Place a real product in lifestyle scenes

Put one real product into several believable scenes with matching light, while the wordmark and shape stay exact. Includes a failed angle and its fix.

  • Use case 2 of 3
  • Checked Oct 16, 2026
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About this use case

Four lifestyle images of the same real product, each in a different setting, with the wordmark readable and the shape unchanged. For e-commerce and brand teams who need scenes for product pages, social posts and ads without a location shoot. The models and settings in this use case are as of October 2026.

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  • Four lifestyle scenes of the same real product, each in a different setting, with wordmark and shape exact.
  • Generate every scene from the packshot with one fixed keep-list, and always ask for the wordmark side facing the camera.
  • One run per scene at high quality; a steep angle, a hidden wordmark or an unwanted skyline is what turns one run into two.
Step by step with an agent, through the Scenario MCP (6 steps)Hide the steps
  1. Connect the Scenario MCP

    Connect your agent and sign in once at mcp.scenario.com. Then tell it which Scenario team and project to use, so every file lands there.

  2. Give the agent the files

    The white packshot, the only product reference: every scene is made from it, never from a previous scene. Upload it with upload_asset or give its asset ID.

  3. Brief the agent: the track scene

    The prompt has two parts: the keep-list, identical every time, then the scene.

    Prompt
    Use GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (model_openai-gpt-image-2-5-sunburst): referenceImages [packshot asset ID] (an array, even for one image), width 1536, height 1024, quality "high". Quote the cost with a dry run first and wait for my go.
    
    Prompt, word for word:
    The exact shoe from the reference image, with its shape and proportions, molten orange engineered mesh upper with fine dark fiber flecks, sculpted orange heel collar, white flat laces, the small spaced VIREO wordmark printed in darker orange on the outer side of the heel, and the thick translucent milky-white ribbed midsole with the black carbon plate showing through it as a dark stripe, unchanged, standing on the white lane line of a wet blue running track at blue hour. Rain droplets beaded on the track surface, a stadium floodlight glowing behind, out of focus, the empty bleachers dark. Low side view at shoe height, the outer side of the shoe with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera and sharp. Hard cool rim light from the floodlight, a crisp reflection of the shoe in the wet track, soft contact shadow under the sole. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, motion, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
  4. The other three scenes

    Prompt
    Same model, reference and quality. In each prompt below, replace [same keep-list sentence] with this keep-list, word for word:
    The exact shoe from the reference image, with its shape and proportions, molten orange engineered mesh upper with fine dark fiber flecks, sculpted orange heel collar, white flat laces, the small spaced VIREO wordmark printed in darker orange on the outer side of the heel, and the thick translucent milky-white ribbed midsole with the black carbon plate showing through it as a dark stripe, unchanged
    
    Entryway, width 1536, height 1024. Prompt, word for word:
    [same keep-list sentence], standing on a long pale oak bench in a calm, minimal apartment entryway in the morning. A folded grey towel and a brushed steel water bottle sit on the bench to the left of the shoe. Behind the bench, a large plain window on the right half of the frame looks onto a quiet inner courtyard with one young linden tree in summer leaf and a pale stone wall; no buildings, no skyline. Low morning sun comes through the window from the right. Plain white wall on the left, nothing hanging on it. Side view at bench height, the outer side of the shoe with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera and sharp. Hard window light with deep shadow falloff, soft contact shadow under the sole on the oak. No text anywhere except the VIREO wordmark. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
    
    In hand, width 1024, height 1536. Prompt, word for word:
    [same keep-list sentence], held up in one hand by a runner on a riverside path at sunrise, the hand gripping the shoe from below at the midfoot, four fingers under the sole and the thumb on the inner side, the outer side with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera and sharp. Sweat on the forearm, a black running sleeve, a steel bridge and the river softly out of focus behind, low golden side light. No face visible. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, real skin and sweat, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
    
    Night street, width 1536, height 1024. Prompt, word for word:
    [same keep-list sentence], standing on wet black asphalt in a quiet city street at night. Camera low, slightly above the shoe at a gentle 15 degree angle, side view, the outer side with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera, fully visible and sharp. Blurred warm and teal light from unlit, plain shop windows reflected in the puddles, no readable signs, no letters anywhere except the VIREO wordmark on the shoe. Hard light from a street lamp above, crisp reflection in the wet asphalt, soft contact shadow under the sole. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
    
    Start the three with wait: false and collect them with one jobs_wait. Quote the cost with a dry run first and wait for my go.
  5. Check every scene at 100 percent

    Accept when VIREO reads correctly at 1:1 on the outer heel, the proportions, sole and heel collar match the packshot, the shadow falls away from the light and the background has no readable text or recognizable building. Reject a hidden or misspelled wordmark, a thinner sole or longer toe, letters on signs or boxes, or a landmark in the skyline.

