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E-commerce
Studio-ready cutouts
Crisp edges and a true-white background make products feel premium on PDPs and ad creative.
$ From $0.45 per image
♥ 24/7 support
⏱ Turnaround from 6
★ Trustpilot 4.9 / 5
✓ Quality guaranteed
Shadow Creation
precision edits.
Realistic shadows that bring depth back to cut-out product photos Starting at $0.45/image.
Fast edits
Choose from 6-, 12-, or 24-hour turnaround
24/7 support
Smash even the tightest deadline
Budget-friendly
Edits start at just $0.45 per image
Pro results
Every image is edited by hand by a seasoned pro
Meet Genius Clipping Path
Your virtual shadow creation studio.
You want to be behind the camera — not buried in hours of tedious edits once the shoot wraps. Product photos demand precision: clean edges, sharp details, seamless backgrounds, and consistency across dozens (or hundreds) of images.
That's where we come in. A team of senior editors who understand your workflow, your pressure, 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 and professional-looking shadow creation edits, every time.
01
Tap into industry expertise
Our editors understand the subtleties of shadow creation — clean edges, accurate colour, and the small details that make product photos sell.
02
Drive online sales
Stand out from the competition with polished product photos that build trust and convert browsers into buyers.
03
Scale your business
With a team of 300+ editors available 24/7, your images are ready when you need them — often in as little as 6.
04
Consistency across batches
Whether you send 5 photos or 5,000, we maintain a clean, natural look across the entire collection — edited by hand, never AI.
05
Pixel-perfect guarantee
Not 100% happy with your edits? Let us know. We'll make any revisions you need right away, guaranteed.
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Built for your workflow
Drag-and-drop dashboard, API, FTP, Dropbox, Google Drive — connect your pipeline and let images flow.
Meet Genius Clipping Path, your virtual product photo editing studio
You want to be behind the camera—not buried in hours of tedious edits once the shoot wraps.
Product photos demand precision. Wrinkle- and stain-free fabric, clean surfaces, sharp details, seamless backgrounds, perfect consistency—especially when clients expect fast turnaround and flawless results across dozens (or hundreds) of images.
That's where we come in. The best shadow creation services delivered by a team of professionals who understand your workflow, your pressure, and your style preferences. We take care of the time-consuming tasks—wrinkle removal, retouching, color change, background removal, shadows, and more—so you can spend more time on creative work.
We'll help you hit every deadline, drive lots of sales, and make room for the kind of editing (and life) you actually enjoy.
Bulk & enterprise
More than 1,000 images? Unlock enterprise pricing.
Dedicated account lead, priority queue, and the best per-image rate for high-volume shadow creation work.
Try before you buy
Instant quote & free sample
Send us one image — we'll deliver a custom quote and 2 free test edits within 6 hours so you can judge our shadow creation quality before you commit.
- ✓ No commitment or card required
- ✓ Quote tailored to your file complexity
- ✓ SLA-guaranteed delivery window
Click to upload a sample
Supports JPG, PNG, PSD, RAW (max 100MB)
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Cutouts without shadows look fake — and fake-looking products don't convert
A perfect clipping path with no shadow leaves your product hovering above the page. Shoppers register it instantly, even if they can't articulate why, and bounce.
A hand-painted shadow tuned to the original light direction makes the same cutout look real, premium, and worth buying.
Real results
See the shadow creation difference
Drag any slider to compare the raw shot with the finished edit. Same product, transformed in a few hours.
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Catalogs
Catalog consistency
Uniform framing, color, and lighting across every SKU — no more mismatched grids.
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Marketplaces
Marketplace approved
Meets Amazon, eBay, and Shopify image specs out of the box. Zero rejections, zero re-uploads.
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Fine detail
Detail you can zoom into
Hair, fur, transparent edges — handled by senior retouchers, never auto-traced.
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Color
Color-true finishes
True-to-product color correction so what shoppers see is what shows up at their door.
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Composites
Ready for any background
Drop your product into lifestyle scenes, gradients, or pure white — one clean cutout, infinite uses.
