Pre-production - Prepare the Looks & Shoot by Look Name

In a content production cycle, brands can prepare their looks ahead of the shootings. In e-commerce, this involves defining clothing combinations. In brand content (decor, lifestyle, etc.), it's about styling: determining all the elements that will make up the final file. Grand Shooting allows you to prepare these looks in advance, and then find them directly during the shooting to gain efficiency and consistency.

From the homepage, click on Styling to access the management of your looks.

Create and organize your looks

Click on Create a new look.

Then name your look.
To facilitate organization, you can sort your looks into thematic folders (by collection, by shooting, by typology...).

The look sheet

Each look has the following elements:

Look nameThis name will quickly identify the look, especially in the Live.‍
Workflow statusTwo statuses are available: Draft or Finalized. This status is purely informative and can be used to validate looks before the shoot (for example by an art direction).
CommentsAdd notes or instructions for the stylist or shooting team.
Reference imageYou can attach an image to visualize the look or show how the products should be assembled.
Product referencesAdd the references that make up the look. If your catalog is imported into Grand Shooting, the references automatically display with their information. Click on Show detail to have all the catalog information.
Main referenceA bookmark allows you to mark the main references of the look, that is, those for which the look was specifically created.

The button to create a new look is directly available in the left column. The folder name is automatically populated.

Advanced settings

From the Settings section, you can customize the behavior of your looks:

‍Automatic look name: Looks are automatically named with the main reference.‍
Add color to the name: The look name automatically incorporates the color from the {color} column of your catalog.‍
Do not display the cover page in the PDF: Customize the presentation of your PDF exports.

By activating the Automatic look name feature, a new blank look sheet is automatically created at the bottom of the page for efficiency. All you have to do is fill in the desired information.

Manage your looks in bulk

When working on a folder containing multiple looks, you can perform bulk actions to save time.

Check the looks you want in the list, or click on Select all to select all the looks in the folder.

Once your looks are selected, you can:

Mark as draft: revert the looks to draft status
Mark as finalized: validate the looks in finalized status
Move: move the looks to another folder
Export to PDF: generate a PDF containing all the selected looks
Delete: permanently delete the selected looks

Link looks to a production

To make your looks available during the shoot, you need to link them to a production.

Go to Production Settings > References to shoot > Edit

In the first dropdown menu, select Look
In the second menu, choose the folder containing your looks
Drag and drop the looks into the right column to add them to the production

Click on Next step at the bottom right then on Return to finalize.

Your looks are visible in the Live.

Shoot the looks in the Live

Once the looks are linked to the production, they appear in the Live (the shooting interface).

You then find all the information of the look:

Reference image
List of references
Comments

The look sheets are available for download.

Once the look is shot, the icon disappears and the files take its place. The display mode updates automatically.

For Grand Shooting to associate the files with the correct look, they must be named with the look name. ‍

For example: GPW468_9948 Medium khaki green-1.jpg

Feel free to consult our article on using looks in the live for more information.

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Prepare the Looks & Shoot by Look Name