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AI VISUAL SERVICES

Local Coffee Shop Boosts Engagement 3x with AI Visuals

How we transformed a small coffee shop's social media with AI-generated product photos and video ads — zero photoshoot costs.

Client: Brew & Bean Local (illustrative)

Illustrative example. Client name and metrics are an illustrative example of a representative engagement, not a specific real customer.

"The quality blew me away — and we saved thousands on photoshoots. Our social media has never looked this good."

— Illustrative client
Sample quote shown for illustration; not attributed to a real named customer.

The Challenge

A representative neighborhood coffee shop was competing against chain stores with massive marketing budgets. Their social media relied on smartphone photos — grainy, inconsistent, and low engagement. A professional photoshoot was quoted at $3,500+ which was out of budget.

Our Approach

AI-Generated Product Photography

We used our ComfyUI workflows to create professional-grade product photos:

  • Remove Background (BiRefNet) — Clean cutouts of coffee cups, pastries, and merchandise
  • Image Edit (Flux.2 Dev) — Placed products into appealing lifestyle scenes
  • Image Upscale (Z-Image-Turbo) — 4K output for crisp social media posts

Video Ads for Social

We turned their existing photos into engaging video content:

  • Image to Video (Wan 2.2) — Animated still photos into 5-second clips
  • Text to Video (LTX-2.3) — Branded background loops with coffee shop ambiance
  • Audio Generation (ACE-Step 1.5) — Custom background music matching their brand vibe

Consistent Brand Aesthetic

Applied uniform color grading across all assets using our color adjustment workflows, creating a cohesive Instagram feed that looked professionally produced.

Results

MetricBeforeAfterChange
Instagram Engagement Rate1.2%4.6%+280%
Weekly Post Reach2,10012,400+490%
Video Views (first month)052,000New channel
Total Creative Cost$0 (phone photos)$997 (one-time)vs $3,500 photoshoot

The coffee shop now has a content library of 50+ professional images and 10+ video ads — all generated for under $1,000. They post daily with zero creative bottlenecks.

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