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Photo studio — getting started

The plate looks great, but the kitchen lights are yellow and the napkin is wrinkled. The studio takes that exact photo and gives it back polished.

The rule

It restyles, never invents. What’s in your photo is what’s in the result — only the lighting, surface and atmosphere change. No parsley appears that wasn’t there, and a coupe stays a coupe. That’s deliberate: the menu photo has to match what the guest actually receives.

How it works

  1. Your photo — tap the box or drag a file in. JPG, PNG and HEIC all work. Then pick Food, Drinks or General.
  2. Look — tap a card in the panel on the right. Yours come first, with a Yours badge; tap the star to keep one at the front.
  3. Shape, then Size — 1K for the menu and social (the difference is invisible on a phone), 2K for your website, 4K for print. The cost sits next to each size, and square never offers 4K.
  4. Make the picture. Ten to thirty seconds later a result opens with a Show original / Show enhanced toggle, and a download button.

Everything you make is saved to your Gallery automatically.

Some styles to start from

  • Studio Plate — bright top-down, neutral plate. The safe default.
  • Warm Trattoria — candlelight, wood, amber. For hearty dishes.
  • Overhead Flatlay — bird’s-eye on white marble. For sharing plates.
  • Cocktail Bar Mood — low light, condensation, soft rim light.
  • Wine on Linen — soft daylight on a white cloth.

When not to use it

  • You don’t have the dish in front of you. It restyles; it can’t conjure.
  • The original is unusable — out of focus, a hand in frame, half-eaten. Fix the source first.
  • You need a campaign hero. For paid print or billboards, book a photographer. This is for menu refresh and social.

Good to know

  • Shoot in decent light. It fixes yellow kitchen light and harsh shadows, but inherits blur and thumbs. Phone defaults are fine; ring lights are overkill.
  • The button stays off until you have chosen a photo, and it tells you why.
  • On a phone, go straight to /photo-studio for the same tool without the sidebar.
  • Anyone whose role includes Generate AI photos can use it — not just owners.