Shadow-free photography

Also known as shadowless photography, shadow-free. Category: Photography techniques

Shadow-free photography lights a product so that it casts no visible shadow on the surface it stands on or the background behind it. It is achieved with light from below through a transparent support, diffuse backgrounds and balanced light from all sides.

How PhotoRobot uses it

PhotoRobot's Centerless Table and FRAME use an optical glass plate and diffuse background so products can be lit from all sides, producing shadow-free images of transparent, reflective, light or dark products.

  • Optical glass plate: A turntable top made of optical glass that can be lit and photographed through, giving shadow-free images.
  • White background: A background of pure white (RGB 255, 255, 255), standard for e-commerce product images.
  • Centerless Table: PhotoRobot motorised turntable with an optical glass plate for shadow-free photography without clipping.
  • Diffusion: Scattering light through a translucent material to make it softer and more even.

Where this term appears on photorobot.com

Mentioned on 19 pages of photorobot.com:

  1. CENTERLESS TABLE (Robot)
    A universal solution for shadow-free product photography Perfect Images.
  2. Product Photography Equipment - Overview (Robot)
    CENTERLESS TABLE A universal, motorized turntable solution for shadow-free product photography.
  3. PhotoRobot Centerless Table CL1300 & CL850 User Guide (Manual)
    Key technological components and features of the PhotoRobot Centerless Table include: Optical turning glass plate for shadow-free image capture.
  4. eCommerce Photography - How to Optimize Production (Blog)
    The Centerless Table is a universal solution for shadow-free eCommerce photography of small to large items with no clipping required.
  5. Centerless Table Eyewear Photography Production Demo (Video)
    The machine is optimal for shadow-free product photography of small to medium size items.
  6. How Multiple PhotoRobot Modules Combine - the Flexi_Studio (Video)
    01:23* A good example of a PhotoRobot with a glass turntable is our Case 1300, which makes it possible to produce shadow-free still images, 360s, or videos.
  7. PhotoRobot MultiCam and Centerless Table Installation Guide (Manual)
    Together, the two devices enable shadow-free automated photography of small to medium size products.
  8. How to Photograph Eyewear for Online Product Presentation (Tutorial)
    The optical glass plate of the turntable enables shadow-free product photography, while the software makes editing easy.
  9. Product Photo Background Removal and Adjustment (Tutorial)
    This is thanks to wide ranging design features that support automated shadow-free object photography.
  10. 3D eCommerce - What is it, Why it Matters, and Production (Blog)
    This provides shadow-free views from all sides and top-to-bottom that can be used to generate a 3D model.
  11. Photographing Glass Products (Blog)
    The 850 mm glass plate ensures shadow-free photography, and finding the center of the product’s rotation is easy thanks to PhotoRobot’s laser positioning.
  12. PhotoRobot Celebrates 20 Years in Automated Photography Innovation (Blog)
    Outputs range from shadow-free still images, to 360 & multi-row spins, virtual 3D models, object animation, and 360 product video.
  13. PhotoRobot Hardware for Automated Product Photography (Blog)
    The Centerless_Table is a universal, motorized turntable for shadow-free product photography of small and medium size objects.
  14. PhotoRobot's Centerless Table, a Motorized Photography Turntable (Blog)
    Read on with us to learn all about this universal solution for capturing shadow-free product photos on an industrial-scale.
  15. Product Photography and Robotic Process Automation (Blog)
    We have designed tools like the MULTICAM for capturing 3D and multi-row images in a single spin, the CENTERLESS TABLE for shadow-free product photography, and, among others, the CAROUSEL for…
  16. Product Photoshoots with PhotoRobot’s CASE 850 (Blog)
    After setup, capture shadow-free packaging photography, 360 images and photos to generate eCommerce 3D models of products like shoes, handbags, and other medium size items.
  17. Shoe Photography - Still Images, Style Guides and Workflow (Blog)
    Pictures all come out shadow-free, well-lit, and ready for any post production before publishing online.
  18. Discover the Frame 360 Turntable with Built-in Robot Arm (Video)
    The Frame is specially designed to automate the production of not only shadow-free still images and 360 spins, but also multi-row 3D spins and digital product models.
  19. PhotoRobot Case 850: The Highly Portable 360 Turntable (Video)
    Let's see how it looks from the point you receive yours to the moment you are taking shadow-free 360s or still images of products such as shoes, handbags and other small to medium-sized items.

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