Jewelry product photography and editing tips - Digi5Studios

Jewellery Product Photography is a speciality that requires skill understanding, expertise, and patience. Photographing the perfect image of jewellery may be difficult. With the correct tips, tools and procedures, even a beginner photographer will be able to capture stunning images.

Photography of jewellery and editing techniques:

There are numerous elements that are important in jewellery photography like angles, lenses, and tools. Here are some easy-to-follow, photography and editing techniques to think about.

1. Choose the Best Lense

Macro lenses are best suited for photography of jewellery items. They are great for capturing delicate details of small pieces of jewellery, like rings. For rings, the 100mm f2.8 lens is popular most popular. It's a small field of view but is well for rings. An excellent option for cameras with cropped sensors can be the 60mm f2.8 EFS lens.

 

2. Cleanse the sample

Clean the jewellery prior to when you begin shooting. The jewellery might be coated with fingerprints, oil, or oily residue. Which can alter the appearance of the photo. A microfiber cloth can remove the shank and the setting area. Q-tips work great but cause fibres to remain in the setting area around the gem, so be mindful.

3. Make use of a large whiteboard

Make use of a large whiteboard or acrylic piece to shoot on. The bigger the whiteboard, the more efficient. The reflective surface will reflect off an area below the shank. When shooting objects that reflect light consider looking towards it in the direction you intend to shoot from, and then utilize your fingers to draw the reflection.

4. Use a hot glue gun

To secure the ring in place using a hot glue gun works best. It's simple and quick to put the ring in its place. When the glue has dried the hold will be very solid. This is useful in the event that you require any last-minute repairs on the ring.

The glue comes off the band's metal quickly leaving no residue or streaks left behind. 4. Sometimes, clients will utilize floor samples for jewellery photography of their products. It's an excellent habit to avoid getting the rings dirty.

5. Lighting set-up

You can roll a large piece of plain white paper to form a tube and leave a tiny opening that the photographer can use. This is ideal for rings as it is evenly distributed across the surface, even though it is a subtle appearance. This is perfect for shooting an abundance of jewellery photographs for e-commerce. If you want to shoot high-end editorial photographs you require the right balance between black and white.

One light has an element of diffusion to disperse the light. This configuration works best with a softbox or any other mod. The bare bulb setup is ideal. The harsh light is required to highlight the contrasts of the gemstones, and then to blend the gems into an earring's body in Photoshop.

Customers will require different angles for the ring. Create multiple tubes that have windows that are angled at different angles to provide different perspectives and requested angles for product photography of jewellery.

If the ring is in good condition and set Frame the ring. It is possible to see the dark reflections even without the tube. When the tube is in place, the ring will fill within the ring that highlights that come from at the very top.

6. Perfect Angles

When taking photos of jewellery items, at a 45-degree angle, your window is larger with the camera pointed directly down. Its shank sits set at an angle, with the gemstone slightly out of alignment.

To create front angle angles you can glue the ring onto the earring stand made of acrylic. This is simpler and does not require that the lens be pointed downwards. The stand can be tilted and supported by erasers. Frame the ring, then insert the tube on top. The tube's window is lower, which eliminates dark spots that are visible in the shank.

To create side angles, choose tubes with windows at the bottom that is like a mouse's hole. Sometimes, a small piece of paper could be needed to minimize the reflection of the shank. It works well with different angles that let a tiny reflection that grins the camera inside the shank.

7. Focus Stacking

It is essential when photographing jewellery for rings equipped with macro lenses. Focus stacking is the process of combining a set of pictures taken at various focus distances, and then employing software to join the images to make an image that is fully in focus.

It is possible to use the rail for focus stacking that physically shifts the camera forward and back to capture the sequence of pictures, however, using the focus lens to change focus works similarly. Here are some additional techniques for editing images when you are stacking:

•          Be sure that there isn't any camera shake that could affect the focus on the lens. The best method is to shoot with a tethered camera and utilize Camera Tether Software to shift the focus plane. Utilizing F8 or F11 to take each image will give you the sharpest apertures for many lenses.

•          Begin from in front and begin to work backwards. With Canon EOS utility software, start at the front of your object and work backwards. Canon EOS Utility software the focal plane can be adjusted in tiny increments, and photographs can be snapped at every increment.

•          When taking photos of jewellery products of rings, you will usually end up with between 6 and 10 images based on the size of the ring as well as how much detail you wish to capture on the shank.

•          After the images have been set after which you can batch edit the images. This is essential to make minor exposure, contrast as well as white balance adjustment. Do not alter the clarity or sharpness to this point, so that the blemishes and dust aren't visible.

•          The images should be saved in .tif as well as .psd format, as stacking raw files may be more difficult when compared to using .tif format.

