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# Carpet Photography Specialist

> The PhotoRobot Academy specialty track for the Carpet Studio built on the Carousel.

Category: Training and certification.

Carpet Photography Specialist trains operators and studio managers of the PhotoRobot Carpet Studio, built around the Carousel 3000 or 5000 rotary platform with a fixed multi-camera rig. It is one of the five specialty tracks of the Academy.

## How PhotoRobot uses it

The track has 4 modules: the Carpet Studio and Carousel architecture, the capture workflow, lighting discipline (including [raking light](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/raking-light)), and visualizer integration and delivery. It requires Operator Standard and is available to studios with a Carpet Studio installation.

## See on photorobot.com

- [Carpet Photography Specialist](https://www.photorobot.com/academy/tracks/carpet-specialist)
- [Carpet Studio manual](https://www.photorobot.com/manuals/carpet-studio)

## Related terms

- [Carousel 3000](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/carousel-3000): PhotoRobot 3 m rotating platform for cars, furniture and other large objects of up to 2000 kg.
- [Carousel 5000](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/carousel-5000): PhotoRobot low-profile heavy-duty turntable for cars and machinery, with a 4000 kg load capacity.
- [Raking light](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/raking-light): Light at a low angle across a surface that reveals texture through long shadows.
- [Pile-up](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/pile-up): Carpet fibers that bunch or lift at the edges of a sample and show up badly under raking light.

## Where this term appears on photorobot.com

Mentioned on 2 pages. Most relevant:

- [PhotoRobot FAQs](https://www.photorobot.com/faq): …(OCR Specialist, 3D Modeling Specialist, PINK Specialist, Virtual Catwalk Specialist and Carpet Photography Specialist).
- [Rapidly Onboard Studio Teams with PhotoRobot Academy](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/introducing-photorobot-academy): *4 modules* Carpet Photography Specialist Flat-rollout multi-camera capture, virtual room compositing and robotic turntable workflows.