AI Business
How Creative Agencies Can Offer AI Visual Production to Clients
How agencies can package AI visual production as a service: scope, pricing logic, approvals and disclosure.
AI BusinessShort answer: Sell the art direction, not the generation. Package AI production as concept tests, content variations and fast launch assets, with clear approval steps and honest limits in the contract.
Services that sell
- Concept and mood tests before a shoot.
- Content variations from existing product photography.
- Launch teasers when stock or packaging is not ready.
Scope it clearly
Number of deliverables, rounds of revisions, which assets are AI-assisted, who owns what.
Approval steps
Client signs off on direction, then on product accuracy, then on final edit.
Disclosure and rights
Agree labelling, check tool terms and never use a person's likeness without permission. See our EU AI Act checklist.
Tools
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Cost calculator
What would your next shoot cost?
- Traditional
- €2,300
- AI (4 versions each)
- €16
Possible saving: €2,284. Your own estimate — real shoots vary, and AI images still need checking.
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