Why Genius Clipping Path
Why brands switch from marketplace freelancers
Professional quality, predictable delivery — every single batch.
Marketplace freelancers
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Inconsistent turnaround times
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Hit-or-miss path accuracy
- ✕
Manual back-and-forth emails
- ✕
No quality guarantee or refunds
- ✕
Junior editors on premium work
Genius Clipping Path studio
- ✓
Guaranteed 6 turnaround SLA
- ✓
Hand-drawn with pixel precision
- ✓
API & bulk upload workflow
- ✓
Money-back quality guarantee
- ✓
Senior retouchers on every order
How to know if outsourced shadow creation services are right for you
You don't have to do everything yourself. Outsourcing is ideal if you are…
1
Footwear brands
where natural shadows separate hero shots from amateur listings.
2
Furniture & home goods
needing cast shadows to ground products in a setting.
3
Beauty & packaging
where reflection shadows add the premium feel buyers expect.
Clean and professional-looking edits, every time
Tap into apparel and fashion industry expertise
Our editors understand the subtleties of editing apparel photos. We'll remove wrinkles, dust, hangers, stains, and more so you have web-ready product photos that look realistic.
Drive online sales
Fashion is a busy space, especially online. With perfectly edited product photos, you'll stand out and look more professional than the competition. Plus, high-quality photos build trust in your brand and products.
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Scale your business
With a team of 300+, our apparel and fashion photo editing services are available 24/7. Your images are ready when you need them — often in as little as 6 hours. All while you focus on the more important business matters.
Establish consistency across large batches
Whether you're delivering 5 photos of a single product or 500 of a whole collection, our editors help you maintain a clean, natural look across the board. That's because we edit every image by hand — no AI imperfections here.
Interactive samples
Drag, swipe & zoom every shadow creation sample.
Tap any image to open the before/after lightbox. Pinch to zoom, swipe to browse, drag the divider to reveal the edit.
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How it works
- 01
Light direction match
Shadow follows the original key light of the shoot.
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Opacity, blur & feather
Realistic falloff tuned per product weight and surface.
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Final composite
Shadow merged onto your chosen background, ready to ship.
What is shadow creation?
Shadow creation is the retouching technique of adding a believable shadow under or behind a cut-out product. There are four common types: natural shadow (the original, preserved), drop shadow (offset behind the product), reflection shadow (mirrored under glossy surfaces), and cast shadow (long, angled to a light source).
Each type sells a different story. Drop shadows feel clean and ecommerce-default. Reflection shadows feel premium. Cast shadows feel editorial. We help you pick the right one for each placement.
Shadow Creation is also called:
- Drop shadow
- Natural shadow
- Reflection shadow
- Cast shadow
- Shadow retouching
Simple, fair pricing.
Pay only for the complexity you actually need.
StandardExpress (6h)
Tier 1
Natural / drop shadow
Soft, photo-real shadow under simple products.
$0.45/image
- Bottles
- Boxes
- Books
Best Value
Tier 2
Reflection shadow
Mirrored reflection for glossy or premium products.
$0.69/image
- Perfume
- Electronics
- Eyewear
Tier 3
Cast shadow
Editorial-style angled shadow for hero shots.
$0.99/image
- Footwear
- Bags
- Lifestyle composites
What you receive
- ✓Layered PSD with editable shadow
- ✓Transparent PNG with shadow
- ✓JPG on white
Use cases
- →Floating-on-white hero shots
- →Lifestyle compositing
- →Footwear and bag listings
- →Premium beauty creative
Case study
"Switching our catalog workflow to Genius Clipping Path reduced our listing lead time from 4 days to 12 hours. The shadow creation results are cleaner than our in-house team's."
MR
Maison Rue — Head of Ecommerce
DTC fashion, 12k SKUs / season
$14k
Monthly savings
12h
Avg. delivery
99.4%
First-pass approval
100% satisfaction
Not perfect? We'll redo your images for free until you're happy — or we'll refund the full batch.
Money-back guaranteeQuestions?
