ChatGPT image commands such as /packshot, /remove-bg, and /cinematic are useful prompt shortcuts. They are not a universal registry of official built-in ChatGPT commands. The slash simply makes the instruction easy to recognize, combine, and reuse.
That distinction matters. Typing /packshot does not activate a hidden product-photography tool. ChatGPT reads it as prompt text. The result still depends on the rest of your instruction, your reference images, and the details you ask it to preserve.
This directory covers all 109 slash-style image commands in nine categories. Each entry explains the intended action and what you should add to make the request useful.
Contents
- Image generation
- Editing and manipulation
- Quality and enhancement
- Product photography and e-commerce
- Art styles and transformations
- Graphic design and marketing
- Interior design and architecture
- Dimensions and composition
- Reference-based editing
- How to combine commands
- Limits you should understand
- Frequently asked questions
How to use ChatGPT image commands
Put one or more shortcuts at the beginning of a normal prompt. Then describe the actual result.
/packshot /photorealistic /studio-lighting /shadow
Use my attached product photo to create a premium studio image on a warm beige background. Keep the bottle shape, label, cap, colors, and proportions unchanged. Use soft light from the upper left, a realistic contact shadow, and a 16:9 composition.A useful instruction normally includes:
- Asset: product photo, banner, illustration, mockup, poster, or another deliverable.
- Subject: what must appear and what it is doing.
- Composition: aspect ratio, camera angle, crop, placement, and copy space.
- Look: medium, lighting, palette, texture, and mood.
- Constraints: what must remain unchanged and what must not appear.
Official OpenAI documentation for image generation recommends describing the subject, setting, composition, style, and constraints in natural language. For edits, state exactly what should change and what must stay fixed. The shortcuts below organize those instructions; they do not replace them.
Image generation
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/imagine | Generate a new image from a text description. | Add the subject, setting, style, composition, lighting, and exclusions. |
/create | Create original visual content from your idea. | State the asset type and intended use so the layout matches the job. |
/photorealistic | Request a realistic photography-style result. | Specify camera angle, lens feel, lighting, textures, and how natural the image should look. |
/illustration | Create a digital illustration instead of a photograph. | Name the illustration medium, palette, line treatment, and audience. |
/vector | Request clean, flat, vector-style artwork. | Use for simple shapes and bold edges; the result may still be a raster image rather than editable vector paths. |
/lineart | Create minimal outline artwork. | Specify line weight, color, background, detail level, and whether fills are allowed. |
/sketch | Create a pencil or hand-drawn sketch. | Name the material, such as graphite, charcoal, ink, or colored pencil. |
/3d-render | Create a realistic or stylized 3D-looking image. | Specify materials, camera angle, lighting, render style, and background. |
/isometric | Create an isometric scene with a raised three-quarter view. | List the objects, layout, palette, and desired level of detail. |
/pixel-art | Create retro pixel-style artwork. | Specify the canvas feel, palette, sprite scale, and whether the edges must stay hard. |
/minimalist | Reduce the composition to essential forms and details. | Name the focal subject, palette, whitespace, and elements to exclude. |
/abstract | Generate experimental or nonliteral artwork. | Specify the shapes, motion, texture, palette, and mood you want. |
Editing and manipulation
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/edit | Modify an attached or previously generated image. | State exactly what should change and what must remain unchanged. |
/inpaint | Replace or repair a selected part of an image. | Select or describe the target region and explain how it should blend with its surroundings. |
/outpaint | Extend an image beyond its current borders. | Give the target aspect ratio, extension direction, and details that must continue naturally. |
/remove | Remove a named object or element. | Identify the object and location; require the background to be reconstructed without other changes. |
/replace | Swap one object for another. | Name the old and new objects, then preserve scale, perspective, lighting, and surrounding details. |
/remove-bg | Remove the background from an attached image. | Ask for genuine transparency and inspect edges, hair, glass, shadows, and product labels. |
