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How to Use DALL-E Without Generic AI Instructions
When you need a clean visual for a pitch deck and templates look dated, DALL-E can generate a custom diagram — if your prompt specifies the layout, labels, and style.
Dear Suzannah
Dear Suzannah, I am building a pitch deck for investors and I need a visual that shows our three-tier pricing model. I do not have design skills and every template I find looks like a 2010 corporate slideshow.
Describe the exact diagram you need — layout, labels, colors — and generate it.
The real use case
Generate a clean three-tier pricing diagram for an investor pitch deck without design skills or templates.
The tool-specific prompt to use
This prompt is specific to this tool and use case. Paste it in, then replace the bracketed notes with your real details.
Generate a clean, modern three-tier pricing diagram for an investor pitch deck. This image will be placed on a slide and I will add the actual pricing numbers and feature text on top of it later in my slide tool, so the column bodies need to be mostly empty space. Layout: three vertical columns side by side, equal width, with clear visual separation between them — either a gap or a subtle divider line. Left column labeled [Starter], middle column labeled [Growth], right column labeled [Enterprise]. Each column should have a colored header bar at the top with the tier name, and empty body space below for me to add price and features. Style: flat design, minimal, modern. No 3D effects, no gradients, no drop shadows, no decorative icons. Color palette: [navy #011923 for headers, teal #2AA4C0 for the middle column accent, gold #F2A31A for the right column accent, cream #FFF8EE background]. Clean sans-serif labels, readable at presentation size. Rounded corners on the columns (8px radius). Aspect ratio: 16:9, landscape, suitable for a standard slide. No people, no icons, no decorative elements, no text in the body sections — just the three columns with header labels. The diagram should look like a clean wireframe I can fill in with my own text, not a finished marketing graphic with sample content baked in.
Prompt length: 222 words.
Make the result less generic
- Describe the exact layout — three columns, vertical, equal width — instead of saying ‘a pricing chart.’
- Specify your brand colors with hex codes so the diagram matches your deck instead of using random colors.
- Ban 3D effects, gradients, and shadows so the diagram looks modern, not like a 2010 template.
- Ask for empty column bodies so you can add pricing text in your slide tool later instead of getting garbled AI text.
- Set 16:9 aspect ratio so the image drops into a slide without cropping or resizing.
Quick human check
- Are the three columns clearly separated and equal in width?
- Do the colors match your pitch deck’s palette, or do they clash with your existing slides?
- Is there enough empty space in each column to add pricing text in your slide tool?
- Does the diagram look modern and clean, or does it have dated effects like gradients and shadows?
- Will this image fit on a 16:9 slide without cropping or white-space borders?
