Video and photo · From ₹5,000 per video · Grades, captions and clean-ups

Video and photo

Product videos that look like your brand: colour grades, captions timed to the edit, cut-outs, and clean-ups that remove what shouldn't be in the shot.

Your accounts and domain are in your name from day one. The code becomes yours once it's paid in full. Half up front for each stage.

What this work did

1,216

frames of a 4K studio take cut out onto clean green for Alexandre Christie, with the director, stands and cables removed.

60

shots in Alexandre Christie's unboxing montage, graded in three looks, with every dial brightened shot by shot.

1,008 → 53

jumps in edge flicker after my fix to an open-source After Effects rebuild, with the edge width unchanged.

See the video work ↗

One shot, start to finish

The Cosmic cut-out

Before

Alexandre Christie had a 4K, 60 fps studio take of a model for the Cosmic launch, with the director, light stands, cables and the floor all in shot.

What I did

  • Cut the model out of all 1,216 frames with an AI matting model, run on a Mac about 5 times faster than at full precision.
  • Capped the matte with a colour key, and removed the director with tracked masks.
  • Measured flicker as pixels jumping between frames, then cut it about 5 times from the first version.

After

The model on clean green in every frame, ready for the edit.

See it in the Alexandre Christie case study ↗

What you get

01 · Colour grades

A look built for your brand, like the soft morning warmth of Verte's jogging spot, carried across every shot.

02 · Shot-by-shot fixes

Dark shots lifted to match the rest, and details like watch dials brightened on their own.

03 · Captions

Word-timed captions that sit around the subject and land on the music's beats, for reels.

04 · Cut-outs

People and products cut out of footage onto clean backgrounds, frame by frame.

05 · Clean-ups

Crew, stands and cables taken out of a shot.

06 · Light matching

Hidden cuts that match, even when only the final export exists, like Season Earth's outfit-change spot.

07 · Product shoots

Shoots planned shot by shot, with the light checked on set, so photos and video match your brand.

08 · Files you keep

The masters, the grade and the caption files, yours once they're paid in full.

What it costs

One video, graded or captioned

from ₹5,000

A colour grade, timed captions or a clean-up for one video.

Usually a day or two.

A cut-out or a bigger clean-up

quoted after a call

People or products cut out frame by frame, or crew and kit removed.

Depends on the footage.

A campaign's videos

quoted after a call

One look and one caption style across a set of ads and reels.

Timeline set in the written plan.

Each stage is half up front and half at launch, by UPI or bank transfer, or by credit card in monthly instalments (EMI) through Razorpay. EMI interest is set by your bank.

How it runs

  1. 01

    Tell me what you need

    A message or a short call: the goal, the deadline and what already exists.

  2. 02

    A written plan

    Scope, steps and a quote, agreed before any work starts.

  3. 03

    Built in steps you can see

    A link you can open every week, not one big reveal at the end.

  4. 04

    Launch, then measure

    Checked against the numbers we agreed at the start.

Fair questions

What do you need from me?
The original footage, not a compressed export, plus any videos or photos whose look you like.
Can you match a look we already have?
Yes. Send a video or photo you like, and I'll build the grade to match it.
What do you work in?
DaVinci Resolve for grading, plus my own tools for looks, captions and cut-outs, so the work isn't limited to one app's presets.
How do we stay in touch?
A preview link every week and a short update, on WhatsApp or email.
Can I pay monthly?
Yes, by credit card in monthly instalments (EMI) through Razorpay. EMI interest is set by your bank.
Do you work with agencies?
Yes, under your name or mine.

Not the right fit

Full ad production, from script to final cut. I make your footage and photos look right.

Send me your footage

A message or a short call. You get a written plan and a fixed quote before any work starts.

Based in India · IST (UTC+5:30) · Works remotely

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