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Batch Edit

Written by Erika

Riverflow Batch lets you apply the same edit action to many images at once.

Use Batch when the task is repeatable: changing formats, translating ads, swapping products, updating artwork, recolouring elements, or cleaning up product images across a set of assets.

If you only need to make a careful change to one image, use Edit Images instead.

When To Use Batch

Batch is useful when you want to:

  • change many images to a new aspect ratio

  • translate a set of image ads into another language

  • swap a new product into the same approved scene across many SKUs

  • update new artwork onto an existing pack at scale

  • clean up product shots for PDPs, marketplaces, or retailer submissions

  • recolour a repeated element across a campaign set

  • apply the same prompt-led edit to many images

Batch works best when the instruction is clear and repeatable. If the inputs are very different, split them into smaller batches so each batch has a more consistent task.

Choose A Batch Action

When you create a Batch job, Riverflow asks you to choose an action. The action controls what Riverflow will do to every selected input.

Change Background Color

Use this when you want to change the background to a specific colour using generative editing.

This is useful when the current background is not a clean flat colour, or when you need the result to still feel natural after the colour change. Riverflow can adapt the surrounding image so the new background works with the product, shadows, and scene.

Use this for:

  • changing a campaign background colour

  • making a background feel closer to a brand colour

  • updating a styled image where a simple flat colour replacement would look wrong

If the background is already simple and you only need a solid colour, use Set Background Color (FREE) instead.

Set Background Color (FREE)

Use this when you want to replace the background with a solid HEX colour.

This is best for simple product images where the background is already clean or close to the target colour. It is useful for quick PDP, ecommerce, or marketplace formatting jobs.

Use this for:

  • setting a clean white, black, grey, or brand-colour background

  • standardising simple product images

  • creating fast solid-background variants without a generative edit

This action is not designed for complex scene changes. If the original background is detailed, uneven, or needs to stay realistic, use Change Background Color.

Translate Ad To New Language

Use this when you want to translate visible copy in an image ad while keeping the creative as intact as possible.

This is useful for localising approved ad creative across markets. Riverflow aims to preserve the layout, product, imagery, and design while translating the text.

After generation, review:

  • translated meaning

  • line breaks

  • brand terms

  • product claims

  • legal or market-specific wording

  • whether the translated copy still fits the design

Set Camera Angle

Use this when you want Riverflow to create outputs from a specific camera angle.

This is useful when you need a consistent set of views, such as front, side, top-down, close-up, or three-quarter angle images. It can help create more controlled variants from a strong source image.

Use this for:

  • creating product-gallery style views

  • changing the viewpoint of a scene image

  • producing a more consistent angle across a set of assets

Review product shape, label detail, and perspective carefully, especially for packaging.

Freestyle Prompt

Use this when you want to apply the same written instruction across many images.

This is the most flexible Batch action. It is useful when the change is clear enough to describe in a prompt and repeat across every selected input.

Use this for:

  • adding or removing a prop

  • changing the setting

  • making a repeated creative adjustment

  • applying a campaign direction across many images

  • creating a custom edit that does not fit another action

Keep the prompt specific. Tell Riverflow what to change, what to preserve, and what the final image should look like.

Example:

Add fresh mango slices beside the product. Preserve the product, label, camera angle, lighting, and background colour. Keep the result realistic and commercial.

Recolor Element

Use this when you want to change the colour of a specific element while keeping the image realistic.

This is useful when colour is the main variable. You can supply a HEX colour reference so Riverflow knows the exact colour direction.

Use this for:

  • changing a prop colour

  • creating SKU or flavour colour variants

  • matching an element to a brand colour

  • changing part of the image without changing the whole background

Review that only the intended element changed. Check that product labels, logos, skin tones, shadows, and materials have not shifted by accident.

Swap Product Into Scene

Use this when you want to replace the product in an existing scene with a different product.

This is useful when you already like the composition and want to reuse it across multiple SKUs. Riverflow keeps the useful structure of the scene and adapts the product into it, including lighting, colour tone, and scale where possible.

Use this for:

  • scaling an approved scene across many products

  • swapping flavour variants into the same creative direction

  • creating consistent SKU sets from one strong image

  • adapting a scene to different products without starting from a new Photoshoot

If you want to create new images inspired by a scene rather than swap into an existing asset, use Create Photoshoots.

Change Aspect Ratio

Use this when you want to turn existing images into new formats, such as 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, or landscape.

Riverflow analyses the input image and works out how to extend, crop, or reframe it in a tasteful way. You can also add more specific direction if you know what should stay centred or what the new space should contain.

Use this for:

  • creating paid social formats from one source image

  • adapting PDP images into ad formats

  • producing portrait, square, and landscape versions of a campaign image

  • resizing many approved assets at once

Review that the product stays fully visible and important text or logos are not cropped.

Clean Up Product Shot

Use this when you want a clean product image with a plain white background.

This action is designed for product shots that need to look simple, centred, and ready for ecommerce use. It removes extra visual noise and aims to keep the product centre-framed.

Use this for:

  • PDP product shots

  • marketplace submissions

  • retailer image requirements

  • cleaning uploaded product images before using them elsewhere in Riverflow

Review the product edge, label, colour, and proportions before using the result.

