Create Image Recipes

  • Published on Mar 31, 2026
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In Dataloop’s Annotation Platform, a Recipe is a comprehensive configuration that defines how data is annotated for a specific task, particularly for image data, including how images are displayed, what annotation tools are available, and how annotation outputs are structured.

You can create image recipes based on two types of annotation tasks:

  • Classic Image Tasks: Use Classic Image Tasks to perform image classification, tagging, and hierarchical annotations. These tasks support automation features that help accelerate and scale labeling workflows.

  • Instance Segmentation Tasks: Use Instance Segmentation Tasks to precisely delineate individual object instances within an image. These tasks map each pixel to a specific object instance, allowing you to distinguish between multiple objects of the same type within a single image.

This recipe supports both simple classification tasks and advanced pixel-level annotations, making it suitable for a wide range of vision-based AI applications.

Common tasks include:

  • Image classification and tagging

  • Object detection using bounding boxes or polygons

  • Semantic and instance segmentation

These annotations are commonly used to train and validate computer vision models in domains such as retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and security.

Start Creating Recipes for Classic Image Tasks

  1. Open Recipes from the left-hand navigation panel.

  2. Click Create Recipe to bring up the configuration dialog.

  1. Choose the Image type from the list.

  2. Choose the Classic Image Tasks option from the list.

  3. Select the annotation types from the list. The annotation tools will be auto-configured according to your annotation type selection:

    • Classification

    • Bulk Classification

    • Object Detection

    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

    • Semantic Segmentation

    • Other

  4. Click Create Recipe. The recipe page is displayed and start configuring the following:

    • Labels

    • Attributes

    • Annotation tools

    • Instructions

    • Advanced Settings.

Start Creating Recipes for Instance Segmentation Tasks

  1. Open Recipes from the left-hand navigation panel.

  2. Click Create Recipe to bring up the configuration dialog.

  1. Choose the Image type from the list.

  2. Choose the Instance Segmentation Task option from the list. The annotation tools will be auto-configured according to your annotation type selection

  3. Click Create Recipe. The recipe page is displayed and start configuring the following:

    • Labels

    • Attributes

    • Annotation tools

    • Instructions

    • Advanced Settings.