How do I make my first shot?
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Upload a product photo, then say what you want in one line. GESTEL shows you a shoot plan first and only shoots once you have seen it — usually 1–2 minutes to the first shot. You do not need to write a good prompt: “clean white background” is a complete instruction, and anything missing GESTEL asks about. If you have no product photo yet, there are sample products you can shoot instead.
1. Upload a product photo
Drag it onto the box in the middle of the home page, or use the clip button. Paste (⌘V) works too.
- One project takes up to 6 product photos. One is enough; several angles are more accurate.
- Up to 12 MB per photo.
- You can start with no photo at all. The canvas opens with ten sample products. Shoot one and you will see exactly how this works.
Which photos should I upload? covers what makes a good one.
2. Say what you want
Plain language in the input box. This much is enough:
- “Five shots for a product page”
- “Styled, summery”
- “White cutout for a marketplace thumbnail”
If you would rather not decide, pick one of the suggested sets on the first screen.
When something genuinely changes the shoot — whether you want a model, which marketplace this is for — GESTEL asks rather than guessing. If you would rather not answer, “just decide for me” is one of the options, and it will.
3. Confirm the plan
Before anything is shot you get how many shots, in which scenes. This step matters: changing your mind here is free, and changing it after the shoot costs credits again.
If the plan is wrong, say so. “Drop the third one, make it held-in-hand instead” is enough.
4. Collect the shots
Cards appear on the canvas and fill in as each shot finishes.
- Credits are deducted when a job starts, not when it finishes. Anything that fails comes back automatically.
- Download from the card's menu, or select several and take them at once.
- To change a shot, select it and say what to change — “just brighter” is enough. The selected shot appears as a chip on the input box, so you can see what you are editing.
Next time
If you will shoot this product again, save it as a product. It stays on your account, ready to pull into any project, and it remembers the label text and the size along with the photos.