# How to use project-level image rules
### What are project-level image rules?
Project-level image rules are [image rules](/manage-improve-product-data/creatives-create-and-edit-images/image-rules.md) that you can use at **project-level**. Image rules are like instructions you give Channable specifying which image template to apply to product image fields. Before project-level image rules, image rules could only be created per feed.
#### How project-level image rules work:
Rules created at project-level apply to all channel setups in that specific project.
* If you add rules to apply changes to images in your Meta channel, these changes will also be made to your Google Shopping channel that's in the same project.
Type of image rules
Scope
Feed-level
Applies changes to one channel (e.g., only Meta)
Project-level
Applies changes to all channels in a project (e.g. Meta, Google Shopping, etc.)
#### Best practices:
* **Create a new image field:**
* To isolate changes to one channel, [add a new image field](/get-started/getting-started/fields-in-channable/map-and-add-fields.md). Instead of editing the original image field that every channel shares, use a new custom field for your edited images.
* In the [Mapping step of the channel setup](/list-advertise/list-on-channels/set-up-a-feed/set-up-a-feed-mapping-step.md), use this new field as the 'Internal field' for the channel field "image\_link".
#### Limitations of feed-level image rules:
* **Difficult to access:** Requiring a feed setup to open the Image Editor involves 3–4 clicks. Project-level image rules allow one-click template creation and better visibility in the **Creatives** tab.
* **Meta links:** It’s now possible to split image links (via commas/spaces) with rules to send multiple links to Meta in one field. With project-level image rules, this is possible because the **Rules** step occurs after the Image Editor where you can split these links.
* **Inflexible logic:** Feed-level image rules use an older rule infrastructure, which means that the first rule will apply to products and the subsequent rules will not be able to apply changes.
* **Marketplaces:** Workarounds using a "donor project" (exporting/re-importing) are necessary to use images in marketplaces.
* Image rules on project level occur before the **Build** step of a marketplace setup.
* This means image links you wish to map will contain the image templates you created in the image editor and applied via the image rules
. [Learn more in our short video](https://www.loom.com/share/029ef3ab3230422e91d0c55b6665eb2f).
{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** Feed-level image rules are not affected by the addition of project-level image rules.
{% endhint %}
### How to add project-level image rules
1. Go to **\[your project] > Creatives > Image rules**.\
\
\
OR
2. From the Image Editor: **Saving a new template for the first time:**
1. A “Template created” modal will show where you can click **Apply template now** to start using the template immediately.
2. When you click **Apply template now**, your template is saved and you are redirected to the Image rules tab.
3. In the **Image rules** tab, a rule will be created automatically with your new template already selected:\
If: All; Then: apply template
#### **Important: Save & Run your image rules!**
* With image rules on project level (**Creatives > Image rules**), the rules need to run to take effect, so you need to click **Run Now** (top right) or **Save and run** (bottom right).
* Saving a template in the image editor will not run the rules. After making changes to a template, navigate to the **Image rules** tab and click **Run** or **Save and run** to push those changes live.
* The changes will go live at the next [project run schedule](https://helpcenter.channable.com/get-started/getting-started/create-a-new-project/edit-your-project-schedule-settings) (which depends on the your settings - hourly or daily)
### Updating an existing template
#### When editing an existing template:
1. When you click **Apply** in the image editor, your changes are saved and you are redirected to the Image rules tab.
2. In the **Image rules** tab, a rule will be created automatically with your new template already selected: If: All; Then: apply template
OR
#### Saving a template for the first time without using it in a rule:
1. If you save a template without applying it in a rule, it will have the label ‘Not in use’ in **\[your project] > Creatives**.
2. When you click **Apply template**, you’ll be navigated to image rules on project-level and a rule will be created automatically with this template selected.
---
# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation
If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.
Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:
```
GET https://helpcenter.channable.com/manage-improve-product-data/creatives-create-and-edit-images/image-rules/how-to-use-project-level-image-rules.md?ask=
```
The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.
Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.