Is it percale, sateen, linen or jersey?
A Detail shot close to the weave shows the difference: percale's matte grid, sateen's sheen, linen's slubs, jersey's knit. Your photo has to be sharp enough to show it.
Home & kitchen · Product photography
AI bedding and home textile product photography
Textile buyers can't feel the fabric, so the photos have to show its colour, weave, weight and drape honestly. AngleForge turns a photo of your sheets, cushions, throws, towels or curtains into made-bed and room scenes, white marketplace images and close-ups of weave and stitching for Amazon, Flipkart and Walmart.
- Bed sheets & pillowcases
- Duvet covers & quilts
- Cushions & covers
- Throws & blankets
- Towels
- Curtains
Sample images AI-generated from a text description. Yours are made from your own product photo.
Home textiles are bought by touch, and a listing has to stand in for it. Shoppers zoom in to judge whether a sheet is crisp percale or silky sateen, whether a towel is plush or thin, whether a throw drapes or sits stiff. Colour is the other trap: a duvet described as sage can look grey in one photo and mint in the next, and the difference shows the moment the parcel is opened. Large flat pieces add a problem of their own, because a bed sheet laid flat is just a rectangle of colour.
Good textile photos pair the made bed or the dressed sofa with honest close-ups. The room scene shows drape, layering and the scale of the pattern; the close-up shows weave, stitching and hem; the folded shots show what's in the set. AngleForge keeps the fabric as photographed and builds the scene around it, so the way you photograph a piece is the way it appears. A folded stack stays folded, and a duvet on a made bed stays on the bed.
What shoppers check
The questions your photos have to answer
Is the colour what I'll receive?
An evenly lit photo in neutral daylight keeps the shade true. Keep the same white balance across the set and name the colour plainly in the title.
How thick is the towel or the duvet?
A 45° or Side view of a folded stack shows loft and thickness, which a flat front view hides.
What's in the set?
A Top-down flat-lay of the folded pieces (duvet cover, fitted sheet, pillowcases) shows the contents. Photograph them laid out together for that set.
Will the curtain block light?
Photograph it hanging in front of a bright window, so the light coming through the fabric in every image is real.
The shot list
Shots that sell bedding & home textiles
A set of 8 images includes every shot on this list, because each set uses the angles in order. That is 16 credits at 2 credits an image.
- 1
Hero
The made bed, the cushion or the folded stack, whichever you photographed, as the lead image.
- 2
Front
Square to a hanging curtain or the foot of a made bed, so pattern scale and hem length read clearly.
- 3
45°
Depth: the plumpness of a cushion, the loft of a duvet, the height of a towel stack.
- 4
Side
The edge of a folded stack or a cushion, where piping, gussets and hem stitching show.
- 5
Top-down
A flat-lay of everything in a sheet set, or a throw's whole pattern from above.
- 6
Detail
Weave, terry loops, embroidery, a zip or button closure, a curtain's heading.
- 7
Lifestyle
The bedroom, bathroom, sofa or window the piece belongs to, with drape and layering visible.
- 8
With scale
Beside a hand or a mug, so a 45 cm cushion or a hand towel reads at its true size.
Settings to use
Start with these in AngleForge
- Category
- Home
- Lighting mood
- Lifestyle
- Background
- Lifestyle scene
- Set size
- 8 images
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Example brief
“Stonewashed linen duvet cover set in sage green on a made double bed. Keep the colour, the creases and the stitching exactly as photographed; calm bedroom with white walls and an oak bedside table, soft morning light from the left.”
Styling and light
- Photograph textiles in soft daylight from a large window and set white balance on a grey card. Mixed light (a window plus warm bulbs) gives fabric a colour cast that carries into every image.
- Steam or press before you shoot unless the creases are the point. Washed linen should look relaxed and percale crisp; neither should look slept in.
- Make the bed the way a hotel would: pillows plumped and square, the duvet turned down to show the sheet, and only pieces from the set on the bed for marketplace images.
- Hang curtains from their heading (eyelets, rod pocket or pleats) at full drop, so buyers see how they hang and how long they are.
- Fold every colourway the same way, to the same stack height, at the same angle, so the colour grid on a collection page reads cleanly.
Marketplace rules
What each marketplace expects
Rules change, so check the current category guide in your seller dashboard before you upload.
Amazon
- Seller guides aren't consistent on bedding: one names beds, bed frames, mattresses, rugs and sofas among the categories allowed a room scene as the main image and leaves bedding off its list, while another says bedding can use one. Check the current style guide for your bedding type in Seller Central before you upload a bedroom as the main image.
- Where white applies, show every piece in the set on pure white and nothing that isn't included. If a cushion cover ships without its insert, say so in the title.
Flipkart
- Integration guides quoting Flipkart's image rules ask for a white primary image with the product alone, and no price tags, stickers or product tags. Remove swing tags from towels and cushions before you shoot.
- Photograph every colour you list. AngleForge keeps the fabric's colour as it appears in your photo, so each colourway needs its own photo and set.
Walmart
- Walmart's image guide asks for main images on seamless white at 2200 × 2200 px, 1500 × 1500 px at least for zoom, and says the main image can't show accessories that aren't included. Throw pillows and blankets that don't come with a duvet set stay out of it.
- Walmart asks for swatch images where applicable, which suits textiles sold in several colours: a tight close-up of each colourway works as a swatch.
Common bedding & home textiles photo mistakes
- Colour drift between images, so the same duvet looks grey in one and green in the next.
- Creased, slept-in sheets, or cushions that look flat and lumpy.
- A made bed piled with pillows and throws that aren't in the set, and nothing saying what's included.
- Swing tags, pins and price stickers left on towels and cushions.
- Only room scenes and no close-up of the weave, so buyers can't tell sateen from percale.
- Curtains photographed folded, so the drop, the heading and the light through the fabric are guesswork.
FAQ
Bedding & home textiles photography questions
Can AI make a bedroom scene for my bedding?
Yes. Photograph the bedding on a made bed in even daylight, pick the Lifestyle scene background and describe the room in the brief. AngleForge keeps the bedding as photographed and builds the room around it. A folded set stays folded in every shot, so photograph it on the bed if you want bed scenes.
How do I keep fabric colour accurate?
Shoot in daylight with no warm bulbs on, set white balance on a grey card, and compare the photo with the fabric before you upload. AngleForge doesn't recolour the product, so an accurate photo gives an accurate set, and a colour cast in your photo carries through.
Can I show cushions or pillowcases as a pair?
Yes. Photograph one cushion and choose a 12-image set: its Pair shot shows two identical pieces side by side, the way pairs are sold. For mixed sets with different patterns, photograph the whole group together.
How do I photograph white towels for a white background?
White on white loses its edges. Use the Warm white backdrop, which keeps a soft contact shadow, so the stack's outline and the terry texture still show; the Amazon export then lifts that backdrop to pure white. Check the outline on every image before you publish.
How much does a textile set cost?
Each image costs 2 credits. The 8-image bedroom set recommended here is 16 credits, a 12-image set with the Pair shot is 24, and a 4-image set of the folded pieces on white for marketplace main images adds 8. New accounts get 6 free credits to test 3 images.
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