    Prompt
    Download each scene with asset_download and check it at 100 percent against those rules: read VIREO letter by letter, compare the sole and the heel with the packshot, count the fingers on the in-hand shot, and scan the background for letters and familiar buildings. Tell me which pass, and redo only a failure, from the packshot.
  6. File the keepers and report

    Prompt
    Create a collection for the product's lifestyle scenes with the kept scenes, and note in its description that the entryway scene is the edit base. Report the model, every asset ID and the total cost spent.
Step by step in the web app (7 steps)Hide the steps
  1. Open the image panel

    Create › Images › GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Reference Images › Select from Library: the white packshot. Settings: Image Count 1, Dimensions 1536x1024, Quality high.

  2. The track scene

    The keep-list, written once from the packshot, opens the prompt; the scene follows, with the wordmark side facing the camera.

    Prompt
    The exact shoe from the reference image, with its shape and proportions, molten orange engineered mesh upper with fine dark fiber flecks, sculpted orange heel collar, white flat laces, the small spaced VIREO wordmark printed in darker orange on the outer side of the heel, and the thick translucent milky-white ribbed midsole with the black carbon plate showing through it as a dark stripe, unchanged, standing on the white lane line of a wet blue running track at blue hour. Rain droplets beaded on the track surface, a stadium floodlight glowing behind, out of focus, the empty bleachers dark. Low side view at shoe height, the outer side of the shoe with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera and sharp. Hard cool rim light from the floodlight, a crisp reflection of the shoe in the wet track, soft contact shadow under the sole. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, motion, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
  3. The entryway scene

    Same reference and settings, the same keep-list sentence, a new scene. A window onto "city rooftops" brought back a tower like a real landmark, so the kept version names a courtyard and rules out the skyline.

    Prompt
    [same keep-list sentence], standing on a long pale oak bench in a calm, minimal apartment entryway in the morning. A folded grey towel and a brushed steel water bottle sit on the bench to the left of the shoe. Behind the bench, a large plain window on the right half of the frame looks onto a quiet inner courtyard with one young linden tree in summer leaf and a pale stone wall; no buildings, no skyline. Low morning sun comes through the window from the right. Plain white wall on the left, nothing hanging on it. Side view at bench height, the outer side of the shoe with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera and sharp. Hard window light with deep shadow falloff, soft contact shadow under the sole on the oak. No text anywhere except the VIREO wordmark. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
  4. The in-hand scene

    Dimensions 1024x1536, and one specific grip, since hands are where generators slip. The grip came back mirrored with the wordmark still clear, so the take was kept.

    Prompt
    [same keep-list sentence], held up in one hand by a runner on a riverside path at sunrise, the hand gripping the shoe from below at the midfoot, four fingers under the sole and the thumb on the inner side, the outer side with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera and sharp. Sweat on the forearm, a black running sleeve, a steel bridge and the river softly out of focus behind, low golden side light. No face visible. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, real skin and sweat, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
  5. The night scene, read closely

    A steep top-down take with the toe toward the camera and no keep-list failed. The kept version keeps the keep-list, names the angle and rules out signs.

    Prompt
    [same keep-list sentence], standing on wet black asphalt in a quiet city street at night. Camera low, slightly above the shoe at a gentle 15 degree angle, side view, the outer side with the VIREO wordmark facing the camera, fully visible and sharp. Blurred warm and teal light from unlit, plain shop windows reflected in the puddles, no readable signs, no letters anywhere except the VIREO wordmark on the shoe. Hard light from a street lamp above, crisp reflection in the wet asphalt, soft contact shadow under the sole. Style: global sportswear campaign photography: hard light, deep shadow falloff, medium-format clarity.
  6. Check each output at 100 percent

    Read the wordmark, compare the sole's thickness and the heel shape with the packshot, count fingers on the in-hand shot, and scan the background for letters and familiar buildings.

  7. File the keepers

    Put them in the product's collection and note the edit base (here, the entryway scene).

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