Photo Manipulation

Photo Manipulation can really add amazing effects to any photo. Adding or removing persons, changing person's face, bringing a dinosaur in the middle of NY city, all goes under the task of photo manipulation.

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How to Create Evil Eye Effect with Photoshop :

Creating Evil Eyes or white eyes is one if the easiest editing. But the effect is far reaching. Simply whitening your eyes will turn your appearance to a great extent. Applying some quick photo editing techniques will make it done. Follow these steps and see that by yourself!

1. Open the photo in Photoshop. First set the foreground color in to white or the color you want the eyes to be. You can do it by selecting the Set Foreground Color tool from the tools option at the left of your screen.

2. Now select the Pen tool from the available option. Pen tool is used for creating clipping path. Now use this pen tool to create clipping path around the eye. Make sure that you do not do clipping path over the eye lash areas. Of course you will be able to revise the selection later.

3. Now open the Effects panel by double clicking on the eye shaped layer from the layer palette. Now add an inner shadow with a distance of zero.  Size should be 3 to 5 (depending on the image). Set the Opacity to 75%.

4. From the effect panels, add an Outer Glow. Change the color to white, blue or red as you want.  This time the size would be larger. Set the opacity about 60%. It will keep the glow in to a minimal level and make the effect even more accurate. Depending on the photo, this settings and ratios may differ.


Now you have started your Halloween photo editing and created your evil eyes!

Photo Correction-Turning Raw Shot in to Commercially Usable Photo

Photo Correction or Photo Adjustment refers to a number editing combined together for the betterment of any image. It’s a wide range which will cover services like Color fixing, red eye issue, brightness & contrast editing, adding or removing blur and other effects and a lot more. The primary goal is to enhance the image quality and make it look a lot more pleasant and attractive than before. It gives a big boost to the quality of your business image.

Photo Correction is relatively a modern concept. It’s a combination of some certain edit jobs. It will depend on the image quality that which treatments an image will need. To make any photo look professional and pleasant, Photo correction is a very necessary technique in these days. A raw shot cannot be perfect and it is bound to have some imperfection. Any photo which will be used for business purposes needs to undergo several levels of editing before they are actually ready for use. Photo correction will make you get rid of these imperfections. Images might have usual dust and dirt, or the angle of the product may need some sort of alteration. Sometimes the color of a particular potion of the image might need some modifications.Photo correction covers all these issues. Editing like retouching, multiple clipping paths, color correction, re-sizing and cropping will make the image free from all these imperfections.

These days, each of your important photos needs some Photo correction before presenting. It’s like- almost everyone is doing this and why you will stay behind?  From personal photography to business photography each all will appear certainly more attractive if they are sent through this process. Even the skilled designers are not rare. They are easily available online who can process these photos according to the owners wish within a very short time and of course cost efficiently. This facility has make this service already popular. Read how to choose the best outsourcing firms out of many.

When the skilled designer of the editing company will work with the image(s) they will check each an every part of it, modify if they needed in order to make the image look more professional and accurate. In most cases, photography fails to achieve this. Many tools are used by the editing professionals. Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular and professional too. First the editor will go through the image and check for the issues. Then they are sent to the professionals who are specialist in their respective fields. Then they will fix all the existing imperfection of the image and modify different editing levels according to the customers wish. Like a colored picture can be changed in to a sepia or classic black & white for creating a different taste while keeping the main frame intact. Also additional effects can also be applied. Adding texts, decorative signs, textures, logos can also be done if the customer wants.

