Do the ingredients need to look perfect before food retouching?

No. Flawless ingredients are not required for breathtaking food photography. OMS retouchers can expertly remove imperfections, enhance texture and freshness, correct color, add or remove elements, and build complete scenes in post-production.

Can you add or remove elements from a food photo in post?

Yes. OMS retouchers can edit elements in or out of food photography using compositing techniques — adding ingredients, props, or background elements, or removing unwanted objects, surface imperfections, and distractions from the scene.

Can you retouch food photography for on-pack and packaging use?

Yes. OMS provides food retouching optimized for CPG packaging applications, including label-ready color accuracy, consistent product appearance across SKU families, and print-ready CMYK file output.

Do you retouch food photos for menu, web, and social media?

Yes. OMS delivers food retouching for the full range of end uses including restaurant menu (print and digital), web and ecommerce, social media advertising, and national print campaigns.

What food categories do you retouch?

OMS retouches across all food categories including confectionery and chocolate, frozen foods and ice cream, fresh produce, snacks and CPG packaged goods, restaurant and QSR menu items, and specialty food products. Clients include Hershey, GoodPop, and national CPG food brands.

What source files do you need for food retouching?

RAW files are preferred for maximum flexibility in color correction and exposure work. Processed TIFFs and PSDs also work well. For composite food retouching, provide all component layers — hero subject, background, and any additional elements — in the highest resolution available.

What file formats do you deliver for food retouching?

OMS delivers layered TIFFs and PSDs on request, flattened TIFFs, JPEGs, and transparent PNGs. For print and on-pack applications, please specify CMYK color space. For web and ecommerce, sRGB is standard.

How much does food photo retouching cost?

OMS quotes each food retouching project individually based on complexity, number of images, and deliverable specifications. Typical per-image pricing ranges from $75 to $450. The quote includes the first round of basic revision edits. Contact us with your project details for an accurate estimate.

What is the turnaround time for food retouching?

Standard turnaround is 2–3 business days. Complex composite or high-volume projects may require additional time. Contact OMS before submitting to discuss your timeline.

Food Photo Retouching

OMS Photography — Since 1989

Your food never looked so good.

High-end food retouching for advertising, packaging, menu imagery, eCommerce, social, and CPG campaigns. From subtle cleanup to complex compositing and scene building, our team can take food imagery further.

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Color Correction & Grading

Imperfection Removal

Compositing Scene Building

On-Pack Menu Imagery

Web Social Deliverables

Ingredient Element Editing

CPG Food Retouching

Color Correction & Grading

Imperfection Removal

Compositing Scene Building

On-Pack Menu Imagery

Web Social Deliverables

Ingredient Element Editing

CPG Food Retouching

Food Retouching

Commercial Food Post Production

Flawless ingredients aren't required for breathtaking food photography.

Our in-house food retouchers enhance imperfections, refine color and texture, build scenes, and edit elements in or out while preserving the natural qualities that make food imagery appetizing.

From carefully polishing a single hero image to building consistent assets across packaging, menu, social, advertising, and eCommerce campaigns, OMS is built to handle both creative complexity and production scale.

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Capabilities

What we do.

Commercial food retouching from basic cleanup through complex compositing, packaging imagery, menu work, and high-volume CPG production.

Corrections & Enhancement

Imperfection Removal
Color Correction
Texture Refinement
Surface Cleanup
Freshness Enhancement
Lighting Adjustments

Compositing & Scene

Commercial Compositing
Scene Building
Ingredient Editing
Element Removal
Background Removal
Prop & Surface Work

Deliverables

Packaging & On-Pack
Menu Imagery
Web & eCommerce
Social Media
Advertising Campaigns
Print & Retail

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Portfolio

More food retouching work.

Silk Greek-Style strawberry yogurt cup with a spoonful of yogurt lifted above and a swirl of strawberry yogurt topped with a fresh strawberry.
Photographer: Brent Taylor

Strawberry syrup for packaging
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Wendy's bacon cheeseburger with melted American cheese and crispy bacon close-up macro food photography on warm red background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Transparent Hershey's Layer Crunch Caramel
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Photographer: TJ Vissing

Chocolate square broken in half with caramel oozing from the center on a clean white background.
Photographer: Brent Taylor

Kellogs everything in a bowl cereal
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Photographera: Anna Jones

Photographer: TJ Vissing

Strawberry ice cream scoop in a waffle cone topped with a fresh strawberry on dark burgundy background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Photographer: Anna Jones

Photographer: TJ Vissing

Hershey's chocolate syrup drizzling off a silver spoon against a dark burgundy background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Peanut chocolate with floating pretzels
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Overhead shot of a stack of pancakes with a pat of butter in a black skillet with a yellow handle, set on a bright yellow background.
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Perfectly cooked eggs in a cast iron skillet
Photographer: TJ Vissing

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Photographer: TJ Vissing

Hand holding a cherry vanilla ice cream cone dripping with bright red syrup against a pink patterned background.
Photographer: Marci Rhodes

Close-up of cinnamon sticks and a star anise pod on a bright white background.
Photographer: Brent Taylor

Pure Protein Salted Caramel complete protein shake 4-pack cartons on blue and orange background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Pure Protein Chewy Chocolate Chip protein bar box with chocolate chip bar pieces on purple background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Pure Protein cosmic brownie-style chocolate protein bar with colorful candy pieces on purple background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Pure Protein Soft Baked Apple Cinnamon protein bar package with green apple and cinnamon on green background
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Homemade Brand Peanut Butter 'N Chip ice cream 1.5 quart container open and overflowing with multiple generous scoops of vanilla ice cream with peanut butter swirls and chocolate chips, on a warm golden background
Photographer: Anna Jones

Green matcha being poured into iced milk creating a layered matcha latte in a glass
Photographer: Delaney McQuown

80 Acres Farms salad and branded dressing bottle styled together on white background
Photographer: Marci Rhodes

Stacked double s'mores with graham crackers, toasted marshmallow, chocolate, caramel drizzle, and chopped peanuts
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Cross-section of white-frosted protein bar with pink berry filling and red jam drizzle split in half
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Cross-section of chocolate-covered candy bar split in half showing gooey caramel and nougat layers
Photographer: TJ Vissing

Our Retouchers

Meet our photo retouchers.

Scott Burchett

Senior Retoucher & Partner

Charles Cronley

Digital Retoucher & Artist

Lisa Cape

Digital Retoucher & Artist

Will Reblando

Digital Retoucher & Artist

Get Started

Work with the OMS post production team.

Tell us about your food, CPG, packaging, menu, or advertising retouching project. Attach relevant source files and references and our team will be in touch.