Hello everyone!
Jewelry product photography has proven out to be very hard as the products themselves reflect everything, easily become smudged and on top of that are very small. My current job involves photographing lots of small jewelry for e-commerce purposes. I have gotten a bit better on it on my own, but am still having a problem with getting everything looking clean and crispy on hot white background.
I have very little time for each piece, as they come in low volume batches but with new kind of models almost daily.
Here is a sample of a small silver pendant with stone. Only ~10mm height.
Straight out of camera:
After basic post-procesing CS6:
I think my main problem is all the tiny scratches, dust and grain. If you look it with relatively small resolution like 640*640 or something like that - It's "okay" but when you enlarge it, all the imperfections get very obvious. What is best way of cleaning them in post? Using clone / healing tools takes ages to finish one small piece. Is there some sort of smart blur / filter tool which would get the job done?
Other suggestions regarding photography and post-processing of these is highly welcome and appreciated.
Setup: Canon 750D, Canon 100m f.2.8 macro, Sanoto "jewelry" photography box, tripod.
Current workflow:
1. Levels -> Quickly make the background hot white, with white selector.
2. Roughly cut the object out with some feather and add it to in own layer.
3. Create white background layer under it.
4. Adjust object with shadows / highlights tool until the look it pleases eye.
5. Remove any strange color casts from silver with replace color tool.
Thank you very much for any help and pointers you can give! (and sorry for weak English, greetings from Finland)
Jewelry product photography has proven out to be very hard as the products themselves reflect everything, easily become smudged and on top of that are very small. My current job involves photographing lots of small jewelry for e-commerce purposes. I have gotten a bit better on it on my own, but am still having a problem with getting everything looking clean and crispy on hot white background.
I have very little time for each piece, as they come in low volume batches but with new kind of models almost daily.
Here is a sample of a small silver pendant with stone. Only ~10mm height.
Straight out of camera:
After basic post-procesing CS6:
I think my main problem is all the tiny scratches, dust and grain. If you look it with relatively small resolution like 640*640 or something like that - It's "okay" but when you enlarge it, all the imperfections get very obvious. What is best way of cleaning them in post? Using clone / healing tools takes ages to finish one small piece. Is there some sort of smart blur / filter tool which would get the job done?
Other suggestions regarding photography and post-processing of these is highly welcome and appreciated.
Setup: Canon 750D, Canon 100m f.2.8 macro, Sanoto "jewelry" photography box, tripod.
Current workflow:
1. Levels -> Quickly make the background hot white, with white selector.
2. Roughly cut the object out with some feather and add it to in own layer.
3. Create white background layer under it.
4. Adjust object with shadows / highlights tool until the look it pleases eye.
5. Remove any strange color casts from silver with replace color tool.
Thank you very much for any help and pointers you can give! (and sorry for weak English, greetings from Finland)
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