In most cases, the customers will need photo correction for a bunch of images. Like if you have captured a wedding event, there will be a good number of images to process. The photo correction works needs a lot of skill, patience and of course it demands a lot of time to accomplish the job successfully. Investing a lot of time behind furnishing the photos individually becomes a tough as for the photography professionals. That is why these days people consider it a smarter to outsource them to any offshore company. That saves the time, worry and money for sure. The online editors are skilled enough to understand your requirements and work on it accordingly. Wedding and real estate photographers are the ones who needs frequent editing of bunch of images. Fixing angles, removing blemishes and unwanted parts, creating panorama effect are mostly used by the real estate photographers. Certain edits will make the image of a mansion more attractive and add grandeur to its usual beauty. Web shop owners who sale glittering products like jewelry, diamond and stones are also among common customers. Parts of the jewelry may need to shine more or the color of the stones may need some change. If you have a boutique shop and want to display one single product in different colors, you need not to have all the products. Color change is also another part of photo correction which is the answer to all your imaging shortcomings.

Photo Correction or Modification is no longer optional these days. Web shop owners are getting more professional by enhancing their raw photos to a certain degree before the actual publication. It may not be always about fixing the errors or imperfections.  Rather it’s all about the beautification of the image, giving it some extra glow which will catch the eye of the visitors.

About the Author :

Ron Zepplin

Outsource Specialist and CEO of Clipping Path UK

Photo Correction | Professional Photo Editors | Product Photo Editing

Outsourcing Photo Editing works and Making the Best Out of It

When there comes a number of options, it also has a chance to create some confusion too. Same happens to the photo editing industry. Selecting an outsourcing company for photo editing gas its pros and cones. Facts should be kept in mind and checked while contacting and dealing with the chosen company. That makes the difference, whether it will be a successful harvest or a mess.

Software companies who build Photo Editing tools are always in a try to create products that will give the best output. Photoshop Pen tool is one of the greatest inventions that allows producing accurate clipping paths and makes the background smoothly separated. Background Eraser is another tool which allows working on the hairy area. Both These tools are well-known for their flawless performance. From a business stand point, you will find only one issue that these tools can only be operated manually. That means you have to engage some qualified Photoshop Expert to use the tools and get the best results. There is almost no chance to have a good result unless you are an expert. Here comes one probable solution that if you can engage some who will be cost efficient and skilled as well. Hiring professionals is not cost efficient. Setting up an well equipped studio also demands a lot of cost. Hence, Outsourcing can be a very good answer if the cons are carefully avoided.

To speak about the cons of outsourcing, first comes the question of a sensitive sync between the both parties: client and the outsourcing company. In many occasions, the company fails to understand the client’s exact requirements, or the client fails to convey them properly. There are many other points which should be checked out properly while contacting any outsourcing firm. Here are some steps which will let you to take the best advantage out of them:

    1.     Give the right brief and in details. The right brief will bring the best result. Many busy customers/clients tend to ignore this important part or otherwise provide some brief descriptions. It may create confusions. Please make a detail and good brief over email, chat or phone. I recommend email as it is more reliable and also the record is kept too. So better be on the safe side and express them in detail.

    2.     Services can be called in different names due to regional and geographical reasons. Such as Clipping Path is also known as vector based path or a way to isolate the object or remove the background in many places. Don’t worry about the technical names. If you have explained them what you need, they will be able to provide that. Make a clear explanation of what you want to do with your picture, what the final results should look like. Professionals will understand that very well.

    3.     A lot rests on good and clear communication since distance is no issue while contacting an online company. Regional and local dialects can be an problem and create confusions. Most of your outsourcing partner will not be a native English speaker. Phone conversations may have these issues. Once again I recommend a written form of communication for better understanding.

   4.      Be specific while mentioning the required services. Photo editing companies usually provide many additional services like retouching, color correction, manipulations, vector conversions etc. So pick the right service from them and let them know. Also do not hesitate to ask for suggestions if you are not sure about your requirements since consultants are usually more experienced professionals and they can even suggest a better solution.

   5.     Always keep a good knowledge about the time difference between your zone and their zone.

  About the Author :

    Ron Zepplin

   CEO of Clipping Path UK

    Photoshop and Outsource Specialist

   Clipping Path UK  Professional Photo Editing  Product Photo Editors

Photo Restoration : New look of the Old

Old sepia toned pictures now can be dusted off from the attic and can be restored digitally. Old pictures are like old wines, carrying so much emotions and memories. Thanks to the photo editing professionals who has made it possible to restore the old and almost destroyed photos to an almost new looking shape, letting our next and future generations to relish the memories.

