Shoot Photos & Upload to Web

Use a digital camera to shoot photos of your fabric handheld from different angles. Log in and upload the photos to the web app. Schedule a demo to learn more.‍

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3D-ready Digital Fabric

Fast, automatic processing of your photos to create the PBR (Physically-Based Rendering) texture file. Seamlessly tiled and colour adjusted - ready for use in your favourite 3D design tool.

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Share and Design in your Favourite 3D Tool

Share your digital fabrics instantly with customers, colleagues and partners. Start designing in your favourite 3D design tool.‍

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Step-by-step

How does it work?

Step 1

Fabric

YOUR FABRIC

Find a physical fabric that you want to digitise. Position the fabric on a flat surface at a suitable height for you to comfortably take photos of it.

3D denim fabric created with Bandicoot scanning looking like photo

Step 2

CAMERA

CAMERA & FLASH

Get your camera and flash ready. No expensive dedicated machinery or equipment needed. Use a camera you already have, buy one in an electronics store near you, borrow/rent from someone you know, or order one as part of the Bandicoot onboarding kit

digitise textile fabrics for 3D design with just a camera and flash

Step 3

PRO CHART

SCAN FROM A5 - B0 SIZE

Position the PRO Chart over the fabric area that you want to digitise. Use an appropriately sized chart that fits your fabric/pattern repeat. Charts are available in sizes up to 1m.
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Order your PRO Chart here

Step 4

Capture

MOVE AROUND THE FABRIC

Scan your fabric by taking a series of flash photos of the fabric and chart from different angles. Bandicoot will automatically detect the precise angle of each photo when we process the scan.
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Watch the video to learn more

Step 5

UPLOAD

DRAG & DROP THE PHOTOS

Simply drag and drop the photos into the web app to create your digital fabric. We will take care of the rest.

SEAMLESS TEXTURES

Your digital fabric files are automatically tiled, using Bandicoot's patented processing technology.

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Step 6

Design

SHIMMER VIEW

Publish and embed your Shimmer View fabric viewer onto any website and webshop.

IMPORT TO 3D TOOL

Use your new digital fabrics in your favourite 3D tool instantly.

CONNECT WITH SUPPLIERS

Fabric mills and garment factories around the world are digitising fabrics on-site.

PAY-PER-SCAN

Use A Regular Digital Camera

SHOOT PHOTOS AND UPLOAD TO WEB

Use a digital camera to shoot photos of your fabric handheld from different angles. Log in and upload the photos to the web app.

NO EXPENSIVE DEDICATED EQUIPMENT

Use a regular off-the-shelf digital camera and flash to shoot the photos. No expensive investments in machines and dedicated hardware needed.

SCAN ANYWHERE

As long as you have your camera, a computer and an internet connection - you're all set to digitise textiles. Use it while designing, at the factory, at school, at home, in the office - anywhere.

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USER FRIENDLY SOLUTION

It's so easy - anyone can digitise fabrics

DO-IT-YOURSELF SOLUTION

Scan your materials by taking hand-held photos using a camera and flash, then upload your photos and our cloud service will automatically generate digital textures within 24 hours.

SERVICED SCANNING

Send your materials to Bandicoot and we'll take care of the scanning for you. Professionally digitised with everything taken care of. Particularly suitable for small amounts of fabrics, or specialised/complex fabrics with large repeats.

SCAN -> SHARE -> CREATE

Share digital fabrics with customers, colleagues, and partners. Use them to design products in your favourite 3D tools, and explore endless possibilities without wasting any fabrics in the process.

HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL 3D-READY TEXTILES

Quality that exceeds industry requirements

COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR FAVOURITE 3D TOOL

Bandicoot textures are easy to use for digital product creation, with drag and drop support for major tools including Swatchbook, Adobe Substance, Browzwear and CLO3D.

4K RESOLUTION

Your digital textures are delivered at 4K resolution, including channels for base colour, normals, roughness, metalness, height and ambient occlusion.

DIVERSE MATERIALS

We deliver digital textures with accurate colour for a wide variety of materials from washed denim to jacquard weave, from silky satin to foil prints. Large repeats are easy to cover with scan widths up to 1 metre, and fine details on smaller scans are captured at up to 640 dots per inch (DPI).