In any large shop with several thousand or tens of thousands (or even more) products, it is advisable to present products without hard-to-reproduce backgrounds. Good web design should ensure that the various sections of the website are designed so appealingly that product photos can be stripped of any decorations. This allows items to be displayed cleanly in various views, such as the front page, list view, search results, and product detail view.
Beautiful backgrounds like wood veneers or brick walls can create distractions and should therefore be avoided.
The following images are specifically optimized for this website. They have a lower resolution, a different codec, and a higher compression level than the images actually used in the shop. These images are for illustration purposes only and can be viewed live in the sample Zen Cart Shop.
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Displaying Larger Products
A large product with curves, shadows, a white piping (on a white background), and lots of black areas that can easily “drown out.” The structured material on the side significantly increases file size and presents a real challenge to make the product both visually appealing and web-optimized.
Another large product that requires some effort for cropping but is easier to light and optimize.
Displaying Medium-Sized Products
The particular challenge with the following products is perspective and lighting.
In addition, small imperfections were retouched that the sample product did not have.
Reflective Products
Metallic materials pose a particular challenge in product photography. On the one hand, bright areas must still show structure and edges. On the other hand, dark areas must not “drown out.”
This product was meticulously cropped by hand. Brightening the entire product is hopeless for reflective surfaces without cropping.
Compositions
A composition presents all components of a product in an appealing way. In a shop, product images must work both as a preview image and in full screen.
The challenges in creating such a composition include:
- Aligning all components,
- Choosing the optimal perspective,
- Proper lighting, and
- The appropriate focal length.
Small Products
It is also possible to depict small products. The following item has an area of only 50mm². The magnification here is remarkable.
Products with Many Curves
In many cases, careful point-to-point cropping leads to satisfying results. For products with many curves, such as rings, vector masks can create perfect round shapes.
Included Services
- Removing distracting backgrounds
- Removing unwanted shadows
- Cropping to the required format
- Retouching minor flaws like scratches, dents, and stains
- Adjustments of:
- Brightness
- Contrast
- Colors
- Sharpness
- Correction of:
- Distortion (technical lens distortion) and
- Edge lighting (vignetting)
You receive:
- The originals
- The working version (in case of cropping or recomposition)
- The export versions in the desired format regarding:
- Resolution
- Aspect ratio
- Compression level
- The database file associated with the originals, allowing you to edit (or disable) all non-destructive applied measures. This enables future adjustments, different cropping, or new export versions in other qualities.
- Software (Windows) with a license for professional post-processing/editing.
Process
- You send your products via a parcel service.
- Once completed, the items will be sent back to you.
- The files will be made available to you for download via a cloud storage service.
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