photo editing

Export as PNG not JPG. Design at the exact pixel dimensions your platform requires (1080x1080 for Shopee). Never resize after exporting. Canva Free compresses more than Pro — workaround is designing slightly larger and letting the platform downscale. Platform re-compression is unavoidable, but a sharp PNG survives it.

Shoot near a window, check whites with a reference object, then adjust white balance and nudge saturation up 5-15 points. Edit at 70-80% screen brightness for accuracy.

Three causes — auto white balance, screen brightness, and yellow indoor lighting — make photos look different from reality. Shoot near a window, edit at reduced brightness, and correct white balance.

Time yourself honestly on the 3-app pipeline, then test a single-app alternative on 5 items. If it gets you to 80% quality in half the time, the math speaks for itself.

Edit one photo well, then copy-paste those edits to every other photo in the batch. Snapseed does it one-by-one, Lightroom applies presets to all at once, and Oonch skips the loop entirely.

Brightness (+15-30), contrast (+10-25), and white balance (shift cooler to fix yellow cast). Leave saturation, sharpness, and structure alone. A complete edit takes 60 seconds.