Everything You Can Get in 6 Hours

Did you know that Path can do a whole lot more than just removing backgrounds and retouching imperfections? We can add ghost mannequins, reflections, and shadows. We can virtually iron wrinkles out of clothing and fabric. We can even totally change the colors in your images—in a realistic way.

Find out more about all the edits you can order from Path:

1. Remove the background from your images

Background removal is probably our most popular request. We can isolate any subject from your image and remove the rest so you can use that image in different contexts.

Because we do every edit by hand, there are three ways we remove backgrounds from photos:

1. Clipping path: Carefully hand-drawn clipping paths for crisp, clean photos—best for simpler and more straightforward edges
2. Image masking: How we remove backgrounds from hair, fur, and difficult borders—common for sports photos and headshots
3. Multi-clipping path: Involves complex cutouts that require lots of paths, like images with multiple subjects to cut out, bicycles, or items with lots of components

2. Retouch any imperfections

Photo retouching is probably the second most common request—we see it across all types of images, including product photos, sports photography, portraits, and car photography.

We specialize in four types of retouching:

1. Dust, spot and scratch removal: We can remove small dents, smudges, dust, and other imperfections from any type of photo. Our studio offers both basic and advanced dust, spot and scratch removal.
2. Wrinkle on clothing: If the apparel in your shot is wrinkly enough to be distracting, we can smooth it out.
3. Beauty airbrushing: Common for portraits and headshots in particular, we can touch up any distracting imperfections or blemishes while maintaining a natural-looking shot.
4. Camera reflection removal: Get rid of any unwanted reflections from shoot day. Again, we offer basic or advanced reflection removal.

3. Add or fix shadows

We can also add, remove, or edit shadows in your images.

You can order one of any five different types of shadow edits at Path:

1. Drop shadow: A drop shadow makes your subject look like it’s hovering above the background. It’s a common technique in white background product photography.
2. Existing shadow: You can also ask us to edit an existing shadow to make it appear more natural or less distracting, depending on the look you’re going for.
3. Floating shadow: A floating shadow gives the impression that your product is hovering above the ground. This is another common technique in white background product photography.
4. Natural shadow: It’s not always possible to get the lighting right, so this shadow edit will help achieve a more natural shot by casting a make-believe shadow on the surface the subject is resting on.
5. Reflection shadow: This type of shadow edit makes your subject appear as though it’s resting on a reflective surface.

If you want to give it a go yourself, you can follow along in this shadow editing tutorial.

4. Create a ghost mannequin

Ghost mannequin photography is a style of photography that’s used to showcase clothing and apparel products. It essentially creates an invisible mannequin or model to the item of clothing, making it appear as though it’s being worn even though there’s no one featured in the image.

This photography is effective because it adds dimension to the product, rather than laying it flat on a table in an unengaging way. It allows shoppers to see how the apparel may fit and drape if they were to wear it themselves.

But capturing this photography requires a lot of editing steps. Many product photographers and brands choose to outsource this tedious, detail-oriented work to our studio—you can get them back by the end of the work day if you send them in the morning!

5. Add color variants without a reshoot

You can also order color change edits from Path. This service is especially popular for product photography—if a specific item is available in multiple colors, it’s often more cost-effective to shoot one variant and simply outsource color change edits for the rest. It also comes in handy when an athlete changes teams and needs their headshot to reflect the change.

Get your edits today

With the instant pricing tool, you can submit and pay for your edits now and get them back in as little as six hours. That means you can send us your edits, go about your work day, and then receive the edits before the end of the day. It doesn’t get more convenient than that.