8. Focus stacking using Photoshop

There are a variety of steps for focus stacking images using Photoshop:

•          Select File, and then Scripts and load Files into Stack.

•          Find and browse for image files you'd like to merge.

•          Select all image files, then choose OK.

•          Make sure to check the box to automatically align images from sources. The program will make small modifications to the images, and then get them to be perfectly aligned. This is extremely useful when there are micromovements in between shots.

•          Photoshop processes the photos and then load the layers. By clicking through the layers, you can view each part of the ring focused. The program will stitch each piece together.

•          Select all layers, click Edit. Auto-Blend Layers.

•          Select the images to stack.

•          Click the checkbox next to seamless colours and tones to fix minor exposure variations between shots.

•          Select OK.

•          When the stitching is completed the stitching will form a merged layer on the top, with all of the images stitched.

•          If there are areas of blurred lines which the program was unable to stitch, you can alter the mask of the layer by hand.

•          Modify the layer masks employing the clone stamps in order to create stamps over areas that are blurred.

Image Editing Tips and Steps

There are numerous aspects that matter when it is time to edit jewellery photography using Photoshop like background removal cleansing, retouching, sharpening, colour correction, etc. Here are a few easy to follow image editing techniques to take into consideration.

1. Take away the background

The first step is first to get rid of any background of the ring and turn the background to white. The pen Tool within Photoshop The CC18 tool is the ideal method to make a path around the image. You can then alter backgrounds to white as shown in the image below.

Below are some steps to follow when creating a pen-like path.

•          Select the Pen tool by pressing P. Create a path with the pen tool, cutting out the image.

•          Make use of the left mouse click to create an anchor point that will begin your journey.

•          Again, click to create the anchor to send. The points are linked to segments.

•          When you have made the anchor, press using the mouse's left button, and drag it to change the size of the segment, which lets you trace the ring with precision.

•          If you drag and click to the anchoring point you will notice two arms that hang away from your anchor point. One lets you alter the line segment that connects the point of anchorage. The other lets you modify the segment that it will join.

•          Click and hold Alt/Option, then move the anchor to create modifications to the segment that you've already done.

•          Create two anchor points and put the third one at the centre of your segment. make use of Ctrl/Command for dragging the anchor point. This lets you drag this segment in a circular fashion. You can create infinite anchor points, but don't put them too closely together.

•          Certain areas are easy to create segments that look like stones. It is as simple as clicking around every corner. 9. Curved areas require more training as you will need to alter the shape of the segment. To make your shank you will only require a couple of anchor points as well as large sections as it's a long curvature.

•          Make anchors and segmentation within the ring until the first anchor point that you can end the route.

•          Once the outer path of the ring has been completed then visit the window for a path to view the path of your work.

•          Choose the work path and then select"burger" (three vertical lines) and then select your save path.

•          Please identify the path.

•          When the outer path is saved, remove the outer path and then create an entirely new path on the inner portion of the rings.

•          Create a new layer and put it on top of the other layers.

•          Select both options.

•          Select the outline circle in the window for paths to convert the paths into an option.

•          Use the rectangle's circle to make a layer mask over the layer. The layer mask will block any items that are not part of the selected area.

•          Use Shift and F5 keys to open the fill window. make sure to fill it with white. The ring has been isolated against a white background.

Making a path around a ring just takes a few seconds however the time has to be taken into account when editing the process of images. Certain clipping path and editing services online will design routes for your photos and deliver them on the following day at a reasonable cost. The cost for services such as clipping paths may be integrated into jewellery photography prices.

Here's what cutting path costs are in the event of outsourcing.

2. Touch-Ups

•          Utilizing the brush that is set to 0% of the hardness and opacity at 30% is the best and fastest.

•          Create another layer, then set the blend to reduce.

•          Try using Alt/Option to determine the colour of gold from the ring. Then, begin painting on the shank.

•          When you select the blend mode that is light, it won't cover areas that are brighter than the colour you chose.

•          Set-ups and other areas of the rings. For dark areas that are heavy Use the brush at 100% opacity.

•          Brush at 30% opacity, and switch between normal tone and highlight to create an organic gradient.

•          Additional highlights on the inside shank to prevent the ring from appearing unflat.

•          Make the layered sound more raucous to give it a more natural look when you are happy by the lighting.

•          Select Filter, select Noise, click Add Noise.

•          Make noise using a low percentage of 1percent or less.

3. Cleaning

The layer with the lightning is the one that is quick. The second layer can be used for deep refinements. Apply the brush tool with 10 % to 30 per cent Opacity. The clone stamp tool must be used at low levels of opacity. Concentrate on the stones and place them one by one. The darker sections of the stones should be filled with a low opacity brush. The brush will be selected to have a dark shade. Stones need contrast.

