Templates

Creators UGC photo sets (Styled Photoset)

Styled Photoset uses a real creator photo as the base — your garment is overlaid onto a marketplace creator's curated frame. The output looks like real UGC because the human and environment are real; only the garment is generated. Two or more files required (first = creator frame, rest = garment).

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Styled Photoset is the Creators UGC template. Instead of a preset AI model, the base image is a real frame from a marketplace creator photo set — so the model, environment, and lighting are real, and only the garment is generated. The output reads as authentic UGC because most of it is real. URL: /app/Creative/styled-photoset.

Steps

  1. Browse creators on ExploreGo to /explore (or /app/explore) and pick a creator photo set whose model and aesthetic match your drop.open in Apiway
  2. Open the set and pick a framePick a frame from the set; you are taken into Styled Photoset with the listing preselected.
  3. Upload your garmentDrag in one or more garment photos (≥1 garment after the creator frame; up to 10 files total).
  4. GenerateApiway overlays your garment onto the creator's frame. The buyer cost includes a small marketplace surcharge that pays the photographer and any co-authors.

Inputs and limits

  • Total files: ≥ 2 (first = creator frame from a marketplace listing, rest = garment photos). Max 10.
  • Per file: ≤ 60 MB. Total request: ≤ 200 MB.
  • Frame index: Explore preselects a frame when you click into a listing — passed via session storage.

Cost: standard + marketplace surcharge

Standard generation cost plus a marketplace surcharge that pays the creator (and any co-authors). Buyer price = creator pool credits + 20% platform markup (default). See Pricing and buyer price.

Why this template

Pure-AI fashion models often look slightly “plastic” — empty eyes, off micro-expressions. Real creator frames carry the human signal that AI cannot fake. Apiway calls this the Hollywood VFX approach: real human anchors plus AI garment overlay. Output reads as authentic enough for UGC-style ads on TikTok, Meta, and Pinterest.

Every marketplace listing is published with model release on file and the model named as a co-author with revenue share. You operate under a clear, paid, per-generation commercial license. See Marketplace licensing trail.

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