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Getting Creative with AI

Example Uses

Discover creative ways to use AI generation for fabric presentations and marketing.

💡 Introduction

The AI Image Generation Tool is incredibly versatile, opening up creative possibilities beyond basic image editing. This guide showcases real-world applications and creative techniques to inspire your own projects.


🎨 Fabric Presentation Enhancement

🏠 Lifestyle Context Generation

Transform isolated fabric swatches into full lifestyle scenes that help customers visualize your products in real environments.

✍️ Example Prompt:

Show this fabric as elegant curtains in a modern living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, 
natural afternoon light creating soft shadows, minimalist Scandinavian interior design, 
neutral color palette with natural wood accents, professional interior photography

🎯 Use Case:

  • 🏠 Convert flat swatches into contextual room scenes
  • 🛏️ Show fabrics in multiple room types (bedroom, living room, office)
  • 🌸 Create seasonal variations (summer light vs. cozy winter scenes)

💡 Tips:

  • ✂️ Start with high-quality cutout images from Cutout Studio
  • 🔢 Use batch generation to create multiple room settings
  • 🎨 Keep prompts consistent for a cohesive catalog look

🔍 Texture Closeups and Detail Shots

Create dramatic closeup shots that emphasize fabric texture, weave patterns, and material quality.

✍️ Example Prompt:

Extreme macro closeup of this fabric showing intricate weave pattern, 
dramatic side lighting revealing texture depth, professional product photography, 
shallow depth of field, rich detail, tactile quality emphasized

🎯 Use Case:

  • ⭐ Highlight quality and craftsmanship
  • 🛒 Create detail shots for e-commerce listings
  • 🧵 Emphasize unique texture characteristics

💡 Tips:

  • 📸 Use reference images of professional textile photography
  • 💡 Experiment with lighting descriptions (backlighting, side lighting, diffused)
  • 📐 Generate multiple angles for comprehensive coverage

🎭 Style Transformations

Reimagine fabrics in different styles while maintaining the core material properties.

✍️ Example Prompt:

Transform this fabric into a vintage Victorian style with ornate damask patterns, 
rich jewel tones, luxurious sheen, period-appropriate design elements, 
elegant and opulent aesthetic

🎯 Use Case:

  • 🎨 Show fabrics adapted for different design trends
  • 👥 Create style guides for different customer segments
  • 🔄 Visualize custom pattern variations

💡 Tips:

  • 🏛️ Reference specific design movements (Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern, Contemporary)
  • 🧵 Maintain fabric characteristics while changing patterns
  • 📋 Use for mood boards and client presentations

📱 Marketing and Social Media Content

🎬 Video Content Creation

Convert static fabric images into eye-catching video content for social media.

✍️ Example Prompt:

Gentle fabric movement as if caught in a soft breeze, elegant draping motion, 
luxurious flow, cinematic lighting, slow-motion quality, 
emphasizing the material's fluid characteristics

🎯 Use Case:

  • 📱 Create engaging social media posts
  • 📺 Develop video ads for digital campaigns
  • 📖 Add motion to otherwise static product catalogs

💡 Tips:

  • ⏱️ Start with 4s duration to test, then extend to 8s for final versions
  • 🖥️ Use 16:9 for YouTube/web, consider generating square versions for Instagram
  • 🔢 Batch generate variations for A/B testing

🌸 Seasonal Campaign Materials

Quickly generate seasonal variations of your fabric presentations.

✍️ Example Prompt - Spring:

Bright and airy spring setting with this fabric as upholstery, 
fresh flowers in soft focus background, pastel color accents, 
natural morning light, clean and rejuvenating atmosphere

✍️ Example Prompt - Winter:

Cozy winter scene featuring this fabric, warm fireplace glow in background, 
rich warm tones, inviting and comfortable atmosphere, 
soft blankets and textured layers

🎯 Use Case:

  • 📅 Create seasonal marketing campaigns efficiently
  • 🔄 Refresh catalog images throughout the year
  • 🎯 Align product presentations with seasonal trends

↔️ Before and After Comparisons

Demonstrate fabric applications and transformations.

✍️ Example Prompt:

Split view showing this raw fabric on left and finished upholstered furniture on right, 
professional before/after presentation, clean studio lighting, 
showcasing craftsmanship and finished product quality

🎯 Use Case:

  • 🏭 Show manufacturing process
  • ⭐ Demonstrate value of finished products
  • 📚 Educate customers on applications

🖼️ Product Visualization

🎨 Custom Color Variations

Generate fabric samples in different colorways without physical samples.

