Use Photoroom for Shopify's Flat Lay feature to turn product photos into realistic images that show the product laid flat. For example, turn a photo of clothing on a hanger into a flat lay image.

A photo of a T-shirt on clothes hanger hanging from a rail. Next to it, an

Availability

Requires AI credits

Requires Max or Ultra subscription to publish images to Shopify.

Limits apply:

Users in a Pro Space can use Flat Lay on individual images.
Users in a Max or Ultra Space can use Flat Lay on multiple images at once.

This article explains how to use Photoroom for Shopify's Flat Lay feature on the iOS version of Photoroom. For other platforms, see:

Create Flat Lay images for Shopify (Web App).

Steps (iOS)

As Flat Lay includes several optional features, the instructions below are split into stages.

(Video edited to show shorter AI generation times).

Stage 1: Access the Flat Lay tool

Open your Product Catalog and select the product you want to edit.
Select any of the product's images to open the Product Catalog Editor.
Select AI tools.
Select Flat Lay.
Select the product images to use for generating Flat Lay images.

Important: Make sure you select AI Tools > Flat Lay from inside Photoroom for Shopify. If you're outside Photoroom for Shopify, the standalone Flat Lay feature will open instead.

Stage 2: Use the Flat Lay settings

Use the Flat Lay settings to give Photoroom instructions:

Quality
Choose the Quality (availability depends on your subscription):
- Standard
  Pro and higher. 1k resolution, simpler but fastest AI model, consumes fewer AI credits than Advanced.
- Advanced
  Max and higher. 2k resolution, better AI model than Standard, consumes more AI credits than Standard, fewer than Premium.
- Premium
  Ultra. 4k+ resolution, best AI model, consumes most AI credits.
Size
Choose the aspect ratio for the image.
Brand
Choose whether your Brand description (set in the Brand Kit) should influence the AI when it generates your images.

You can edit the brand description if needed. Be aware that any changes you make will affect the brand description across the entire Space.
Prompt (describe anything field)
Enter any other information for the AI, for example, "show laid flat on a wooden surface".

When you have made your choices:

Select the arrow button to generate your images.
[Optional] Change the settings and generate again to make different images.

Stage 3: [Optional] Make further changes

In your Product catalog, you can:

Use the other Product catalog options to make further changes.
Tap on an image to open it in the main editor. This works in the same way as the Edit option, explained below.
Long-press on an image to display a menu with options, described below.

The options are:

Edit
Use Edit to open the image in the main editor. In the main editor, you can make changes that are not supported in the Product Catalog Editor, such as adding text or editing individual layers. To learn more, see Edit a Product catalog image in the main editor (iOS).

When you exit the main editor, you can choose to apply the changes to all images for the product. This works in the same way as editing individual images in Batch (see How does "Apply recent edits to all" work?)
Duplicate
Use Duplicate to create a copy of the image.
Delete
Use Delete to remove the image from Photoroom.
Save as a template
Save the image as a template that you can edit and then use for other images. This works in the same way as saving Batch images as templates. To learn more, see Save Batch images as templates (iOS).
Export
Save the image to your device.

Stage 4: Publish

When you have finished editing:

Exit the product.
Publish your product images to Shopify.

Create Flat Lay images for Shopify (iOS)