5 Common Challenges of Luxury Glass Product Retouching and How to Fix them

What separates a luxury glass product from an ordinary one?

It looks, definitely.

Whether you see the product in person or in a photograph, you will tell the difference with just a look. You can’t even touch the product when you are looking at its photo. The image must tell more beyond the actual look of the product.

A high-end glassware product must ensure that every detail exudes sophistication and perfection. Capturing the true image of a glass product has always been a major challenge for photographers. This is due to the reflective and transparent nature of glass.

Here comes the solutions provided by an experienced photo retouching company. Below are 5 common challenges of glass product retouching and how we fix them.

1. Distracting Background

Background distracts. It distracts even more in the case of a glassware. The focus should be on the product, and not on the background. This is why it is often a need to remove background and replace it with something that allows more focus on the product.

Eliminating background from a glass product is not an easy task. The edges are often not well-defined. You need a careful eye, a high-level skillset and years of experience to perfectly remove the background. It is a time-consuming, manual job that only experienced retouching people can do using various clipping path techniques.

2. Reflections and Glares

Background removal is just one challenge. A bigger challenge is to remove reflections and glares from the glass surface itself. Due to its transparent nature, a glass product easily picks reflections from surroundings, which can cause visual noise, distortions and distractions. Fine details that a premium product is known for are not visible as a result.

The real challenge with a luxury brand is not just to remove reflections and glares, but also to retain textures and details during the process. Experience is the key in dealing with such a sophisticated product. Skills to use different types of brushes perfectly and knowledge of advanced techniques like frequency separation are a must for speedy and realistic results.

3. Clarity and Transparency

Once the background removed and reflections gone, the product needs enhancement for a premium look. What you need to do is to improve clarity and transparency. The glassware should appear pristine and crystal-clear with well-defined structure.

All impurities including fingerprints, smudges, scratches or dust particles are removed. Fine details and textures are enhanced realistically. The luxury looks and feel of the product is retained as a result.

4. Lights and Color

A complex array of tools exists to work through perfect adjustment of lights and colors. Making the product appear vibrant, rich and true to life is a big challenge, and needs an experienced eye for perfection.

Brightness, contrast and tone are adjusted and readjusted to maintain accuracy and consistency. White balance issues are fixed for true-to-life representation.

5. Finish

Luxury products are known for their fine finish. So do the photographs that represent them. The sense of exclusivity, elegance and desirability must ooze out from every corner of the product. One must go beyond the natural capacity of software tools and use their artistic skills and techniques to bring into the final image a polished, high-end feel.

We may have to do hundreds of things several times over, although subtly and with a not-so-visible change, before declaring an image final. High-end photo retouching elevates the brand’s visual identity and storytelling, making the product stand out in a market.