Photo Compositing & CGI Service
Scene creation, background replacement and 3D-style renders for campaigns.
A finished campaign image rarely comes out of a single frame. Our photo compositing & CGI service combines photography, rendered elements, and hand-drawn masking to build scenes you could not shoot, or could not afford to. Send us your files and a brief; 250+ in-house editors handle the rest, with most jobs delivered within 24 hours.
What Our Photo Compositing & CGI Service Includes
Compositing is the craft of building one convincing image from many sources. We create full scenes from separate shots, replace backgrounds with studio sets, locations, or rendered environments, and blend CGI elements such as surfaces, props, skies, and reflections into photographs so the seams disappear. Typical requests include placing a product into a lifestyle scene, assembling group shots from individual frames, extending a set beyond what was captured on the day, and producing hero images for campaigns that were never shot as a single exposure. Every composite is masked by hand, then matched for perspective, light direction, shadow density, and color temperature. You receive production-ready flattened files, plus layered PSDs on request, in whatever format and color space your campaign requires.
Our Process
Send your files through our secure portal with a short brief. A reference image, a rough sketch, or a plain-language description all work. A project manager scopes the job and confirms price and deadline before any work begins. Your images then go to editors who specialize in composite work; with 250+ in-house editors we assign by skill, not availability. Before delivery, every composite passes a separate quality-control review where a second team checks edges, shadows, color match, and compliance with your brief. Revisions are included: tell us what to adjust and we correct it at no charge until the image works. For recurring campaign work we keep style notes on file, so image twenty matches image one.
Who Uses Compositing and CGI
E-commerce teams use compositing to produce lifestyle imagery without booking locations; one product shoot becomes a season of scenes. Advertising agencies send us layered concepts to finish as key visuals, billboards, and social crops. Photographers outsource the heavy assembly work so they can stay behind the camera. We also build composites for real estate (sky replacement and twilight conversion), automotive (vehicles placed into backplate scenes), and publishing (covers and editorial illustration). In 40 years we have delivered work for Amazon, MGM, and more than 12,000 other brands, and the same production system handles a single hero image or a thousand catalog variants.
Turnaround and Pricing
Most composites are delivered in 24 hours, with rush delivery in 4 to 12 hours when a deadline moves. Because composites range from a simple background swap to a multi-element scene build, price follows complexity: straightforward jobs sit at the low end of our rates, which start at $0.20 per image across our services, while advanced scene creation is quoted individually. Get an instant estimate with the calculator on our pricing page, or get a quote for a firm price on your exact files, usually within a few hours. If you would rather see the work first, start with a free trial and we will composite two of your images at no cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do you need from me to start a composite?
Your source images at the highest resolution available, plus a brief: a reference image, a rough sketch, or a written description of the scene you want. If you have layered PSDs, camera raw files, or brand color specifications, include them. The more context we have, the fewer revision rounds you will need.
Can you make combined images look like a single photograph?
Yes, and that is the core of the service. We match perspective, light direction, shadow softness, reflections, grain, and color grade across every element, and each image passes a quality-control review that checks exactly those seams before delivery.
How much does photo compositing cost?
Price depends on the number of elements and the complexity of the blend. A clean background replacement costs far less than a built-from-scratch campaign scene. Use the calculator on our pricing page for common jobs, or request a quote for an exact figure, and test us first with two free trial images.