Everything you need to know about our service.
Will the shadow look real?+
Yes — we match the original light direction, intensity, and surface so the shadow looks like it was shot in-camera.
Can you keep the original shadow?+
When the original shadow is usable, we clean and preserve it. When it's not, we replace it with a hand-painted one.
Which shadow type should I pick?+
For Amazon and marketplace grids, natural or drop shadows convert best. For premium DTC hero shots, reflection or cast shadows feel more editorial.
Free trial
See our work in action — on the house.
Want to see how our shadow creation edits look on your own photos? We'll edit your first five images completely free — no card, no commitment, no catch. Judge our quality before you ever spend a cent.
Try it free →You got the shot
Now let us make it pixel perfect.
You did the hard part — capturing the moment. Hand it to a senior editor who'll sweat the details: clean cutouts, true colour, balanced shadows, and consistency across the whole batch. Delivered in as little as 6.
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Industries
Shadow Creation tuned for your category
Specialist editors trained on the references, tolerances, and finishes each industry expects.
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Fashion & Apparel
Ghost mannequin, fabric folds, soft shadows
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Jewelry
Reflection control, gemstone clarity
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Marketplace Sellers
Amazon / eBay / Etsy compliance
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Real Estate
Sky swap, twilight, virtual staging
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Food & Beverage
Color pop, steam, garnish detail
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Automotive
Paint reflections, plate removal
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Skin retouch, packaging cleanup
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Furniture & Home
Shadow grounding, fabric texture
Technical specs
Files & formats we handle
Input formats
JPG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, RAW, HEIC
Output formats
PSD, PNG, JPG, TIFF, WebP
Color profile
sRGB, Adobe RGB, CMYK
Resolution
Up to 100 MP
Layers
Preserved & named
Max file size
500 MB per image
Integrations
Plug into your workflow
Send files from the tools you already use. We sync revisions and final assets straight back to your storage.
Shopify
Dropbox
Google Drive
WeTransfer
Lightroom
Amazon S3
FTP / SFTP
Slack
REST API
Pair with
Popular add-ons with shadow creation
Bundle related edits in the same batch and save up to 25%.
Shadow creation
+$0.15Natural, drop or reflection shadows
Color correction
+$0.20True-to-life tone & white balance
Skin retouch
+$0.50Dodge, burn & blemish removal
Resize & crop
FreeAll marketplace ratios included
Security & privacy
Your files stay safe, private & yours.
Every project is covered by a mutual NDA. Files transfer over TLS 1.3, sit in encrypted storage, and are purged after delivery.
- ✓ Mutual NDA available
- ✓ GDPR & CCPA compliant
- ✓ TLS 1.3 file transfer
- ✓ 30-day auto purge
- ✓ SOC 2 audited workflow
- ✓ Role-based access
NDA
GDPR
CCPA
SOC 2
TLS 1.3
ISO 27001
Ready to scale your shadow creation production?
Join 4,000+ brands shipping faster catalogs with Genius Clipping Path. Start your first batch today.
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"Not only did they provide me with the presentation I needed for our pitch competition, they also provided us with an entirely new look."
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"Genius Clipping Path has proven to be a talented and reliable partner several times over. The team's editing remains consistent and on-brand."
Alex Boyd
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"Genius Clipping Path has undoubtedly grown into one of the best online product editing studios. Endless work and an impressive portfolio."
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"We ship 400 SKUs a week and Genius Clipping Path has never once missed a deadline. Their ghost mannequin work is the cleanest we've seen."
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"Switched from a competitor after one free trial. The consistency across a 2,000-image catalog is in a different league."
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"Genius Clipping Path established a seamless workflow through clear and open communication. The team provides quality services that are reliable."
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"Genius Clipping Path completed and delivered the project, which pleased the client's internal stakeholders. They were communicative and on point."
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"Although our site isn't live yet, we are pleased with what Genius Clipping Path created. Launch day can not come soon enough!"
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"Lena onboarded us in a day and our preset has been spot-on for six months. It honestly feels like an in-house team."
