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Generate on-model photos for print-on-demand products

Start from photos of an actual printed garment and run Product page set through MCP. Review print details before your own tools prepare Etsy or Shopify listing images.

Model wearing a cobalt hoodie, full-body front on the Pure White studio, generated with nano-banana-pro through the Product page set template
Front hero from the Product page set template: cobalt hoodie on the Pure White studio, generated with nano-banana-pro through the Uwear MCP.

Who this is for

For merch sellers and platforms that produce customized items after an order. Blank, design, color and size combinations create listing variants; fulfillment scale is not photo volume.[1][2][3]

Who this is for
OperatorPublished context and limits
PrintfulDescribes producing and shipping customized goods on demand. Its broad catalog includes non-apparel products.[1]
PrintifyAdvertises more than 1,300 products and a print-provider model. This is not the number of designs in one merchant’s store.[2]
GelatoIts help center describes delivery to over 200 countries and territories, with local production in 32 countries through more than 140 partners.[3]

How teams produce photos today

  1. Make digital mockups from artwork

    Printify’s Product Creator takes artwork, placement, colors and sizes and previews digital mockups. This is not a physical sample shoot for each design.[4]

  2. Distinguish samples from generated mockups

    Printify documents Premium AI mockups for supported products. For the proposed Uwear workflow, supply photos of the actual printed sample; artwork alone is not an established input.[5][12]

Where the images must land

Where the images must land
SpecificationRequirement or guidance
Etsy listing imagesRecommend at least 2000 px on both sides; the first image should reach 635 px on each side to avoid search disadvantages. Use sRGB; transparent PNG areas can appear black.[6]
Shopify product mediaSquare 2048 × 2048 px is recommended, with no more than 25 MP and files under 20 MB. These are storefront limits, not print DPI.[7]
Manufacturing artworkKeep print files and product-specific placement/resolution requirements in the provider’s creator. The Uwear job produces sales imagery from product photos, not print-ready files.[4]

Assistant workflow

How do you run this from your assistant?

Proposed workflow: your assistant runs Uwear MCP; your own systems handle asset matching, destination checks and publishing.[12][6][7]

  1. Supply actual printed-sample photos

    Group views by design and garment color. Ask the assistant to flag missing references; do not substitute a blank and a flat artwork file for a photographed finished sample.[12]

  2. Approve the Product page set brief

    Load Product page set on Pure White with the AI reviewer on. Review the chosen avatar, saved art direction and cost in credits before generation. The template makes front, upper-body and back photos plus a 360 video per garment.[12]

  3. Review prints and prepare listing exports

    Compare lettering, placement and garment details with source photos. Your tools map result URLs to variants and check Etsy or Shopify requirements. Keep manufacturing files outside the job.[6][7][12]

Model wearing the same cobalt hoodie, full-body back camera edit on the Pure White studio, generated with nano-banana-pro through the Product page set template
Back view from the same Product page set run: a camera edit of the front hero, so the model, light, and studio carry over. Generated with nano-banana-pro through the Uwear MCP.

Run it from your assistant

Run this photoshoot from your AI assistant with a Uwear template.

Connect the Uwear MCP server to ChatGPT, Claude, or Codex and ask for the Product page set template. It is a batch workflow that runs once per garment: front, upper-body, and back product-page shots on a white studio background, plus a 360-degree video, from one garment photo. Any Uwear account can load it by name, and the assistant shows a costed brief in credits before generation starts.

Proposed prompt: adapt the supplied identifiers and destination checks to your own systems. A delivery manifest is a workflow request, not a native publishing connector.

Copy this prompt into your assistant

Use the Uwear MCP to propose Product page set from these actual printed-sample photos, grouped by design and garment color. Use a consistent avatar and art direction. Show the costed brief and wait for approval. Use automatic QA with retries to compare the print position, lettering and garment details with the source. Return URLs and a variant manifest for our Etsy and Shopify listings, flagging missing views or outputs needing review. Quote Instagram drop separately for the launch campaign. Keep manufacturing print files outside this image-generation job. Use the Pure White studio setup with nano-banana-pro and turn the AI reviewer on. Keep any delivery manifest in our own workflow; do not publish yet.

What one run does, per garment

  1. Generate the front hero

    One full-body front photo of the garment on the template model, in the Basic white photoshoot art direction on the Pure White studio location.

  2. Edit to the upper-body crop

    A camera edit that reframes the front result to an upper-body front frame instead of generating a new image, so the crop comes from the same session as the hero.

  3. Edit to the back view

    A second camera edit of the front result to a full-body back frame, so the product page gets the back of the garment from the same session.

  4. Render the 360 turn

    A 5-second Kling 3 Pro video from the front photo: the model turns a slow, full 360 degrees in place, garment readable throughout.

Outputs per garment

  • Full-body front photo, 2K, 2:3
  • Upper-body front photo, 2K, 2:3
  • Full-body back photo, 2K, 2:3
  • 5-second 360-degree video

The setup the template pins

Template kind
Batch workflow: runs once per garment row
System key
demo_full_pdp_test_white_studio
Art direction
Basic white photoshoot (system art direction)
Location
Pure White (system studio location)
Model
The Uwear system model by default; the assistant can swap in one of your saved models when it proposes the brief
Image model
nano-banana-pro, 2K, 2:3
Video model
Kling 3 Pro, 5 seconds
QA
Optional. With the AI reviewer on, each result is checked against the source product photo and flagged results are retried
Approval
The assistant shows a costed brief in credits before anything generates

Pure automation

Run it without an assistant

  1. Run asynchronous generation

    Use REST jobs with polling or webhook callbacks. Production Automation can instead start from garment-processed, tag-added or outfit-created events, with published versions, idempotent runs and upfront credit reservation.[12]

  2. Send results to your listing workflow

    Your service connects generated URLs to design/color records and formats storefront images. A native POD publishing connector and generation from artwork alone are not established.[12]

Tools that target this operator

Documented features from the linked sources. These are not independent quality tests.

  • Printify AI mockups

    Runs inside the POD product workflow for supported items. A fit for merchants who want existing variant context; check the supported product list and daily attempt allowance.[5]

  • Claid

    Targets POD image enhancement and print-layout preparation through an API. A fit for photo-product resolution work; that page does not establish garment-print accuracy.[10]

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Connect Uwear MCP to a supported assistant, supply actual garment photos, and request a costed Product page set proposal. Approve the brief before generation. Uwear returns result URLs; delivery to your catalog needs your own tools and permissions.[12]

Start from actual printed-sample photos. When on, the AI reviewer compares lettering, placement and garment details with those sources and retries flagged results. Check the final image; no print-fidelity result is promised.[12]

That input path is not established for this Uwear workflow. Supply actual printed-garment photos. Keep digital mockups, print placement, manufacturing artwork and production files in your POD provider’s tools.[4][12]

Uwear uses credits at $0.10 per credit; see /models for model rates. The assistant shows a costed brief before generation. QA is automatic and toggleable: when on, an AI reviewer compares results with source photos and retries flagged results.[12]

Yes. Studio is the manual path: select the garment photos and generation setup, then download the results. Your team checks destination rules and uploads the files with its own catalog tools.[12]

Next step

Connect your catalog to Uwear.

Start with an assistant-led test, then build the API delivery your catalog needs.