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Getting started with Image Studio

Image Studio (Labs preview) makes it quick and easy to edit images so they perfectly match your content needs. Image Studio is designed to be simple to use, either as a stand-alone application or as part of your content production workflow.

With Image Studio, you can:

Accessing Image Studio

Image Studio must be enabled on your account before you can access it. See Getting Image Studio.

Launching Image Studio
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Image Studio can be used in the following ways:

  • Stand-alone, by launching from the Amplience application landing page (option 1 below)
  • As part of your content production workflow via Dynamic Content (option 2 below)

Image Studio launch options

Launching Image Studio stand-alone via the Amplience application landing page (Option 1 above), opens the studio Welcome page, allowing you to edit images without being tied to any specific content.

If you use Image Studio to edit images in your authoring process, you can launch the studio directly from Dynamic Content (Option 2 above). See Editing images in your workflow.

Opening images
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To help you keep track of the original image that you opened for editing, a thumbnail of it is displayed in the top left corner of the studio window.

When you are using Image Studio to edit images stand-alone from any content, the "Home" button is displayed for you to choose images from your file system.

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Choose a different image

Opening images as part of your workflow

When you use Image Studio for editing images as part of your authoring workflow, you can only edit image with which the studio was launched, so the "Home" button isn't displayed.

Image Studio has supported file types and sizes.

Downloading and saving
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You can save copies of your images at any time by downloading them from Image Studio. Download file names have the format image-studio-export() with an incremental number appended.

Downloaded file names

Saving edited images as part of your workflow

If you're editing images as part of your workflow, Image Studio lets you save your updates as new images automatically back to your content. See saving images as part of your workflow.

Editing images in your Dynamic Content workflow
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Using Image Studio as part of your workflow allows you to quickly edit images directly from your authoring experience.

To open an image for editing, directly from the Dynamic Content, hover the cursor over the image and click "Edit in Image Studio". To replace the image with a completely different image to the one shown in Image Studio, choose a different image in Dynamic Content.

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The "Edit in Image Studio" icon displays when Image Studio is enabled on your account.

Image Studio opens in a new browser tab, with the image loaded and ready to edit. Here, we're going to replace the background.

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The new background gives our image more of a Summer feel, and we've applied a light blur effect to blend the foreground and background for a more natural look.

Replaced background in Image Studio

With just a few clicks and no special graphics skills, we now have an image that's more suitable for our Summer sale content.

Saving edited images
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When you're editing images as part of your workflow, Image Studio provides a "Save Image" button (top right of the window) for saving the new copy of your image straight back into the content it was opened from.

Saving as part of your workflow

Image Studio will save your edits in a new file. The existing file name (with an appended number) will be used unless you enter a new name.

Once you've clicked "Save", when you navigate back to your content in Dynamic Content, the new image is automatically loaded into your content.

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Does Image Studio overwrite images?

Image Studio always saves your edits to a new file, your original file remains unchanged.

Foreground and background layers
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When you use Image Studio to change an image background, for example, replacing a background, the image then has two layers - a foreground and a background. Once these layers exist, you can adjust the foreground size and position independently from the background.

Image Studio credits
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Each time you perform an action that requires credits, they will be deducted from your Amplience credits balance.

The number of credits required for each action in Image Studio will be shown before you continue. When you generate backgrounds the credit usage will vary based on how many variants you decide to create and the model you select. See Generating backgrounds.

A credits balance icon is displayed in the top right corner of the studio window. Hovering over it shows your exact balance.

View your credits balance by hovering over the icon at the top of the Image Studio window

Help and feedback
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You can get in app help about how to use Image Studio, and send us your feedback by clicking the Help icon (bottom left of the window).

Getting help and sending feedback

You can also use the "..." menu (top right of the window) to send us feedback and access documentation.

Labs preview release
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Labs preview

Image Studio is classified as an Amplience labs preview for you to evaluate and provide feedback. It's provided as is and is unsupported. Each time you use it to edit images you'll use Amplience credits.

Editing images within your Dynamic Content authoring workflow

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