Engineering10 min read
Nano Banana in Photoshop: Generative Editing Without Leaving the Document
How the Astria Photoshop plugin brings GPT Image, Nano Banana, Seedream, and Flux into a live document — selection edits, Smart Object layers, and…
The Astria blog
Notes on AI fashion production
Comparisons, techniques, and field notes for teams producing on-brand fashion imagery with AI.
Guides8 min read
AI Fashion Film: Turning a Campaign Into Motion
Fashion video is where AI production gets hardest and most valuable. Shot structure, continuity across cuts, what still breaks, and a realistic…
Guides8 min read
AI Footwear Photography: Packshots, On-Foot, and the Shoes That Fight Back
Footwear has its own conventions — three-quarter hero, sole shot, on-foot context. What AI handles well, where it fails, and how to review shoe…
Guides11 min read
AI Jewelry Photography: Where Generic Product Tools Fall Apart
Jewelry breaks most AI product photography. Why metal, stones, and scale are uniquely hard, what actually works, and how to review output before it…
Economics9 min read
AI vs Traditional Photoshoot: An Honest Cost Comparison
The cents-versus-thousands comparison is misleading. A fully-loaded model of both approaches, where the break-even sits, and when a traditional shoot…
Economics9 min read
What a Fashion Photoshoot Actually Costs (2026 Breakdown)
A line-by-line look at fashion photoshoot costs — crew, studio, samples, post — why quotes vary so widely, and the hidden items that blow up budgets.
Economics10 min read
Product Photography Cost Per SKU: Formula + Budget Example
Calculate product photography cost per SKU with a worked budget, per-image comparison, colourway counting rules, and a checklist for comparing studio…
Guides11 min read
How to Create a Lookbook: 8 Steps + Layout Checklist
Make a fashion lookbook from brief to delivery: choose looks, build a shot list, plan the page order, add wholesale details, and export a useful PDF…
Guides9 min read
How to Keep the Same AI Model Across a Whole Collection
Casting drift is the reason AI catalogs look wrong. Why consistency breaks, the four kinds of consistency you actually need, and how to hold all of…
Guides11 min read
Flat Lay to On-Model: Put Clothes on an AI Model
Turn a flat lay or garment photo into an on-model image with AI. Learn the source-image requirements, product-to-model workflow, accuracy checks, and…