Your brief
Your composition, as written: a low-to-medium camera at about 32 to 35mm, the trolley large in the lower foreground, the couple in the midground and a long aisle receding behind them. The headline stack sits at the upper left with the full catalogue system around it.
Nothing. It is the baseline the other four are measured against.
Matches the brief closely and the trolley is the hero in all seven. One image (r054) has a garbled supporting line, which is why the closing line was added later.
2 of 7 pass every check that applies; check 1 failed in 4
7 images · $0.1309
Pick your image
Compare the 7 images below — each a candidate, not a step. Select one to inspect it full size. The line under the picture is how it checked out.
All five text elements correct; an extra word on a store sign (Fruit & Veg).
How it checked outRead by Claude Sonnet 5.5, on the full-size image
- FAIL1Only the allowed text, spelled exactlyan extra word on a store sign (Fruit & Veg)
- PASS2The trolley is the hero (the couple, in the wildcard direction)
- PASS3Nobody looks at the camera; bodies and hands look right
- UNSURE4A real Australian Woolworths, brand green kept rarea large green plate in the foreground and the green logo: a judgement call
- PASS5Headline left-aligned, not centred, not a top banner
Does not apply to this image: check 6
Read by openai/gpt-5.4-mini (automatic, one pass)
- FAIL1Only the allowed text, spelled exactlyExtra text appears, including "01 / THE LIFESTYLE" and "FRESH FOOD / QUALITY / EVERYDAY VALUE," and the headline wording is not exactly the required set.agrees with the assistant
- PASS2The trolley is the hero (the couple, in the wildcard direction)The trolley is the clear hero object, large and prominent in the foreground.agrees with the assistant
- PASS3Nobody looks at the camera; bodies and hands look rightNeither person looks at the camera and their poses appear anatomically plausible.agrees with the assistant
- PASS4A real Australian Woolworths, brand green kept rareIt reads as a real Woolworths supermarket with natural lighting and limited brand green beyond the produce and trolley accents.the assistant said unsure
- PASS5Headline left-aligned, not centred, not a top bannerThe headline is left-aligned and stacked on the left, not centered or bannered across the top.agrees with the assistant
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The run
What Image Lab planned, and what it actually cost. These facts are for the whole run, not only this direction.
Creative Direction: five directions, one marked wildcard
poster / flyer
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, medium quality
35 generated · 2 submits rejected, not charged
4:5 → 1152×1440
$0.6518 (est. ~$0.6761)
$0.0557 — 5 planned, one per direction; 3 finished. 2 were rejected by a gateway error (HTTP 520) and not charged.
$0.0558 — 3 images: the 2 rejected rows again, plus a second Direction 3 take with rewritten wording.
$0.4650 — 25 images: the rest of the planned first batch, five more in each direction.
$0.0753 — 4 images with the same settings as four earlier ones, plus one new line in the shared closing: no other readable print in the scene.
4 — each paid batch quoted and approved on its own
2026-10-10
How the images were checked
Every image was opened at full size and read against the checks below by Claude Sonnet 5.5, the assistant that ran the experiment, and the verdicts were recorded in the experiment's ledger. That is a reading by a model, not an independent verification: a person's own look is the check that counts, and image models follow text instructions only loosely, which is why the checks exist.
A second reader, openai/gpt-5.4-mini, read each image once, automatically, against the same checks. Across the verdicts the assistant judged to apply, the two readers agreed on 155 of 203 (76%). Each picture's panel can show the second reading beside the first, with the differences marked.
The second reader is much stricter on check 1: it failed 34 of the 35 images, often calling the Woolworths signature or the headline's line breaks "extra text" (both are allowed), including all four made with the no-extra-words line. It transcribed the garbled supporting line in r054 as correct, so it did not find that image's real defect. It passed all 13 images the assistant was unsure about for check 4. Where it is plainly wrong, its reason is shown so you can see why. Check 6 concerns directions 2 to 5 only; for direction 1 it is not shown.
