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AI relighting for product catalogs

Relighting API

The Photoroom relighting API fixes badly lit product photos automatically, so dark uploads and washed-out shots come back relit. Relight every seller upload, or batch relight your whole catalog.
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Handbag photographed under a yellow room lamp, next to the same bag relit with even studio light
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One call fixes dim, uneven seller photos for fashion, resale, home, food delivery and beauty catalogs.
Seller photo of a denim shirt on a hanger, flat grey light, before relighting
The same denim shirt relit by the Photoroom API: brighter, crisper fabric
Seller photo of a camel wool coat on a bedroom door under a dim ceiling light, before relighting
The same coat relit by the Photoroom API: bright, even light
Seller photo of a sage green ceramic table lamp in a dim living room, before relighting
The same sage green ceramic table lamp relit by the Photoroom API with bright, even light
Washed-out photo of a pepperoni and olive pizza, before relighting
The same pizza relit by the Photoroom API: richer, more even colour
Seller photo of a frosted serum bottle on a dim bathroom shelf, before relighting
The same frosted serum bottle relit by the Photoroom API with bright, even light

Relighting plus 20+ edits in one API

Relight your product photos, then remove the background, add a shadow and resize in the same call, with the same key.

Photoroom MCP

Connect the Photoroom MCP to the LLM where you work an automate your product listing visuals.

Background Removal

The AI background removal API detects complex edges, handles transparency, and delivers clean cutouts at scale - ideal for product catalogs and marketplace listings.

Virtual Model

Place apparel and accessories on AI-generated models that match your brand aesthetic. On-model imagery via the Virtual Model API: no casting, no studio, no production timelines.

Flat Lay

Generate consistent, editorial-quality flat lay product photography at enterprise scale. Maintain visual identity across thousands of SKUs through the Flat Lay API.

Ghost Mannequin

Produce ghost mannequin apparel shots with perfect shape retention through an AI-powered Ghost Mannequin API endpoint. Scale invisible mannequin photography without a studio.

Product Staging

Place your product into realistic lifestyle scenes - held, worn, or displayed - with the natural lighting and composition of a high-end photoshoot.

Edit With AI

Describe any change in plain language and our AI makes it - swap colors, remove or add objects, restage the scene, or shift the camera angle.

Product Beautifier

Enhance low-quality product and food images automatically with the Beautifier API. No retouchers, no studios. Our AI restores detail, corrects color, and improves overall quality at scale.

Add Shadows

Add realistic shadows to the main subject of your image, with complete control over the softness, intensity and position of the shadow.

Generate Backgrounds

Dynamically create new backgrounds with our first-class generative AI, perfectly matching the subject of the original picture.

Relighting

Fix badly lit photos automatically. Our AI rebalances over- and under-exposed images, with modes that keep product colors accurate or optimize for portraits.

Text Removal

Remove watermarks, labels, and real-world signage from your images automatically - choose what goes and what stays.

Expand

Resize any image to any format without cropping. Our AI generates the extra background to match the original, filling every empty pixel seamlessly.

Uncrop

Recover subjects clipped by the frame. Our AI reconstructs the missing parts from the visible portion, automatically.

Ironing

Make every garment look freshly pressed. Our AI smooths creases and wrinkles out of clothing photos automatically - no steamer, no reshoot.

Create Any Image

Generate images from a text description alone - no source photo needed. Describe the scene, pick a format, and get original content back.

Uncertainty Score

Know when a cutout needs a second look. Every response returns a confidence score from 0 to 1, so you can auto-flag ambiguous images for review at scale.

Perspective Correction

Straighten angled shots of flat, rectangular products - cards, books, games - into clean, straight-on views. No generative AI, so hallucinations are impossible by design.

Positioning

Control exactly where the subject sits in the result - scaling, alignment, padding, and margins - so every image in a catalog comes out consistently framed.

Smart Cropping

Reframe images around the subject automatically - prompt it to focus on a specific element, or crop faces out for marketplace compliance.

Upscale

Turn small, low-res images into sharp ones at 4× the size - with a fast mode for volume and a slow mode for maximum quality.

Blue teapot before and after relighting: a dim, yellow-cast kitchen photo becomes an evenly lit studio shot

What does the relighting API fix?

Photoroom's relighting API fixes dark seller uploads and washed-out studio shots. It rebalances over- and under-exposed product photos automatically, with no reshoot and no retouching queue.