/change-bg | Replace the existing background. | Describe the new setting and require the subject, pose, crop, and identity to stay fixed. |
/transparent | Request an image with a transparent background. | Use PNG or WebP when exporting and verify that the file contains an alpha channel. |
/cleanup | Remove distractions and minor visual defects. | List the distractions; a vague cleanup request can cause unwanted retouching. |
/retouch | Improve the overall appearance of a photo. | Specify permitted changes such as exposure or blemish reduction and prohibit identity changes. |
/recolor | Change selected colors. | Name the exact object and target colors; preserve texture, shading, and everything else. |
/relight | Change the lighting and atmosphere. | Specify light direction, softness, color temperature, time of day, and shadows. |
/recompose | Rearrange visual elements. | Describe the new positions, hierarchy, crop, and negative space. |
/add-object | Insert a new object into an existing image. | State placement, size, perspective, material, and how its light and shadow should match. |
/remove-text | Remove visible text from an image. | Identify the text area and require natural reconstruction of the background. |
/replace-text | Replace existing wording while preserving the design. | Quote the exact replacement text and specify capitalization, placement, type style, and allowed reflow. |
Quality and enhancement
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/upscale | Request a larger or higher-resolution version. | State the target dimensions; inspect invented details because AI may reconstruct rather than recover them. |
/enhance | Improve general clarity and presentation. | Define what needs improvement, such as exposure, contrast, texture, or edge clarity. |
/sharpen | Increase perceived edge sharpness. | Use lightly and check halos, noise, text, skin, and fine product details. |
/denoise | Reduce visible grain or digital noise. | Specify whether texture must be preserved; aggressive denoising can create plastic surfaces. |
/restore | Repair an old, faded, scratched, or damaged photo. | List the damage and preserve faces, clothing, era details, and original composition. |
/colorize | Add plausible color to a black-and-white image. | Describe known colors and historical context; generated colors are estimates when evidence is missing. |
/deblur | Reduce visible blur where possible. | Name the important subject and inspect reconstructed faces, labels, and fine details. |
/face-enhance | Improve visible facial detail. | Require the person’s identity, proportions, age, expression, and skin texture to remain unchanged. |
/texture-enhance | Increase the visibility of surface detail. | Name the material and avoid adding patterns or damage that were not present. |
/print-ready | Request artwork intended for printing. | Still verify dimensions, resolution, bleed, color handling, typography, and the printer’s specification separately. |
Product photography and e-commerce
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/packshot | Create a clean professional studio product image. | Describe the product, background, angle, lighting, shadow, crop, and packaging details to preserve. |
/product-shot | Generate commercial product imagery. | State where the image will be used and define the product, scene, composition, and brand constraints. |
/hero-image | Create a wide visual for a website hero or banner. | Specify aspect ratio, subject placement, copy space, safe margins, and whether text must be excluded. |
/lifestyle | Place a product in a believable real-life setting. | Describe the user, location, action, product visibility, and natural lighting. |
/mockup | Present a design on a product, device, package, or surface. | Attach the design when possible and specify placement, scale, perspective, and surface distortion. |
/flatlay | Create a top-down arrangement of products or props. | List every object, surface, spacing, hierarchy, and area reserved for copy. |
/studio-lighting | Apply controlled professional lighting. | Specify softbox direction, fill, rim light, reflections, shadow softness, and background. |
/product-replace | Swap a product inside an existing composition. | Attach the replacement and preserve scene geometry, camera angle, lighting, hands, and shadows. |
/product-background | Create or replace a backdrop suited to a product. | Describe the desired environment, material, palette, horizon, and contact shadow. |
/360-style | Create product views from specified angles. | Request each angle explicitly; it does not create a true interactive 360-degree model or guarantee perfect consistency. |
/shadow | Add a realistic grounding shadow. | Specify direction, softness, opacity, contact point, and the scene’s light source. |