- the only text is FRESH. EVERY DAY., 01 / THE LIFESTYLE, Fresh food. Quality. Everyday Australian life., FRESH FOOD / QUALITY / EVERYDAY VALUE and a Woolworths signature, spelled exactly, with no other words
- in directions 1 to 4 the trolley is the clear hero object (large, sharp, never hidden by text or people); in direction 5 it is present but the people lead
- nobody looks at the camera and hands and bodies are anatomically correct
- it reads as a real Australian Woolworths, not a luxury or futuristic space, and the brand green stays rare (the green of produce does not count)
- the headline is left-aligned, not centered and not confined to a banner along the top
- direction 2 shows the trolley front filling the lower half, direction 3 a large trolley with a quiet upper third, direction 4 a true side profile, direction 5 the couple leading; the five look different at thumbnail size
PASSthe image meets it FAILit does not UNSUREthe image does not show enough to tell N/Ait does not apply to this image (not shown)
What to know
Read these before using the images. They come from checking every image at full size against the plan's visual checks.
- The logo is the model's approximation.The Woolworths symbol and wordmark in every image were drawn by the image model, not taken from an official asset. Check them against the real mark before any real use. These are AI-generated images from a campaign brief, not official Woolworths material.
- Most images carry extra readable words.Of the 31 images made before the last batch, 19 show extra readable words, garbled print or a stray character: store signs such as "Fruit & Veg" and "BAKERY", and product labels. The four made with the no-extra-words line show none in the assistant's reading (the automatic second reader disagrees: see How the images were checked). That is a small sample, but it is a clear difference.
- A new line slightly relaxes the brief.The brief asks for subtle Woolworths-green wayfinding and signage. The line that removed the extra words makes signs show only the Woolworths symbol and no words, so the signs stay but carry no text.
- It is not a benchmark.One model, one random draw per row, and the directions differ on purpose. Use it to see what each direction gives, not to rank models.
The prompt
The exact brief this run used. Copy it, or adapt it.
IMAGE 01 — THE LIFESTYLE Editorial Catalogue · 4:5 Vertical Everything through PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER stays essentially the same as the successful Pure Hero Photography prompt. CREATIVE CONCEPT Create a premium hero photograph for a Woolworths campaign that applies the visual discipline, composition, material sophistication, and photographic quality of a world-class automotive advertising campaign to an authentic Australian supermarket shopping experience. The concept is simple: Treat the everyday Woolworths shopping trolley like a luxury automobile hero object. The result should feel like a genuinely commissioned premium advertising photograph — not a supermarket advertisement, not stock photography, and not an AI-generated fantasy environment. The supermarket remains recognizably real and Australian. The photography and art direction are elevated, not the retail environment itself. HERO STORY A stylish young Australian woman naturally pushes a classic Woolworths shopping trolley through a contemporary Woolworths supermarket. A young man walks naturally beside her, slightly behind. They are shopping rather than posing. Neither looks at the camera. Their interaction should feel spontaneous and observed — a believable moment from modern Australian everyday life. The trolley is the visual hero. It should receive the same compositional importance, physical presence and photographic attention that a premium automobile would receive in a luxury automotive campaign. The trolley contains a believable weekly shop: * fresh Australian fruit and vegetables * fresh bread or bakery products * premium pantry groceries * herbs or a small bunch of flowers * a small selection of everyday household products Every object must have believable scale, weight, material, contact and physical placement inside the trolley. ENVIRONMENT A real, contemporary Australian Woolworths supermarket. The store should feel clean, well-designed and visually considered without becoming a luxury mall or futuristic retail environment. Include: * believable supermarket aisle proportions * realistic shelving * authentic retail fixtures * strong fresh-food presence * realistic product density * contemporary ceiling architecture * subtle Woolworths-green wayfinding and signage * polished but believable flooring * natural depth extending far into the store The environment must remain recognizably Woolworths and recognizably Australian. Do not beautify the supermarket into an unrealistic luxury environment. COMPOSITION FORMAT: 4:5 vertical. Think like a premium automotive campaign photograph. Foreground The shopping trolley dominates the lower foreground. It should feel substantial, beautifully constructed and unusually important within the frame. Shoot it with enough perspective and physical presence to make the viewer instinctively treat it as the hero object. Midground The woman is the primary