Generate AI stock images with Flux1-schnell, metadata tagging & Google integration

📣 This template generates up to 2,000 AI-based stock images per day for under $3. It includes prompt generation, image creation, metadata enrichment, upload to Google Drive, and error logging — fully automated with minimal setup.

📌 Who is this for?

This workflow is designed for:

• Stock image creators and contributors
• Agencies managing visual content at scale
• Solo creators or marketers automating asset production
• Anyone aiming to populate image libraries (e.g., Adobe Stock, Shutterstock)

❓ What problem is this workflow solving?

Manually generating, naming, tagging, and uploading thousands of stock images is time-consuming and expensive. This automation solves that by:

• Generating photorealistic images via AI
• Auto-tagging with rich metadata
• Uploading them to structured Google Drive folders
• Logging progress and capturing errors automatically

⚙️ What this workflow does

• ✅ Generates text prompts from idea topics using GPT
• 🎨 Converts prompts into 4 images each via the Flux Schnell model
• 📐 Resizes and compresses images for preview and final use
• 🧠 Uses GPT-4o-mini to generate metadata: filename, title, category, and 25 keywords
• ☁️ Uploads to Google Drive, logs metadata to Google Sheets
• 🟢 Marks each prompt as completed
• 📲 Sends Telegram alerts for success and errors

🛠 Setup

1. Google Sheets

   • Sheet 1: Ideas — New prompt topics
   • Sheet 2: Generated Pmts — Tracks generated prompts and status
   • Sheet 3: Error Logs — Execution error records

2. Google Drive

   • A folder for image uploads
   • A folder for copied daily spreadsheets

3. API Access

   • OpenAI GPT (gpt-4o-mini)
   • PIAPI (Flux Schnell image model)

4. Telegram Bot (optional but recommended)

   • Real-time status notifications

🧩 How to customize this workflow to your needs

• 🔁 Change frequency of generation via trigger settings
• 🧠 Swap models if using a different image API
• 🧾 Adjust metadata fields or format rules
• 📤 Redirect outputs to Airtable, Notion, Dropbox, etc.

🧠 Node Naming & Notes

• ✅ All nodes are clearly renamed to reflect their purpose (e.g., Generate Image, Upload to Drive)
• 🗒️ Sticky notes are used to document setup and logic
• 🔗 External links to Notion setup docs or Loom videos are recommended

🗂️ Categories

• AI
• Marketing
• Product
• Building Blocks

🎁 Bonus Feature

This template includes a bonus stock image renamer workflow — ideal for renaming:

• 📸 Taken photos
• 🗃️ Existing stock libraries
• 🖼️ Downloaded image batches

It applies SEO-friendly, consistent naming compatible with major platforms like Adobe Stock and Shutterstock.