Getting better results from the AI Photo Studio

Every image costs 40 credits, and regenerating costs the same again, so it pays to get more out of the first run. Here's what actually makes a difference.

Set up your branding first

Go to Store settings > Branding and set your visual style, color palette, and text style. The Studio reads from it. Without it, you get our defaults, which are fine but generic.

If your product has specifics the presets don't cover, put them in the custom instructions box there. Concrete beats atmospheric: "matte black stoneware, visible throwing rings, natural linen backdrop" gives the AI more to work with than "rustic and cozy."

Add your raw product photos

This is the biggest lever of the lot.

Without raw images, the Studio works from your published listing photos, which are usually styled: props, backgrounds, text overlays, several products in one frame. Good for buyers, confusing for the AI. That's where most wrong-material, invented-feature results come from.

Use the Raw images tab in the Photos section of the Listing Editor to upload clean shots of the product itself. Plain background, decent light, product filling the frame. They don't need to be edited or good enough to publish, and buyers never see them. They're reference material.

The Studio picks them up automatically. Our article on raw images covers what to upload and what to avoid.

Start with one or two, not ten

Run a couple of concepts first and see what comes back. If the style is off, you've spent 80 credits finding out instead of 400.

Once a listing is producing images you like, run the rest.

Answer the interview questions properly

The chat step is where you fix problems before they cost you. If it asks about dimensions and you give it exact numbers, the "Size with dimensions" image comes back right. If you skip it, you'll regenerate.

Specific answers, real numbers, actual material names.

Make sure your listing is written well first

The Studio reads your title, description, and tags. A thin or vague listing gives it thin, vague input. If your description doesn't say what the product is made of or who it's for, the AI is guessing, and you're paying for the guess.

What the Studio won't do

It won't invent a product it can't see. If your listing has no usable photos of the item, the results will drift.

It doesn't decide anything for your shop. It produces images and you choose whether to use them.

It's not a substitute for photographing your actual product. Buyers who receive something that doesn't look like the listing leave reviews about it.