Photo and Video Editing for Contractors and Trades
Google asks for Business Profile photos that are in focus, well lit, and free of significant alterations or excessive filters, which is exactly the line our editing stays on: we fix light, color, and framing on your real job photos and never fake the work. Platinum Web Studio edits job-site photos, produces before-and-after videos, and creates AI-assisted content for Los Angeles trades, so your website and social media show real work at a professional standard.
Photo and Video Editing Built for Trade Businesses
Over 200 projects have been successfully completed by our team of editors. For a trade business, the work usually starts on a phone: a crew member photographs the old water heater, the install, and the finished closet, and films thirty seconds of the tech explaining what failed. We turn that into a before-and-after set, a vertical clip with captions, and photos ready for your Google Business Profile.
The edits fix what phones get wrong on job sites: dim light, mixed color, crooked framing, and noisy audio. We do not add equipment that was not there or remove damage that was, because Google's photo guidelines ask for images that show your business as it is, and a customer who sees a doctored photo stops trusting the rest.
Photo and Video Editing Services for Contractors
Each service below is priced into the project quote only if your photos or videos need it, so a gallery of job photos is not charged for narration or animation.
Before-and-After Photo Sets
Matching before and after shots of a job, cropped to the same angle and corrected to the same light, so the difference is the work and not the camera.
Color Correction
Exposure, white balance, and tone fixed on job-site photos shot in dim attics, bright rooftops, and crawl spaces, so a whole gallery looks consistent.
Google Business Profile Photo Prep
Photos exported to Google's requirements (JPG or PNG, 10 KB to 5 MB, 720 by 720 pixels recommended) and short clips kept within its 30-second video limit.
Vertical Video for Reels and TikTok
Crew clips cut to vertical for Instagram Reels and TikTok, square for feed posts, and widescreen for YouTube and your website.
Subtitles
Burned-in captions so a video still makes sense to someone scrolling on a phone with the sound off.
Audio Cleanup and Mastering
Compressor hum, traffic, and wind reduced, and volume leveled, so the tech explaining the repair can be heard clearly.
Voice-Over Narration
A clear narrated walkthrough of the job or the service, recorded over your footage, for explainer videos on service pages.
Motion Graphics
Your logo, phone number, service area, and offer animated into the opening and closing seconds of a video.
Video Encoding
Final files encoded for each place they will play, so a video loads fast on your website and plays cleanly on a phone.
Where Your Edited Photos and Videos Go
Edited photos fill the project galleries and service pages built by our web design and development service, and the vertical clips feed the posting calendar run by our social media marketing service. Photos sized to Google's requirements go to your listing through our Google Business Profile management service.
For projects that need more, such as showing how a product works, we also offer 3D animation, green screen compositing, custom sound design, and stereoscopic 3D editing. Most trade businesses never need them, so we quote them separately. To send your first batch, use our contact page.
Photo and Video Editing Questions
You do not need a professional photographer, but you do need real photos of your trucks, crew, and finished jobs, because they convert better than stock images and show Google and customers first-hand experience. Platinum Web Studio edits your phone photos to a professional standard and produces short videos for the site and Instagram.
Photo and video editing turnaround at Platinum Web Studio is quick for the everyday work a trade business needs: most photo sets are returned within 2 to 3 business days; short videos within a week. Projects with voice-over, motion graphics, or several videos are scheduled when we quote them.
Photo and video editing is quoted per project, based on how many photos you send, how many finished videos you need, and whether they need subtitles, voice-over, or motion graphics. A batch of job photos costs less than a narrated service video, so send us a sample of your footage and we quote before any work begins.
Yes, we create AI-assisted graphics, social posts, and short videos for trade businesses, always reviewed by a designer and never used to fake customer reviews, job photos, or results. Real job photos stay real: AI is used for backgrounds, layouts, and promotional graphics, not to invent work you did not do.
Yes, we edit video formatted for the platform it is going on, including vertical cuts for Instagram Reels and TikTok, square formats for feed posts, and widescreen for YouTube and your website. The first seconds are cut to show the finished job or the problem, since that is what stops a homeowner from scrolling past.
Most of our trade clients send raw footage and photos shot by the crew on their phones, and we send a simple shot list in advance so the raw material covers the before, the work, and the finished result. A few minutes of planning on site, such as filming in daylight and holding the phone steady, makes a clear difference in the final edit.
We deliver in whatever format your project needs, including MP4 and MOV for video and JPG, PNG, and layered PSD or TIFF files for photos, so you get editable source files as well as ready-to-publish exports. Files for your Google Business Profile are exported to Google's size and format requirements.
Our editors work in industry-standard tools including Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop, so we can handle everything from quick social cuts to motion graphics and green screen compositing. Working in the same software as most of the industry also means easy handoffs if you later bring editing in-house.
Ready To Show Your Work?
Send us a handful of job photos or a short clip and tell us where they will be used. We come back with a clear plan, a turnaround time, and a quote before any work begins.
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