Standard Image Production
Our retouching standards and inclusions.
If our photographers follow our Process, you will be provided with an excellent input and they can expect an amazing result, regardless of the weather conditions. If they don't, we cannot guarantee quality.
Image Retouching Standards
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Highlights must be recovered
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Window view must look natural
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Skies must be consistent between shots
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Whites must be clean and bright
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Verticals and horizontals must be straightened 100%
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Grass must look natural
The following services will be automatically applied to every image, and are included in the price.
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Exposure adjustment
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Colour adjustment
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Brightness/contrast
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Add sky to externals and views from windows
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Straightening and cropping (resizing available on request)
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Photographer reflection/equipment removal
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Lens dust removal
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Blended window detailing
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Adding fire to fireplaces (internal and external)
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Removing reflections on TV (or adding an image to the TV on request)
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Grass replacement, repairs and/or greening
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Removing wires and cables
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Quality assurance
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A final Finesse step
Please note, there are two Additional Retouching steps that will be applied automatically. This is done in order to maintain our high-quality brand image.
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Remove Rubbish Bins
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Remove Fridge Magnets.
Additional Retouching
Additional Retouching is not included in the base price of your image production, and extra charges will apply for these requests. The prices of these services vary depending on the complexity level of the retouching required. For simplicity we have defined common retouching requests under the following three categories:
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Standard Retouching
Turn on lights
Candles (add flame)
Fix carpet dents
Blur objects
Blue water
Remove garden hose
Remove pool cleaner
Replace complicated grass
Remove wrinkles
Remove real estate sign
Remove rubbish bins
Remove fridge magnets
Within Standard Retouching, we group a number of adjustments per image which lowers the price.
1x Touch (up to 1x Standard Retouching per image)
3x Touch (up to 3x Standard Retouching per image)
5x Touch (up to 5x Standard Retouching per image)
8x Touch (up to 8x Standard Retouching per image)
Scenario 1
If we request the following for a single image:
Remove garden hose
Remove pool cleaner
Remove rubbish bins
This will be charged as 3x Touch (up to 3x Standard Retouching per image)
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Advanced Retouching
Clean Roof
Clean exterior floor (decks and driveways)
Change wall colour
Building views (Virtual Dusk Conversion)
Paint walls
Remove car
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Extreme Retouching
Internal/external renovation (De-clutter)
Recreate pool
City views (Virtual Dusk Conversion)
Sometimes clients may require multiple additional retouching requests. If this is the case, the retouching team may group these together as a single charge and advise the client via the chat function.