Label Recognition helps your team capture and manage key product details straight from garment labels. Powered by AI, it reads information like material composition, care instructions, and country of origin– then turns it into digital data. It cuts down on manual work and reduces errors, giving your team more time to focus on what matters.
➕ Add On: Label Recognition is an add-on. If you’re interested in using it in your studio, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager for more info.
Feature Overview
Labels can be scanned directly via our Mobile Application Chroma or uploaded from saved files on your computer. We currently support the scanning and recognition of data from fashion products and other garment labels.
Label Data Categories
Once a label is scanned, the data is ingested into Creative Force, associated with a related Sample, and categorized into specific categories:
Data Category | Description |
Care Instructions | Text-based instructions and their corresponding laundry symbol icons are read separately, merged, and then split into 5 subtype categories.
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Material Composition | Identified material names and the percentage of each in the total composition. |
Country of Origin | The identified country of origin during manufacturing, typically read as "Made in… [Origin]." |
Warnings | Important call-outs typically follow words like "Warning" or "Caution." |
Package Contents | Describes what's included or how it's packaged, is recognized from words like "Package Contains," "Pack," "PK," or "Set." |
Other Notes | Studio defined relevant information that doesn’t fit into the other pre-defined categories. |
📝 Note: Care Instructions and Materials are translated to English; But Country of Origin is kept as-is.
Once associated with a Sample, the extracted data can be reviewed and edited freely– then integrated into features like Copywriting and Metadata.
Studio Settings
Once your studio has had the Label Recognition module added to your account, you can start the setup process by configuring how it should behave in the Studio Settings.
Head to Studio Settings → then find the 'Label Recognition' section under the main Studio Settings tab of Account Settings.
Setting Option | Function |
Material Composition Settings | Material compositions will be displayed if they exist on a label. |
Require Composition Materials to Equal 100% | Enabling this option will require material compositions for each garment component to add up to 100%.
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Connected Samples | Enabling this option will pool details from labels shared across multiple Samples that are associated with the same Product. |
Other Notes | A section for notes that highlight relevant information that doesn’t fit into other categories. |
🗣️ Tip: The 'Other Notes' field is useful for garment or performance features such as: ‘garment is designed to fade’, ‘color may rub off on lighter-colored materials’, or ‘limited edition.’
Extracting Label Data
Via Chroma
Label Recognition integrates directly with the Scan function in Chroma, Creative Force's web app. After scanning a sample’s barcode on the Scan page.
After scanning, you’ll see a “Detect Label” option either right below the scan or inside the expanded actions list.
You can either snap photos of the label on the spot or upload them from your gallery. Each sample can have up to 10 images. As soon as you hit upload, the system starts analyzing them automatically, and will display 'Uploading' until complete.
🗣️ Tip: The camera in Chroma allows Tap to Focus and Dynamic Lens Switching with compatible devices. Simply tap the screen on the area where your barcode is positioned to shift the focus area. Learn more.
Once uploading has completed, you will see one of two potential outcomes– illustrated in the screenshot below:
Extraction Successful
If the upload has completed successfully, you will be able to open and view the uploaded images in full screen by tapping on “View.'
Extraction Unsuccessful
If the images are blurry or hard to read, Chroma will let you know that it couldn't extract the data.
Via Scan Flow
If you’re working in Gamma, you can also add label images while scanning samples within a Scan Flow. 'Detect Label' will be a custom step type available to add to custom Scan Flows.
When the scan is executed, and the Detect Label step is triggered, Gamma will generate a QR code. Just scan it with Chroma, and it’ll open the Detect Label flow for that Sample.
Once the label images have been uploaded, the system will handle the rest, syncing and analyzing as it goes.
Via Sample Slide-In
You can also access Label Recognition directly from a Sample's overview menu. First select a Sample, then scroll to the Label Recognition section, and hit 'Add.'
In the resulting pop-up menu, you can either upload images from your hard drive or scan the QR code with Chroma to upload from your mobile device via the camera.
Extracted Label Data
Once one of the above processes has been completed, data from your labels will be automatically associated with the related Sample in Creative Force.
Review Label Data
After your images have been uploaded, whether through Chroma or directly in Gamma, you’ll see them appear in the Overview tab of the Sample slide-in.
The system will begin analyzing the images right away, and you’ll see that status reflected in the interface. When the analysis is complete, the results will be visible in the same panel.
No Data Error
If any of the images are too blurry or unclear, Creative Force will display a “No Data” message to let you know it couldn’t extract information. Within the menu, you can update photos directly to resubmit alternate, clearer images:
If the system does manage to extract data, it’ll appear directly next to the images. Here you can review the details, and if needed, update or correct them.
Editing Label Data
Within the data review menus, you can manually edit values by selecting the “Edit Data” option in the Actions menu.
Selecting Edit Data will open a new menu screen with a dropdown to navigate between fields by category. With a category selected, you can sub-select a specific field to adjust and overwrite anything the tool may have misread.
Auto-Fill In Copywriting
If a Product is linked to a Sample that has recognized label data, and that product also has a copywriting task (either in “To do” or “Backlog” status), the system will prefill fields like Material Composition and Care Instructions automatically.
⚠️ Important: The values from the label need to match what’s set up in your Copywriting fields. If they don’t match exactly, the system will highlight the field with an orange warning for you to review.
You can also use merge field tokens to pull in label data into your copy. These can fill in single-line or text area fields automatically, or they can be added manually while writing.