/reflection | Add a glossy product reflection. | Specify the reflective surface, reflection strength, falloff, and whether labels must remain readable. |
Art styles and transformations
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/style-transfer | Apply visual traits from a reference style to a new subject or image. | Identify the reference’s palette, texture, line work, or medium without asking to copy protected work exactly. |
/watercolor | Create a watercolor treatment. | Specify paper texture, pigment intensity, edge bleeding, palette, and detail level. |
/oil-painting | Create a traditional oil-painting look. | Describe brushwork, canvas texture, lighting, palette, and realism. |
/cartoon | Convert or generate subjects in a cartoon style. | Define line weight, proportions, shading, palette, and target audience. |
/anime | Generate an anime-inspired visual. | Specify original character traits, setting, framing, color treatment, and mood. |
/comic | Create comic-book-style artwork. | Specify panel count, reading order, action, ink style, speech text, and consistency requirements. |
/pop-art | Apply bold pop-art treatment. | Define halftones, high-contrast colors, repeated forms, outlines, and layout. |
/pencil-sketch | Create a graphite-pencil drawing. | Specify paper, line softness, hatching, shading, and whether eraser highlights are visible. |
/ink-art | Create monochrome or colored ink artwork. | Define brush or pen style, contrast, line density, wash, and background. |
/silhouette | Render a subject as a solid silhouette. | Specify pose, recognizable outline, background contrast, and whether internal detail is forbidden. |
/low-poly | Create a faceted low-polygon 3D style. | Specify polygon density, palette, lighting, material, and camera angle. |
/clay-render | Create a clay-model-style 3D image. | Define clay texture, colors, softness, lighting, and backdrop. |
/paper-cut | Create a layered cut-paper look. | Specify layer count, paper texture, edge style, depth, shadows, and palette. |
/vintage | Apply a retro or aged visual treatment. | Name the decade or medium and specify grain, fading, print texture, palette, and wear. |
/cinematic | Add dramatic film-like composition and lighting. | Specify shot type, lens feel, lighting, color grade, atmosphere, and restraint. |
Graphic design and marketing
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/poster | Create a promotional poster composition. | Provide hierarchy, exact text, image concept, dimensions, typography direction, and safe margins. |
/banner | Create a website or advertising banner. | State dimensions, platform, subject placement, copy area, and elements that must remain readable. |
/social-post | Create a social media graphic. | Name the platform, aspect ratio, message, visual hierarchy, and exact copy if needed. |
/instagram-post | Create an Instagram-oriented visual. | Specify square, portrait, or story format and keep important content inside platform-safe areas. |
/thumbnail | Create a video or article thumbnail. | State the platform, topic, focal subject, contrast, crop, and minimal exact text. |
/ad-creative | Create advertising imagery. | Define the audience, product, single message, placement, brand palette, and call-to-action area. |
/flyer | Design an event or promotional flyer. | Provide exact copy, date, location, hierarchy, size, bleed needs, and contact details. |
/logo | Generate original logo concepts. | Describe the brand, symbol idea, values, palette, and required variations; redraw approved concepts as proper vector artwork. |
/icon | Create a standalone icon. | Specify meaning, size, stroke or fill style, palette, padding, and background. |
/infographic | Turn information into a structured visual explanation. | Provide verified data, labels, hierarchy, chart relationships, and text limits; proofread every word and number. |
/typography | Create a composition led by type. | Quote exact text and specify font character, hierarchy, alignment, spacing, and image placement. |
/brand-visual | Create artwork consistent with a brand system. | Provide brand colors, type direction, imagery rules, tone, logo constraints, and reference assets. |
/moodboard | Create a visual direction board. | Define the project, themes, palette, materials, photography direction, and number of tiles. |
Interior design and architecture
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/interior-design | Generate a room design concept. | Specify room type, dimensions when known, style, layout, materials, lighting, and items that must stay. |
/room-mockup | Visualize a design, product, or artwork inside a room. | Describe the room, placement, scale, camera angle, lighting, and wall or surface dimensions. |
/wall-art | Generate artwork intended for wall display. | State subject, style, palette, orientation, print ratio, and whether borders are included. |
