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Renders & product photos

Produce listing-ready imagery from a finished design: free multi-angle renders, then AI-staged product photos.

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Once a design looks correct in the Workbench, Studio can generate its imagery. Multi-angle renders show the real part in its true filament and are free. AI product photos stage that same part into marketplace-ready images. Neither requires a camera or a lightbox.

Overview

Both tools live at the bottom of the Studio page in the Make it sellable panel. Select a design or a product from the list on the left, which has Designs and Products tabs with a search box, then choose Render all angles or Make AI photos on the right.

Render before you photograph. AI photos are staged around your real, rendered geometry rather than invented from a text description, so a design must be rendered before it can be photographed. If you start a photo without a render, Studio stops you with “Render shots of this design first — photos are staged around your real product.” The one-click photo pack handles this automatically: it renders any missing angles first, then shoots.

Why photos stay accurate

Because every photo is built on a true render of the actual print, the customer sees what comes off the printer: the correct proportions, the correct filament, and the real part.

Multi-angle renders

A render set is a batch of clean, photoreal images of your design in the exact material and color you would print it in. Studio produces six framed angles — hero, front, side, top, detail, and a three-quarter view — laid out as a tile grid you can download as a zip.

Renders are free

Multi-angle renders never spend credits, and re-rendering the same look is a cache hit. Only AI photos, chat design authoring, and 3D generation cost credits.
  1. 1

    Select the item

    In Make it sellable, select a design or product. For a design, you can also choose the material and color the render should use.
  2. 2

    Open Custom options (optional)

    Set the background, resolution, and turntable before you shoot, or use the defaults: pure white, 2K, and no turntable.
  3. 3

    Render the shots

    Click Render shots. A progress bar shows the percentage complete and the angle currently in progress, for example “Rendering side view.”
  4. 4

    Download the set

    When the grid fills in, click Download set for a zip of every angle. Click any tile to open it full-size in the lightbox and step through with the arrow keys.

Render Custom options. Defaults are noted above.

OptionChoicesNotes
BackgroundPure white · Warm studio · Dark slatePure white is the default and the marketplace-safe look. Warm studio is the house look. Dark slate is editorial.
Resolution1K · 2K · 4K2K (2048px) is the default listing grade. 1K is a quick preview. 4K is hero grade but renders only three shots: hero, front, and detail.
360° turntableOff · OnAdds a spinning MP4 clip of the part. Off by default, and not available at 4K.
Material & colorReal inventory swatchesRenders in the true filament you would actually print in.
  • Background
    Choices
    Pure white · Warm studio · Dark slate
    Notes
    Pure white is the default and the marketplace-safe look. Warm studio is the house look. Dark slate is editorial.
  • Resolution
    Choices1K · 2K · 4K
    Notes
    2K (2048px) is the default listing grade. 1K is a quick preview. 4K is hero grade but renders only three shots: hero, front, and detail.
  • 360° turntable
    ChoicesOff · On
    Notes
    Adds a spinning MP4 clip of the part. Off by default, and not available at 4K.
  • Material & color
    ChoicesReal inventory swatches
    Notes
    Renders in the true filament you would actually print in.

The one-click marketplace pack

Make AI photos · $1.50 generates a five-shot pack sized for online listings in a single click: a pure-white main image, two lifestyle shots, one detail shot, and one scale shot. Studio renders any angles it still needs, shoots each photo, and checks every one against marketplace rules as it lands.

The pack is priced as one high-quality main shot plus four standard shots, which totals the flat $1.50. Each photo is a separate credit debit, and any photo that fails to generate is refunded automatically. You are never charged for an image you did not receive.

Running low mid-pack

Studio shows a low-balance warning before you start. If your credits run out partway through, the pack stops cleanly and keeps every photo it already made. Nothing is lost, and you are only charged for what was produced. See Studio credits for how the balance and refunds work.

While the pack runs, a checklist card shows Preparing renders, then Shooting, with a tick, a spinner, or an X next to each shot and an N-of-5 counter. When it finishes, the photos appear below the button.

Custom shots

Use Custom shot to generate one photo at a time with full control. Select a shot type from the chips — main, lifestyle, detail, scale, or angle — describe the setting or look you want in the text box, choose a marketplace preset and a quality level, then click Generate photo.

You can upload up to three style-reference images to steer the mood, and for a product you can add an assembly hint so the shot shows it assembled. As with the pack, a photo that fails shows failed · refunded with a Retry button, and the credits are returned automatically.

AI photo pricing. Standard is the default quality; the pack's main image is shot at high.

PhotoCostWhat you get
5-shot pack (one click)$1.50Pure-white main, two lifestyle, one detail, one scale, all compliance-checked.
Custom shot — standard$0.25One photo at medium quality, also the price of the draft tier.
Custom shot — high$0.50One photo at higher fidelity, at twice the credits.
  • 5-shot pack (one click)
    Cost$1.50
    What you get
    Pure-white main, two lifestyle, one detail, one scale, all compliance-checked.
  • Custom shot — standard
    Cost$0.25
    What you get
    One photo at medium quality, also the price of the draft tier.
  • Custom shot — high
    Cost$0.50
    What you get
    One photo at higher fidelity, at twice the credits.

Marketplace compliance

Every AI photo is scored against a marketplace's image rules and receives a badge: pass warn fail. A pass means the image meets that platform's requirements. A warn or fail identifies what to fix, usually the background or the resolution, before you use it. The main shot is checked against Amazon's strict main-image rules by default; other shots use the General preset unless you select one.

Compliance presets. Choose one per shot; the pack's main image defaults to Amazon.

PresetKey ruleBest for
Amazon main imagePure white background, ≥1600px, subject fills 30–98% of the frameThe primary image on an Amazon listing.
EtsyAt least 2000pxEtsy listing photos.
ShopifyAt least 1024pxShopify product images.
GeneralBasic quality checksAny other storefront.
  • Amazon main image
    Key rule
    Pure white background, ≥1600px, subject fills 30–98% of the frame
    Best for
    The primary image on an Amazon listing.
  • Etsy
    Key ruleAt least 2000px
    Best forEtsy listing photos.
  • Shopify
    Key ruleAt least 1024px
    Best forShopify product images.
  • General
    Key ruleBasic quality checks
    Best forAny other storefront.

Saving and attaching photos

Each finished photo has its own actions.

Saveall items
Downloads the image file to your computer, ready to upload to your own store listing.
Attach / Detachproducts only
Keeps the photo on that product inside your Catalog. Attach is available only for a product. If you shot a bare design, save the design to your library and turn it into a product first.
Download all
Downloads every photo in the batch as one zip.
Retry
Re-runs a photo that failed. Its credits were already refunded.

PrintPort does not publish to your storefront

Attaching a photo files it against your product inside PrintPort. It does not push anything to your storefront. You still add images to your own listing on Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, and the rest. Use Save or Download all to get the files, then upload them where you sell. See Designs, Products & Listings and Publish to your store.

Next steps

The WorkbenchGet a design rendering correctly — materials, price, and export — before you photograph it.Studio creditsWhat each action costs, the welcome gift, and how failed photos refund.PersonalizationLet customers customize a saved product at checkout.Create a productTurn a saved design into a priced product you can attach photos to.