What is Background removal service and why it is used on E-commerce?

Emily Madison
Sep 4, 2018 · 3 min read

E-commerce work has a lot to do on one image. It has to be more than just an image; every image should show the best sides with the features of its own. Many E-commerce images are only edited with the simple and basic works but when the products are very high in quality it is important to complete the look of the product totally. Most of the E-commerce work is on the apparel, apparels need the most of the work where the image is shown in such a way that the image of the apparel is well organized and it is best for the individual consumers as they have different clothing sense and taste.

What is background removal service?

Background removal service is the process where the clipping path or image masking methods are used. Let’s discuss about the clipping path first. Clipping Path uses the Photoshop Pen Tool that draws the blue lines along the subject and detaches the background; the background layer is then deleted and added with a new layer showing it as a transparent background. Clipping leaves hard edges which is really great for the hard objects to edit with, it makes it look more noticeable and easy to focus on which can’t be smoothen with any other feature.

Whereas the image masking is the process it does the same with the subject but it keeps the smoothness with the subject without damaging the smoothness. It selects the part that needs to be selected and detaches the other from it, this is basically used for the hair, fur, silk, muslin and other semi-transparent objects that need the smooth edges to represent. Masking helps to keep the smoothness accurate without harming and it can be also smoothed with other features if the smoothness is not enough. After separating the layer and deleting same as the clipping new layer is added and then the new layer is changed to another background from transparent background.

Why Background removal service is needed?

Often after image transferring the image background is found to be dull which makes the product look even duller which E-commerce images can’t afford and so the image background is changed with the new background to make it look more perfect. You can use the different color background like white, black or gray even but keep that in mind that the background color and the product color is not same then it will engulf the product and make itself the focus. And to avoid this, the background is chose to be something that doesn’t mix up and also makes the product the main focus of the image.

Other than background removal there are also more other edits and altering that an image may need like resizing, it helps to load the image faster in the site or page, if the image file is too heavy then it causes the page to load slower, and to avoid this the file size is reduced and settled to a new size often for website it is saved as ‘Web’.

Exposure- the image lighting affect can be dull often, and so the dullness is reduced with the exposure. And even the lighting may be higher often which makes it look burnt and so it is reduced to get that natural color and look.

Contrast- it simply increases the sharpness of the dark effects on the images. It will make the product edges darker along with the base. Overdoing this can make your image blackish and odd.

Sharpening- it helps to make the edges darker and to pop out. Sharpening simply brings the product to the light. It helps the edges to look sharp enough to be focused easily. Smaller parts should be sharpened so that it can be seen easily. Bigger particles are often avoided as they are already very exposing.

Color correction- color correction is the other main work of the E-commerce where the colors are either corrected as the real product is or the color is changed with a new color that product comes with. Often the same design product with different color arrives and this color is corrected with the color samples because it is very time consuming to click every single product and so this method is applied to alter the color without any issues.

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