Allegion's Forge Series is a complete door hardware range spanning security locks, patio sliding and hinged hardware, mortice pulls, bifold operators, and escutcheons. The existing photo library was a mix of low-resolution shots, missing products, and inconsistent finishes. Every image was rebuilt from engineering CAD files — same lighting, same angles, same materials, across the entire range.
The Forge Series covers everything from security hinged and sliding locks to patio mortice pulls, bifold operators, and escutcheons — hardware for residential and light commercial door applications across Australia.
Allegion's marketing team was building a new product brochure and needed imagery to carry the full range: individual product shots, on-door context shots, and hero images — all consistent, all print-ready. The existing library couldn't support it. Products were missing, finishes were inconsistent, resolution varied. The decision was made to replace everything with 3D renders built from engineering CAD files.
Each product ships with configuration variants — with and without cylinder, with and without snib, left- and right-handed orientations — and needs to be shown both as a standalone product on a white background and in context on a door stile. Multiply that across two powder coat finishes and multiple camera angles, and the image count climbs fast.
The brief required a single unified visual language across all 120+ renders. Consistent lighting, locked camera angles, and a clear distinction between the brochure reference shots and the hero imagery — all delivered print-ready at 300dpi CMYK.
Allegion's engineering team provided STEP files for each product — hardware mounted on the door stile with applicable lock body and cylinder. Camera angles were locked through an approval pass before any materials were applied, testing yaw and pitch across positions until the hero angle and reference angle were both signed off.
Renders were delivered in product family batches with a PDF review document at each stage. Where CAD files shipped with incorrect geometry — wrong stile extrusion, misidentified models, transitional branding on face plates — these were resolved before final renders were committed. Output: 300dpi CMYK JPEGs for print and PNG with alpha channels for web.
The final library replaced all existing Forge Series photography with a consistent, production-ready set of 120+ renders. Delivered as 300dpi CMYK JPEGs for the brochure and PNG files with alpha channels for web and advertising.
The brochure front cover uses the white security hook bolt on white stile. All product section pages draw from the same library — giving the brochure a consistent visual language across all six product families and both powder coat finishes.
If your photo library is a mix of old photography, missing variants, and inconsistent finishes — send us your CAD files and we'll scope out what it takes to rebuild it properly.
