Generating your first on-model image

This guide walks through your very first generation end-to-end. Plan for about 5 minutes of clicks and 90 seconds of wait time per image.

Before you start

You'll need:

• A flat-lay photo of one garment — front-facing, good light, clean background. A phone snap on a desk is fine, but the better the source photo, the better the output.
• A Modelon account with credits. Free sign-up gives you 5 credits, enough for 5 standard-resolution images.

Step 1 — Upload your garment

From the navbar click Create. The first step is Select Products, with separate sections for Top, Bottom, Footwear, and an optional Outerwear layer (jacket, coat, blazer — rendered over the top garment).

You don't have to fill them all. For your first run, just upload one — say a top — and skip the rest. The output will be a model wearing that one garment with their own pants/shoes.

Drag-and-drop the photo into the Front dropzone, or click to browse. The Back slot is optional but gives sharper back-facing poses if you upload it. After upload, the image is also saved to your Library automatically, so you can re-use it next time without re-uploading.

Optional: tell the AI how to wear it

Under each uploaded Top or Bottom, you'll see a small Fit (optional) dropdown. Use it to lock a specific fit interpretation into the generation:

• Top — Oversized, Slim, Tucked, Half-tucked (French tuck), Untucked, Worn open, Fully buttoned, Fully unbuttoned
• Bottom — Skinny, Slim straight, Wide/baggy, Cropped above ankle, Cuffed
• Outerwear — Oversized, Slim fit, plus how it's worn: Open, Fully closed, or Half open

Leave it on Default fit for a natural interpretation. Pick a value when the garment's intended fit isn't obvious from the flat-lay (e.g. you want a shirt tucked but the flat-lay shows it loose).

Step 2 — Pick a model

Click Next. You'll see a grid of 20 stock models (10 women, 10 men) filterable by gender. Pick one to start — adding more multiplies the credit cost.

Step 3 — Pick poses

Each model has its own set of poses — both full-body and half-body crops are available. Pick 1–4 poses per model. Each pose = one output image = one credit.

A typical product-page set is 2–3 full-body shots plus 1 half-body to show top-half detail. The engine uses a two-step pipeline that locks the outfit on a base frame and then re-poses, so the garment stays visually consistent across every shot in the batch.

Step 4 — Pick a background

Studio whites, styled rooms, outdoor scenes, custom solid colors, or upload your own. Studio White is the safe default for catalog pages.

Step 5 — Output settings + Generate

Choose:

• Aspect ratio — 3:4 for catalog use, 1:1 for social
• Image size — four options: Small, Medium, Large, and Extra Large (up to 4K). Medium is the default and is fine for most listings. Pick Extra Large only if you'll print or zoom — it costs 2× credits per image; the other three sizes cost the same single credit.

Images download as high-quality JPGs. Click Generate. You'll be taken to the Projects tab and see your new project in Processing status. The engine takes about 60–90 seconds per image; the project flips to Completed automatically when ready and you'll get an email if you've kept that toggle on in Settings.

What happens next

Open the project from the Projects tab to see the full-resolution outputs. Hover any image and click Download.

If you signed up free, the images carry a Modelon watermark — visible in-app and baked into the downloaded files. Subscribing strips the watermark from past and future images automatically, no re-processing needed.

Common first-run questions

• Why doesn't the output look exactly like the pose I picked? The engine uses the pose as a reference for camera angle and limb position, but the AI has some interpretation. We're tracking pose-conformance improvements here.
• Can I edit a result? Not in-app yet — you can re-generate with different settings.
• Where did my uploaded garment go? It's in Library → Items, named Untitled Top (or Bottom / Footwear). Rename anytime.

That's it. Once you've shot a handful of garments, the Library + Outfits workflow is where the real speed comes from.