Regular
Any quantity · pay per job
Best for small or one-off batches
- Order straight from the estimator
- Credit facilities available
- 24-hour turnaround
- Volume discount (100+ images)
- Rush service
- Automation workflow
- Free sample
Pay only for what you order — one service, one edit, one image. No minimums, no hidden fees. Trusted by Amazon MGM and 12,000+ brands.







Pay only for what you order, with volume discounts that scale automatically.
All prices are per service — one edit applied to one image (clipping path, shadow, retouch). A photo needing 3 services counts as 3.
Any quantity · pay per job
Best for small or one-off batches
From 100 images · pay per job
Best for photographers & e-commerce volume
Prepaid — bonus credits included
Best for steady, predictable workloads
| Credits | Price | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | $50/mo | +$1 |
| 500 | $250/mo | +$6 |
| 1,000 | $500/mo | +$13 |
| 5,000 | $2,500/yr | +$70 |
| 10,000 | $5,000/yr | +$150 |
Bonus credits are added on top of your package discount.
These specialised jobs aren't part of the per-service calculator. Send a brief and we'll scope them individually.
Skin, product and beauty retouch — dodge & burn, blemish and reflection cleanup.
Multiple exposures merged for balanced highlights and shadows — ideal for interiors.
Frame-by-frame sharpness for jewelry, watches and small products at macro.
Scene creation, background replacement and 3D-style renders for campaigns.
Sharp, infinitely-scalable vectors from raster logos, illustrations and product art.
Custom layouts, banners and marketing collateral built to your brand spec.
Product reels, cuts and transitions for e-commerce, ads and social.
Damaged, faded or scratched photos rebuilt to publication-ready quality.
Tell us what you're working on — volume, timeline, sample files — and we'll scope it and send a price. No obligation.
Why brands trust us
Every promise in our hero section is backed by policy, process, or a verifiable record. Here’s what each one means for your business.
Not a startup learning on your images. CEI’s founders have operated in photo editing since 1985. Incorporated in Virginia since 2006.
Send us 3 of your own images. We edit them to your specifications and deliver within 24 hours. No credit card. No contract. No obligation.
Not happy with an edit? We redo it — as many times as needed — until it meets your standard. No extra charge, no awkward negotiation.
Your images are encrypted in transit and at rest, processed under a formal Data Processing Agreement, and permanently deleted 60 days after delivery.
No edit reaches your dashboard until it clears every checkpoint in the pipeline - six checks across three stages.

Confirm scope, services, and reference against your instructions before work starts.

Assigned specialist completes the edit, then self-reviews the output against spec.

Independent QA reviews edges, color, shadows, and consistency.

Anything flagged goes back to the editor - nothing advances until it passes.

Format, resolution, naming, and batch consistency verified against delivery specs.

Approved files land in your dashboard, ready to download.


Pen tablet editing is one of our featured services. Soft-edged images, including hair, fur, feather, blanket, and smoke, can't be clipping-pathed with the pen tool, and mouse-based masking can't capture flyaway hair with the needed quality. We use pen tablets instead of a mouse for image masking, giving editors greater control and precision. We also use pen tablets for color separation, enabling far more accurate isolation of individual color channels.
Who we serve
From solo photographers to Fortune 500 retail teams — if your business runs on visuals, we’ve handled your category before.
Don’t see your industry? We serve 500+ enterprise clients across every vertical. Tell us what you need →
A snapshot of feedback from studios, agencies, and in-house catalogue teams.
“Color Experts handles 4,000+ product shots a month for our catalog. The turnaround is dependable and the cutouts are pixel-perfect — we haven't sent a revision in over a year.”
“We moved from an in-house team to CEI and cut per-image cost by half without losing quality. The instant pricing means I never wait on a quote email anymore.”
“Ghost-mannequin and shadow work that used to take our studio days now comes back overnight. The 6-step QA shows — consistency across thousands of SKUs is what sold us.”
Cost comparison
Adjust the sliders to match your operation. The calculator does the rest.
You save 94% with CEI
$14,884/month · $178,608/year
How it works
Nine steps across three phases. Your files never leave a secure pipeline.
Upload
Send sample files
Send 2–3 images for a custom quote or free trial
Instant quote
Transparent pricing from the on-site calculator
Upload your way
Portal, Dropbox, Drive, WeTransfer, or FTP
Production
AI pre-processing
Auto-leveling, background detection, batch checks
Human editing
Specialist editors on pen tablets at 200% zoom
6-step QA pipeline
Independent inspection, correction loop, spec check
Delivery
Review & approve
Before/after comparison. Flag revisions in-app.
Download files
Bulk download from dashboard or cloud delivery
Pay your way
Credits, invoicing, or pay-per-job. You choose.
Everything about pricing, turnaround, and how orders flow through our team.
First 2 images free
Upload up to two images. We'll edit and deliver within 24 hours so you can judge the quality on your own files.
Sample estimate
Includes: clipping path + white background + crop & resize
Estimated turnaround: 24 hours