I use the theme minimal and it does not have any options for variant images on select products. I want all images with the alt text ‘Variant’ to not show up unless the customer clicks that specific option. Essentially, only showing cover photos of the product, when certain variant of product is selected by customer, the photo is shown then.
I know what you want, maybe you can try this app. please see the demo image.
app link:
https://apps.shopify.com/variant-image-wizard
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