Each colour shows only its own photos
Pick Navy and the gallery shows the navy photos, followed by shared ones like a size chart. Other colours stay hidden until they’re picked, like on Amazon.
Shopify app · Free
Each colour shows only its own photos.
Shoppers pick Navy and see the navy photos, not a mix of every colour. A Gen Swatches arranges your variant photos for you, and turns colours into Shopify’s own swatches across your catalogue.
- No tagging or alt text needed
- Hundreds of products in one go
- No theme code to edit
Navy · Front
Example product
Scrub jacket
Colour: Navy
Pick a colour: only its photos show, then the shared size chart.
Other variant image apps charge monthly and make you tag photos. A Gen Swatches arranges them for you, and it’s free.
Built for big catalogues with many colours
Tested on real apparel: 17 colours, 12 sizes and 100 photos per product.
Arranged for you
The app works out which photo belongs to which colour from your variant images, gallery order, file names and the colours in the photos. You check it and switch it on.
Hundreds of products at once
Select products and choose Arrange and switch on. Products the app is sure about go live; the rest wait in Needs a look with the doubtful photos highlighted.
Spots mix-ups in your data
Two colours pointing at the same photo, or a run of photos no variant uses: the app notices, fixes it and tells you, so shoppers never see the wrong colour.
Shopify’s own swatches, in bulk
Colours are filled in from their names (Navy, Burgundy, Heather Grey…) and linked to Shopify’s native swatches across many products in one go. They also power colour filters.
Image swatches from your photos
For patterns and fabrics, pick the variant’s own photo, crop it to the fabric, and use it as the swatch. Or choose from your files, or upload.
Works with your theme
The theme’s own gallery and picker are kept, so zoom, sliders, video and checkout behave as before. Themes without swatch support get swatch chips automatically.
Right inside Shopify admin
A Variant images block on the product page, and Group variant images in the Products list’s More actions. Arrange without opening the app.
Keeps your data tidy
Saving sets each variant’s main photo and groups the gallery by colour in Shopify too, so cart, checkout and Google Shopping show the right photo.
Set up in three steps
- 1
Install and turn on the app embed
The app brings in your products and arranges their photos in the background straight away.
- 2
Switch on image groups
Select products and choose Arrange and switch on. Check the few the app flags, by dragging photos or pressing a number key.
- 3
Turn colours into swatches
Colours are filled in from their names. Check them, add images for patterns, and link your products.
How the app knows which photo is which
Each variant’s main photo starts its colour’s group, and the photos after it in your gallery usually belong to it. The app checks that against file names and the colours in each photo, and if your gallery is in no particular order it relies on the colours alone. Anything it isn’t sure about is shown to you instead of going live.
Pricing
$0 / month
Everything included. No paid plans, no trials, no product limits.
- Variant image groups, arranged automatically
- Bulk arrange and switch on, in the app and from Shopify admin
- Shopify native swatches in bulk, with colours filled in
- Image swatches cropped from your photos
- Swatch chips for themes without swatch support
- Email support
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Image groups, bulk arranging, native swatches and image swatches are free, with no product limits and no paid plans.
Do I need to tag photos or write alt text?
No. The app uses what’s already there: each variant’s main photo, the order of your gallery, file names when they help, and the colours in the photos. Alt text is used if you have it, but you don’t need it.
What if it gets a photo wrong?
Products it isn’t sure about are never switched on automatically. They wait in Needs a look with the doubtful photos highlighted; drag them to the right colour, or select several and press a number key.
Which themes does it work with?
Online Store 2.0 themes such as Dawn and Horizon, and older themes too. It works with the theme’s own gallery rather than replacing it. Dawn 15 and later show Shopify’s swatches by themselves; for other themes the app draws swatch chips.
What happens to my photos when I save?
Nothing is deleted or re-uploaded. Each variant’s main photo is set to the first photo of its colour, and the gallery is ordered by colour. You can switch image groups off at any time.
Will it slow my store down?
No server calls on page view: the groups and swatches are saved in your store and read by the theme. The scripts are a few KB and only load on product pages that need them.
What happens if I uninstall?
Galleries go back to showing every photo. Your variant photos and gallery order stay as they are, and Shopify swatches you linked stay on your products. We delete the app’s data 48 hours after uninstall.
Install A Gen Swatches
Enter your store’s Shopify address to install the app.
Support
Stuck, or found a theme where photos or swatches look wrong? Email support@agentixmarketing.com with your store address and we’ll help.