Product Studio is a suite of free, AI-powered tools that empowers you to enhance and create high-quality product images and videos in just a few clicks, saving you time and resources. The tools can help you to generate scenes, increase image resolution, edit backgrounds and generate product videos. Your new images and videos can help you to attract more customers when you scale them across your marketing channels.
Merchant Center Next users can get started now or read below for more information. If you don't yet have a Merchant Center account, you can create one for free. Product Studio is also available via the Google & YouTube app on Shopify. If you're interested in participating in other AI features or staying updated on the latest features, express your interest by completing the form.
Professional quality product images in just a few clicks
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Benefits
'80% of surveyed users have already been more efficient or expect to be more efficient by using Product Studio'.1
With Google's AI principles in mind, Product Studio brings you the benefits of generative AI, helping you to easily create unique and tailored product imagery and videos for free and to get more value from the images that you already have.
- Save time, money and resources: Product Studio is free and helps to reduce the time, resources and budget needed to plan, shoot and edit high-quality product images and videos.
- Increase customer engagement: Offers with more than one image can receive an up to 76% average increase in impressions and a 32% increase in clicks.2 With more images and video, your listings may perform better and generate a higher return on investment.
- Seamlessly update your images across multiple channels: When you save your new or updated images to Merchant Center, they are eligible to appear across a wide range of Google platforms, including search results, Shopping ads, Performance Max (PMax) campaigns and anywhere else that utilises feed data.
- Refresh your product images for public holidays, seasons and sales: Quickly and effortlessly create high-quality promotional images in one click using our inspiring themes to appeal to shoppers throughout the year.
What to expect
Product Studio is available to merchants in AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CH, DE, ES, GB, IN, IT, JP, NL, PL and US. It works best with Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish language descriptions. The 'Generate video' feature is only available for merchants in the US. We continue to make the product better by improving the user experience, output quality, feature set and more.
To make sure that we're creating the best possible images and videos for your offers, we have a team of quality reviewers who may review your inputs and new images or videos. Here's how it works:
- We only share the basics: Reviewers view your original offer images, the new images or videos created by our system and the instructions given to create those new images or videos.
- Reviewers assess the quality: This helps us to understand what's working well and where we can improve.
- Your privacy matters: We only share the information needed to assess the image or video quality. Your confidential business information remains protected.
This process allows us to continuously refine our image generation technology and deliver high-quality visuals that will help your offers to shine. If you don't want reviewers to review your images, videos or prompts, contact Merchant Center support.
As this feature is still experimental, it may generate unexpected images and videos and works best with certain products. For example, consumer packaged goods with products front and centre. This feature doesn't support images with identifiable or photorealistic people, hands, wall art or light fixtures. It also doesn't support image or video creation for regulated goods such as alcohol, drugs, pharmaceuticals, gambling-related products, weapons, tobacco, fireworks or health and medical devices. Review the Terms of Service for additional information.
How to access Product Studio
Product Studio is only available in Merchant Center Next or the Google & YouTube app in Shopify. To access Product Studio in Merchant Center Next, follow the steps below or simply go directly to the Product Studio page. For Shopify users, learn more about Product Studio for Shopify.
Instructions
- Go to the Products page in the 'Your business' section in Merchant Center.
- Click the Product Studio tab at the top.
- Click Get started, then accept the Product Studio additional Terms of Service by clicking I accept. You'll now be able to select the option to generate a scene, edit a background, increase the resolution or generate a video.
Generate scene
Scene generation aims to provide a fast and cost-effective solution for generating high-quality product images that showcase products in natural, lifestyle-like settings. Review the best practices section below to learn more about writing a good scene description and what product images work best with Product Studio.
Instructions
- Go to the Products page in the 'Your business' section in Merchant Center.
- Click the Product Studio tab at the top.
- Click Get started and you will be taken to the Generate scene tab.
- Select the product image that you would like to use or upload a new one.
- Enter a description of your product.
