— Clipping path service
Clipping path, precision edits.
Carefully hand-drawn clipping paths for crisp, clean product photos. Starting at $0.35 per image, delivered in as little as six hours.
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Fast edits
Choose 6-, 12- or 24-hour turnaround on every batch.
24/7 desk
Follow-the-sun editors smash even the tightest deadline.
Budget-friendly
Paths start at just $0.35 per image at volume.
Pro results
Every path is drawn by hand by a senior retoucher.
— Meet Skill Editing
Your virtual clipping path studio.
You want to be behind the camera — not buried in hours of tedious cut-outs once the shoot wraps. Product photos demand precision: clean edges, sharp details, seamless backgrounds and consistency across hundreds of images.
That's where we come in. A desk of senior editors who understand your workflow, your deadlines and your style preferences, so you can spend more time on the creative work you actually love.
Hand-edited
No AI shortcuts. Real editors, every pixel.
— What you get
Clean, professional-looking clipping path edits, every time.
Tap into catalog expertise
Our editors know the subtleties of cut-outs — clean edges, true colour and the details that make products sell.
Drive online sales
Polished product photos build trust and turn browsers into buyers on every channel you list on.
Scale without hiring
A 200-editor desk running 24/7 means your images come back when you need them, often within 6 hours.
Consistency across batches
Five photos or five thousand — the same written spec keeps every cutout identical, hand-drawn, never AI.
Pixel-perfect guarantee
Not 100% happy? Tell us and we re-edit immediately, as many rounds as it takes.
Built for your workflow
Drag-and-drop dashboard, API, FTP, Dropbox or Drive — plug us into the pipeline you already run.
Bulk & enterprise
More than 1,000 images? Unlock enterprise pricing.
Dedicated account lead, priority queue and the best per-image rate for high-volume clipping path programmes.
Check bulk pricing— Try before you buy
Instant quote & free sample
Send one image and we return a custom quote plus three free test edits within six hours, so you can judge the path quality before committing.
- No commitment or card required
- Quote tailored to your file complexity
- SLA-guaranteed delivery window
Spending all day cutting out products sucks the passion out of the work
You need perfect paths and clean photos to make people want what you're selling. But when you're launching hundreds of products a week, cut-outs alone can eat days.
You don't have to lose that time in Photoshop, and you definitely don't have to stay up late finishing paths on deadline. That's not what you signed up for.
— Real results
See the clipping path difference
Drag any slider to compare the raw shot with the finished edit. Same product, transformed in a few hours.
E-commerce
Studio-ready cutouts
Crisp edges and true-white backgrounds that feel premium on PDPs.
Catalogs
Catalog consistency
Uniform framing, colour and light across every SKU in the grid.
Marketplaces
Marketplace approved
Meets Amazon, eBay and Shopify specs — zero rejections.
Fine detail
Zoom-proof detail
Prongs, chains and transparent edges handled by senior hands.
Interiors
Ready for any background
One clean path, infinite lifestyle and gradient composites.
Want your own product tested?
Three free edits on your real files, returned with a fixed per-image quote.
— Why Skill Editing
Why brands switch from marketplace freelancers
Professional quality and predictable delivery — every single batch.
Marketplace freelancers
- Inconsistent turnaround times
- Hit-or-miss path accuracy
- Manual back-and-forth emails
- No quality guarantee or refunds
- Junior editors on premium work
Skill Editing studio
- Guaranteed 6-hour rush SLA
- Hand-drawn with pixel precision
- API and bulk upload workflow
- Money-back quality guarantee
- Senior retouchers on every order
How to know if outsourced clipping path is right for you
You don't have to do everything yourself. Outsourcing is ideal if you are…
A busy e-commerce owner
High-volume catalog with a constant pipeline of new SKUs to launch.
A product photographer
Batches due from a recent shoot and no time to spend in Photoshop.
A creative agency
Tight client deadlines and a lot of other deliverables to wrangle.
Order your edits
Upload images, tell us the spec, and get a clear per-image price on the spot.
An editor draws by hand
Senior pen-tool specialists path every file manually — never auto-traced.
Back in as little as 6 hours
A 12-point QC pass checks every cutout before it lands in your folder.
What is a clipping path?
A clipping path is the digital way to cut an item out of a photo — like cutting pictures from a magazine, only with pixel precision. Our specialists draw a closed vector path around your subject; everything inside is kept, everything outside is removed.
Once the path exists you can manipulate the background freely: create the pure-white backgrounds required by Amazon and most marketplaces, or drop the subject into any lifestyle setting. For hair, fur or translucent edges, image masking is the better tool.
Also called
- Image clipping
- Deep etching
- Photo cut-out
- Multi-path
- Closed vector path
- Background knockout
— Pricing
Simple, fair pricing.
Pay only for the complexity you actually need.
Tier 1
Basic clipping path
Hand-drawn paths for products with smooth, simple outlines.
$0.35/image
- Boxes & rectangular packaging
- Books and stationery
- Simple flat-lay items
Tier 2
Simple clipping path
More edges, curves and a single inner hole — mugs, rings, bottles.
$0.65/image
- Simple jewelry
- Bottles & vehicles
- Single furniture pieces
Tier 3
Medium clipping path
Multi-path work merged into one for complex shapes and curves.
$1.25/image
- Shoes & sneakers
- Apparel with detailed shapes
- Grouped simple items
What you receive
- Layered PSD with active path
- Transparent PNG
- JPG on pure white background
Use cases
- Amazon, eBay & marketplace listings
- Shopify product grids
- Catalog & print production
- Composites & lifestyle scenes
Case study
“Moving our catalog workflow to Skill Editing cut listing lead time from four days to twelve hours. The paths are cleaner than our in-house team's.”
Maison Rue — Head of Ecommerce
DTC fashion, 12k SKUs per season
$14k
Monthly savings
12h
Avg. delivery
99.4%
First-pass approval
— Questions?
Everything you need to know
A clipping path is the technique — a hand-drawn vector path that isolates the subject. Background removal is the result, and it can be achieved with a path, a mask, or both. For hard-edged products, a path is the cleanest and most editable option.
No. Every path is drawn manually with the Pen Tool by a trained retoucher. Automated cutouts struggle with shadows, semi-transparent edges and complex curves — manual work is the only way to hit marketplace-grade results consistently.
Layered PSD with an active path, transparent PNG, and JPG on pure white (255-255-255) by default. TIFF, WebP or a custom background colour on request.
Standard is 24 hours. Rush batches come back in as little as 6 hours, and recurring high-volume clients get a dedicated team with a guaranteed daily output.
Yes — send three real images. We edit and return them within a few hours, no card and no account required.
100% satisfaction, money-back guarantee
Not perfect? We redo your images free until you're happy — or refund the full batch.
Start with 3 free edits