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Which product is right for me, Studio or Lite?

Already have an Outshinery Studio account? You are in the right place for everything in Studio. Order new bottles, labels, and updates from your Studio dashboard, and if a bottle shape is not on the request form, ask in the chat. The Lite bottle library is a separate product with its own, smaller set of bottles, so it will not match what you see in Studio. This page is for choosing between the two products.


Outshinery makes two products.


Outshinery Studio is our human-led service. A trained 3D artist builds your packaging from your production files and renders it: any container, any finish, any type of image. Priced in Shine Credits, from $129 each one at a time.


Outshinery Lite is our self-serve bottle shot generator. Upload a flat label, pick a bottle and closure from the library, and get a photorealistic PNG in about an hour. $29 per image, $23 after 10 orders. No brief, no waiting.


Answer these in order and the first "Studio" you hit is your answer:


  1. What container is it? A can, a bag-in-box, a pouch, or a glass bottle that is not in the Lite library: Studio. A glass bottle in the Lite library: keep going.
  2. What is the beverage? Spirits, sake, or cannabis: Studio. Wine, cider, beer, kombucha, hard tea, mixers, or any other bottled drink: keep going.
  3. What is on the label? Foil, embossing, debossing, textured paper, a neck label, or a custom capsule color: Studio. Silkscreen with precious metallic inks, mica or grainy specialty inks, or etched glass: Studio. A flat-printed label or plain silkscreen: keep going.
  4. What kind of image? A lifestyle scene, beauty shot, recipe pairing, POS display, or video: Studio. A clean bottle shot on a transparent background: keep going.
  5. Do you need revisions or a specialist's eye? Yes: Studio. No: Lite is the right fit.


Two things worth knowing before you choose:


  • In Studio, vintage, ABV, and liquid color updates are free forever. In Lite, every image is a new order, including a new vintage.
  • Many brands use both: Studio to set the visual standard on the complex SKUs, Lite to apply it across the rest.


Full side-by-side: Lite vs Studio.

Updated on: 13/10/2026