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The colour and material visualiser for the leather footwear industry — built for craftsmen, chosen by brands, trusted before the first cut.
Every day, cobblers, craftsmen and manufacturers commit to colour decisions blind — cutting expensive leather before ever seeing the finished result. Returns, remakes and regret follow.
Capleath eliminates that uncertainty. Before the first cut, before the first stitch — clients see exactly what they're getting.
Wrong colour decisions mean expensive leather wasted, time lost, and clients disappointed — a cycle the industry accepts as normal.
The leather footwear trade still relies on physical swatches, verbal descriptions, and imagination. No digital solution exists built specifically for this craft.
Customers hesitate, change their mind mid-production, or cancel orders because they simply couldn't picture the end result before committing.
Every zone of every shoe — upper, sole, welt, toe cap, laces, eyelets — individually coloured, textured, and compared side by side in real time.
Select any part of the shoe — upper, sole, welt, tongue, toe cap, heel — and apply any colour from our curated leather palette or a custom hex code.
Live PreviewUpload a photo of real leather. The grain, pattern and texture is applied to any zone using multiply blending — colour and texture coexist perfectly.
Multiply BlendUpload a photo of any real shoe to Trace. Our converter generates a clean sketch from it — adjust as needed, then use the Draw or Rect tool to trace each zone, name it, and send it straight to the studio for editing.
TraceSpin your customised shoe through a full 360° rotation. Drag to rotate manually or let it auto-spin. Every angle of your coloured design, visible before a single piece of leather is cut.
360° PreviewOriginal template alongside your custom design, simultaneously. Show clients exactly what changed and what stays — no ambiguity, no surprises.
Compare ViewSave designs to your account. Export as PNG or JPG instantly, or upgrade to Pro for GIF and MP4 turntable video — ready for client presentations.
PNG · JPG · GIF · MP4See your coloured design as a photorealistic image. Our render engine applies your chosen colours and textures to produce a true-to-life preview of the finished shoe — before production begins.
Coming SoonExplore your design in true three dimensions. Rotate, zoom and inspect every angle of a fully rendered 3D model of your shoe — the complete picture before the first cut.
Coming SoonCapleath serves the full footwear ecosystem — from the single craftsman in his workshop to the international manufacturer managing client expectations at scale.
Show clients the finished colour before cutting a single piece. Eliminate costly remakes. Build trust through visual certainty. Capleath becomes your most powerful sales tool.
Compress your prototype cycle. Present seasonal colourways to buyers digitally before physical samples exist. Reduce waste, accelerate decisions, impress clients.
Commission exactly what you want. Configure colour, material and texture zone by zone — then share the design with your cobbler knowing both of you see the same thing.
Rapid colourway iteration without physical samples. Explore hundreds of combinations in an afternoon. Present to clients with polished exports and turntable previews.
Select from our library of pre-loaded footwear templates — Oxford, Brogue, Chelsea Boot, Derby, Moccasin, and Birkenstock — or build yours from scratch using Trace.
Click any zone — upper, sole, tongue, laces, welt — and apply colour from leather palettes or a custom hex. Add real leather textures.
Spin the shoe through a full 360° turntable. Compare the original alongside your customised design side by side. No surprises before production begins.
Share the result with your client, save the preview, or go straight to production — knowing exactly what you're making.
The global footwear industry is a nearly half-trillion dollar market with no dedicated visualisation software. Capleath enters as the first dedicated colour and material preview tool built specifically for leather footwear — a category starved of digital innovation.
With a B2B subscription model targeting manufacturers and craftsmen, and a B2C layer for consumer-facing brands, Capleath has a clear and scalable path to revenue.
"The biggest friction in my workshop is clients changing their mind after I've already cut the leather. A tool like this would change everything."Master Cobbler — Lagos, Nigeria
"I've lost customers because they couldn't visualise the colour on their shoe. Seeing it before buying? That's the future of this trade."Leather Footwear Retailer
"Our sampling process is expensive and slow. A digital material-to-shoe preview would cut our prototype cycle by weeks."Footwear Manufacturer
For investors, partners & early believers
Capleath is seeking strategic partners and early-stage investors who believe in the future of the leather footwear industry. We are building the definitive visualisation platform — and we want the right people in the room from the start.
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