Folded straight from the packet
The studio can only place what it can see. A folded pallu comes back as a flat panel.
Before you upload: the garment photo that gets it right first time
Every shot the studio makes is built from one photo of your garment. Five minutes getting that photo right saves more credits than any setting.
What you’ll get
A garment photo the studio can read first time — so the colour, print and detail come out right in every shot.
What you need
- Your garment
- A phone camera and daylight
- A plain sheet or a clean floor
- Step 1
Follow the six rules that always apply
One garment per upload. Two garments in a frame produce a shot with two garments on one model.
Plain, even background — a white sheet or a clean floor beats a patterned bed.
Daylight, indirect. Direct sun blows out the highlights; a bulb overhead casts the fold shadows the model will inherit.
Fill the frame. A garment occupying a fifth of the photo gives a fifth of the detail to work from.
Shoot square-on. A photo taken at an angle bends the garment, and the output bends with it.
JPG, PNG or WEBP, up to 20MB.
Tip Never upload an earlier AI image as your garment photo. Each round softens the detail and shifts the colour.
- Step 2
Open the guide for your garment type
Every garment type has its own advice — a saree is photographed differently from a blazer. In Catalogue Studio, open New here? See what a good garment photo looks like for reference shots of all 102 garment types.
1102 garment typesReal reference shots and the advice for your type.2Then upload hereJPG, PNG or WebP, up to 20 MB.- 1102 garment types Real reference shots and the advice for your type.
- 2Then upload here JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 20 MB.
- Step 3
Check what the studio needs to see
Each garment page lists what the studio has to see in your photo. For a saree: the full length in one frame including the border, the pallu clearly separated from the body, and any zari or print large enough to read.
Your checklistTick every line before you upload.- Your checklist Tick every line before you upload.
- Step 4
Upload in Catalogue Studio
Tap Add a garment and choose the front photo. Add back, side and detail shots of the same piece if you have them — up to four images.
Front photo firstThen back, side and detail if you have them.- Front photo first Then back, side and detail if you have them.
- Step 5
Uploading a saree? Use Drape Studio
A saree goes in Drape Studio's Saree with Pallu Fabric slot: one photo of the full saree, body and pallu together. Add the blouse fabric in its own slot, cropped to just the blouse.
Full saree, one photoBody and pallu together, cropped to the fabric.- Full saree, one photo Body and pallu together, cropped to the fabric.
Three photos that waste credits
Shot at an angle
An angled photo bends the garment, and every shot bends with it. Stand square-on.
Two garments in one frame
You get both on one model. One garment per upload.
Good photo, bad photo
| Do | Avoid | |
|---|---|---|
| Background | White sheet or clean floor | Patterned bedsheet or a busy room |
| Light | Indirect daylight | Direct sun, or one bulb overhead |
| Framing | Garment fills the frame | Garment a fifth of the photo |
| Angle | Square-on, camera parallel | Shot from the side, or from above at a slant |
| File | JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 20 MB | Screenshots, collages, earlier AI images |
Questions
Can I use a phone camera?
Yes. A recent phone in daylight is enough. What matters is the light, the framing and shooting square-on.
Do I need a mannequin?
No. Lay the garment flat or hang it. For a saree, hanging shows the fall better than folding it flat.
Should I upload the back too?
If the back has its own design, yes — add it as a second image of the same garment in Catalogue Studio.
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