# How Valuence uses Photoroom

**75%**: “Slashed editing time by 75%, from 800 hours to 200 hours monthly.”

As published on [photoroom.com](https://www.photoroom.com/customer-stories/valuence), August 2025. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-09.

- Company: [Valuence](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/valuence.md)
- Tool: [Photoroom](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/photoroom.md)
- Teams: Product and Photography Section

## What the story says

Valuence Japan uses the Photoroom API to automate editing of product photos of pre-owned luxury goods, applying white backgrounds, uniform margins and realistic shadows in batches. This brought image editing in-house, replacing an offshore outsourcing team.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Photoroom and Valuence, not ours.

> Slashed editing time by 75%, from 800 hours to 200 hours monthly.

- **¥12 million**: “Saved about ¥12 million a year in outsourcing costs.”

> Photoroom has significantly reduced cost for us while improving quality.
>
> Takanori Hirai, Deputy General Manager, Product and Photography Section, Valuence Japan Inc.

Source: [photoroom.com](https://www.photoroom.com/customer-stories/valuence), captured 2026-10-09.

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-09.

- Checked: the figure 75% is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Valuence.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Valuence.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: Valuence uses Photoroom. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-09.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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