Sara Dickfoss
★★★★★5/5
"Great service. I love their personal approach and the fact that they understood the scope and requirements of my project within hours."
Jess Stowers
★★★★★5/5
"Not only did they provide me with the presentation I needed for our pitch competition, they also provided us with an entirely new look."
Madelyn Francisco
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path has proven to be a talented and reliable partner several times over. The team's editing remains consistent and on-brand."
Alex Boyd
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path has undoubtedly grown into one of the best online product editing studios. Endless work and an impressive portfolio."
Priya M.
★★★★★5/5
"We ship 400 SKUs a week and Genius Clipping Path has never once missed a deadline. Their ghost mannequin work is the cleanest we've seen."
Daniel R.
★★★★★5/5
"Switched from a competitor after one free trial. The consistency across a 2,000-image catalog is in a different league."
Adam Filistein
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path established a seamless workflow through clear and open communication. The team provides quality services that are reliable."
Jake Coughlin
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path completed and delivered the project, which pleased the client's internal stakeholders. They were communicative and on point."
Teresa Hogan
★★★★★5/5
"Although our site isn't live yet, we are pleased with what Genius Clipping Path created. Launch day can not come soon enough!"
Sara K.
★★★★★5/5
"Lena onboarded us in a day and our preset has been spot-on for six months. It honestly feels like an in-house team."
Sara K.
★★★★★5/5
"Lena onboarded us in a day and our preset has been spot-on for six months. It honestly feels like an in-house team."
Teresa Hogan
★★★★★5/5
"Although our site isn't live yet, we are pleased with what Genius Clipping Path created. Launch day can not come soon enough!"
Jake Coughlin
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path completed and delivered the project, which pleased the client's internal stakeholders. They were communicative and on point."
Adam Filistein
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path established a seamless workflow through clear and open communication. The team provides quality services that are reliable."
Daniel R.
★★★★★5/5
"Switched from a competitor after one free trial. The consistency across a 2,000-image catalog is in a different league."
Priya M.
★★★★★5/5
"We ship 400 SKUs a week and Genius Clipping Path has never once missed a deadline. Their ghost mannequin work is the cleanest we've seen."
Alex Boyd
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path has undoubtedly grown into one of the best online product editing studios. Endless work and an impressive portfolio."
Madelyn Francisco
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path has proven to be a talented and reliable partner several times over. The team's editing remains consistent and on-brand."
Jess Stowers
★★★★★5/5
"Not only did they provide me with the presentation I needed for our pitch competition, they also provided us with an entirely new look."
Sara Dickfoss
★★★★★5/5
"Great service. I love their personal approach and the fact that they understood the scope and requirements of my project within hours."
Sara K.
★★★★★5/5
"Lena onboarded us in a day and our preset has been spot-on for six months. It honestly feels like an in-house team."
Teresa Hogan
★★★★★5/5
"Although our site isn't live yet, we are pleased with what Genius Clipping Path created. Launch day can not come soon enough!"
Jake Coughlin
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path completed and delivered the project, which pleased the client's internal stakeholders. They were communicative and on point."
Adam Filistein
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path established a seamless workflow through clear and open communication. The team provides quality services that are reliable."
Daniel R.
★★★★★5/5
"Switched from a competitor after one free trial. The consistency across a 2,000-image catalog is in a different league."
Priya M.
★★★★★5/5
"We ship 400 SKUs a week and Genius Clipping Path has never once missed a deadline. Their ghost mannequin work is the cleanest we've seen."
Alex Boyd
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path has undoubtedly grown into one of the best online product editing studios. Endless work and an impressive portfolio."
Madelyn Francisco
★★★★★5/5
"Genius Clipping Path has proven to be a talented and reliable partner several times over. The team's editing remains consistent and on-brand."
Jess Stowers
★★★★★5/5
"Not only did they provide me with the presentation I needed for our pitch competition, they also provided us with an entirely new look."
Sara Dickfoss
★★★★★5/5
"Great service. I love their personal approach and the fact that they understood the scope and requirements of my project within hours."