Every prompt below was generated with Grok Imagine Image in Made, and the output next to it is what came back — not a curated stock image. Copy a prompt as a starting point, then use the guide underneath to adapt it.
Original results
These examples use media produced for Made. Prompts are included when the production record allows them.
“Behind the scenes of a small film set at night: a cinema camera on a dolly track, a crew member adjusting a large softbox, mist from a rain machine. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one teal accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Full-bleed night photograph of an art deco cinema marquee with lightbox letters reading exactly "NOW SHOWING", wet street reflections below, no border or frame. 35mm film still, muted earth tones with one neon red accent, subtle film grain, sharp legible lettering, no other words or logos.”
“Old projection booth with a 35mm film projector running, dust drifting through the projector beam. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one amber accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Empty canvas director's chair in a warehouse set with a painted city-skyline backdrop, cables coiled on the floor. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one orange accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Actor's dressing room mirror ringed with bulbs, makeup brushes and a script on the counter, no one in the reflection. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one rose accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
“Candid portrait of an actress in 1940s costume with pin curls waiting between takes, holding a paper cup of coffee, set lights behind her. 35mm film still, soft natural light, muted earth tones with one crimson accent, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain, candid and unposed, no text, logos, or watermark.”
Lead with the subject, then composition, materials, lighting, and style in concrete language.
Choose from thirteen aspect ratios — including device-native tall formats like 9:19.5 and 9:20.
Upload one or more images and describe the change to route the request to the editing endpoint.
At 2 credits per image, generate several takes and promote the best brief to the Quality tier.
Iteration is cheap here: Grok Imagine Image costs 2 credits / image, so rewriting a prompt and rerunning it is a normal part of the workflow, not a budget decision. See the full Grok Imagine Image pricing breakdown.
It is the standard tier of xAI’s Grok Imagine image family — fast text-to-image generation and reference-based editing at the family’s lowest cost.
More tested prompts across all models live in the prompt library, and the full Grok Imagine Image capability rundown is on the model page.