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How to use Flat Lay

Learn how to use Flat Lay to generate a top-down view of clothing laid flat on a surface.

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Written by Craig Wright

With Flat Lay, you can turn any clothing photo into a design that shows the clothing laid flat. It's perfect for presenting clothes in marketplace listings, web site listings, and on social media. This article gives an overview of the tool and explains its settings.

Before and after. Before shows a woman wearing a skirt and top. After is a flat lay view of just the skirt and top.

How it works:

  1. You upload or choose an image to use with the Flat Lay tool. This is the source image.

  2. You use the settings to guide Photoroom so that it can create the image you want.

  3. Photoroom generates an image based on your image and choices.

  4. You can then use the generated image as is or you can open it in the main editor to make further changes. You can also generate variations, if needed.

For step-by-step instructions, see Workflows in Related content (below).


Availability

  • All platforms.

  • Requires paid subscription.

  • Requires AI credits.


Ways to access Flat Lay

Flat Lay is available:

  • As a standalone tool (from AI tools)

  • From AI tools in Batch

  • From AI tools in Photoroom for Shopify.


Settings for Flat Lay

When you access the Flat Lay tool, use the following settings to guide Photoroom.

  • Source image(s)

  • Quality

  • Size (aspect ratio)

  • Brand style

  • Prompt


Source image

Flat Lay needs a source image to use as a starting point. Depending on where you accessed the AI tool, you can:

  • Upload a photo of clothing

  • Select from recent uploads or AI generated images

  • Choose a clothing image that already exists in Photoroom

  • Take a photo and upload it (mobile only)

  • Use an AI tool to generate a clothing image (mobile only)

  • Select an image in a Batch

  • Select a product image in the Product editor (integration, such as Photoroom for Shopify).

To learn about adding images, see:


Quality

The Quality setting affects image resolution, detail, AI credit usage, and how long the image takes to generate. For details, see Set the Quality of AI images.


Aspect ratio

This is sometimes labeled as Size. Use it to set the aspect ratio (shape) of the image, see Set the Aspect Ratio of AI images.


Brand (or Brand style)

Use to control whether the Brand description influences the AI when it generates your AI Fashion Models images. For details, see Control the influence of the Brand description.


Prompt

Use the prompt field to enter any other information for the AI, for example, "Show the top and skirt only. Do not include the necklace or belt."

For tips on writing prompts, see Write more effective prompts for AI.


After generating an image

When you have generated an image you are happy with, you can:

  • Use the image's context menu options to make further changes or download the image.

  • Select the image to review and edit it further.

  • Use the Batch editor to make further changes (Batch editor only)

  • Use the Product catalog editor to make further changes and publish (Photoroom for Shopify only).

The context menu settings are common to most AI tools. You can learn about them in Context menu options for AI tools.

The review and edit options are common to most standalone AI tools and you can learn about them in Review and edit an AI image.


Related content

Workflows

Standalone tool:

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