Practical specs to hit compliance and boost conversion
Actionable standards for product photos: backgrounds, sizing, lighting, color, file formats, and marketplace compliance to build consistent, high‑converting image sets.
Overview
Product photography standards turn scattered images into a consistent, high‑performing catalog. This guide distills channel‑agnostic specs with notes where marketplace rules differ, so your team can shoot once and deliver everywhere.
Use the specs below to define backgrounds, lighting, framing, file settings, and QA. Apply the checklists to reduce reshoots, pass marketplace moderation on the first try, and improve conversion through clear, accurate visuals.
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Use clean, neutral backgrounds; main images often require pure white. Center the product, fill 85–95% of frame, avoid borders, watermarks, text, or stickers. Lock consistent crop margins across SKUs.
Maintain a master at 3000–4000 px on the long edge; export per channel. Use sRGB JPEG (quality 80–90). Amazon zoom requires 1600 px+ on the longest side. DPI is irrelevant for web; focus on pixel count.
Light with soft, even 5000–5600K sources (CRI 95+). Use a gray card and color checker for reference, set a custom white balance, and calibrate displays monthly. Embed sRGB and avoid heavy color grading.
Minimum set: hero/front, three‑quarter, back, key details, scale reference, and packaging/in‑the‑box. For textiles, add on‑model and fabric macro. Keep styling truthful; lifestyle images belong in secondary slots if allowed.
Name files predictably: SKU_variant_view.jpg (e.g., ABC123_red_front.jpg). Write concise, descriptive alt text. Strip sensitive EXIF; store shot notes in your DAM. Deliver channel‑specific exports from one approved master.
Use a preflight checklist for background, crop, focus, dust, color cast, moiré, artifacts, and file specs. Validate marketplace rules before upload, batch‑check sizes, and archive RAW files with sidecars for traceability.
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