Keeping a product the same across a shoot

1. Take one clear photo

One good photo does the work. Three things make it a strong reference:

• The product alone. Nothing else in the frame, so there's no doubt which thing to keep.
• A plain ground. A clean, even background keeps its edges and colours clear.
• Its true colours. Soft, even light, with the label turned to the camera.

2. Bring it in as your product

In the chat, press + and choose Upload an image. Set Pick what it is for to Product, then press Attach.

When you send your next message, the photo joins the Prompt's references as your product, and every job the Prompt makes sends it.

3. Say where it goes

Describe the scene the way you'd brief a photographer: the setting, the light, what stands around it.

“The bottle on a marble counter in morning light, with a sprig of rosemary beside it.”

The Director writes the Prompt with your product in it. Every part of it can be changed before anything runs.

4. Choose a model that takes references

For pictures, of the four image models in this guide, Nano Banana 2.1 takes up to 10 references and Nano Banana Pro up to 8. FLUX.2 Pro and GPT Image 2.5 Flare take none.

For clips, of the six video models in this guide, Seedance 2.0 takes up to 9 references, Seedance 2.5 up to 30 and Wan 3.0 up to 10. Veo 3.1 takes up to 3, on its Lite and Fast tiers and on 8-second clips only. Kling 3.0 Pro and H3 take none.

A model that takes none refuses a job with references rather than leave your product out, and nothing is charged. To pick one yourself, open Models in the chat.

5. Keep it in your Assets

When the Director makes a picture of your product, it may offer to keep the product as an aspect, and you can ask it to. Press the offer, and the product is saved in your Assets, free.

Give it its photo there: choose it, press Manage media, then Add a picture or Pick from your uploads.

6. Name it in every shoot

In any chat, press + and choose your product under Saved aspects, then name it in what you ask. When you send, its photo joins the Prompt as your product, so every job carries the same one.

Not kept yet? The photo stays in your uploads: press +, pick it there, and set it to Product again.

Your product in a clip

A still can open a clip as its first frame on 31 of Thisbe's 52 video models.

To open a clip on a still of your product, choose the still on your board and press Animate: it goes to the Director as the start frame.

On video, a clip takes references or a start and end frame, never both. Thisbe refuses a job that sends both before anything is charged, so choose one for each shot.

The models that take references

For one product in setting after setting, see Product Photography.