✍️ Example Prompt:

This fabric in a deep navy blue colorway, maintaining exact texture and pattern, 
only changing the color palette, consistent lighting and photography style, 
professional color accuracy

🎯 Use Case:

  • 🌈 Show available colors without photographing each variant
  • ⚡ Quickly visualize custom color requests
  • 📚 Create comprehensive color catalogs

💡 Tips:

  • 📝 Keep all prompts identical except color descriptions
  • 🔢 Use batch generation for multiple colors simultaneously
  • 🎨 Maintain consistent reference images across generations

🛋️ Application Mockups

Show fabrics applied to different product types.

✍️ Example Prompt:

This fabric as high-quality throw pillows on a modern sofa, 
professional interior styling, complementary color scheme, 
realistic fabric draping and texture on cushion form

🎯 Use Case:

  • 🔄 Demonstrate versatility of fabrics
  • 📊 Create product line visualizations
  • 💭 Help customers imagine different applications

💼 Client Presentations and Proposals

🎯 Custom Visualization for Client Projects

Create tailored visualizations for specific client requests.

✍️ Example Prompt:

This fabric as office chair upholstery in a corporate executive office, 
professional and sophisticated atmosphere, dark wood desk and modern workspace, 
emphasizing durability and professional aesthetic

🎯 Use Case:

  • ⚡ Respond quickly to client inquiries
  • 📄 Create custom proposals without physical mockups
  • 👁️ Visualize special projects before production

💡 Tips:

  • 📋 Incorporate client-specific requirements in prompts
  • 🔢 Generate multiple options for client review
  • 🖼️ Use additional reference images of similar spaces

🎨 Mood Boards and Design Concepts

Combine fabrics with complete design concepts.

✍️ Example Prompt:

Design mood board featuring this fabric as the hero material, 
complementary color palette swatches, coordinating textures and materials, 
cohesive interior design concept, professional presentation layout

🎯 Use Case:

  • 📊 Develop comprehensive design presentations
  • 🎨 Show how fabrics work within larger design schemes
  • 📚 Create lookbooks and catalogs

🚀 Creative Techniques

🖼️ Using Additional Reference Images

Leverage the Image model's support for up to 3 additional reference images.

🎯 Technique:

  1. 📥 Load your fabric as the main image
  2. ➕ Add 2-3 reference images showing:
    • 💡 Desired lighting style
    • 🏠 Target environment or setting
    • 🎨 Color palette inspiration

📋 Example:

  • 🖼️ Main image: Your fabric swatch
  • 📸 Reference 1: Professional interior photography with desired lighting
  • 🎨 Reference 2: Color palette image with target mood
  • 🏠 Reference 3: Similar room setting

This guides the AI to match the style and aesthetic of your references while applying them to your fabric.


🔄 Iterative Refinement

Build on successful generations to refine results.

📝 Process:

  1. 🎬 Generate initial image with broad prompt
  2. 👁️ Review result and identify what works
  3. 📥 Load successful generation back into canvas
  4. ✍️ Refine prompt with specific adjustments
  5. 🚀 Generate again to build on progress

📋 Example Iteration:

  • 1️⃣ Generation 1: "Modern interior with this fabric"
  • 2️⃣ Generation 2: "Add warmer lighting and wood textures"
  • 3️⃣ Generation 3: "Include green plants and natural elements"

🔢 Batch Variation Technique

Generate multiple variations to find the perfect result.

🎯 Approach:

  1. ✍️ Write a strong, detailed prompt
  2. 🔢 Set batch size to 8 or 16
  3. 🚀 Generate multiple variations simultaneously
  4. 👁️ Review all results and select the best
  5. 🎨 Use winning generation as reference for further refinement

⭐ Best For:

  • 💡 Finding unexpected creative directions
  • 🎨 Exploring different interpretations
  • 🎯 Maximizing chances of perfect result

🏢 Industry-Specific Applications

🏭 For Manufacturers

  • 📊 Document fabric characteristics and properties visually
  • 📋 Create technical sheets with enhanced detail shots
  • 📚 Generate application guides showing installation examples

🛒 For Retailers

  • ⚡ Quickly create lifestyle imagery for e-commerce
  • 🌸 Generate seasonal catalog variations
  • 📱 Produce social media content at scale

