> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vizcom.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rendering in context: put a product in a scene or a hand

> Build a scene, place a finished product render in it with matched lighting and scale, and make in-hand shots that show real use.

You'll follow the **Rendering in context** template, which places a green lipstick case.

![Before and after: a leather armchair with a wooden frame, cut out and laid over a photo of a sunlit minimalist bedroom, with the Unify button below it; then the same chair blended into the room with matching light and soft shadows, and a Layer unified message.](https://mintcdn.com/vizcom-c4034e9b/FHfxWMtC8cMIGOnx/images/examples/workflow-rendering-in-context-hero.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=FHfxWMtC8cMIGOnx\&q=85\&s=0adcc6cb1efaa3a2c0ba0fcc955adc66)

A product placed into a photographed room, with its light and shadows matched by Unify.

> [card] [Open the template](https://app.vizcom.com/workbench/c1cec2fb-e0cf-439c-ac3e-532900e576bd)
>
> It opens view-only. Click **Duplicate file to edit** for your own copy.

**You need:** a clean render of the product, and a scene idea, a quick color sketch of the layout, or a photo.

## Steps

1. Make the scene with a [Modify](https://docs.vizcom.com/tools/modify.md) prompt, a color sketch you prompt over, or a photo.
2. Connect the scene as **@1** and the product as **@2**: "Place @2 into @1 and replace the wooden cylinder".
3. Or add the product as a layer in [Studio](https://docs.vizcom.com/tools/studio.md), move it into place, and click **Unify** in the **Adjust** tab ([Unify](https://docs.vizcom.com/unify.md)).
4. Sketch a hand pose over the render and connect the clean render as **@2** for in-hand shots.

![A red line sketch of a hand holding a lipstick and a render of a green lipstick tube are connected to a Modify block. The prompt reads: place this lipstick container in a female hand coming from the top of the scene, studio background, makeup ad phot style. Aspect Ratio 4:5, Mode Pro. Four photo-style results show a hand holding the lipstick.](https://mintcdn.com/vizcom-c4034e9b/I-2hvc0QrsSa4kp4/images/docs/place-in-context-lipstick.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=I-2hvc0QrsSa4kp4\&q=85\&s=7d2db819359904a8708f45e0b036c165)

A rough hand sketch and a product render combine into in-hand photography.

5. Restage a photo-based result with a second prompt, with **Aspect Ratio** on **Original** and the photo connected last.
6. Fix a finger or a reflection with a [selection](https://docs.vizcom.com/editing-areas.md), then [export](https://docs.vizcom.com/export-panel.md).

## Good to know

* An object of the right size where the product goes sets its position, scale and shadow.
* For correct scale in a hand, start from a photo of a real hand holding a physical mockup.
* **Unify** composites everything visible into a new **Unified** layer. Moving layers underneath shows no change until you hide that layer.

## Related

> [card] [Place in context](https://docs.vizcom.com/guides/place-in-context.md)
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> Try on, Unify and scenes.

> [card] [Smart Dropper recipes](https://docs.vizcom.com/workflows/smart-dropper.md)
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> A scene from a photo, no prompt.

> [card] [Apparel](https://docs.vizcom.com/workflows/apparel.md)
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> A garment on a model.

> [card] [All workflows](https://docs.vizcom.com/workflows/overview.md)
>
> Every workflow.


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