Multi-Clipping Path

A multi-clipping path service is an advanced Photoshop technique where multiple closed vector paths are drawn around distinct parts of a single product. Rather than just cutting out the exterior silhouette, editors create individual paths for collars, sleeves, buttons, soles, or materials, enabling creative teams to isolate and recolor individual sections independently.

A standard clipping path outlines only the outer perimeter of a product to remove its background. A multi-clipping path draws numerous internal and external paths for different sub-components (e.g., leather upper, rubber sole, fabric tongue, metal eyelets), saving each as an individual named path inside the file.

Fashion brands shoot a garment once and use multi-clipping paths to generate entire seasonal colorway catalogs. By isolating fabric panels, trims, and logos with dedicated paths, colorists can alter colors in Photoshop while preserving realistic fabric folds, shadows, and textures.

Yes. Every path is saved inside the Photoshop Paths panel with descriptive names (e.g., 'Path 1: Collar', 'Path 2: Body', 'Path 3: Buttons') adhering to your agency's naming convention for immediate hand-off.

Multi-clipping paths are delivered in layered PSD (Photoshop Document) or TIFF files with embedded vector paths. These formats preserve all closed Bézier paths and work seamlessly across Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Standard turnaround is 24 hours for batches up to 500 images. For enterprise catalog production, our studio processes 1,000+ multi-paths daily with 12-hour express delivery options.

A single clipping path gives you one outline around the whole product. A multi-clipping path draws a separate path for each part or color, so each can be edited on its own. It starts at $0.90 against $0.39 for a single path, so use it only when parts need different treatment, such as recoloring a sleeve or changing a label.

An organized PSD or TIFF with one path for each part, so your team can pick the part they want and edit it. Tell us how you want parts grouped (for example body, sleeves, collar, label) and we name the paths to match.

If you want us to do the recolor, order Color Change (from $0.30). It works from one clean image and does not need a multi-clipping path ordered first. Order Multi-Clipping Path when you or your designer will do the edits in-house and need clean, separate selections.

The number of parts and how detailed their edges are. Simple ($0.90): two or three clean parts. Medium ($1.67) and Advanced ($2.25): more parts, with curves and overlaps. Complex ($3.83) and Super complex ($5.18): many small parts or dense details, like a bike or a multicolor bag. Prices are per image at 24h Standard.

No. Those edges need masking, not a hard path. Order Background Removal for them. If the product has a soft-edged part, tell us in the brief so the right service is used for the right part.

1,000+ images a day. Multi-path work takes longer than a single path, so for a batch over 1,000 images we agree a staggered daily delivery plan before we start.