The Custom AI Prompts section is where you create and manage the AI prompts that power your photo booth experiences. Access it from Side Navigation → Custom AI Prompts. Requires a Pro or higher license.
For a quick video walkthrough: 🎥 Pictor Prompt Builder Tutorial
Page Structure
The Custom AI Prompts page has three sections:
Custom Prompts – create and manage your saved prompts
Generated Previews – review images and videos generated from your prompts
References – manage visual reference assets (logos, objects, styles)
1. Custom Prompts
This section lists all your saved prompts and lets you create new ones.
Available actions: search prompts, open Prompt Builder to create a new prompt, edit an existing prompt, delete an existing prompt.
2. Prompt Builder
The Prompt Builder is a two-panel modal: left side for configuration, right side for generated previews. You can access it by clicking the Prompt Builder button, or by editing an existing prompt.
Basic Setup
Prompt Name — identifies the prompt in the Custom Prompts list
Test Image — required to generate previews; used as the base input for testing
Aspect Ratio — appears after selecting a test image; controls how the generated result is framed (e.g. 1:1, 16:9, 9:16)
Thumbnail — represents the prompt after saving; can also be selected from a generated preview
Prompt Text
The main field used for image generation. It can combine:
Static text
Reference tokens (e.g.
@4289032) — each token should be used only onceSurvey tokens (e.g.
#{{answer}},#{{answer2}}) — dynamically replaced with user answers
Video Prompt
A separate field for video generation. Lets you define different instructions for video output compared to image generation, so both can be controlled independently within the same prompt.
References
Click the + icon to add references from your saved References library. Each selected reference appears as a token. Important: the token must be included in the Prompt Text — adding a reference in the builder alone is not enough for it to be applied.
Survey Questions
Enable using the toggle. Survey questions collect user input at the booth and inject it dynamically into the prompt.
Each question includes: title, question text, a token, required option, answer options, and a default answer. Token mapping is automatic:
Question 1 →
#{{answer}}Question 2 →
#{{answer2}}Question 3 →
#{{answer3}}
Tokens must be placed in the Prompt Text. Always set a default answer — it's used during preview generation and when no user input is provided.
Generating Previews
Click Generate Image (1 token) for the first generation. After that, quality options unlock:
Low — 1 token
High — 2 tokens
For video generation, select token level:
5 tokens / 10 tokens / 15 tokens
Generation uses your test image, prompt text, references, and survey default values.
Working with Generated Previews
Each generated preview in the builder supports three actions:
Set as Thumbnail — uses the generated image as the prompt thumbnail
Use Prompt Settings — reapplies the configuration used for that result back into the builder, so you can recreate or refine it
Delete — removes the preview
Saving the Prompt
Click Save to store the prompt. It will appear in the Custom Prompts list and can be edited at any time.
3. Generated Previews
This section displays all images and videos generated from your saved prompts, so you can review results across all prompts in one place.
Key elements:
Prompt Selector — dropdown to filter by a specific prompt
Preview Grid — shows generated images and videos with quality level and generation time
Show Test Image — toggle to switch between the original test image and the AI output
Only Failed Toggle — filter to show only failed generations
Refresh Button — reload the previews list
Clicking a preview opens the associated prompt directly.
4. References
References are reusable visual assets (logos, objects, or styles) that can be added to prompts to guide AI generation.
When creating a reference, you can add a title, description, and up to 4 images. Available actions: create, edit, or delete references.
How It All Works Together
References are created here and then added inside prompts via tokens
Custom Prompts define how content is generated, combining text, video prompt, references, and survey questions
Generated Previews show results from those prompts so you can review and refine before going live
Using a Custom Prompt in an Event
Open your event and press Edit (or create a new event).
Click Flow.
Navigate to AI Settings.
Click Choose a Prompt.
Select Custom at the top and choose your saved prompt.
Prompt Writing Guide
Use this framework to build rich, detailed prompts:
Category | Description & Examples |
Prompt Name | Theme title: "Game Day Glory", "Cyber Hero", "Festival Vibes" |
Test Image | Clear, well-lit photo of a person with visible face |
Adjectives | Stoic, joyful, fierce, mysterious, majestic, heroic, bold, elegant |
Subject | Football player, superhero, astronaut, fashion model, warrior, chef |
Action | Posing for a portrait, celebrating a victory, holding a trophy, walking through smoke |
Setting | Football stadium, city skyline at night, enchanted forest, sci-fi control room |
Lighting | Magic hour, cinematic glow, moody shadows, glowing neon, soft natural light |
Style | Hyper-real, cartoon, comic book, vintage photo, watercolor, pop art, Pixar-style |
Specific Details | Holding a football, wearing gold aviators, confetti falling, cape billowing in the wind |
FAQ & Troubleshooting
What's the difference between Prompt Text and Video Prompt?
Prompt Text is used for image generation. Video Prompt is used for video generation with separate instructions. You can control how images and videos are generated independently within the same prompt.
Do I need to use reference tokens in the prompt text?
Yes — adding a reference in the builder is not enough. Its token must be included in the Prompt Text, otherwise it won't be applied to the generated result. Each reference token should be used only once.
What happens if a survey question has no answer?
The default answer is used. If no default is set, the prompt may generate incorrectly or produce incomplete results. Always set a default answer for every survey question.
Preview is not generating
Make sure a test image is uploaded
Ensure Prompt Text is filled
Check that tokens are correctly written (
@ref,#{{answer}})Verify you have enough tokens available
References are not appearing in the result
Check that the reference token is included in the Prompt Text
Make sure the token is not duplicated
Ensure the reference is selected in the References section
Generated result is not as expected
Adjust the Prompt Text for more clarity
Reposition or refine reference tokens
Try a different quality level (Low/High for images, different token level for video)
Use Use Prompt Settings on a previous result to recreate that configuration and iterate from there