human subject, naturally connected to the trolley. The man is secondary and slightly behind her. Background Long retail perspective with shelves, fresh-food displays and a small number of distant shoppers. Use strong architectural and aisle lines to create depth and guide the eye toward the subjects. Composition should have clear visual hierarchy: trolley → woman → companion → retail environment CAMERA Full-frame commercial photography. Approximately 32–35mm full-frame equivalent. Low-to-medium camera height. Strong natural perspective with no fisheye distortion. The camera should feel physically present in the aisle rather than mounted at an unnatural height. Moderate depth of field: * trolley and hero subjects highly resolved * surrounding environment clearly recognizable * background gradually softer but never artificially blurred The image must retain the spatial depth of a real photograph. LIGHTING Premium architectural commercial lighting. Combine warm supermarket illumination with subtle cooler ambient light. Use controlled highlights across: * metal trolley * polished floor * glass * packaging * architectural surfaces Woolworths green should produce subtle, physically believable reflections where appropriate. Shadows should be natural and dimensional. Skin should retain realistic texture. Clothing should show believable fabric structure. Metal should have physically accurate reflections. Floor reflections should be subtle, imperfect and photographic. No artificial glow. No exaggerated cinematic effects. COLOUR Contemporary premium editorial colour grading. Natural Australian daylight-balanced colour with restrained warmth. Fresh produce should provide natural colour variation. Woolworths Green is the signature accent, appearing selectively through authentic environmental details such as signage, trolley elements and small architectural or merchandising accents. Green must be relatively rare. It should function like the signature colour of a premium automotive brand: recognizable, restrained and intentional. Do not make the entire environment green. HUMAN REALISM The people must look like real contemporary Australians photographed in an actual supermarket. Natural posture. Natural walking movement. Natural interaction with the trolley. Natural facial expressions. No influencer posing. No model-like exaggerated expressions. No direct eye contact with camera. No staged advertising smiles. Hands, fingers, arms, clothing and body proportions must be anatomically correct. The people should feel like participants in a real moment, not actors deliberately posing for an advertisement. PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER The final image should feel like it was photographed by a world-class commercial photographer for a major Australian brand campaign. Reference the discipline and precision of premium automotive advertising photography, combined with contemporary Australian lifestyle editorial photography. Prioritize: * photographic realism * precise composition * authentic materials * controlled perspective * natural human behaviour * sophisticated colour * believable retail architecture * subtle visual storytelling The photograph should feel expensive because of art direction and photographic precision, not because it contains excessive luxury styling. EDITORIAL CATALOGUE DESIGN SYSTEM The photograph must now function as a premium retail catalogue cover, not simply a photograph with text placed above it. Create a sophisticated, asymmetric editorial graphic system inspired by the design discipline of premium automotive catalogues and contemporary high-end retail campaigns. The graphic system should feel designed into the photograph. It should not look like text was added afterward. DESIGN CHARACTER Think: premium automotive catalogue × contemporary Australian retail editorial × refined Swiss-inspired grid Use: strong asymmetry confident typography precise alignment generous negative space thin technical rules small catalogue identifiers restrained brand elements carefully distributed graphic anchors The design should feel expensive, confident and intentional, not decorative. PRIMARY HEADLINE Use: FRESH. EVERY DAY. The headline should be bold, confident and editorial, not thin or delicate. Prefer a stacked 2–3 line treatment, for example: FRESH. EVERY DAY. or an equivalent strong composition. Use a clean contemporary sans-serif with strong geometric or condensed characteristics. The headline should be substantially more visually assertive than the supporting text, while still occupying a relatively modest portion of the overall photograph. Prefer left alignment. Do not center the headline across the page. Do not stretch the text horizontally. Do not use oversized fashion-magazine typography. CATALOGUE IDENTIFIER Include: 01 / THE LIFESTYLE Treat this as an independent catalogue navigation element rather than simply a subtitle. It may appear near the top edge or aligned with the main typographic grid. Use small uppercase typography with generous tracking. It should be clearly visible but subordinate to the headline. SUPPORTING COPY Include one short supporting statement: Fresh food. Quality. Everyday Australian life. Place it close to the main headline as a compact