Image Editing & Graphic Design
Image Cleaning & Noise Reduction
Removing noise, dust, blemishes and optical flaws from photos, cleaning them up without making them look artificial.
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Part of Photo Enhancement. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the image editing & graphic design guide.
What Image Cleaning & Noise Reduction covers
11 services under this heading. Each is priced for the work it actually involves rather than averaged into one rate.
Noise Reduction
Reducing digital noise from low-light photos without the plastic, over-smoothed look of aggressive noise removal.
Priced per project
Spot and Blemish Removal
Removing temporary spots and blemishes from portraits while keeping permanent features and natural skin texture.
Priced per project
Color Cast Removal
Removing tints caused by mixed lighting or reflected color, restoring neutral and accurate colors.
Priced per project
Cloning and Healing
Removing unwanted objects, marks and distractions with cloning and healing tools, blended so the fix is invisible.
Priced per project
Artifacts Removal
Removing compression blocks, banding and other digital artifacts from low-quality or heavily compressed images.
Priced per project
Scratch and Stain Removal
Removing scratches, stains and creases from scanned photos and documents, rebuilding the damaged areas.
Priced per project
Grain Reduction
Reducing film grain and high-ISO grain while keeping fine detail and texture intact.
Priced per project
Chromatic Aberration Correction
Removing the colored fringes that lenses create along high-contrast edges, especially visible on product and architectur...
Priced per project
Dust and Particle Removal
Removing dust, lint, fingerprints and sensor spots, the small flaws that stand out on product images at full size.
Priced per project
Optical Distortion Correction
Correcting barrel and pincushion distortion and converging verticals, so straight lines in buildings and products look s...
Priced per project
Glint and Glare Reduction
Reducing harsh glare and hot spots on glasses, screens and shiny products, while keeping natural highlights.
Priced per project
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Image Editing & Graphic Design page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
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Learn how profiles, working spaces, display calibration and soft-proofing keep color consistent from the editor to the browser to the printed page.
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A phase-by-phase playbook for non-destructive editing: layered masters, adjustment layers, masks and smart objects that turn client revisions into quick fixes.
Often combined with Image Cleaning & Noise Reduction
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
Image Delivery & Asset Management
Organizing, storing and delivering images after a shoot, so the right files reach the right places and can be found year...
Priced per project
Studio Setup & Lighting Design
Lighting and studio setups designed for your products, documented so the same look can be recreated at every future shoo...
Priced per project
Logo Design
Designing a logo and the full set of versions it needs, from the primary mark to icons, favicons and single-color varian...
Priced per project
Resolution Enhancement
Producing sharper, higher-resolution output from 3D renders for print, large displays and close-up detail.
Priced per project
Brand Strategy
Deciding who the brand is for, what makes it different and how it should sound, before any design work starts.
Priced per project
Automation & Flow Design
Automated email sequences triggered by what customers do, such as signing up, browsing or buying, so the right message a...
Priced per project
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