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How enable automatic regeneration works
How enable automatic regeneration works

Learn how Photoroom's Enable automatic regeneration setting can affect your image editing

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Written by Craig Wright
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Photoroom has an Enable automatic regeneration setting that you can turn on or off in your Preferences. The setting controls whether Photoroom regenerates an AI Background and AI Shadows when you move an object layer in a design or template.

Here, we explain what happens when Enable automatic regeneration is switched on or off. For instructions on how to switch it on or off, see Control auto-regeneration of AI Backgrounds and Shadows.

What happens when Enable automatic regeneration is on?

Enable automatic regeneration is switched on by default. This means that when you move an object layer in a design or template, Photoroom will:

  • Redraw the AI Background (if used)

  • Redraw any AI Shadows (if used).

The AI aims to keep a similar look and feel, while taking into account the object layer's new position.

For example, the left image below shows the original image position. The right image shows that the bag object layer has been moved and the AI Background has been regenerated.

The benefit of auto-regeneration is that the AI Background and AI Shadows will always look appropriate and realistic for your image. But it can also mean that the AI Background changes to a design that is more different to the previous version than you expected.

Tip: If you have an AI Background that you want to keep, you can remove the foreground layers and export just the background as an image file. You can then import it as a static image that you can use as a regular background. You will have the same image, but it won't change when you move foreground layers.

What happens when Enable Automatic Regeneration is Off?

If you turn off Enable automatic regeneration, Photoroom will not regenerate the AI Background or AI Shadows when you move object layers.

But be aware that the content on the object layer may also be part of the AI Background layer. So when you move the object layer, you will still see the object in its original position underneath.

For example, in image 1 below, the object layer contains a bag and it has been moved from the center to the left. But the bag is still visible in its original position underneath. This is because the bag is also part of the AI Background layer.

To fix it, use Retouch to remove the object from the background layer. For instructions, see Remove parts of an AI Background.

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