editorial copy block. Use substantially smaller typography. Keep line length short. Do not create a paragraph. BRAND / VALUE BLOCK Introduce a small secondary Woolworths brand-value block in a separate area of the composition. Possible content: FRESH FOOD QUALITY EVERYDAY VALUE Keep this extremely restrained. It should function like a small information block in a premium catalogue rather than advertising copy. Position it independently from the main headline, preferably toward the upper-right or another natural negative-space area. DISTRIBUTED GRAPHIC SYSTEM Do not place all typography at the top. Use the entire 4:5 frame as a structured editorial grid. Graphic elements may appear in: upper-left upper-center upper-right lower-left lower-right depending on available negative space. Use only a few elements. Possible elements include: thin horizontal rules very thin vertical rules small corner brackets tiny catalogue numbering subtle registration-style marks small Woolworths brand symbols These elements should create visual tension and structure, not decoration. BRAND SIGNATURE Include a small, accurate Woolworths brand signature. Prefer a natural position near the upper-left or upper-right portion of the composition. The brand signature should be clearly identifiable but never dominate the headline or photograph. Woolworths Green should remain the primary brand accent. Do not introduce additional strong colours merely for graphic decoration. GRAPHIC / PHOTOGRAPH RELATIONSHIP Typography should interact with the architecture and negative space of the photograph. Where possible: align text with architectural lines use shelf or ceiling geometry as compositional guides allow graphic rules to echo perspective lines place text in naturally quieter areas never cover important facial features never obscure the trolley never obscure important products The graphic system should feel as though the photographer and graphic designer designed the composition together before the photograph was made. TYPOGRAPHIC HIERARCHY The hierarchy should be: 1. Hero photograph 2. Trolley + human story 3. Primary headline 4. Woolworths brand 5. Catalogue identifier 6. Supporting/value information 7. Technical graphic details The photograph must remain dominant. The typography should make the photograph feel more like a campaign, not compete with it. IMPORTANT — DESIGN DIRECTION The result should feel closer to a real premium retail catalogue cover than to a conventional supermarket advertisement. Avoid: centered headline thin luxury-magazine typography large empty banner at the top text confined entirely to the top edge generic corporate presentation excessive copy poster-like advertising fashion-magazine clichés Instead use: bold editorial typography + asymmetric composition + restrained information blocks + distributed graphic anchors. FINAL DESIGN TEST At thumbnail size, the image should still immediately read as: a premium Woolworths campaign photograph. At larger size, the viewer should discover: the catalogue system → headline → brand → information details. The graphic design must reward closer inspection without overwhelming the photograph. ABSOLUTELY AVOID Avoid generic stock-photo supermarket scenes, staged advertising poses, people looking at camera, exaggerated smiles, perfectly symmetrical aisles, unrealistic supermarket architecture, luxury-mall aesthetics, futuristic retail design, excessive green, excessive bokeh, fisheye distortion, extreme wide-angle distortion, artificial glow, excessive lens flare, fake HDR, oversaturation, plastic skin, CGI-looking materials, impossible trolley geometry, floating objects, duplicated products, duplicated people, distorted hands, malformed bodies, warped shelving, nonsensical packaging, fake or distorted branding, and visible generative artifacts. Do not make the image look like an AI concept render. Do not turn the supermarket into a futuristic or luxury environment. Do not make the trolley physically impossible. FINAL OUTPUT 4:5 vertical. Photorealistic premium commercial photography combined with a sophisticated asymmetric editorial catalogue system. One coherent photographic world, one hero story, one hero trolley, one unmistakably Woolworths identity, and a confident but restrained graphic language.
→ use Image Lab 2, and explore creative directions
- Copy the prompt above.
- Paste it into an agent that has the Image Lab 2 skill (a checkout of
examples/community/image-lab-2; it is not published yet) and ask it to explore creative directions. - Approve the plan, then each paid batch, one at a time. Or swap the subject, style or details to make it yours.
How this was made
Image Lab is not a benchmark — one model, one random draw per row, and the directions differ on purpose. It helps you explore a brief. Everything below did real, billed work in this run.
- CogFoundry model gatewayRan every generation in this run through
POST /api/v1/tasks/generationsand reported the real per-image cost. Run total: $0.6518. - GPT Image 2.5 SunburstAll 35 images, at medium quality, 1152×1440.
- Image Lab 2A loomloom community example — the skill that read the brief, proposed the five directions, priced each batch, ran only the approved ones and kept a record of every attempt.
