This article is a guide to the "Apply recent edits to all" option, which is available when you're using the Batch or Product Catalog features. It explains:
When the option appears
What happens if you select Apply
What happens if you don't select Apply
What you should do if you miss the opportunity to select Apply
We also include an example that shows the effect of selecting Apply or leaving it unselected.
When does "Apply recent edits to all" appear?
The Apply option appears on a notification when you do this:
Open one of the Batch or Product Catalog images in the editor.
Use the editor to make changes.
Exit the editor.
Note: The Apply option only appears if:
You have made changes in the editor
The editing features you used are compatible with Apply to all.
Some editing features do not have Apply to all, for example, the Edit with AI prompt. For those, you need to edit each image individually.
You then need to either select Apply or ignore the Apply option, depending on what you want to achieve (see the sections below).
When to select Apply
Select Apply if you want your changes to apply to all images in the batch or product listing.
When you select Apply, Photoroom will:
Keep the changes you made to each individual image. The background from the last edited image will also be applied to all images.
Add the elements from the last edited image (such as backgrounds or logos) to all of the images in the batch or product listing. Existing edits on each image remain.
See the example later in this article.
When to ignore Apply
If you only want the changes to affect the images you edited, do not select Apply.
Wait for the Apply option to close automatically.
When the Apply option closes, Photoroom will:
Keep the changes you made using the main editor.
Leave the other images in the batch or product listing as they are. They will not get the changes.
What if you miss the opportunity to select Apply?
If you wanted to select Apply, but the notification closed before you could select it, there is a way to display it again:
Open the image that has the changes in the editor.
Make a minor change, such as move a layer, and then exit.
Select Apply so that the change applies to all of the images.
Open the image again and change it back to how it was in step 1.
Exit the editor and select Apply. The change applies to all of the images.
Example: How "Apply recent edits to all" works
Let's say you have 4 images in your batch.
You open the first image in the editor and give it a background and add a logo.
You select the Next arrow to display the second image in the editor. You give the second image a different background and add a different logo.
You select the Next arrow to display the third image. You give the third image a logo and add a different background.
You are not going to edit the other image in the batch so you select X to exit the editor. Photoroom asks you if you want to apply the changes to all.
If you select Apply, Photoroom will:
Keep the changes you made to each image in the editor (except for backgrounds)
Take the changes from the last image you edited and apply them to all images in the batch or product listing.
In this case, Image 3 was the last image to be changed in the editor. As a result:
Image 3 has one logo and the background it was given in the editor.
Images 1 and 2 keep the logos they were given individually in the editor. They also inherit a new background and logo from Image 3 (as it was the last edited image).
Image 4 was not edited individually, but it inherits the background and logo from Image 3.
If you do not select Apply, Photoroom will keep the changes you made to each image in the sequence.
So in this case:
Images 1, 2, and 3 keep the backgrounds and logos they were given individually in the editor.
Image 4 does not change.