Clipping Path – What is it?

Regardless of your profession, you may need to edit photos at some point in your life. You might be thinking why the heck would you ever need photo editing unless you are in business, advertising, graphic design, or photo shooting. Yes, indeed these professions require the recurrent use of photo editing. However, if you don’t need it professionally, you will definitely need it if you intend to crop or extract any particular part of your photo or image. And to do that, you need to know some basics of cutting and cropping in Photoshop. One of the most popular ways to crop or cut images is Clipping Path.

Although this is not overly technical, it requires dedicated practice before providing a perfect result. His hand is the main tool here and his eyes are the guide. The more you practice, the better results you will get. Now the question is, do you have all that time to be the master of graphics? Do you have the luxury of spending hours cutting and cropping images, leaving your other important work aside? If your answer is ‘NO’, then you are probably looking for expert agencies or freelancers to do the work for you. Now, let’s pause here and explore this tool a bit more.

Let’s get technical. How does it work?

Before going into step-by-step details, you should familiarize yourself with terms like ‘pencil tool’, ‘anchor points’, ‘handles’, ‘curves’, ‘cones’, ‘pick tool’, etc. The ‘pen tool’ is the key tool for applying the clipping path. In fact, it requires expert hands to give you the best result. Photoshop experts are proficient in their use of the Pen Tool, especially when it comes to navigating ‘handles’ to curve ‘anchor points’. All the magic is hidden in the combination of ‘handle’ and ‘anchor points’ navigation. Let’s take a quick look at the process.

What our experts basically do is simply evaluate the image that our client intends to extract. You need professional eyes to count the number of curves needed for each image. One anchor point basically functions as the start or end point of a line, and the second anchor point is placed in another suitable direction. The controller is used to navigate the anchor points to make the curves larger, smaller, less, or more curved. In this way, the desired image is extracted from the original image and/or the background is removed according to the client’s need. The extracted portion can be placed further against another background.

So far, it sounds simple and easy. In fact, it’s easy for proficient clipping path experts. However, not all images are cut and ready. There are some images that need a lot of attention and enough time to be extracted. Depending on the level of difficulty, there are six types of clipping path services applicable.

From the basic service to the super complex service, the complexity of the clipping path varies depending on the shape, hole, curve, corner, transparency, shadow, etc. The more complex the image, the more time and work it takes to get the job done.

basic or easy trim

It depends on the image and the client’s desire if he requires a simple or more complex design. Usually. If a full curve and less is not required, then it is considered basic. Round, square, or any other basic shape is easy to remove with less time and effort. Therefore, in a short period of time, a large volume of work can be completed. The basic clipping path always costs a minimum that any customer can comfortably afford.

individual service

Basic shapes with fewer holes are considered simple. You just need a little more time and effort to extract the desired portion. It’s not far from basic.

average service

As we have already understood, gradually increasing corners and curves will increase the difficulty level of the clipping path, naturally, the medium clipping path requires more corners and curves along with fewer holes (embedded transparency). For example, if you need to extract an image of a bracelet that contains few holes and curves, it is under the medium clipping path service.

complex service

Images that have complex designs including curves, holes, and closed paths, etc. increase the level of difficulty as they require more time and effort. For example, an image of a group of people or a player in front of a tennis court requires a complex clipping path to extract or change the background.

multiservice

Images that need color, size, shape, and rotation improvisation, along with shapes and curves, are under multiple clipping paths. This service is considered to be really difficult and should be given a lot of attention and enough time to get the proper result. Since the service is difficult, along with the clipping path, it also involves color correction masking.

super complex service

Netting, fence, gate, zigzag wire, multiple holes, flying transparent cloth or hair, patterned cloth, variety of cloth or jewelry collection need highly skilled hands and professional eyes to get a result. perfect. It is considered super complex because it beats all other clipping path services in terms of time and effort. It is easy to guess that this complex work will cost more than other services. Still, customers need not worry much as there are many affordable clipping path service providers who are ready to remove it at a fast pace with minimal price.

Who needs clipping path service?

The allure of homemade cakes is definitely worth mentioning, but what about the local bakery in your neighborhood? Ever wonder why it exists when anyone can bake their own dessert by watching a YouTube tutorial or reading a cookbook? The answer is simple. Not everyone has the time or expertise to make dessert taste or look professional. That is where the need for a bakery arises. Similarly, in terms of image manipulation, graphics companies are experts in handling your images to give it the best possible professional look.

In this age of marketing, anyone with a business will need a photo editing service at some point in their lives. This Photoshop technique has made life easier for advertisers. The following are some general customers of the clipping path service who need the service 365 days a year.

journals

Mainly fashion magazines, but any other magazine with a lot of photos and graphics always needs a graphic design service for numerous purposes. Magazines often merge two or more photos together on their cover, or within the magazine, which needs a clipping path service to make it happen. Also, your logo and images often need to be juxtaposed, which is impossible without this technique. In a word, clipping path works as the “makeover specialist” for magazines when it comes to image manipulation.

Advertising agencies

Without this service, advertising agencies cannot run their business for a single hour. Not to brag, but the clipping path service makes a complete advertising company.

Commercial Companies for Product Listing/Portfolio

To enlist your products with images or to make your business profile, the clipping path service is essential. For business websites, catalogs and brochures, product images are heavily edited using it.

Photographers/Fashion Designers

Fashion photographers are no less than artists. They make digital portraits for different purposes. Clipping path experts work very closely with photographers to give them the best result as per instructions. Whether it is a portfolio, a model profile or a fashion catalog, the clipping path service is a must for photographers.