/wall-mockup | Preview supplied artwork on an interior wall. | Attach the artwork and preserve its aspect ratio, colors, crop, and realistic scale. |
/exterior-render | Create an architectural exterior concept. | Describe building type, materials, site, viewpoint, landscaping, time of day, and realism. |
/floorplan-3d | Turn a floor plan into a conceptual three-dimensional view. | Attach a clear plan and specify ceiling assumptions, materials, camera view, and that dimensions must be checked. |
/furniture-replace | Change furniture in a room photo. | Identify each item, provide the replacement style, and preserve architecture, perspective, and lighting. |
/material-swap | Change a surface finish or material. | Name the surface and new material; preserve geometry, seams, scale, reflections, and surroundings. |
/day-to-night | Reimagine a scene with nighttime lighting. | Preserve geometry and camera position while defining sky, artificial lights, reflections, and mood. |
/renovation-preview | Visualize a proposed room or building renovation. | List every planned change and every element that must remain; treat the result as a concept, not construction documentation. |
Dimensions and composition
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/resize | Request different output dimensions. | Give exact pixel dimensions or aspect ratio and say whether to crop, extend, or preserve all content. |
/aspect-ratio | Change or set the width-to-height relationship. | Specify the ratio and subject placement; changing the ratio may require cropping or generating new edges. |
/crop | Reframe an image by removing outer areas. | State the target ratio, focal point, and content that must not be cut off. |
/expand | Extend the canvas with generated content. | Specify direction, final ratio, copy space, and how the existing background should continue. |
/portrait | Create a vertical composition. | Give the target ratio, subject framing, headroom, and placement of any copy space. |
/landscape | Create a horizontal composition. | Give the target ratio, focal placement, horizon, and intended screen or print use. |
/square | Create a 1:1 composition. | Keep the focal subject and important text inside a center-safe area. |
/center-subject | Place the main subject in the center. | Specify scale, padding, symmetry, background, and whether the composition needs room around it. |
/negative-space | Reserve an uncluttered area for later copy or branding. | Name the side and approximate percentage of the frame that should remain quiet. |
/closeup | Create a tight view of the subject. | Specify the exact detail, crop boundary, focus, depth of field, and texture. |
/wide-angle | Create a broader field of view. | Specify camera height, perspective, focal subject, environmental context, and distortion limits. |
Reference-based editing
| Command | What it does | What to specify |
|---|---|---|
/reference-style | Use an attached image as a visual-style reference. | Identify which traits to borrow, such as palette, texture, lighting, or medium, and define the new subject separately. |
/reference-layout | Follow the composition of an attached reference. | Specify which positions, spacing, hierarchy, and crop to follow without copying unrelated content. |
/image-to-image | Generate a new image based on an uploaded image. | Explain whether the upload defines the subject, structure, style, or starting point and list required changes. |
/combine-images | Build one composition from multiple attached images. | Label each image by number, assign each a role, and specify placement, scale, perspective, and lighting. |
/subject-swap | Replace the main subject in an image. | Attach or describe the new subject and preserve pose, framing, perspective, background, and lighting as required. |
/background-match | Match the background treatment of a reference image. | Identify the reference background’s color, texture, depth, light, and horizon while preserving the main subject. |
/lighting-match | Match another image’s lighting. | Identify the lighting reference and preserve subject identity while matching direction, softness, temperature, and shadows. |
/color-match | Match the palette or color grade of another image. | Specify the reference and whether to match overall grading or exact object colors. |
/preserve-subject | Request that the main subject remain unchanged during an edit. | List the locked traits: identity, pose, shape, label, texture, proportions, crop, or clothing. |
/consistent-style | Keep a shared visual language across a set of images. | Reuse a style reference and repeat palette, line work, lighting, materials, framing rules, and exclusions. |
How to combine commands
Stack commands that control different parts of the result. Do not pile up synonyms that all ask for the same thing.
