Layer AI

Where Layer AI shines

Layer AI generates on-brand product photos and lifestyle scenes from a single clean product shot. Upload a packshot on a neutral background and Layer composes realistic environments, lighting, and props that match your brief—no studio, no location rental. Teams use it to multiply creative variations for ecommerce, ads, and social in minutes.

Layer’s strongest trait is controllable, repeatable product scenes. You keep the actual product pixels and ask the system to synthesize only the environment—kitchen counter, trail, studio sweep, holiday set—so texture and branding stay true. Style presets and custom palettes make it easy to enforce a campaign look (soft daylight, pastel props, shallow depth of field). Because outputs are fast, creative teams can explore a dozen directions—seasonal colorways, lifestyle vs. studio, minimal vs. maximal—before the edit day is over.

For catalog work, Layer can generate consistent sets across sizes and colors. The same light and composition applied across SKUs produces a professional, grid-clean PDP without re-shooting every variant.

Use Layer between photography and layout. Upstream, capture a high-quality packshot: even lighting, neutral background, full object in frame, color chart if possible. Midstream, import to Layer, pick a scene or write a brief (“morning light on wooden table, plants in background, soft shadows”), and generate multiple variations. Approve the best, export high-res with safe margins, and drop into your CMS or design files. Keep a prompt/style library per brand or season so future SKUs match with minimal tweaking.

For performance marketing, generate platform-specific crops (e.g., 4:5 IG, 9:16 stories) and use contrasting backgrounds for scroll-stopping. Test two props or color temperatures and measure lift; save winners as templates.

Believability lives in details. Check shadows, reflections, and perspective—misaligned cast shadows or warped labels erode trust. Avoid placing products in contexts that imply untrue capabilities (e.g., waterproof where it is not). Keep legal/brand compliance: no competitor marks, no health claims in text overlays. For regulated goods, maintain a record of original photography and transformations for audit. Color accuracy matters—soft proof exports against your site’s color profile and avoid heavy tints that shift the product’s true hue.

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Layer focuses on product-true lifestyle scenes from a single packshot. General image models are flexible but require more manual cleanup; traditional studios provide maximum control at higher cost and slower iteration.

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