Abstract: Due to the complex arrangement of the colored weft and warp yarns and special structure of the woven photograph fabric, a standardized method to simplify the fabric structure is crucial during the design of the fabric. A standardized method which simplifies the multi-layer photograph fabric into three standard basic structures is introduced in this paper. By using these standard basic structures, the “transition” effects in the photograph fabric is obtained successfully and the “red strips” defects on the fabric during production is analyzed and solved. This standardized methods and simplified structures provide mechanism and help develop the structure database for photograph fabric design.

Key words: woven photograph, weave structure, structure transition, multicolored warp, standardization