Introducing Our New Aerial Style Preset
We're excited to announce the launch of our new Aerial style preset — a feature specifically designed to create stunning drone-like perspectives that were previously only possible with expensive equipment and a pilot's license. Whether you're a travel blogger looking for dramatic hero images or a social media creator who wants scroll-stopping content, the Aerial preset opens up an entirely new visual vocabulary for your work.
What Makes It Different
Traditional AI-generated travel images default to eye-level perspectives — the kind of shot you'd take standing in front of a landmark with your phone. The Aerial preset changes the camera angle entirely, placing you hundreds of feet above the scene and revealing the world from a perspective that most people never get to see.
The preset optimizes for four key qualities that define great aerial photography. It produces convincing bird's-eye perspectives, ranging from top-down views that turn landscapes into abstract art to angled 45-degree compositions that preserve depth and dimension. It enhances dramatic landscapes by emphasizing scale — making mountains feel massive, coastlines feel endless, and cities feel sprawling. It highlights geographic patterns that are invisible from the ground: the spiral of a river delta, the grid of a vineyard, the concentric rings of an ancient amphitheater. And it adds subtle atmospheric effects — the gentle haze of altitude, the way colors shift as you look through more air — that sell the illusion of genuine aerial photography.
How to Use It
Getting started is straightforward. Head to the Create page, write a prompt describing the scene you want to capture, and select "Aerial" from the style dropdown. The preset does the heavy lifting of translating your description into a convincing overhead perspective — you just need to describe what you want to see from above.
For the best results, think about what makes a location interesting from altitude. Geometric patterns, dramatic coastlines, winding roads, and the interplay between natural and man-made features all become more striking when viewed from above. A rice terrace that looks pleasant at ground level becomes a mesmerizing pattern of curves and lines from 500 feet up.
Prompts That Shine in Aerial Mode
Some of the prompts that our team has found produce the most striking results include "Rice terraces from above, geometric patterns, morning light" — which produces stunning abstract-feeling compositions — and "Coastal city aerial view, beaches and buildings, golden hour," where the warm light picks up the texture of every rooftop and wave.
For a more dramatic feel, try "Winding mountain road from drone perspective, autumn colors" — the road creates a natural leading line that snakes through a tapestry of fall foliage. And for tropical content, "Island resort aerial view, turquoise water, white sand beach" produces the kind of aspirational travel imagery that performs incredibly well on social media.
What This Means for Your Content
The Aerial preset fundamentally expands what's possible with AI travel imagery. Until now, getting a genuine aerial perspective required owning a drone, learning to fly it, navigating local regulations, and hoping for the right weather. Now you can generate that same dramatic perspective in seconds, for any destination on earth, in any lighting conditions.
This is particularly powerful for travel content creators who want to showcase destinations they haven't visited yet, or who want to add visual variety to their feeds without the overhead of drone equipment. An aerial shot breaks up the monotony of eye-level images and immediately signals production value to your audience.
Available Now
The Aerial preset is available to all users on all plans, effective immediately. Free users can try it with their 3 daily images — no upgrade required. We'd love to see what you create with it.