Editing Service: Basic Editing (human-led)

Table of contents

• Overview
• Editing options
• Essential requirements
• Setting up your photo job for basic editing
  • Culling
  • Cropping
  • Photo enhancement
• The takeaway

Overview

GotPhoto offers basic editing services via our partner, Pro Image Experts. This guide covers editing types, how to submit a job, requirements, pricing, and timelines.

Editing options

Pro Image Experts provides three types of edits. You can select one or combine them as needed.

Essential requirements

Before you begin, ensure the following criteria are met:

1. File format: Use JPGs (max 7500px long edge). Avoid PNGs with transparent backgrounds.
2. Job type: See editing service availability by job type.
3. Order of operations: Basic editing must be completed before background extraction.
4. Reference photos: Required for the cropping and photo enhancement service (details below).

Setting up your photo job for basic editing

Follow these steps to request editing services once requirements are met:

1. Sort your photos and make any necessary adjustments.
2. Activate access codes to hide QR images.
   ⚠ Skipping this will undo culling edits. ⚠
3. Go to the Photo Editing tab and click Continue under Basic Editing.
   
4. Select the desired service(s):
   

Culling

Remove images based on the following options:

• Blurred photos
• Closed eyes
• Custom reasons (add comments)
• Limit per subject (enter a number)
  

Cropping

Adjust crop, alignment, and orientation using:

• Crop ratio: Select from the available options
  
• Crop type: Choose between loose and tight crop, and upload a set of 5 before-and-after images as a reference. For detailed instructions on how to create your reference set, please review the following section, "Photo enhancement".
  

Photo enhancement

1. Upload 5 before-and-after image sets for your first preset. Click Add reference set.
   
2. Name the preset (e.g., "School preset"). Upload originals and edited versions for all 5 sets.
   
3. Click Save changes after uploading all five sets.
   
4. Select your preset for your current job.
   

Why your reference set matters: 

• Aligns expectations – Editors know exactly how images should be cropped and enhanced.
• Ensures consistency – Different editors deliver uniform results across the same job.
• Prevents delays – Without clear guidance, editors may hesitate, make inconsistent choices, or require rework, which slows down the whole workflow.
• Reduces revisions – Fewer corrections are needed when the target result is well defined.
• Scales efficiently – Once a reference set is created for a specific job type (e.g., school portraits), it can be reused for future jobs of the same type, saving time and effort.

5. Click Place order. The request status will change to in progress.
   
   [Optional] If you submitted your request too early, our Customer Care team will need to review whether it can still be canceled.
6. Once edits are complete, you'll get an email. Review results in the Photo Editing tab.
   

The takeaway

Pro Image Experts' human-powered editing service helps streamline your post-processing with fast, affordable options. Choose culling, cropping, or enhancements - or combine all three for high-quality results in just a few days.