Product photography studio adds Centyr to its post-processing pipeline

A product photography studio in Milan serves 30+ e-commerce clients ranging from small boutiques to mid-size brands. Their standard package includes photoshoot plus delivery of edited, upload-ready images. Before Centyr, 'upload-ready' meant a full day of Photoshop work per project, background removal, white balance, cropping, export.

The studio had 3 photographers and 1 full-time retoucher. The retoucher was the bottleneck: projects queued up, delivery times slipped, and the studio turned away business during peak periods (Black Friday, new season launches).

Centyr integration: The studio built Centyr into their delivery workflow. After the shoot, raw images go through a quick color correction pass, then directly to Centyr for background removal, standardization, and export. The retoucher shifted focus to complex composite images and creative work, the routine post-processing is handled automatically.

Financial impact (6-month comparison):

• Post-processing time per project: 8h → 45 minutes

• Projects delivered per month: 12 → 20 (+67%)

• Gross margin per project: improved ~40% (same price, less labor)

• Retoucher capacity freed for premium upsell services

The studio now offers 'standard' and 'premium' packages. Standard uses automated Centyr processing. Premium includes hand-retouched composites and lifestyle edits. The clear tier separation improved upsell conversion significantly.