Price for editing a picture in photoshop?

Question

I got a case of edditing picture by photoshop.
they want me to select the object and paste on a new file also changing the size and the brightness and cotract.

there are 100 picture its for website use.
how much should i charge by pices? or by hour?
it take me 20min to fix one.
thank you!

Answer 1

I'd recommend $1 or $2 per picture. This is a fairly simple operation in Photoshop so I wouldn't expect too much more than that to fly. Unless of course the person has no other way to accomplish this task... then you might be able to convince them to pay you more.

Answer 2

20min for one photo? You are looking at 33.3 hours as the batch/action command in Photoshop won't work if there are any custom selections.

I wouldn't say you are anywhere near good enough to charge any more than $5 / hr. No offence, but you aren't fast enough either to charge anymore than that. From the sounds of it, I could do what you are doing in under 5mins. No business will be able to justify a $25/hr charge when that is almost $1000 on just editing images wich is a joke.

In your case, I'd strongly suggest you charge per image. $2.25 / image would work really well for you.

Answer 3

Printers will charge anywhere from $35.00 per hour to $75.00 depending on reputation. Pick some where in the middle, do a good job and set a minimum of 30 minutes.
So if you select $50.00 an hour for your services they will know the least they will pay is $25.00.
Spell this out on your invoice so there is no confusion later.
Good Luck with the business.

Answer 4

I agree with Ipshwitz, charge for pictures but just something like $1.5 or $2. That'll keep business coming and if you use the actions, you'll be done in no time.

Answer 5

I don't know how much you should charge, but look into recording Actions and using the Automate - Batch feature in Photoshop. It'll make it go faster.

Answer 6

Charge by the hour. No less than $50/hour.