Correct Product Details

Use this when the product details need to be fixed or updated.

This is useful when labels, logos, pack text, artwork, shape, colour, or fine packaging details need to match a source reference more closely. It can also be used to apply new artwork onto an existing pack at scale.

Use this for:

  • fixing inaccurate label details

  • applying updated artwork to an existing pack

  • improving pack fidelity after generation

  • making SKU-specific packaging details more accurate

Provide the clearest source-of-truth reference you have. Review the result carefully for label text, artwork placement, logo shape, pack structure, and any unwanted redesign.

Change Shadows And Lighting

Use this when the image is broadly right but the shadows or lighting need to change.

This is useful for making a product feel more naturally placed in a scene, matching a campaign lighting direction, or correcting an image that feels too flat, harsh, or inconsistent.

Use this for:

  • changing the lighting mood

  • improving product integration in a scene

  • making shadows feel more realistic

  • matching a set of images to a similar lighting direction

Review that the product colour, material, and label details remain accurate after the lighting change.

Before You Start

Before creating a Batch job, make sure you have:

  • access to Batch for the selected brand

  • the input images you want to process

  • any required references, such as product images, artwork files, or colour values

  • enough team credits for the job

  • a clear description of the output you want

Start A Batch Job

  1. Select the correct brand.

  2. Open Batch from the app navigation.

  3. Create a new Batch job.

  4. Choose the action you want to run.

  5. Select the input images.

  6. Add any required references, prompts, colours, languages, ratios, or action settings.

  7. Set the output plan.

  8. Review the credit estimate.

  9. Start the job.

Each selected input becomes a batch item. Depending on the action, each item can produce one or more outputs.

Choose Inputs

You can run Batch on images from places such as:

  • folders

  • Photoshoots

  • Images

  • previous Batch outputs

  • products

  • uploaded assets

Choose inputs that are consistent enough for the same action. For example, if you are changing background colour, group images with similar backgrounds together. If you are applying new artwork, group images that use the same pack format together.

Add References Or Settings

Some actions need extra information before they can run.

Examples:

  • Change Background Color needs the target colour.

  • Set Background Color (FREE) needs the target HEX colour.

  • Translate Ad To New Language needs the target language.

  • Recolor Element needs the element to change and the target colour.

  • Swap Product Into Scene needs the product to swap in.

  • Correct Product Details needs the product, artwork, label, or packaging reference to follow.

  • Change Aspect Ratio needs the target format.

  • Freestyle Prompt needs the prompt that should be applied across the batch.

Use the clearest references you have. If a reference has a specific job, say so in the prompt or action setup.

Example:

Use the supplied artwork file as the source of truth for the front label only. Preserve the pack shape, material, angle, lighting, and shadows from each input image.

Set The Output Plan

The output plan controls how many outputs Riverflow creates for each input.

For example:

  • 10 input images x 1 output variant = 10 outputs

  • 10 input images x 3 output variants = 30 outputs

Use clear output labels where available, such as 9:16 crop, Spanish translation, Blue background, or New artwork.

Confirm Credits And Start

Before the job starts, Riverflow shows the selected action, number of items, expected outputs, credit estimate, maximum credit usage, and available credits.

Review this before starting the job. If the job needs more credits than your team has available, Riverflow will block the run so you do not start a job that cannot complete.

You can leave the page while the job runs. Riverflow will email you when results are ready for review.

Review Outputs

Open Batch to see previous and in-progress jobs. A job can show whether it is queued, running, ready for review, completed, failed, or cancelled.

In the review screen, use the tabs to filter outputs, such as:

  • To Review

  • Generating

  • Flagged

  • Approved

  • Rejected

  • All

Open an output to compare it with the source image. Check the generated result, source inputs, AI recommendation, score, status, and any available judgement summary.

Approve, Reject, Or Retry

For each completed output, choose:

  • Approve if the result is ready to use

  • Reject if the result should not be used

  • Retry after rejecting, if you want Riverflow to generate another attempt for that output

You can also use Approve all to approve all currently visible reviewable outputs. This follows the active filter, so check which tab you are viewing before confirming.

Export Outputs

After approving or rejecting outputs, use Export in the Batch review screen.

You can export:

  • all reviewed outputs

  • approved outputs only

  • rejected outputs only

Use approved exports for final creative handoff. Use rejected exports when you want to review problems, share feedback, or keep a record of outputs that should not be used.

Tips

  • Start with a small test batch when using a new action.

  • Use clear, high-quality inputs.

  • Group similar inputs together.

  • Add references that show product, artwork, colour, or visual detail clearly.

  • Use specific prompts and settings.

  • Review a sample before approving a large set.

Troubleshooting

I Cannot Start The Job

Check that you selected at least one input, completed all required settings, and have enough credits.

The Job Is Still Running

Large batches can take longer because every input and output variant needs to process. You can leave the page and return from Batch later.

Some Outputs Failed

Open the job and review the failed items. You may need to retry, reduce the batch size, improve the references, or adjust the action settings before running again.

Approve All Is Disabled

There may be no reviewable outputs in the current filter, or outputs may still be generating. Switch to To Review or All, then refresh.

Export Is Disabled

Export becomes available after outputs have review decisions. Approve or reject the outputs you want to include, then try again.

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