- Describe the scene in which you want your product to be placed.
- For the best results, be sure to include a detailed description of the product, placement, surroundings and background that you'd like to be generated.
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Use a template to populate a scene description with just one click. You can find seasonal, public holiday and studio templates under the 'Or start with an inspiring theme' section. Select a theme to automatically populate the 'Describe the scene' text box and generate a scene for you.
- Click Generate scene. It may take a few moments for the image to load.
- If you're satisfied with the image, click Add to Merchant Center. If you'd like to generate a new background, you can add a new description and click Regenerate scene.
Edit background
Edit background allows you to remove the background of your product image with one click. Only your product will remain on a white background to help shoppers view your product clearly.
Instructions
- Go to the Products page in the 'Your business' section in Merchant Center.
- Click the Product Studio tab at the top.
- Click Edit background in the top navigation bar.
- Select the image that you wish to edit or upload a new one, then click Remove background.
- You can now enlarge, reduce, download or undo your changes.
- Click Add to Merchant Center.
Increase resolution
This feature quickly increases the quality and size of your product images to make them look crisp.
Instructions
- Go to the Products page in the 'Your business' section in Merchant Center.
- Click the Product Studio tab at the top.
- Click Increase resolution in the top navigation bar.
- Select the image that you wish to edit or upload a new one, then click Increase resolution.
- You can now slide the before/after toolbar to view the changes.
- Then click Add to Merchant Center.
View history
When you use Product Studio, data such as the descriptions, generated images and times of generation will be stored on the device that you're using. If you're using a shared device, others may be able to access this information. You can clear the data at any time in the 'View history' tab of Product Studio.
Instructions
- Go to the Products page in the 'Your business' section in Merchant Center.
- Click the Product Studio tab at the top.
- Click View history in the top navigation bar.
- From here, you can clear history or copy the description of scenes that you have previously generated.
Generate video
Product Studio's AI-powered video generation tool can help you turn your product images into eye-catching videos in just a few clicks. Learn more about generating videos in Product Studio for Merchant Center Next.
Best practices
Use these best practices to help you choose the best product images and write detailed descriptions to optimise your product data and drive results for your business using Product Studio.
Selecting the right product image
- Product Studio works best when you choose one main product image. Select a starting image that only has one main product. Product Studio doesn't work well if it can't easily identify the main product in the starting image.
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- Place the product at the centre of the image and leave most of the canvas white. If the main product is taking up a large portion of the image (such as being very close to or touching the edge of the image), use the 'reduce' button to make the product smaller. The product should be centred and leave most of the canvas white.
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- Don't use images that contain humans using your products. Use an input image that doesn't show the product on a person.
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- Don't select product images that involve hands or other props to showcase main products. Use an image that doesn't have hands or other props.
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Writing a good scene description
- The style of image. For example, product photography, illustration, macro photography, etc.
- The type of product that you are adding to the scene. For example, a bottle of perfume.
- The placement of the product. For example, on a stone platform.
- The scene around the product. For example, surrounded by white and yellow flower petals.
- The background. For example, large tropical leaves and foliage in the background.
| Example scene description | Example result |
| Product photography of a bottle of perfume sitting on a marble surface. The bottle is surrounded by white and yellow flower petals. The backdrop is large tropical leaves and foliage. | |
| A studio product photo of a small tube bottle sitting on a circular marble platform with a gold trim. The platform is in focus, clear and sharp. There is a peach-coloured wall and cherry blossom branches in the background. The image is in focus, has an open aperture, has a high resolution and is in HD 8K. The image displays professional product photography, studio lighting, soft shadows, an insanely sharp image, a reflective surface and diffused lighting. | |
| A creative product photograph of a scented candle in a studio setting with a white background. The scented candle is placed on a decorative wood plank and a pine cone is blurred in the background. |
Stay updated
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1Google internal data, Global, MSAT survey, Base: total sample (n=149) in US, March 2024
2Google data, Global, 6 April 2023