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Image to Prompt

Pick the format you need, then drop your picture into the workspace and get the prompt that recreates it, written in the syntax of the model you will paste it into.

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  • No sign-up
  • 6 output formats
Output formats
6
Prompt languages
16
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Image to Prompt · Live workspace

Ready

Run it here · Your image stays in browser memory until you press Run

Drop an image, press Ctrl+V, or

JPG · PNG · WebP · max 10 MB

No image?A portraitA landscapeAn illustration

Output format

A plain description you can paste anywhere

Free — 1 runs a day without an account

From image to language

See what image to prompt changes

A visual example makes the result easier to judge before you upload anything. The sample below is illustrative; your file is processed only after you approve the run.

image to prompt visual example with product, photograph, illustration and landscape referencesReference image

Prompt reading

“Editorial product photograph, warm mineral palette, soft side light, restrained composition, realistic surface texture.”

SubjectStyleLightingComposition

Proof

Does the prompt actually reproduce the image?

The only honest test of an image to prompt tool is to take the prompt it gives you, render it, and put the two side by side. That is what this section will show — the original on the left, and an image generated from nothing but our prompt on the right.

No proof has been published yet. This page remains out of the sitemap until reproducible live outputs are attached.

The comparison set is generated with our own pipeline, so it goes up once the model is connected. We would rather show nothing than show a set we cherry-picked from someone else.

Reference

Which output format should I pick?

The formats are not styles — they are different syntaxes. Picking the wrong one is the most common reason a prompt "does not work" in the model you paste it into.

FormatPaste it intoWhat it looks like
GeneralAnything, or a humanA descriptive paragraph, no parameters
MidjourneyMidjourney, NijiDescription plus --ar --stylize --v
Stable DiffusionSD, SDXL, Pony, IllustriousComma tags with weights, plus a negative prompt
FluxFlux, DALL-E, IdeogramFull sentences — tag soup reads as noise to these
Structured JSONYour own code, or editing hereSix fields: subject, style, lighting, composition, camera, colour
Nano BananaGemini image editingPhrased as an instruction rather than a description

Breakdown

Every prompt is six decisions

Pick the structured format and you get these as editable fields. Change one, and the prompt rebuilds instantly — no second run, no extra wait.

Subject

The noun phrase, stripped of everything else. "A woman", not "a beautiful woman waiting in the rain".

Style

Medium and treatment. 35mm film, gouache, 3D render — concrete choices, not mood words.

Lighting

Overcast diffuse, golden hour backlight, bare flash. This does more for realism than any adjective.

Composition

Framing, crop, where the subject sits, what is behind it.

Camera

Focal length and depth of field. 24mm and 85mm frame a face in irreconcilable ways.

Colour and mood

Palette and atmosphere, kept separate from the subject so you can swap one without disturbing the other.

Detail

Image to prompt vs image to text prompt

An image to text prompt tool describes what is in a picture in plain sentences — useful for alt text and captions, useless for regeneration.

Image to prompt describes it the way a generator needs to hear it: subject first, then style, lighting, composition and camera, in the syntax of the target model. The difference shows immediately when you paste the result into Midjourney.

Steps

How to convert an image to a prompt, free

  1. 01

    Pick your format here

    Choose the syntax and the output language on this page. Your choices travel with you into the workspace.

  2. 02

    Add the image in the workspace

    Drag a file, press Ctrl+V to paste from your clipboard, or give a URL. The upload lives there because that is where the run happens.

  3. 03

    Generate

    A few seconds. Image to prompt is free — one real run a day works without an account.

  4. 04

    Copy, or refine

    Copy it as it is, or switch to the structured format and adjust individual fields before copying.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Pick the format for the model you use, continue into the workspace, and drop the image there. Nothing to install, and no account required for your first runs of the day.

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