Digitizing Fabric: How to Scan Textiles Accurately.

Creating a lifelike digital representation of fabric remains one of the key challenges in the textile manufacturing industry's shift toward digitalization. Whether you're a mill presenting your textiles to clients or a designer developing garments, fashion, furniture and other textile products daily, digital technology is increasingly blending the worlds of science and design. Digital fabrics rely on a complex set of optical data properties that replicate the look and feel of real textiles in a virtual space. To digitize a fabric, you must start with a physical sample, and following specific preparation steps is essential to ensure high-quality digital results.

Our N-hega CCD Contex HD Ultra X scanner is designed specifically for high-resolution textile and fabric scanning, with capabilities ranging from 100 to 1200 DPI. Simply place your fabric in a carrier sleeve—such as plastic or paper—feed it into the scanner, and within seconds, our Nextimage software works in tandem with the scanner to capture a true-to-scale, high-fidelity image of the fabric.

Nextimage allows you to adjust color, lighting, brightness, and tonal levels to fine-tune your scan before saving. The software supports a wide range of export formats, including BMP, DWF, JPG, JP2, JPX, PDF, PNG, and TIF.

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Below are examples of fabrics scanned at 300 DPI—notice the exceptional level of detail captured. Can you see how every thread and texture is preserved?

Fabric Detail Scanned at 300 DPI. 1200 DPI also available.

Fabric Detail Scanned at 300 DPI. 1200 DPI also available.