How to set multiple variant images in Shopify
The whole setup from installing to a finished product page.
20 videos
Watch it being set up
Short screen recordings of the real app on real themes. Start with the first one if you have just installed, and go to the theme section if you want to see your own theme before you touch anything.
Start here
Showing only the selected variant's images
A short demo of what a shopper sees once a product is configured.
Products with more than one option
Colour and size together, and which option to assign the images to.
Features
Automatic image assignment
Letting the matcher read your filenames, alt text and the pictures themselves.
Bulk assigning a whole catalogue
Assigning hundreds of products from the order your gallery is already in.
Custom images and colours in the variant picker
Setting what each swatch shows.
Showing custom images in the variant selector
A second walkthrough of the swatch options.
Different images per option combination
How several options resolve to one set of media.
Translating variant picker options
Showing option names and values in another language.
Theme by theme
Horizon: variant image swatches
The current Shopify flagship theme.
Horizon: variant images as swatches, in full
The longer version, with the styling options.
Horizon: multiple variant images
Setting up a filtered gallery on Horizon.
Prestige: only the selected variant's images
One of the most used paid themes.
Prestige: only relevant variant images
A second pass on Prestige.
Impact: selected variant images
Setting up a filtered gallery on Impact.
Impulse: fixing the variant images
What to change on Impulse.
Palo Alto: only the selected images
Palo Alto, one of the older Shopify themes.
Shrine Pro: only the selected images
A theme sold outside the theme store.
Concept: multiple variant images
Concept, and the same steps on similar themes.
Dropmagic: only the selected images
Dropmagic, which support maps rather than the standard theme list.
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The documentation covers the same ground in writing, and the FAQ answers the questions that come up most.