When you edit an image in the Batch editor or Shopify Products editor, you can apply your most recent changes to every image at once. This includes changes like a new background or an added logo.
This article explains how to use the Apply recent edits to all option. It covers:
When the option appears
What happens if you select Apply
What happens if you don't select Apply
How to bring the option back if you miss it.
We also walk through an example showing the difference between selecting Apply and leaving it unselected.
When does "Apply recent edits to all" appear?
The Apply recent edits to all option appears as a notification when you do this:
Open one of the Batch or Shopify Products images in the main editor.
Use the main editor to make changes.
Exit the main editor to return to the Batch editor or Shopify Products editor.
When the option appears, you need to decide whether you want to apply the changes to the selected images or all images (see the sections below). The option is time-sensitive.
Note: Some editing features do not have Apply recent edits to all, for example, the Edit with AI prompt. For those, you need to edit each image individually.
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.
Apply the background from the last edited image to all images.
Apply any additional foreground layers from the last edited image (such as graphics or logos) to all of the images.
Important! If the last edited image has an AI background, the backgrounds may be slightly different. See the Troubleshooting section below for details.
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.
Troubleshooting
Why is the background different even though I chose to apply it to all?
This can happen if the background is an AI Background.
With AI Backgrounds, Photoroom does not reuse the background image. Instead, it generates new backgrounds, using the same prompt as the original. This produces similar but not identical backgrounds, as Photoroom:
Analyzes the foreground objects in the image, including color, tone, and shadows
Generates a new background that takes the colors, tone, and shadows into consideration.
The result is backgrounds that are more realistic, with better lighting and shadows. But the backgrounds may be slightly different.