> ## 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:

* **Bulk image upload:** 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="Bulk image upload" 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">
    Choose how images should look after processing.
  </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 Running jobs.
  </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 product">
    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 removal">
    Use when you need the product cut out on a transparent or solid-color
    canvas. Transparent outputs use PNG.
  </Tab>

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

  <Tab title="Flat-lay / top-down">
    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>

## 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.