Beyond Photoshop Variables

Native Data Sets cover simple text swaps. Production personalization needs photo pipelines, conditional layers, multi-template routing, generated codes/maps and bulletproof export — that is what a WatchFolder product automation adds around your PSDs.

Rule examples from real products

  • Text: shrink after 12 chars, two lines after 20, switch font weight for all-caps names
  • Photos: face-aware crop, fallback frame when upload is portrait vs landscape
  • Variants: birthday vs memorial layouts chosen by option field
  • Quality gates: low-res uploads flagged to review, never printed blind

Where sellers use it

Cushions, mugs, candles, acrylic, gift boxes, star maps — see photo products and PSD → PDF pipeline.

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One PSD + one order — we'll map the rules live.

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