The scene photo sets the entire context for your composite. A well-chosen scene makes the product look like it naturally belongs there.
Where to find scenes
Upload your own photos
Any photo you own works — a room shot, an outdoor location, a styled flat lay. If you’ve already shot the background environment you want to use, upload it directly to the Scene slot.
Use the Explore gallery
The Explore gallery is a public feed of AI-generated images from the GESTEL community. Any image there can be applied directly as a Recreate scene.
- Go to gestel.ai/explore
- Browse or filter by category until you find an image you want
- Click Apply Preset on the image
This opens Recreate with that image pre-loaded as your scene.
What makes a good scene
Clear space for the product. Look for areas in the scene that are visually uncluttered — a table surface, a shelf, an open floor area. The AI needs somewhere natural to place the product.
Consistent lighting. Scenes with a clear, single light source (window light, studio lighting, natural outdoor light) give the AI enough information to match the product’s shading. Flat, even lighting also works well.
Relevant context. A kitchen scene works well for cookware. A bedroom scene works well for textiles. Matching the scene context to the product category tends to produce more convincing results.
Reasonable scale. Avoid scenes where the apparent scale would make your product look out of place — for example, a wide-angle landscape shot where a small product would be a tiny speck.
If you’re unsure whether a scene will work, run a Fast generation first. At 3 credits it’s a cheap way to preview the composition before committing to a Pro run.
What to avoid
- Scenes that are already very cluttered with objects competing for the same visual space
- Dark or heavily stylized scenes where matching the product lighting is difficult
- Scenes with strong perspective distortion that conflicts with your product photo’s angle
