Creative Force employs a structured logic to select and display images during various stages of production workflows. This ensures that the most appropriate images are used for thumbnails, previews, and production views. This article will guide you through the logic of how Creative Force displays images through different areas of Gamma.

Feature Overview

For studio staff, real-time updated production progress means more than just percentages and numbers; it also means asset visualization.

In most places where display images appear, the size of the thumbnails can be controlled via a slide toggle icon.

Display Image Pool

All of the images that are available in Creative Force and linked to Products, Samples, Outfits, or Styling Items are included in the Display Image Pool.

To access the Display Image Pool, hover over the display image frame and select the pencil icon in the relevant tab.

Within the Display Image Pool, you can manually select an alternate asset that has been previously added to the pool or upload a new image to use.

Image Pool Logic

For most Display Image types, a priority logic determines how the system digests and displays the image to the Display Image pool. Priority 0 is the lowest, and Priority 6 is the highest.

By default, the system scans through the Display Image pool from the highest priority to the lowest priority and selects an image to be used as the Display Image based on the priority logic.

However, if a user manually selects an image to use as the Display Image, it will override the default logic and always be the asset chosen as the display image.

Priority Logic

	EXAMPLE LOGIC REPRESENTATION
Priority Logic	[↑ lowest priority] Priority 0: File imported via 'Product Display Image' property Priority 0: File uploaded by the user in Gamma Priority 1: File uploaded through VPI Production Images Priority 2: File comes from Capture integrations (Orbitvu, Looklet) Priority 3: End of Capture Step: Model Production Images Priority 4: Last Step of Workflow: Model Production Images Priority 5: End Capture Step: Still Life Production Images Priority 6: Last Step of Workflow: Still Life Production Images [↓ highest priority]
Priority Logic	Overrides All: File uploaded by the user in Gamma [ * special priority]

Run-Off Logic

In cases where there are two images with competing priorities (two assets from the same priority group), a run-off logic is used to determine the selection.

The Run-Off Logic is separate for priority 0 and the same for all competing assets of a higher priority.

	EXAMPLE RUN-OFF LOGIC REPRESENTATION
Priority Logic	[same priority] Priority 0: File imported via 'Product Display Image' property Priority 0: File uploaded by the user in Gamma [same priority]
Run-Off Logic	Always prioritizes the last image added/uploaded.
Priority Logic	[same priority] Priority 1: [File 1] uploaded through VPI Production Images Priority 1: [File 2] uploaded through VPI Production Images [same priority]
Run-Off Logic	[↑ highest priority] First main image from the Style Guide's Hero position. If no Hero Position, then the first position in the Style Guide. If the Capture step is finished, but Final Selection has not started, the first main image created based on the created date and time will be selected. [↑ lowest priority]

Removed Asset Handling

For cases in which an asset is removed from the pool (Product/Production Reset, Product Marked as Inactive, etc.)

We will follow the default logic to select another Product Display Image.
If all the images in the Product Display Image pool are removed, we will remove the current Product Display Image.

Display Image Types

Assets are added to the Display Image Pool at set intervals during production, and operate off of a fixed priority logic to choose which asset should be the currently displayed asset.

The logic and priority assignment also vary depending on the type of display image. We will reference the types in the table below, and in the following sections, cover their logic in detail.

Display Image Type	Description
Sample Display Image	Shown on the Sample page. Changed via the Display Image action on the Sample screen.
Styling Item Display Image	Shown on the Styling Item sidebar/details.
Product Display Image	Shown on the Product page. Changed via the Display Image action on the Products screen.
Production Display Image	Shown on the Productions page. Can not be changed manually.
Outfit Display Image	Shown on the Outfits screen and Outfits tab of the product sidebar. Can be changed via the Edit Outfits menu.

Production Display Image

In the Production tab, you will see a column for the Production Display Image. This is the image specific to the Production Type (Workunit).

📝 Note: Productions that are in Backlog or To Do will not have a Production Display Image available.

Detail	Notes
Update Manually?	No
Priority Logic	[↑ highest priority] Priority 0: The first image of the hero position (if available) Priority 0: The first position in the Style Guide will be selected automatically once Final Selection is complete [↓ lowest priority]

Product Display Image

On the Product tab, the display image will be visible in the data columns as well as the product overview slide-in.

Detail	Notes
Update Manually?	Yes
Priority Logic	[↑ lowest priority] Priority 0: File imported via 'Product Display Image' property Priority 0: File uploaded by the user in Gamma Priority 1: File uploaded through VPI Production Images Priority 2: File comes from Capture integrations (Orbitvu, Looklet) Priority 3: End of Capture Step: Model Production Images Priority 4: Last Step of Workflow: Model Production Images Priority 5: End Capture Step: Still Life Production Images Priority 6: Last Step of Workflow: Still Life Production Images [↓ highest priority]
Priority Logic	Overrides All: File uploaded by the user in Gamma [ * special priority]

Outfit Display Image

You can manually upload an outfit image, and it will be displayed within the Styling tab in the slide-in.

Detail	Notes
Update Manually?	Yes, cover is set manually via the Change Cover action; there is no automatic priority-driven swap otherwise.
Priority Logic	Overrides All: File uploaded by the user in Gamma [ * special priority]

Sample Display Image

On the Sample tab, the display image will be visible in the data columns as well as the Sample overview slide-in.

The same logic from the Product Display Image will be applied to the Sample Display Image; the only difference is that this will be applied on a Sample level.

Detail	Notes
Update Manually?	Yes
Priority Logic	[↑ lowest priority] Priority 0: File imported via 'Sample Display Image' property Priority 0: File uploaded by the user in Gamma/Chroma Priority 1: File uploaded through VPI Production Images Priority 2: File comes from Capture integrations (Orbitvu, Looklet) Priority 3: End of Capture Step: Model Production Images Priority 4: Last Step of Workflow: Model Production Images Priority 5: End Capture Step: Still Life Production Images Priority 6: Last Step of Workflow: Still Life Production Images [↓ highest priority]
Priority Logic	Overrides All: File uploaded by the user in Gamma [ * special priority]

Styling Item Display Image

On the Props/Styling Items tab, the display image will be visible in the data columns as well as the Styling Item overview slide-in.

The same logic from the Product Display Image will be applied to the Styling Item Display Image; the only difference is that this will be applied on a Styling Item level.

Detail	Notes
Update Manually?	Yes
Priority Logic	[↑ lowest priority] Priority 0: File imported via 'Product Display Image' property Priority 0: File uploaded by the user in Gamma/Chroma Priority 1: File uploaded through VPI Production Images Priority 2: File comes from Capture integrations (Orbitvu, Looklet) Priority 3: End of Capture Step: Model Production Images Priority 4: Last Step of Workflow: Model Production Images Priority 5: End Capture Step: Still Life Production Images Priority 6: Last Step of Workflow: Still Life Production Images [↓ highest priority]
Priority Logic	Overrides All: File uploaded by the user in Gamma [ * special priority]

Importing Display Images

When a job is imported where an image URL is mapped to the 'Product Display Image' or 'Sample Display Image' property, we will import the image to the display image pool (Priority 0).

If the URL is updated on a Product/Sample, we will add the new image to the Display Image Pool, keeping the previously imported images. The URLs can be added at the same time as when the products are imported.