Month archive
Posts from June 2026
29 articles, newest first.
Industry Guides··9 min readShooting Glossy and Reflective Products: Jewellery, Glass and Metal
Jewellery, glass and metal are the hardest products to cut out, because the edge is ambiguous and the surface mirrors the room. Here is how to shoot each material so the cutout actually works.
Tutorials··8 min readPassport and ID Photo Backgrounds: Getting the Plain White or Blue Right
A home passport photo usually fails on the background, not the face. Here is what officials check, how to replace a wall with a compliant flat colour, and where a tool cannot help.
Tutorials··7 min readWebGPU, Explained for Creators: Why Your Browser Can Suddenly Run Real AI
You keep seeing 'WebGPU' next to AI tools. Here's what it actually is, in plain language — what changed, why it matters for editing photos and video, and how to tell if your device has it.
Tutorials··8 min readA Clean, Professional Headshot Background Without a Photographer
Turn a phone selfie into a credible LinkedIn or CV headshot by fixing the background in your browser — plus honest limits on what a clean backdrop can and can't rescue.
Industry Guides··9 min readDepop, Vinted and Poshmark: Listing Photos That Actually Sell
Depop, Vinted and Poshmark reward honest, clear photos over studio gloss. A phone-only shot list, plus exactly when to remove the background on a resale listing and when to leave it alone.
Tutorials··9 min readBuilding Transparent PNG Overlays for OBS and Live Streaming
Design a webcam frame, export a clean transparent PNG, and layer it into OBS as an image source — plus when a real green screen beats a static cut-out, and where each one wins.
Tutorials··8 min readEmote Prep for Twitch and Discord: Transparency, Sizing, and Clean Edges
Twitch emotes render at 28 pixels — smaller than a favicon. Here's the transparency, sizing, and edge-cleanliness workflow that keeps a cutout legible at emote scale.
Tutorials··7 min readStabilize Shaky Handheld Video in Your Browser (and Keep the Audio)
How in-browser video stabilization works — motion estimation, trajectory smoothing, and why a fast frame-by-frame encode beats a real-time screen recording. Plus how to keep your audio track.
Technical Deep Dives··7 min readNon-Destructive Editing: How Undo Actually Works in a Layer-Based Editor
Filters, slider adjustments, mask edits, and layers each need their own history. Here is how a single undo stack reverts a grade without touching your cut-out — and why that matters.
Industry Guides··7 min readVirtual Staging in the Browser: Add Furniture to Empty Rooms as Layers
A practical workflow for staging real estate photos client-side: open the room, drop furniture in as image layers, position, scale, rotate, and switch between flat and 3D views.