Three leather boots shot in a dim back room, each returned relit and cut out on white in one batch

How do you batch relight a catalog or seller uploads?

Send each photo to the Photoroom API as it's uploaded, or your whole catalog in parallel, and get it back relit, with the background removed and a shadow added in the same call.

Green sweater split in two: dim on the left, relit on the right, with the same green on both sides

Will relighting change my product colors?

Use the color-preserving mode of Photoroom's relighting API when color matters. That mode fixes the light while hues and saturation match the original, for clothing, cosmetics and food.

What catalog teams got from Photoroom

4x

faster market rollouts

89%

lower image processing costs

56%

higher conversion on listings

236%

increase in average order value

Exclusive to Enterprise plans

Relight every seller upload, checked for fidelity

Relight seller uploads inside your own listing flow, with Visual QA scoring every output for fidelity and catching the misses before they reach your customers.
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Custom models, dedicated capacity, custom endpoints, and SLA-backed uptime. SOC 2 Type 2.
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Three images of a woman in a yellow blazer, each with a completion score: 83%, 92%, and 100% labeled as "Best fidelity."
Visual QA
Even the best AI models get it wrong, so Visual QA scores every output for fidelity, catches the misses, and corrects the details before they reach your customers.
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Enterprise Guarantee
Pay only for the outputs that pass. Set your product-fidelity criteria upfront. Every output is checked against your brief by our proprietary fidelity model. Anything that misses is credited back or regenerated for you.
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Four fashion items with play icons: a brown handbag, sage green mule, person in a gray shirt and cardigan, and white sneakers with orange accents.
Image to Video API
The Image to Video API turns static product photography into short-form video automatically. Submit a product image and receive a polished video with natural camera motion, animation, or configured effects.
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Poke bowl for a delivery menu shot in a dim restaurant, next to the same bowl relit in even studio light

Frequently asked questions

What is the relighting API?

Photoroom's relighting API fixes over- and under-exposed product photos automatically. You send a photo to the Photoroom API and get it back relit. With the color-preserving mode, hues and saturation match the original.

How much does the relighting API cost?

Relighting is included in the Plus API plan, at $100 a month ($0.10 an image), and in Enterprise plans with custom pricing: talk to sales. A call costs the same whatever edits it combines, so relighting, background removal and a shadow in one call count as one image. Details are on the pricing page.

How do I call the relighting API?

Get your API key, then send your image with lighting.mode set. This example relights a photo and keeps its background:

curl --request POST \
  --url https://image-api.photoroom.com/v2/edit \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --form imageFile=@/path/to/your/image.jpg \
  --form referenceBox=originalImage \
  --form maxWidth=2000 \
  --form maxHeight=2000 \
  --form removeBackground=false \
  --form lighting.mode=ai.auto \
  --output with-re-lighting.png

Use ai.preserve-hue-and-saturation so colors match the original, or ai.optimize-portrait for photos of people. Every parameter is in the relighting docs.

Which formats and sizes are supported?

Send PNG, JPEG, WEBP or AVIF files up to 30 MB and up to 3,500 x 3,500 px. You get the same formats back. Full details are in the relighting docs.

Can I relight and remove the background in one call?

Yes. Photoroom's relighting API combines with background removal, shadows and resizing in one call, at the price of one image.

How do I batch relight a whole catalog with the Photoroom API?

Photoroom's relighting API handles batches by running calls in parallel, one image per call, up to 60 images a minute by default. For higher limits on high-volume catalogs, talk to sales.

Does relighting change the product?

Photoroom's relighting API corrects the lighting of the photo. When color accuracy matters, use the color-preserving mode, so hues and saturation match the original.

Can I use Photoroom from Claude?

Yes. With the Photoroom MCP server, Claude can relight a product photo when you ask it to, along with other Photoroom edits. See Photoroom MCP to set it up. To relight a whole catalog, use the API.

Is the relighting API secure?

For every Photoroom API customer, Photoroom is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant, images sent through the API aren't used to train AI models, and API operational logs are deleted after 15 days.

What should I do if I need help with the API?

Having trouble with the API? Join our API community to get help from our engineers, or check the troubleshooting page for common issues.

For anything billing-related or with sensitive information, please DM Photoroom directly in the community. We're always happy to help.

Enterprise teams can also contact sales.

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