How does the preview handle a bold or repeating pattern across the folds?

The AI renders your actual fabric pattern at true scale and repeats it correctly across each fold, the same way it would sit once fabricated. If a stripe or large-scale floral would land awkwardly at a fold line or cut off mid-motif, you and the customer see it before cutting — not after the shade arrives.

Can it show inside mount and outside mount versions of the same shade?

Yes. Run the same fabric as an inside mount, tucked into the window frame, and as an outside mount, hung above and beyond the frame. Outside mount reads larger and closes the light gap at the edges; customers torn between the two can see both on their actual window instead of guessing from a diagram.

Does it distinguish flat-fold from hobbled (soft-fold) styles?

Yes. Flat-fold shades stack in crisp, tailored horizontal folds when raised. Hobbled shades keep a soft, rounded fold cascading down the shade even when fully raised. The preview renders the fabric in whichever style the customer is deciding between, so the choice is visual instead of descriptive.

Can it show how a blackout or light-filtering lining changes the look, day and night?

Yes. Request a version with the liner applied and one without. Light-filtering liners soften and diffuse the fabric color; blackout liners darken the room and change how the shade reads from the street at night when the interior is lit. This matters most for street-facing rooms and bedrooms, where the lining decision is a privacy decision.

How is this different from just holding a fabric swatch up to the window?

A swatch shows color and texture at four square inches. It does not show pattern repeat at scale, how the fold breaks light and shadow across the fabric, or how the finished shade proportions against the whole window and wall. The preview shows the actual outcome — the swatch only shows the raw material.

Does it work for bay windows, French doors, and other non-standard shapes?

Yes. Photograph each window individually — most bay and multi-window installations use one shade per pane rather than a single continuous shade. The AI generates a preview per window, which also helps customers see how a pattern reads across multiple shades hung together.

Are customer photos stored or retained?

That's your call, not ours — it's your software. We build the storage and retention policy around what your business needs and make sure it meets GDPR, CCPA, or any other regulation that applies. No training on your data, ever.

There's no off-the-shelf plan, so there's no published price list. Share your details and we'll discuss project scope and pricing on a free consultation call — see /pricing for details.

Window Treatments

Show homeowners their roman shades before you cut a single yard of fabric

Photograph the window during the in-home consultation. Makeover generates a photorealistic roman shade preview in the customer's chosen fabric, fold style, and mount in seconds — their own window, treated, not a four-inch swatch propped against the glass.

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What is a roman shade preview preview?

A roman shade preview tool uses AI to generate a photorealistic image of a window dressed in a specific roman shade — fabric, fold style, and mount — before the shade is fabricated. The consultant photographs the customer's window, and the tool renders that fabric pattern at true scale across the folds, in the requested inside or outside mount. Window treatment dealers and interior designers use this during in-home consultations to close custom orders on the first visit instead of losing the sale to swatch-book hesitation.

Why it matters

Custom roman shades typically run $200 to $600 per window in mid-market fabrics, and $500 to $1,200 or more in designer or embroidered textiles — real money the customer commits to sight-unseen at full scale. Once the order is written, fabrication takes three to six weeks and the shade is cut to that window's exact dimensions, which makes it a final-sale item at nearly every workroom. The gap between a four-inch fabric swatch and an eight-foot expanse of that same pattern, folded, mounted, and lit by real window light, is where deals stall — not because the customer dislikes the fabric, but because they cannot extrapolate from a swatch card to their actual living room.

Who uses this

In-home window treatment consultants and dealership design consultants — Hunter Douglas Gallery locations, Budget Blinds franchises, independent workrooms — who carry swatch books door to door. Interior designers specifying roman shades as part of a full window package alongside drapery. Custom workroom owners who take the order and need the customer sold before cutting begins. Retail window treatment showrooms doing final fabric selection with walk-in customers.

Heard this from a homeowner?

They love the fabric on the swatch card but can't picture a striped or floral pattern repeating across a full-width shade — will the folds cut the pattern in a weird spot?

They can't decide between inside mount and outside mount, or flat-fold and hobbled, because nobody can show them what either looks like on their window.

They stall at the order desk because a custom shade is non-refundable once it's cut, and committing to a $400 fabric choice off a swatch feels like a gamble.

How roman shade preview previews work

Three steps. Under 10 seconds. No design skills needed.

Photograph the window

One phone photo during the in-home consultation or showroom visit. Existing light, existing trim — no measuring software or special rig needed for the preview.

AI generates the shade preview

The model places the chosen fabric across the fold pattern — flat-fold or hobbled — in the requested inside or outside mount, scaled and lit to match the window's actual proportions.

Present it before you write the order

Their own window, dressed in their fabric choice. The conversation moves from "let me think about it" to picking a lining and signing the order form.

Common questions about roman shade preview

Straight answers. No jargon.

Let's build the version made for your business

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