A helpful tip for editing photos is to employ the clone stamp tool in order to get rid of any marks or highlights around the edge of the shank. Make use of the tool brush to smooth rough highlights caused by tarnish that the light layer could not fix. Colourize the desaturated areas of the shank's interior. A tiny brush that is zero hardness can be employed to smooth the edge of the shank and smooth the edges.

4. Add Some Color

Photographers of jewellery usually offer a style guideline to ensure that the right colour is chosen. Because this is a gold ring, you should use Yellow Gold, Pantone: 7404 C.

Colouring the picture is an easy task with the layer set to hue blend mode. The image after colouring will appear like the below one.

These are the basic steps on how to colour a circle image using Photoshop.

•          Start a fresh layer and choose Gold as the colour.

•          Click on the colour selection icon at the lower right of the toolbar, to open the colour selector.

•          Click colour libraries.

•          Select the coated or uncoated Pantone library.

•          Scroll to colour 7404.

•          Choose a colour, then click OK.

•          Make use of a big brush and paint over the entire surface of the circle.

•          The Blend mode menu drop-down within the layers window. Select the model of the colour                    blend.

•          Take access gold out of gems.

•          Select the layer, then press the rectangle symbol with the circle to create an overlay mask.

•          Choose the mask layer, then apply the brush to wash away any gold hue.

•          Utilize 20-40% opacity based on the way the metal was shot and how opaque it appears.

•          Make sure you select the layer mask for the gold layer you just made.

•          Right-click on the mask and choose to add a mask.

•          Make a brand new layer. Then hit the layer mask icon to make a layer mask of the layer.

•          Because this mask hides the stones, the stones are inverted by it. To do this, select the mask                      (Ctrl  + 1/Command +) when you select the mask to reverse it. The mask is now choosing the                stones.

•          Visit the colour picker and select the colour 5405 Pantone colour of the stones.

•          Paint the colour on the stones.

•          Choose your colour mix mode.

•          Increase the opacity to 15 per cent.

•          Make use of the same layer masks to make curved layers that alter the appearance of the ring's                metal as well as the gemstones.

•          Right-click on a mask in gold colour. Add an overlay to the selection. Next, create a curves                    layer.

•          Make the same for another curve layer to match the stones.

•          Check that the exposure adjustments are not above the layers of colour so that the colours don't                change.

•          Make an S curve to the stones so that they appear more prominent.

•          Similar to the metal, but increase the mid-tones, too.

•          Layer masks are able to be used on layers that have other masks to allow for more adjustments to particular regions.

6. Sharpen the Image

Sharpening should be done after all smoothing and retouching are done. This will result in an even sharpening of all images. Utilize this filter to increase the sharpness of your image., set to a light blend that is hard mode.

•          Choose the original layer and then retouch layers.

•          Press Ctrl + J/Command+ J to duplicate three layers.

•          Ctrl + Command + E to combine the layers together into one.

•          Select Filter, choose Other Then select High Pass Filter. Switch the filter up to a larger size pixel to ensure that it's slightly over enhanced.

•          Change the blend mode on the layer, to dark light.

•          Switch layer on with an opacity slider, to determine the right clarity.

•          Zoom into the area to see what the sharpening effect is and switch until you get it perfect.

•          To crop an image, simply select Image and then choose Trim. Trim off every side.

•          the combination of Ctrl+Alt + Command and Option + C in order to display the size of canvas                window.

•          Select Relative and then add 1 inch around.

•          The canvas size menu is opened again to copy the width of the image. Then, apply it to height to             create a square image.

•          Flatten it down to reduce the file size or save the file as a layer for future changes.

7. Final Correction

Resolving a stone set incorrectly. If the ring is symmetrical, it's an easy fix.

•          Choose the stone that is on the opposite side using a laser tool.

•          Use a lasso to drag it over the stones.

•          Ctrl + Command + C to copy.

•          Ctrl +V/Command +V to paste a new layer.

•          A greater choice of the place in which we would like to put the stone copied.

•          Select Edit, then select Transform, then select Flip Horizontal.

•          Apply a less opaque layer to the stone.

•          The layer mask should be placed on the stone.

•          Flip the mask over and stroke the stone to set it in place.

Photography of jewellery products has many challenges. Learning how to navigate around these issues makes the photos more appealing. While rings can be hard to capture, stunning photographs are achievable.

These easy image editing tricks are simple to follow and will allow you to create stunning photos for your customers. White backgrounds are simple to photograph and can result in stunning images of jewellery. People prefer to use various angles to display the size of the piece. Editing and shooting a ring using Photoshop can be a challenge for those who aren't familiar with the procedure. It's all about practice and the more you work through the procedure, this easy process becomes more straightforward.

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