Pixelz Services
Verdict: With a subscription-based system starting from $95/month where a single photo costs from $0.95, Pixelz is not very convenient for most users, especially for those who own small online stores and need to improve only several photos.
They specialize in product photography improvement services only, but very often customers complain that the result is not as professional as they have expected.
For store owners, Pixelz offers product retouching services that is quite fast, this allows them to get ready-made photos of goods in an instant and immediately add them to the site without waiting too long.
✖ Mandatory subscription. Although Pixelz defines the cost per image, the company can only start the cooperation with you after you purchase a monthly subscription, which costs 95 dollars.
✖ Flow production is sometimes inconvenient. To make turnaround time shorter, Pixelz uses a so-called flow production system. It consists of the fact that editors send each finished photo separately, immediately after editing, and they are added one by one to the platform and become available for download.
However, if you send a large pack with photos of goods, it is not very convenient to receive them one by one. It becomes difficult to keep track of how much has been processed and how much is left.
✖ Basic quality. As many clients’ reviews state, the quality of pics processed by Pixelz is far from professional. This especially concerns packages of similar photos. There are several reasons for such mediocre results. The first is the use of AI technology when processing images and the second one is the unprofessionalism of a retoucher who has done the editing.
✔ Clipping path. Clipping path services prepare for future editing with image files you can use for text wrapping, background removal, print media, and the web. Usually, the delivered results are accurate but sometimes clients complain that the output is not error-free.
✔ Detail recovery. Pixelz specialists can recover missing details. If the image was overexposed or damaged somehow, the experts can restore the realistic look of seams, fittings, and other similar elements.
Pixelz provides basic background removal and item removal services, with the help of which you can easily get rid of unnecessary details, undesired objects, and even big image fragments and plave your product on a white background.
✖ Background removal could be more precise. Pixelz has expertise in removing small objects. When deleting big image fragments like background, the delivered results fail to meet clients’ expectations. Often the cut is very rough, which is noticeable even for amateurs in photo post-production.
✖ Unlimited texture matching & replacement. Pixelz can change the texture of the product by replacing the material. However, often the edited image looks unrealistic, so it is better to shoot some additional pics of products with different textures.
✔ 2D and 3D ghost mannequin options. To achieve the ghost mannequin effect, the company’s specialists take multiple pics of the product and combine them at the post-editing stage. Clients can request an output in either 2D or 3D format. But it is not clear whether each option is priced differently or not.
✖ Doubts about the safety of storage in Image Library. All edited photos are automatically stored in Image Library on the Pixelz Platform, which is convenient from one side. On the other hand, it is not clear whether a client will have access to all these pics after the end of the subscription.
✖ Limited photo examples on the site. Unfortunately, clients do not have enough material to estimate the quality of the performed job, which makes them on the fence about whether the delivered services can satisfy their needs.
While working on colors and shades is usually included in the standard editing package in most companies, Pixelz offers color correction services separately.
✖ Sometimes shades do not align with a client’s style guide. Pixelz claims that they work with the brands’ style guides in order to deliver a highly accurate color correction. But in fact, very often the hue doesn’t correspond with the color codes specified in the docs, and the customer loses time by sending the pic for processing again.
Very often clients do not notice the modified shades and post these photos in their online stores. This leads to a bad reputation for the company on the market, as buyers are dissatisfied to get a product, the colors of which are not identical to those they saw on the website.
✔ Match colors manually. Color matching service results are usually satisfactory, as it is performed very thoroughly, not outsourcing to AI. Considering an affordable cost of $0.75 per image, it is quite popular among sellers.
✔ Multiple shadow options. Shadows can add your product image depth, consistency, and perspective. Footwear, eyewear, and handbag images can only benefit from Pixelz's shadow services. You can choose from four available options: keep the original shadow, drop shadow, reflection shadow and remove shadow if required.
✖ No preview. Sometimes, clients have difficulties understanding what kind of edits will work best for their images. In this case, it would be nice if Pixel offered some preview options on the platform, where you could upload photos and apply different settings before placing an order with the requirements.
Pixelz’s retouching services consist of different services such as portrait retouching (mostly skin), high end retouching & editorial, etc.
✖ Models have unnatural skin tones. If you order model retouching, do not be surprised about the yellowish tint of the skin. The Pixelz employees do not specialize in retouching people, so they do not pay much attention to faces.
✔ Garment and apparel retouching. Retouching tiny details is a tedious job, especially if they are featured against the backdrop of complex textures. Whether you use pins, tape, or fishing lines in the studio, the experts will manage to deliver satisfiring results.
Besides, the specialists will review pics for packaging creases, wrinkles, symmetry alignment, dust, and general retouching.
✔ Footwear edit is a separate option. The company has a special option for editing photos of footwear. They can fix laces, flip the shoes, add logos, or simply tidy the shoes up.
✖ Jewelry looks flat. Pixelz does not specialize in editing jewelry pics. Very often, the precious items look flat, often have disproportions and in general are not attractive, which is detrimental to online stores.
Pixelz also provides clients with product video editing services but unfortunately, the company does not reveal info about prices.
✔ Work with different types of video. Pixelz delivers video post-services, processing any type of e-commerce clips. Using Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, they can cope with virtually any task.
