is short, real English words spelled correctly, or no text at all.
Which Command for Which Job
Pick by the job, not by taste.
| The job | Start with |
|---|---|
| A product page or a spec post | /explode or /xray |
| A how-it-works post | /cutaway or /anatomy |
| A premium, timeless feel | /marble or /blueprint |
| A fun post people share | /cake, /claymation or /lego |
| A then-and-now story | /evolution |
| An office, a shop or a room | /floorplan or /miniature |
| A technical brand | /patent or /sketch |
| A craft or handmade brand | /embroidery or /origami |
| A game or developer audience | /pixel |
| A nostalgic offer | /vintagead |
Run the same photo through two of them. Keep the one that makes the product clearer, not the one that is prettier.
Your First Real Run
Take the one product photo you use most. Plain background if you have it, or crop it tight. Attach it and type /explode. Then attach it again and type /marble.
You now have the technical version and the premium version of the same object. One goes on the product page, the other goes in the story. Ten minutes.
The Mistake That Makes It Fail
A busy photo. Two objects, a cluttered background, a hand holding the thing: the model picks the wrong subject and transforms that. One object, plain background, the whole thing in frame. That single fix saves more runs than any prompt wording.
Four smaller ones cost almost as much:
- Two commands in one prompt. "/xray /blueprint" gives you mush. One transformation per run, then a second run if you want a second format.
- Expecting readable long text. Labels of one or two words come out right. A paragraph inside the image does not. When the title matters, say exactly what it should read, in quotes.
- Skipping the keep line. Without "the same object, fill the frame, no watermark" you get a different product, a border, a signature in the corner.
- A real logo or a real face. Trademarks and likenesses are either refused or mangled. Generate the transformation, then place the logo yourself.
When the object changed shape, say: keep the exact shape and proportions of the attached photo, change only the material. That one correction fixes most runs.
Honest: Where These Prompts Break
The one-word version is a convenience, not a guarantee. It works because the model knows the format name. On an unusual object or a rare format it drifts, and the full prompt is the fix. That is why every command here ships with one.
Text inside the image is still the weak point. Blueprint title blocks, anatomy labels and year labels come out right when they are one or two words and you spell them in quotes. Anything longer, put it in the caption.
Measurements are decorative. The numbers on a blueprint or a floor plan look right and mean nothing. Never ship one as a real drawing.
And the result is only as good as the photo. A sharp, evenly lit photo of one object on a plain ground produces a transformation that looks like the object. A dark phone shot of three things on a desk produces a guess.
Pick Three Tonight
If you only do one thing this week: take one product photo, run it through /explode, /marble and one from the "make it from something else" group. Fifteen minutes. If none of the three is something you would post, you learned which half of this list is not for your product, and that is worth fifteen minutes too.