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Following up from this video, https://youtu.be/KGADYLv5obE, entitled the same as this blog post.

Video: Saving multiple work paths in a single JPEG image




The video is aimed at Clippers to demonstrate the basics of adding more than 1 path to a single JPEG. The idea behind multiple paths within a single image is to avoid the need for using file-sharing services such as Dropbox or Google Drive to share paths for additional customer photos thereby making our workflow simpler and faster.


Making a collage with multiple work paths
There are other ways to set up the JPEG other than the method demonstrated in the video. For instance, you can include all images with their paths as a single JPEG by making a collage.

Screenshot of an extended canvas size to hold the additional photos.

STEPS
- Arrange the photos as a collage by placing each photo in its own space in an expanded canvas. Note: The canvas size doesn't have to be perfectly fit onto the edges of each photo, but just needs to allow enough space for each photo. 
- Once the photos are set in place, you can go ahead and create a work path for each subject.
- Save the image, which now includes a combination of images, as a JPEG.
- Upload the image to Krome.

Video: Making a collage with multiple work paths
Quick video demonstration in 20 seconds!


Which method do you think is better? Do you have another method? Please share your comments and ideas below.
For this order, the customer submitted an image with quite a few issues: poor quality, dark, noisy, harsh purple color cast.

When we receive these types of images, instead of over processing the subjects and adding too much brightness and contrast, it's better to work on the background first and make it match them as best as possible. If we brighten the original too much to begin with, we introduce even more noise and pixelation (see first version below). Here is a video on this topic: