CatalogShot · Product tutorial

How CatalogShot Works

Turn the product photos you already have into polished AI lifestyle scenes — then publish the keepers to Shopify in one click.

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1. The big idea

Four moves run through the whole app. Master these and the rest is detail.

🖼️

Photos in

Start from images you already have on a product — even more than one. Nothing new to shoot.
🎬

Pick a scene

A scene is the setting: marble counter, sunlit gym, wooden table. Suggested, saved, or your own.
✨

Generate

Get full-resolution photos in seconds. Nothing hits your store yet — review before you publish.
🚀

Activate

Add to gallery publishes the photo to Shopify. The only step that touches your store — and it’s reversible.
Before → after: one product photo in, lifestyle scenes out
Before → after: one product photo in, lifestyle scenes out

Plans — start free on Pay as you go

Pay as you go is $0/month and includes 3 free images every month — a permanent free tier, no time limit. Generate up to 3 images a month at no cost; beyond that it’s $0.59 per image. When you want more volume, Starter / Growth / Scale include a larger monthly allowance at a lower per-image rate. Generations are the unit each plan meters.

Pay as you go

$0/mo
  • 3 generations included
  • $0.59 per generation after

Starter

$19/mo
  • 150 generations included
  • $0.49 per generation after
Most popular

Growth

$49/mo
  • 500 generations included
  • $0.30 per generation after

Scale

$99/mo
  • 1,000 generations included
  • $0.25 per generation after

2. Getting around

🏠

Home

Dashboard — stats, plan status, shortcuts.
📦

Products

Your catalog — pick what to work on.
🎬

Scenes

Your library of reusable looks.
💳

Billing

Plan, usage, upgrade.

One more opens from the flow: Generate (click a product).

3. The dashboard

Your account at a glance, plus fast ways into the work.

The dashboard: overview stats, products without AI photos, and recent generations
The dashboard: overview stats, products without AI photos, and recent generations
📊

Overview

Your plan and generations used this cycle, plus lifetime totals.
⏳

Live progress

A Generating box during batches; the page auto-refreshes every 5 seconds.
🆕

Quick starts

Products without AI photos and Recent generations jump you straight back in.
Plan status and remaining quota
Plan status and remaining quota
“Generating now…” — a batch in progress with live spinners
“Generating now…” — a batch in progress with live spinners
The empty “Get started” state for a brand-new account
The empty “Get started” state for a brand-new account

4. Products

“Your Products” → pick one to generate. Work one at a time, or in bulk.

The Products page: filter bar and product list
The Products page: filter bar and product list
🔎

Filter fast

Search, type, vendor, status, a ✨ No AI photos yet toggle, and Clear filters.
✅

Eligible only

Needs physical products with a photo. Others are dimmed: Gift card, Digital product, No product photo.
Ineligible products are dimmed with a reason badge, plus the “hidden” banner
Ineligible products are dimmed with a reason badge, plus the “hidden” banner
Selecting products reveals the bulk action bar at the bottom
Selecting products reveals the bulk action bar at the bottom
The batch generate modal: pick a saved scene and generate across products
The batch generate modal: pick a saved scene and generate across products

5. Generate a product

The heart of the app — product + gallery, scene setup, results.

The full Generate screen, top to bottom
The full Generate screen, top to bottom
Product header with View in admin / Restore original, and the gallery strip
Product header with View in admin / Restore original, and the gallery strip
The ✨ AI suggestions tab with Refresh / Surprise me
The ✨ AI suggestions tab with Refresh / Surprise me

Already love a look? Reuse it from the 🎬 Saved scenes tab — one tap to apply.

The 🎬 Saved scenes tab — reuse a look across products
The 🎬 Saved scenes tab — reuse a look across products
🎨

Style

📷 Realistic, 🎨 Editorial, or 🎬 Dramatic — the overall mood.
🧍

People in scene

🚫 None (default), 👋 Partial, or 🧍 Full. Skip faces — AI faces look stiff.
🛡

Recognizable faces

Only for “Full”: 🛡 Block (default) or ✅ Allow.
Style and People-in-scene controls with their helper captions
Style and People-in-scene controls with their helper captions
The Recognizable faces control (only shown for “Full”)
The Recognizable faces control (only shown for “Full”)

Hit Generate. The quota line beside it shows what’s left; a spinner banner runs while it works (“…this takes ~45 seconds”).

The Generate button with the remaining-quota line
The Generate button with the remaining-quota line
The in-progress banner with spinner
The in-progress banner with spinner

Your results land in a clean grid — every card is full-resolution with 🔍 Click to zoom. Activated cards show ✓ Activated; the rest show Add to gallery to publish them to Shopify.

Generated photos grid — activated vs. not-yet-activated cards
Generated photos grid — activated vs. not-yet-activated cards
The 🎬 Save as scene overlay and naming popover
The 🎬 Save as scene overlay and naming popover
The full-resolution zoom lightbox
The full-resolution zoom lightbox
A card showing the ✓ Saved as scene chip
A card showing the ✓ Saved as scene chip

6. Scenes

A scene is a reusable look. Three ways to make one:

🎬

Save a generation

Hit 🎬 Save as scene on any result you love.
⬆️

Upload your own

Drop in a photo — auto-cropped to square.
🔎

Browse Unsplash

Search millions of free photos; attribution handled for you.
The Scenes library with saved scene cards and source badges
The Scenes library with saved scene cards and source badges
The Upload scene panel — drag-and-drop, then name it
The Upload scene panel — drag-and-drop, then name it
The Browse Unsplash panel — search, pick, and save with attribution
The Browse Unsplash panel — search, pick, and save with attribution

Saved once, used everywhere — scenes appear in the 🎬 Saved scenes tab on every product and in the batch modal, for one consistent look across your catalog.

The gallery editor mirrors your live Shopify images: drag to reorder (auto-saved), and the first image is your featured photo. Delete with the ×.

Reordering gallery images by drag (auto-saved)
Reordering gallery images by drag (auto-saved)
Restore original — a safe undo backed by retained originals
Restore original — a safe undo backed by retained originals

8. Billing & usage

Plan, Manage plan in Shopify (where subscriptions change), and usage boxes for this cycle plus lifetime totals.

The Billing & usage page
The Billing & usage page
Plans at a glance: Pay as you go / Starter / Growth / Scale
Plans at a glance: Pay as you go / Starter / Growth / Scale

Upgrade = Manage plan in Shopify → pick a plan → limits update instantly. Payment is handled entirely by Shopify managed billing.

9. The fast path

  1. Install
    Start on Pay as you go — get started in a click.Add CatalogShot to Shopify — free →
  2. Pick a product
    From the dashboard or Products.
  3. Let the AI suggest
    Pick a scene, choose a Style, leave People on 🚫 None for most products.
  4. Generate & review
    Look off? Change the scene — don’t re-roll the same one. Scene choice drives quality.
  5. Save the winner
    Store the look as a reusable scene.
  6. Activate the keepers
    Add to gallery publishes the clean image.
  7. Scale up
    Batch your saved scene across the catalog — Restore original undoes anything.
  8. Keep going
    Stay on Pay as you go for 3 free images a month, or upgrade anytime for more volume — no migration.