Hair, fur, feathers and sheer fabric are impossible with a basic clipping path. Our layer and channel masking cuts out complex, fine-edged subjects cleanly — perfect for models, pets, plush and translucent products.
Get a Free Test Edit View PortfolioHair, fur, feathers and sheer fabric are impossible with a basic clipping path. Every image is retouched by hand for a premium, true-to-life finish that sells.
Hair and fur cut out cleanly, edge by edge.
Sheer fabric and soft edges preserved.
Clean removal and realistic replacement.
Masking is what you use when a hard path would destroy the detail that makes a product look real. Different edges need different techniques.
Model hair, fur trims and pet products keep individual strands against the new background, instead of the cut-out helmet look that automated tools produce.
Glass, bottles, acrylic and sheer fabric let the new background show through at the correct density, so the product still reads as transparent rather than frosted.
Delivered as editable layer masks or alpha channels, so your team can change backgrounds later without paying for the selection twice.
Most real products need both: a pen path for the solid body and a mask for the soft or transparent areas. Combining them is what keeps edges crisp and hair believable.
A simple rule: if you can trace the edge cleanly with a pen, use a path. If the edge is soft, fibrous or see-through, it needs a mask.
Our guide on clipping path versus background removal covers the choice in more depth. Masking is usually ordered alongside background removal, shadow creation and colour correction as part of full product photo editing.
Masking is for soft, fine or translucent edges — hair, fur, feathers and sheer fabric — where a clipping path can't cut cleanly.
Yes — we output transparent PNGs or composite onto new backgrounds.
Yes — flyaway hair and soft edges are a specialty.
Yes — send 5 images for a free test edit.
Whenever the edge is soft, fibrous or transparent: hair, fur, feathers, glass, smoke or sheer fabric. A hard path through those areas produces a cut-out edge that looks obviously edited.
Standard turnaround is 24 to 48 hours. Masking is slower per image than a simple path because the work is done by hand, and complex hair or transparency is quoted individually.
Yes. Files can be delivered as layered PSD with live layer masks or alpha channels, so your designers can drop the product onto a new background at any time without a re-edit.
Yes, though it is the hardest case. Send one image as a free test edit and you can judge the edge quality on your actual shot before committing to a batch.
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