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Start a new design (iOS)

Learn how to import a photo and start a new design in Photoroom. iOS.

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Written by Craig Wright

This article explains how to start a new design on the iOS version of Photoroom. It covers the steps for:

  • Uploading a photo

  • Removing the photo's background

  • Choosing the starting point for your design

  • Opening the design in an editor

  • Saving and downloading your design.

Steps (iOS)

Follow the steps below to start a new design from scratch. The video shows starting a new design and choosing a template as the starting point, with changing the background and adding a shadow as editing steps.

Stage 1: Create a new design and upload a photo

  1. On the Home screen, select the Space you want to work in.

  2. Still on the Home screen, select Start from a photo.

  3. Provide a source image. This is the image Photoroom will use as a starting point. You can upload a photo, choose an image that already exists in Photoroom, or use an AI tool to Generate an image.
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    To learn more, see How to add or choose a source image (iOS).

Photoroom automatically starts to remove the background from your image. If you want to keep the background, select Skip background removal.

Next, you need to choose how you want to proceed.

Stage 2: Choose how to proceed

When you have provided a source image, Photoroom displays a screen showing many possible options. You need to either:

  • Choose a tool to use with your image

  • Choose a template to use with your image.

At the top, there are categories which act like filters for the screen. For example, if you select Listing, the screen changes so that it only shows options relating to product listings.

Close-up of categories of settings

The Recommended edits section contains shortcuts to commonly used Photoroom tools and features. For example, if you choose Ghost Mannequin, Photoroom opens your image in the Ghost Mannequin tool.
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​Note: The Edit with AI section is a shortcut to the Edit with AI tool.

Close-up of Recommended edits section

The other sections are for templates and they include, Shopify spotlight, Recent Space templates, Classic, and more. Each template sets a canvas size and background for your design. Some templates add foreground layers as well.

Various categories of templates to choose from

If you choose a template, Photoroom will create a design that is based on the template and it will add your image to the design. You can then edit it, if needed.
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Stage 3: Edit the image

When you have selected a tool/feature or a template, Photoroom opens your design in the appropriate editor. Use the editor settings to make changes to your image.

Side-by-side shots of the AI backgrounds editor, Studio Shot editor, and the main editor.

To learn more about the different tools and editor settings, see the articles listed in the Related content section at the end.

Stage 4: Save your design

When you have finished editing, select Save to save your design. When you save, there are options to download your design as an image file and to share it with other people and apps.

Side-by-side shots of the ready to share screen (light mode and dark mode).

Saving your design stores it in Photoroom and you can find it in the Content area for the Space you were working in.

Related content

Editing features

See the articles in the Features and tools collection. Also:

AI Editing features

See the articles in the AI Features and tools collection.

Quick guides

YouTube

Other platforms

Note: If you are using the Android or Web App version of Photoroom, see these articles instead:

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