How Intersport Cut 3D Rendering Times by 90% with Stage
Company: Intersport - Global sporting goods retailer
Industry: Apparel & Accessories
“Stage transformed our entire design process. We can now iterate faster, collaborate more effectively, and create stunning visuals in a fraction of the time.”
Laura Johns - Product Development Specialist and 3D design
Intersport is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, offering a wide range of high-quality sports apparel, footwear, and equipment. With a presence in over 40 countries, Intersport is dedicated to delivering innovative products and services to athletes and fitness enthusiasts, supporting an active lifestyle at all levels of ability.
The Challenge
Before adopting Stage, Intersport faced multiple rendering bottlenecks:
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Time-Consuming Renders: High-quality images could take up to 3 hours per image, slowing the entire design process and limiting the number of iterations.
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Performance Limitations: Their existing hardware struggled with the demands of rendering, leading to lower-quality outputs and high costs for upgrading.
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Disrupted Workflow: Switching between rendering tools created inefficiencies, and inconsistent rendering results affected their ability to scale.
The Solution
Stage revolutionized Intersport’s approach to rendering by offering:
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90x Faster Rendering: Stage cut rendering times from 3 hours to just 2 minutes per image*, allowing for quicker iterations and higher-quality results.
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Cloud-Based Rendering: Intersport avoided costly hardware upgrades while leveraging the power of the cloud. Over time, Stage helped them make a case for investing in high-performance hardware.
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Streamlined Workflow: Seamless integration with Clo3D eliminated the need to switch tools, improving productivity. Stage’s ability to batch process images sped up their entire rendering process.
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Intersport particularly valued the ability to share and reuse lighting and environment settings across the team, ensuring consistency across all projects.
The Results
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90x Faster Renders: Intersport reduced rendering times to just 2 minutes per image*, significantly speeding up their process and enabling more design iterations.
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Improved Efficiency: The cloud-based solution streamlined their workflows, while batch processing saved valuable time. Intersport noted how the ability to handle multiple render jobs at once was critical to speeding up their image production.
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Higher Quality Renders: With faster rendering, Intersport was able to create more complex, high-quality visuals, ultimately improving their final designs.
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“The support from the Trapdoor team was extraordinary. We had weekly meetings, consistent communication, and even custom solutions that were tailored to our specific needs.” - Laura Johns, Product Development Specialist & 3D Design
90%
Faster Render Speed
1:42 Seconds
Average Render Time (Path-traced & Cloud Rendering)
Looking Ahead
Intersport plans to expand its use of Stage to further enhance its capabilities:
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Hard goods Visualization: Applying Stage’s advanced rendering techniques to produce high-quality 3D renders for hard goods products.
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Virtual Store Environments: Creating immersive retail environments to help buyers visualize products in realistic settings.
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Metahuman Avatars: Leveraging Metahumans to provide lifelike digital avatars for apparel modeling.
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Hardware Upgrade: Looking into purchasing higher powered machines in order to render locally for even faster render times.
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Incorporation of RTX rendering: Incorporating real-time rendering vs. traditional path-traced rendering which will enable rendering at a fraction of a second!
With Stage, Intersport slashed their rendering times by 90%, greatly improved workflow efficiency, and elevated the quality of their product visuals—all while reducing hardware costs. Stage continues to be an essential part of their design process.
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Learn more about how Stage can transform your team's rendering process on our learn page.
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*2 Minute Render time was using Path Tracing on highest quality. If utilizing RTX rendering, the same images render in a few seconds.
