Sell the car, not your driveway
You're selling one car, once, and the only pictures are in your driveway with a recycling bin, a garden hose and your neighbor walking past in the reflection. Buyers on marketplaces skim hundreds of listings and the one that looks like a dealer picture gets the message. You don't want a thousand-dollar detail and a rented space; you want the pictures to look like you took the car seriously.
Car Shot Maker in the studio white setting lifts the car out of the driveway and places it on a clean white floor with even light, keeping the color, wheels, dents and all. Object Remover erases the bin and hose from pictures you want to keep as they are, and Person Eraser removes the neighbor from the window reflection. Run the interior pictures through Photo Polish so the seats look as clean as you left them.
Made in the Studio with the first tool on the route.
You want
- It's a good car and the pictures make it look like a yard sale.
- The neighbor is in three of my pictures and won't leave the frame.
- I want it to look like a dealer listing without paying for a detail and a rented space.
- The interior is clean and the pictures make it look gray and dim.
The route
- 1Put the car on a clean white floor
Replaces the driveway with an even white setting while keeping the color, trim and any real wear.
Car Shot Maker - 2Remove the bin, hose and cones
Clears clutter from the pictures you're keeping as-is, like the odometer and the tires.
Object Remover - 3Erase the neighbor from the reflection
Removes a passerby and fills the space so the picture is only about the car.
Person Eraser - 4Polish the interior pictures
Standard mode brightens and balances the cabin pictures so the seats read as clean.
Photo Polish
Good to know
- What size do marketplaces want listing photos?
- Most marketplaces accept anything above about 1,000 pixels wide and resize the rest, so a full-resolution download is more than enough. Keep the download as your master and let the site compress it. If a source picture came out small, Image Upscaler at 3 credits for the 4 MP tier brings it up.
- Does it matter if the car has dents or scratches?
- Show them. Car Shot Maker changes the setting and the light, not the body, so a scratch on the door stays where it is. Take clear detail pictures of any damage and leave those alone. Buyers trust a listing that shows wear in clean pictures far more than one that hides it in dim ones.
- How many credits does a full listing take?
- A typical listing has four exterior angles, two interior and a few detail pictures. Four exterior runs through Car Shot Maker at 4 credits each is 16, plus Photo Polish on two interiors is 8, so around 24 credits. Your 4 free credits cover the first exterior; the 250-credit pack at $4.99 covers the rest.
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