Product Labs🔬: Decoding Pebblely Fashion

Over INR 1.5L 💸
That’s what would cost you for a photo shoot in India including photographer, studio, model, editor, and stylist 🤯. And yes, this is just for one day!
We need not do that math of what it would be for 2-3 days…you get it!

Now with Pebblely Fashion, you can reduce the cost by over 90%!
No we are not joking 🤩

What’s in it for you?

Pebblely is an AI-powered tool that's revolutionizing the way fashion brands create product images. It's specifically designed to generate high-quality, professional-looking fashion photos with ease.

Pebblely enables upcoming designers, and small brands to showcase their products with panache, same as a large fashion brand.

All you need to do is to upload photos of your products. Pebblely Fashion currently supports only tops, but is fast expanding to other apparel & accessories. It is best to upload photos of the product of ghost mannequins or flats laid out on a hanger.
Customize the background and model, and hey presto you have images generated in 20 seconds!

You decide which is the better deal - “2 days & INR 3L” vs “30 seconds & INR 5000”.

Inspecting Pebblely a little more closely, here are some cool features that caught our fancy:

• AI Models: Pebblely utilizes AI models to showcase apparel on virtual models in various poses and backgrounds, which eliminates the need for physical models and studio setups

• Diverse Representation: It offers a range of body types and ethnicities, promoting inclusivity and diversity in fashion representation

• Background Customization: You can easily change the background of your product images to match your brand's aesthetic or create different moods

• Time and Cost Efficiency: Pebblely significantly reduces the time and expense associated with traditional fashion photography

Pebblely has two modes, to generate images:

• AI Generate: Ideal for plain-colored tops

• AI Warp: Better suited for tops with graphics or text

Pebblely lures users with a cross between Progressive Disclosure and the Freemium model.

In the free version, users can only upload an image of a top or select one from the existing collection - 4 models generate 4 images. The models cannot be customized and neither can the background.

Once you opt for one of the paid subscriptions all features are accessible. The lowest tier offers 500 images per month while the highest tier offers 10,000 images per month.

What’s the intrigue?

While Pebblely excels at generating high-quality fashion images, its applications are beyond just fashion models. An interesting application in the e-commerce space is “Try Before You Buy”. Indian fashion e-commerce platform Myntra used to allow customers to have the selected item delivered, try it, and only then pay for it if they liked it.

Today, there is a keen interested in cutting-edge research involving such Vitrual Try-On or VTON systems, leading to advent of models such as OutfitAnyoneAI, AnyFit & StyleVTON that allow users to not only visualize models (including themselves) in any piece of clothing by uploading their photo and that of the product, but also allow them to see themselves in multiple poses wearing the garments.

Pebblely is uniquely positioned to capitalize on virtual try-on advancements. Given its foundation in AI-generated fashion imagery, integrating virtual try-on capabilities would be a natural evolution. Pebblely could offer e-commerce brands a powerful tool to boost sales and customer satisfaction. However, challenges remain.

Achieving a truly accurate virtual try-on experience requires precise body measurements and detailed garment information. Additionally, ensuring the privacy and security of user data is paramount. Nevertheless, the potential rewards are immense.

Spark & Trouble are waiting to try on some cool new jigsaw outfits with Pebblely very soon.
Also, if you know any cool puzzle outfit designers do send it to Spark & Trouble. 😋

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