# Product photo motion prompt: free ChatGPT template > Write the motion prompt for an image-to-video tool: one clear action, the setting, style and camera move, and what must stay exactly the same. Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/product-photo-motion-prompt · Updated 2026-10-11 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com) [Marketing and social](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts#job-marketing-and-social) · [Marketing](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts#industry-marketing) · Works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot Updated October 11, 2026 · By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) Use this when you have a good product photo and want a short vertical clip for social media. An image-to-video tool decides what moves unless you tell it, and it may change the product. The prompt writes a motion prompt with a subject, one action, the setting, the style, a camera move and a clear line about what must not change, which is the part people forget. ## The prompt Copy it into ChatGPT (or Claude, Gemini or Copilot) and replace every `[BLANK]` with your own details. It uses the four parts from [Prompt Writing 101](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompt-writing-101-role-context-task-format): Role, Context, Task and Format. Copy prompt ```text Role: You are a social media producer who writes precise motion prompts for image-to-video tools. Context: The product is [PRODUCT] from [BUSINESS], shown in the photo [PHOTO DESCRIPTION]. The clip is for [PLATFORM], about [LENGTH] long. The one thing that should move: [ONE ACTION]. The look we want: [STYLE]. Task: Write one motion prompt of two to four sentences. Name the product, give the single action, describe the setting and style, add one gentle camera move, and finish with a sentence saying exactly what must stay the same, including the product shape, label and colors. Add no second action and no new objects. Format: The motion prompt as one plain paragraph. Then a three-item checklist titled "Watch for" that lists what to look for while the clip plays. ``` ## Fill in the blanks **`[PRODUCT]`** The product, with its name. **`[BUSINESS]`** The business that sells it. **`[PHOTO DESCRIPTION]`** What is in the picture and where it sits. **`[PLATFORM]`** Where the clip will go, such as Instagram Reels and TikTok. **`[LENGTH]`** A short length, such as five seconds. **`[ONE ACTION]`** The single thing that moves, such as the flame flickering. **`[STYLE]`** The mood, such as warm, cozy and soft light. ## Example, filled in **A made-up example** from the free lesson [DomoAI: Turn a Product Photo into a Short Video for Social](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/domoai-image-to-video-product-photo-social-video). In the DomoAI lesson, you're Nora, who runs marketing at Hearth & Wick Candle Co., a made-up company, and you need a short vertical clip of the new Amber Cedar candle for Instagram and TikTok. Copy example ```text Role: You are a social media producer who writes precise motion prompts for image-to-video tools. Context: The product is the Amber Cedar candle from Hearth & Wick Candle Co., shown in the photo on a wooden table with its label facing the camera. The clip is for Instagram Reels and TikTok, about five seconds long. The one thing that should move: the flame flickering. The look we want: warm, cozy and soft light. Task: Write one motion prompt of two to four sentences. Name the product, give the single action, describe the setting and style, add one gentle camera move, and finish with a sentence saying exactly what must stay the same, including the product shape, label and colors. Add no second action and no new objects. Format: The motion prompt as one plain paragraph. Then a three-item checklist titled "Watch for" that lists what to look for while the clip plays. ``` ## What a good answer looks like - The prompt names the Amber Cedar candle and gives only the flickering flame as the action. - It ends with a clear sentence that the candle, label, table and colors stay the same. - The Watch for list asks you to check the label and the colors, not only the motion. ## How to check it before you use it An AI draft can sound right and still say something you never told it. Use the habit from the [Reply Faster lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/chatgpt-reply-to-customer-emails): check every promise, name, date and number against what you gave it before anything goes out. - Choose 9:16 and a short length such as 5s before you generate, and check the credit cost shown. - Watch the whole clip, and confirm the flame is the only thing that moves. - Make a second version and pick the steadiest one. - Check the vendor's pricing and terms before posting commercially. ## Practice it in the free lesson **[DomoAI: Turn a Product Photo into a Short Video for Social](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/domoai-image-to-video-product-photo-social-video)**: Open Image to Video in DomoAI, upload one product photo, pick a model and a vertical size, write a motion prompt that keeps the product the same, compare two versions and download the better one. You do every step yourself in a practice copy of DomoAI, and nothing touches your real accounts. [Start the free lesson](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/domoai-image-to-video) ## Terms used here [Motion prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/motion-prompt) · [Image to video](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/image-to-video) · [AI credits](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary/ai-credits) ## Related prompts - [Promo video brief and script prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/promo-video-brief-prompt): Write a promo video brief for an AI video agent: the length, exact script, look and shape, plus a request to plan before it… - [Social post ideas prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/social-post-ideas-prompt): A four-part ChatGPT prompt for social post ideas built on your services and real customer questions: platform, hook and call to… - [Product description prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/product-description-prompt): Write product page copy with a ChatGPT prompt that uses only your spec list: a short opening, scannable bullets, who it's for… ## More marketing and social prompts - [Promotional text message prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/promo-text-message-prompt): Write a promotional text for customers who opted in: one offer, the real end date, who it's from and how to opt out, short… - [Referral request prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/referral-request-prompt): A ChatGPT prompt for a short, personal referral ask: thank the customer for real work, describe who you help, and mention a… - [Sale or promotion announcement prompt](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts/sale-promotion-announcement-prompt): Announce a sale with a ChatGPT prompt that keeps the offer, dates and conditions identical in an email and a short text version… [All free prompt templates](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/prompts) · [AI glossary](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/glossary)