The specialists can remove or correct the background, match colors, fix the composition, etc. Unfortunately, their library lacks sophisticated effects for videos, so you can expect only basic corrections.
✖ No video samples. Whereas clients have an overall understanding of the results of photo editing, it is absolutely unclear how a video will look after processing. It would be great if the website contained at least several samples of this kind of job.
✖ Little info about the service. The website does not contain any instructions on how to place an order for video processing. Therefore, it is not clear what format the source file should have, what is the maximum file size that can be uploaded to the platform, and there is no info about other important technical characteristics.
✔ Convenient platform. Pixelz Platform, with which you can work right from your browser, will provide you with data, insights, image library, and order history all in one place. Here you will also find simple-to-use options for placing and managing orders.
It also contains dashboards and reports for studio productivity, clear order statuses, and an image viewer that allows checking before and after pics. All data will be stored on a single platform with complete security. You are the only person who can access the files anytime you want, so their leakage or disappearance is almost impossible.
Speaking about eCommerce services, the company offers two types of subscriptions. The Professional plan costs $95/month. To post-process one image, you’ll have to pay $0.95 per item.
This package is designed for professional brands and photo studios seeking reliable and pro-level retouching. It offers advanced editing options, 3-hour expedite, and the ability to add on software extensions. By purchasing this package, you’ll be guaranteed to get 200 edited pics per day.
You can also opt for an Enterprise plan with custom pricing for a photo. The cost of a monthly subscription is $1.995. This plan is an ideal option for brands, retailers, and photo studious that have voluminous orders.
Verdict: FixThePhoto is a major player in retouching and editing not only photos of products but also images of other genres. The company assigns a retoucher to each order, who gets acquainted with the client's business in detail and, accordingly, provides a result that fully meets the customer's expectations.
The quality of edited photos is always on top, and this applies to absolutely all services, which cannot be said about Pixelz. In addition, there are enough examples of retouchers' work on the FixThePhoto website, which allow you to evaluate their expertise and envisage future result. Moreover, FixThePhoto provides free trial opportunities.
Verdict: WeEdit.Photos is also a serious competitor for Pixelz, as it offers a wide range of photography-relating services. This company is more versatile than its rival and also offers services such as wedding photo retouching, advanced headshot retouching and a lot more.
The team always strictly adheres to deadlines and at the same time provides the highest quality photos. They use a very convenient payment system, where the client pays for the number of processed photos, without any additional conditions (in the form of a subscription, like Pixelz).
Verdict: Clipping Factory specializes in manual photo isolation services. They create clipping paths, photo masks, and use similar techniques, etc. So, the variety of image editing tasks these guys can perform is much narrower, if compared to Pixelz. Their portfolio is not the most inspiring as well.
Similar to Pixelz, the agency has a bit confusing pricing policy that entails different categories and extra options. Unfortunately, there is no free trial as well, so a client cannot evaluate the quality of their work before paying for a subscription. In its turn, Pixelz allows ordering free samples.
Verdict: RetouchUp is another functional Pixelz alternative, which offers a more extensive set of features. They do not only provide product retouching but can also deliver more advanced body retouching, restore images, etc.
But the process of placing an order is very tedious. The client needs to fill out many forms, and the original photos take too long to load, especially if you add several items at once.
Verdict: FlipRetouch specialists can improve the body, perform newborn photo editing, cartoonify pics, etc. Their retouchers are ready to perform as many corrections as needed to leave customers happy with the result at no cost. In the case of Pixelz, it is not clear whether a client should pay extra for revisions.
When fulfilling your order, FlipRetouch specialists leverage the latest Apple iMac computers with professionally calibrated displays and highly functional Wacom Intuos Pro graphic tablets.
Verdict: Services delivered by Ymage and Pixelz are quite alike. Both companies can edit pics with mannequins, delete backgrounds, create clipping paths, perform photo masking, add drop shadows, and even produce animations. But, unfortunately, the quality of some services is questionable.
Furthermore. Ymage experts can polish up the skin, erase wrinkles in clothes, as well as recover damaged image sections. But, unfortunately, as in the case of Pixelz, Ymage provides too few examples of work samples, which repels many potential customers.
Verdict: GlobalPhotoEdit can complete virtually any picture retouching task, including the rare ones, like fur masking, plastic removal, automobile editing, and others. But if compared to Pixelz, their services are cheaper.
Global Photo Edit has extensive portfolio, where you can view completed projects for specific services. In addition, they can help interior designers and architects by providing rendering services, which are not offered by Pixelz.
Verdict: Color Experts International is one of the most extensive Pixelz alternatives. The company charges $25 per photo and $100 for basic video editing per clip. Note that the agency cannot handle complicated orders while completing more basic tasks with ease.
You should also know that their management system is weak. The website does not provide any work samples, and the section with the portfolio is absent at all. You can only evaluate the prowess of the team with several before & after examples, but they are definitely not enough.
Verdict: ShootDotEdit specializes basically in color correction, paying little attention to other types of services. Also, they prefer editing editorial wedding photography, which makes the service not suitable for every online store.
There is very little information on the site about the services offered by the company, as well as how to place an order and how cooperation takes place. Like Pixelz, the company operates on a subscription basis, which is not very convenient, and the prices are really high.
