Image Masking Services

Images which are professionally shot and need editing require that you have a professional edit them. While most studios have the capacity to perform simple alterations, most do not take the time or have the dedicated team to correctly apply the photo manipulations well. This is especially true in image masking services. Clipping Path Creative can help you have a professional-grade picture.

 Why do you need a professional Image Masking Service?

When you hire a person to perform retouches and image masking, generally the person will cut around the image. If this is not performed correctly, the image has a cut-out look. This is especially true in portraits where you have hair and curvatures of the body. While the cut may be precise, the image still will look fake. Why is this?

An image mask is a cut-out or layering of the image so that the other material in the image can be removed or covered up. So, an image masking service only focuses on the cut-out/masking part of the job. Yet, there are other aspects to a professional job that needs to be considered. Edge blending, lighting, contrasting, all play a part in providing a crisp image to work with.

Skin Tones and Hair

One of the biggest problems with non-professional image masking services is found in skin tones and hair. Specifically, those who have stray hairs or wind-blown hair tend to have the finer details omitted from the picture. This, again, causes the image to have an appearance of being cut out of a magazine instead of having a natural look.

Because the image masking service takes the image away from the background, it is common that the lighting and the skin tone dynamic clash. As such, it is essential that the professional re-adjust the lighting, remove minor blemishes, levels, saturation, and hue, and perform other tasks to mimic the setting for the clipped image. Even when placing the image on a white background, the professional should perform these things to give the model the best look.

Precision vs a filter

Clipping Path Creative uses industry-standard software with their image masking service. This requires that your image manipulation gets one-on-one care from one of our professionals. We do not use filters when performing your professional photo manipulation services because we have found that the filters only provide a sub-standard level of professionalism. Only by taking the time to do the job properly does the image really stand out.

Not limited to human models

While image masking services are primarily utilized by those wishing to display models for products, image masking may also be used for e-commerce items, for removal of backgrounds for products, to enhance complex edged products, or simply to give a picture a more professional appearance.

Let us know how to help

Whether you are seeking to have one or one hundred images manipulated, Clipping Path Creative can help. Not sure what service is best for you? Not a problem either, just contact us and one of our team members will be more than happy to find the best service to fit your photo manipulation and editing needs.