🎨 For Interior Designers

  • 🏠 Mock up client spaces with different fabric options
  • 💼 Create presentation materials for proposals
  • 👁️ Visualize custom projects before production

📢 For Marketing Teams

  • ⚡ Generate campaign assets quickly
  • 🔬 Create A/B testing variations efficiently
  • 🎬 Produce video content for digital channels

🎓 Advanced Prompt Engineering

📐 Structure of Effective Prompts

📝 Formula: [Subject] + [Action/Setting] + [Style] + [Lighting] + [Mood] + [Technical Details]

✍️ Example:

[This velvet fabric] + [as elegant curtains in a luxury hotel lobby] + 
[contemporary design with Art Deco influences] + [dramatic chandelier lighting with golden glow] + 
[sophisticated and opulent atmosphere] + [professional interior photography, sharp focus, rich colors]

🎨 Using Style References

Reference specific photography or art styles:

  • 📸 "Shot on Hasselblad medium format camera"
  • 🏛️ "In the style of Architectural Digest photography"
  • 🎬 "Cinematic lighting like a Wes Anderson film"
  • 👗 "Editorial fashion photography aesthetic"

📷 Technical Photography Terms

Incorporate professional terminology:

  • 🔍 Depth of field, bokeh, tack sharp
  • ☀️ Golden hour, diffused light, rim lighting
  • 💡 Three-point lighting, softbox lighting
  • 📸 Shallow depth of field, macro photography

💰 Cost Optimization Strategies

💸 Efficient Token Usage

🎯 Strategy 1: Test with Batch 1

  • ✍️ Write and refine prompts with single generations
  • 📈 Once satisfied, increase batch size for variations

🎯 Strategy 2: Reuse Successful Outputs

  • 💾 Save generations that work well
  • 🔄 Use them as starting points for new projects
  • 📚 Build a library of effective base images

🎯 Strategy 3: Learn from History

  • 📚 Review successful generations in History Gallery
  • 📋 Copy and adapt effective prompts
  • 🔍 Identify patterns in what works

🎬 Maximizing Video Value

⏱️ For Video Generations:

  • 🧪 Test concepts with 4s duration
  • ✅ Use 6s or 8s only for final versions

🎨 Suggested Projects to Try

  1. 🌸 Seasonal Catalog: Generate your top 10 fabrics in 4 seasonal settings each
  2. 🌈 Color Family Series: Take one fabric and generate it in 8 different colorways
  3. 📚 Application Guide: Show one fabric in 5 different product applications
  4. 🎭 Style Guide: Present one fabric in 3 different design styles (modern, traditional, eclectic)
  5. 🔍 Detail Collection: Create closeup, medium, and wide shots of your signature fabric

🔗 Combining with Other Tools

✂️ Integration with Cutout Studio

  1. ✂️ Use Cutout Studio to remove backgrounds from fabric swatches
  2. 📥 Load cutout images into AI Image Generation Tool
  3. 🎨 Generate lifestyle scenes with clean fabric composition

🎨 Material Library Workflow

  1. 📂 Access fabric images from Materials tab
  2. ✨ Generate enhanced presentations
  3. 💾 Save back to library for team use

📊 Creating Complete Campaigns

  1. 🎨 Generate hero images with AI Image Generation Tool
  2. ✂️ Create matching cutout variations in Cutout Studio
  3. 📋 Compile into cohesive marketing materials

✅ Best Practices Summary

  1. 🎯 Start specific: Detailed prompts yield better results
  2. 📚 Learn from success: Copy prompts from successful generations
  3. Iterate efficiently: Use batch 1 for testing, increase for final versions
  4. 🖼️ Use references: Add reference images for consistent style guidance
  5. 💾 Build a library: Save and organize successful generations
  6. 🎲 Experiment boldly: The random prompt generator can inspire new directions
  7. 💰 Monitor costs: Test with lower batch sizes and shorter video durations
  8. 🔗 Combine tools: Use Cutout Studio, Materials, and AI Generation together

🌟 Community Showcase

As you create amazing content with the AI Image Generation Tool, consider these ideas:

  • 📝 Create template prompts for common use cases in your industry
  • 🎨 Develop style guides using consistent prompt structures
  • 📚 Build seasonal libraries for year-round marketing
  • 🚀 Experiment with emerging AI capabilities as new models are added

🚀 Get Started

Ready to put these ideas into practice? Head back to the Quick Start guide to begin generating, or dive into the Full Tour to master every feature and setting.

The only limit is your creativity! 🎨✨