The photo restoration process has made the editing companies quiet famous as it is much easier to make people understand what changes has been made to the affected photo. Even it is a lot easier and safe to send the photos digitally, by scanning them. So the original piece is never at a risk. The reasons that make turns old photos dull and yellow are mainly of water, moisture, dew, fire, dust, wrinkles, scratches, accidental folds, and other environmental corruptions. Photo Restoration service will involve sophisticated tasks like cleaning the patches, blurs, and yellowness and may be it will need to stitch the image. An old picture that has become yellow due to the course of time can be turned in to a crispy B & W photo with the charms restored. This is the first phase of restoration. The editor may move to the next phases according to the wishes of his client.

AdobePhotoshop is one of the most renowned software in the industry for this purpose. Many of its latest versions like CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6 offers the necessary tools for to improve the condition of the photos. Tools like crop tool, image adjustment tools, hue/saturation tool, clone tool and image transformation tool will be used for this purpose according to the necessity. The process is highly digital and creative since there cannot be any particular measure. Each photo is usually differently affected and the treatment they need is also equally different from each other. Necessarily the treatment needs a seasoned designer who can judge each measure perfectly.

Fortunately the customer can provide the image in any format: negative, B & W, slide, or the damaged version itself. The editor will be able to fix any damages occurred buy moisture, heat, folding or any scratches by cleaning all patches and stains of any kind. After uploading the scanned version of the photo, the photo editor will create his own version. This one will be with more resolutions. The more the photo is pixilated, the better will be the results. The original version will be kept as a reference point. The process is highly complicated and it needs time, patience and the superior skills for the designers. The studios usually keep exclusively selected designers for these tasks. First, the initial tasks are done like removing blemishes and stains. Any kind of scratches can be removed by this. Later, cloning and healing is applied. It needs a controlled hand to apply these effects otherwise a portrait look be achieved. The goal should be to keep it as much realistic as possible.

About the Author :

Ron Zepplin

CEO of Clipping Path UK

Retouch and Outsource Specialist

Clipping Path UK  Professional Photo Editing  Product Photo Editors

Why it is Smarter to Outsource your Retouch works

 This Artical was initially shared by Miranda Powley



Retouching  and Photography

These days professional photographers can do a bit of jewelry photo touch up themselves, hiring digital studios to provide photo retouching services is the smarter option.
Jewelry photographs are an important tool in the marketing kit of several professionals be they photographers, jewelry designers, retailers dealing in precious stones and others. In order to showcase jewelry photographs for effective business results, digital photo, image retouching becomes a critical part of your marketing plan. While many in-house photo touch ups are of reasonably good quality, hiring a digital studio for their photo retouching services has its own advantages. So here is why you should choose to get your jewelry photo retouch from a professional studio.

Experts in Retouching

Digital studios have trained digital artists who possess years of experience in an array of photo editing skills. They often specialize in specific types of retouching, like high end fashion and product photo, image retouching and of course, jewelry. Outsourcing your jewelry photo touch up requirements to a digital studio means you capitalize on the expertise of these professionals without having to work through the finer nuances of retouching painstakingly. All you need to do is have a look at their portfolio, identify your image retouching services requirements and communicate these to the studio.
Clipping Path UK is one of the better outsourcing companies who can handle these tasks pretty well. Having it’s headquarters in both US and UK, they created their production site in the Southern part of Asia, that allows them to provide some unbelievably low cost quotations to their clients all over Europe and the US. Of course the quality remains superior since they have a plan of accepting the payment only after completing and delivering the job to their overseas clients. That means the client’s money is never at a risk. There is an issue with many other outsourcing companies when they take the advanced payments and finally results in to some poor service or missing the deadlines to a great extent and later not able to refund the money. In this the case the poor customer has nothing to do. Fortunately Clipping Path UK and some only a few companies are bold and capable enough to take the risk.


