> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.atlios.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Image workflows

> How Atlios helps teams upload, process, review, and publish product images.

Use image workflows when you need to add product images, clean up existing
images, apply a consistent template, or review generated outputs before they go
to Shopify.

Image work has two paths:

* **Product images:** Add many images, match them to products, process them,
  review the results, and publish approved images to Shopify.
* **Issue-linked image workflow:** Start from an image issue, such as wrong size
  or format, then review and publish the processed images.

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="Product images" icon="upload" href="/guides/bulk-image-upload">
    Add images from your device, cloud storage, URLs, or a spreadsheet.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Image templates" icon="layout-template" href="/guides/manage-image-templates">
    Set the standard your product images are held to.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Review and publish" icon="check" href="/guides/review-and-publish-images">
    Approve, reject, regenerate, and publish image outputs.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## What happens in an image job

An image job is the work area for a batch of images. A job can upload files,
match them to products, process them through a template, prepare alt text and
filenames, and publish approved results.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add images">
    Upload files, import from cloud storage, paste direct image URLs, or use a
    spreadsheet that maps image URLs to products.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Match products">
    Use smart matching, a CSV mapping, or manual matching so each image points
    at the right product.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a template">
    Pick the saved template that controls the output size, format, background,
    lighting, and image scenario.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Process images">
    Atlios generates optimized image outputs. You can leave the page and return
    from Activity.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review outputs">
    Approve strong outputs, reject wrong outputs, regenerate items that need
    another pass, and choose a featured image when needed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish to Shopify">
    Publish approved images when they are ready for customer-facing product
    pages.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Image template scenarios

Templates let you save common image treatments for reuse.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Studio">
    Use for clean catalog shots on a solid backdrop. Choose a background color,
    shadow style, light direction, output size, and format.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Background">
    Use when you need the product cut out on a transparent or solid-color
    background. Transparent outputs use PNG.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Editorial">
    Use when you want the product placed in a described scene, such as a
    seasonal setting or lifestyle backdrop.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Flat-lay">
    Use for garments shown from above on a surface or clean color backdrop.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="On-model">
    Use for garments shown on a generated model. Choose framing, pose, and
    setting.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Generate a scene from the video page

When you set up a product video, the source photo tile has a **Generate a
scene** button. Describe the setting you want, and Atlios makes one photo of
that product in that scene and offers it as the video's source photo. You stay
on the page.

The photo costs one image generation, shown on the button before you commit,
and is charged separately from the video.

The result is an ordinary image in your media:

* It is saved and reusable, so you can pick it as the source for later videos.
* It is not published to Shopify. Publishing it is still the explicit publish
  step in review and publish.
* A solid background color on the video style repaints the video's first frame,
  which replaces the scene. Leave the background on **Keep photo** to keep it.

Only one image job can run per store at a time. A scene request made while
other image work is running is not queued: Atlios says so and keeps the scene
you typed, so you can generate again once the other work finishes.

## Human review stays required

<Note>
  Atlios does not publish processed images until you approve them. Always check
  product identity, color accuracy, crop, background, edges, shadows, alt text,
  and featured image choice before publishing.
</Note>

## Issue-linked image work

Some catalog issues send you to the image workflow. For example, the **Wrong
image size or format** issue can start an image job that applies your default
template to flagged images.

The image job handles processing and publishing. The issue stays open until
Atlios verifies the catalog again.