Content templates give you a ready-made starting point for a generation. Instead of setting up the Aesthetic, Talent, Pose, and aspect from scratch, you open a template that already has those choices made, swap in your own product, and start generating. They are useful when you want a proven setup to build from, or when you want to see the kind of result a particular look produces before you commit your own settings.
New to Dreem? See Generating Your First Content in Dreem for the basics before you start from a template.
Watch the tutorial
Prefer a quick walkthrough? Watch this short tutorial to see how Content Template works in Dreem:
You can also follow the step-by-step guide below.
Where to find content templates
Content templates appear as a grid on the Studio start screen, below the create box in every New Session. You can filter the grid by content type to find the kind of output you are after, and save any template as a favorite so it is easy to return to.
Opening a template
Select a template to open its detail view. Here you can see its settings in plain language, including its Aesthetic, Talent, Pose, and Aspect Ratio, along with a short description of the shot it produces. This shows you exactly what the template will set up before you use it.
Adjusting a template before you start
You can change a template's settings before you generate.
Change the Aesthetic, Talent, or Poses. Click the property name to open the matching library (Aesthetics, Talent, or Poses) and select the option you want.
Add your own product. Replace the template's default input with your product. You can add more styling items later in the Outfit Builder. To remove the original image, hover over the product and click the trash can icon.
Start over. Select Reset at any time to return the template to its default settings.
Using a template
When your initial setup is ready, click Use. Dreem creates a new session using the setup you selected. From there you can keep working as you normally would:
Change the Talent and Poses, or add more poses.
Adjust the outfit in the Outfit Builder.
Continue generating as usual.
To change the Aesthetic, find the "Starting from <template name>" line in the Chat composer, and click the × ("Remove the reference"). That detaches the template and unlocks the Art Direction Library, so you can pick any other Aesthetic you prefer.
When you want more control
Content templates are a fast, guided way to start. If you would rather set the look yourself, or need finer control over the background or a talent's facial direction, you can set these directly instead of starting from a template:
Aesthetics for Virtual Model and Aesthetics for Product Shot give you direct control over the background, lighting, and visual style of your generations.
Talent Direction lets you control a Virtual Model's facial direction to match your brand.