Saves Your Productive Time

Skilled and efficient Digital Artists are employed in Clipping Path UK faster to deliver your assignments. It will save you from worries and wasting your valuable time. The turnaround will be real sharp and you will be notified from time to tome about the work process. Beside there is a monitoring system from where you can monitor the work progress by yourself.

Cost Effective

Getting jewelry image retouching services from Clipping Path UK  is cost effective for three reasons:

1. You need not invest in industry standard image editing software.
2. We have the ability to work with any bulk orders which will be really cost effective. The higher is the image quantity, the lower is the cost.
3. Our Digital photo retouching studio makes you get the job done with a very much reduced cost. Hiring a physical studio at your locality may be costly. But our online studio will act and perform like as same as you have a real studio of your own costs nothing!

While there are more reasons to outsource image retouching, the reasons above show why it is expedient from the business point of view, to hire professional jewelry photo retouching services, rather than use the do-it-yourself approach.

Clipping Path UK  is one such company that offers affordable digital photo retouching done by its team that has an average experience of 6 years.







About the Author :

Ron Zepplin

Retouch and Outsource Specialist

Clipping Path UK  Professional Photo Editing  Product Photo Editors

The Worth of White Background

The main goal of creating pure white background is to remove any kinds of dullness from any picture.  Also It allows the main content or object to have some more room. There are many ways of creating white background. The most common techniques are Clipping Path and Masking.

Background whitening is done to get rid of any kinds of dullness. A pair of sharp eyes with the help of the best quality display one will be able to pick that white has many shades as grey and many others. Sometimes its needed to brighten the product and a simple background can do the job pretty well. White background is the most desirable because due to this, the object of the image is allowed to have a lot of room for itself. Such a canvas will be the most ideal one for displaying jewelry products. This setting will make the simplest piece of jewelry look more attractive, displaying its shines and colors more than properly. When lots of ‘grey’ areas in the white backdrop appear they could be due to the sources of light around. The eyedropper tool can be used to whiten the areas that look a bit darker. Various levels should be adjusted to get the proper temperament to the frame. The eyedropper tool and the technique of background whitening cannot be used if the color and the background of the image is lighter. But both will work great on pictures with darker tone.

White background can also be enriched with effects. If a pair of air rings is shot against a simple white background, it will appear flat to the viewers. But if it is made elevated by some techniques then it will certainly add some real depth to the whole frame. Just adding a faint shadow under the piece of jewelry can change the scene to a good extent. So on an expert level, Background whitening no longer remains as only making the canvas pure white, but some here and there additions to get the best out of it.

In-fact creating white backgrounds may more necessary than it does sound. If any photographer needs to take a shot against a white wall or canvas, the final result will not appear as the ‘white’ that they want. This is one of the special issues that come to the product photographer who will be shooting against a white canvas. This is due to the imbalance of light on a broad canvas. For this reason, professional photographers and their assistants spend a lot of time behind this, trying their best to get the right white balance done before they start the shoot.  But due to some technical reasons the gray scales shows up. Then it actually comes the time when a photo editor is needed who remove these unwanted gray scales and make the image will look even more appropriate than the original. Thanks to the inventors of tools like Photoshop and many others, by which this can be done. It’s not that hard to achieve these effects. All it needs is some creative knowledge about how the light appears on any object, and a lot of time to spend behind it. If you are a web-shop owner, doing your own photography but you do not have that much time to spare behind furnishing them then you may have to hire professional for them. Hiring photo editors at you r locality (if it is within Europe or US) may sound real costly. Fortunately there are many good outsourcing companies these days who will work over night and furnish your images within a very short time.  Most importantly the cost will be well within your budget. That is why business peoples related with image industries thinks it smarter to let their image editing works be handled by some reliable outsourcing companies. That saves the cost and time to a mentionable extent.

About Author:

Ron Zepplin

Outsource Specialist  & CEO of Clipping Path UK

White Background Services   Professional Photo Editing   Product Photo Editing