E-commerce product image
/packshot /photorealistic /studio-lighting /shadow /negative-space
Use my attached product image. Create a premium studio photograph with a warm beige background. Place the product in the right third and leave the left 40% quiet for website copy. Preserve all packaging text, colors, proportions, and the cap. Add a soft contact shadow. Do not add props, text, logos, or a watermark.Minimal wall art
/lineart /minimalist /wall-art /print-ready /portrait
Create original continuous-line hummingbird artwork in black on a clean white background. Use a 4:5 portrait composition, consistent fine lines, no color fill, no border, no text, and no watermark. Keep all important lines inside a generous print-safe margin.Focused image edit
/edit /remove-text /cleanup /preserve-subject
Edit the attached image. Remove only the promotional text in the upper-right corner and reconstruct the background naturally. Preserve the person, face, pose, clothing, crop, lighting, colors, and every other object. Do not retouch the person or add new text.Reference-based campaign visual
/combine-images /reference-style /lighting-match /consistent-style
Image 1 is the product that must remain accurate. Image 2 defines the muted palette, soft shadows, and paper texture. Create a wide campaign image using the product from Image 1 and the visual treatment from Image 2. Keep the product label, shape, colors, and proportions unchanged. Leave clean space on the left for HTML copy.Limits you should understand
- These shortcuts are not guaranteed native commands. Official ChatGPT slash commands vary by environment and access. The image labels in this guide function as prompt shorthand.
- A word does not guarantee a file format.
/vectorcan request a vector-like appearance, but the result may still be a raster image. - “Transparent” must be verified. Confirm that the downloaded PNG or WebP contains an alpha channel instead of a painted white or checkerboard background.
- Edits can drift. Compare faces, product geometry, labels, colors, crop, and untouched areas against the source after every edit.
- Upscaling may invent detail. It can reconstruct plausible texture rather than recover genuine information from the original.
- “Print-ready” is not a technical certification. Check final dimensions, resolution, bleed, color handling, typography, and printer requirements.
- Generated text needs proofreading. Inspect every word, number, label, and logo before using the asset.
- A 360-style request is a set of views, not a 3D model. It does not create a turntable, mesh, or perfectly consistent product geometry by itself.
- Architectural outputs are concepts. Floor plans and renovation previews require professional dimensional and structural review.
Frequently asked questions
Are these official ChatGPT slash commands?
Most entries in this guide are user-defined prompt shortcuts. ChatGPT can interpret /packshot or /watercolor because the words describe an intended result. Official slash-command menus are separate and can vary by product surface, environment, and access.
Do I need the slash?
No. “/remove-bg” and “remove the background” communicate the same basic intention. The slash is useful for organizing reusable prompt recipes.
Can I create my own commands?
Yes. A label such as /catalog-clean can act as shorthand if you define what it means in the same prompt, a reusable custom prompt, or your instructions. The label has no reliable meaning unless the surrounding context defines it.
How many commands should I combine?
Use the smallest set that covers different aspects of the result. A practical stack might contain one command for the asset, one for style, one for lighting, and one for composition. The complete natural-language instruction still matters more than the stack.
Why does the same command produce different results?
Image generation is not deterministic in ordinary chat use. Results can change with the prompt, reference images, prior conversation, model, dimensions, and generation variation. Restate fixed requirements and inspect every output.
What should I write after the commands?
Describe the subject, intended use, composition, lighting, palette, output dimensions, and constraints. For edits, identify the source image and list everything that must remain unchanged.
Can these commands preserve product labels and faces perfectly?
They can request preservation, but they cannot prove pixel-identical results. Compare the output against the original. When exact unchanged regions are required, finish the edit in a conventional image editor or composite the approved generated region into the source.