Mapping fabrics onto products? 1111 Responses

Last post: 3 years, 3 months ago | Thread started: Feb 13, 09, 7:13 a.m.

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• kushman

  OK - I've got lots of product photography like this:

  

  I've been asked to texturize each product photo with the range of fabrics the manufacturer upholsters in.

  I've been told that there is software in existence that can do this sort of thing.

  Anyone have any good suggestions? (Vanishing point in Photoshop wont work, will it?)

  Cheers y'all

  Feb 13, 09, 7:13 a.m. – Permalink

• Nairn

  A 3D program could do that, as it'd map bitmaps accurately to surface planes. It'd be hella complicated to automate that procedure in photoshop for a range of sofa styles and pattern types.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:16 a.m. – Permalink

• e-pill

  you can re-draw the shapes of that porduct and fill in with a pattern.
  i would suggest doing it in illustrator for clean and easy to read illustrations. its a simple and easy process. in the understanding you can draw...

  • What about the multiple curves around each seam? for every product? With pattern-matching? ouch.– Nairn1/4

    throw a shadow over it after with photoshop. just get the fill-in done and then flesh it out.– e-pill2/4

    dude, you'd never survive in my studio :P
    – _me_3/4

    um i dont know what type of studio you have but im highly sure we are in different industries.– e-pill4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:17 a.m. – Permalink

• e-pill

  also all you need is to show only 1 and you can have the other fabrications listed on the side with a preview of each of the fabrication and a short description of the maker and the thread count of the fabric.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink

• e-pill

  also all you need is to show only 1 and you can have the other fabrications listed on the side with a preview of each of the fabrication and a short description of the maker and the thread count of the fabric.

  • dbl post?! ok i need a coffee!!
    thats my cue...– e-pill

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink

• _me_

  yeah, you need to "projection-map" your patterns onto a 3D built sofa...

  but, i reckon, i could, just perhaps could write a photoshop action script to do it but, meh, it'd throw up some serious retouch work so probably wouldn't be worth it, - you need a 3D guy....

  • ...or a photographer!– Nairn1/2

    that'd be the right way to do it... but expensive!
    – _me_2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:19 a.m. – Permalink

• e-pill

  i think you guys are taking the idea too far, i say this because the product is already made, you arent selling the product to get made just a list to showcase the fabrications it can have. no need for real time showcasing of what you think it will looks like from seam to seam, i highly doubt the cushions and body will be engineered so that patterns from seam to seam are aligned, most companies will never do that because of costing and timing during production.

  dont think into it too much, this is why is say just do it simple and fast in illustrator, a 3D program will be fine if you are a 3D artist and you are a product designer, but if you are not a product designer i just say stick to the simple. because if you show a dope sketch of what you believe the patterns will fall under and the consumer whp purchases said product believes it will look like that and it doesnt, well they may and usually do return said product or go for a complaint saying your add shows soomething very different than the product i just purchased..

  just something to think about...

  meh..

  :)

  • but thats the bullshit way of doing it - the easy workaround - i think hes asking for how to do it properly! macintosh adobe software isnt the answer!!!– _me_1/4

    meh– _me_2/4

    this is fun!!! you show me your dopest ill show you my standard.
    we shall see who is better!!! :P– e-pill3/4

    rawr!!
    meh!!
    :P– e-pill4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:25 a.m. – Permalink

• _me_

  "dont think into it too much..."

  the death of design right there.

  • sorry epill but.....– _me_

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:30 a.m. – Permalink

• e-pill

  _me_ are you a product designer or something else?
  before i go deep into this with you just need to know..

  this is fun!!

  :)

  • no, i make TV commercials, i deal with this kinda shit for tv everyday - we have to do things right... so they look right.– _me_1/2

    oh, im a product designer. so for me once the product is made, its sold. i never see your end of it.– e-pill2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:34 a.m. – Permalink

• kushman

  Ok guys easy now!!

  I have the concept signed off (and site nearly built), so I need to be able to remap the fabrics - no alternative option allowed.

  Also I spoke to one of my client's competitors who says he has software to do it but the company's gone bust and he doesn't know their name.

  He did all of these products the same way http://www.sheerhome.co.uk/produ…

  He tells me that he sees it done online a lot...

  • we were just sharing our qbn love!! its all fun!!
    :P– e-pill1/3

    good luck on your quest.– e-pill2/3

    you can map 3D obj's in PS CS4 - but meh, its not "right"... a quick model - surface texture mapping or photography. job done.– _me_3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:36 a.m. – Permalink

• GetRefresh

  I've done some similar stuff here:
  http://www.getrefresh.com/design…

  More here: http://www.getrefresh.com/design…

  • straight 2D, not 3D.– GetRefresh1/2

    thats one way of doing it...– _me_2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:36 a.m. – Permalink

• GetRefresh

  Photoshop + Perspective/Skew/Distort + Opacity/Overlay controls = Success! WTF? Am I missing something here?

  • the consumer wanting to actually buy it perhaps? i dunno - but...– _me_1/4

    No one is buying furniture these days...– GetRefresh2/4

    i rest my case. : /?– _me_3/4

    made to order– kushman4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 13, 09, 7:45 a.m. – Permalink