What Carzbooth changes in a car photo, and what it never touches
A clear account of exactly what happens to a photo in the booth: the background, the floor, the reflections and the light are rebuilt; the car, its colour and every mark on it are left alone.
When a photo editing tool touches a car for sale, buyers have a right to ask what was done to it. This is the plain answer for Carzbooth. The short version: we change the room, and we do not change the car. The long version is below, with a before and after so you can check it yourself.
Background, floor, reflections, light.
things the booth changes
4
Colour, panels, wheels, marks: as photographed.
things changed on the car
0
Scratches, chips, dents and wear
Not removed, Not softened
Every mark on the car in the original photo is in the finished photo, in the same place and at the same size. We do not fill, blur or soften them. If a buyer can see a mark in the original, they can see it in the booth shot.
Colour, trim and wheels
Same colour, Same wheels
The paint colour is not shifted or brightened. The trim, badges, wheels and tyres are not swapped or tidied. A car in a dull colour stays in a dull colour, and kerbed alloys stay kerbed.
Shape and proportions
Same angle, Same outline
The car is not stretched, straightened or reshaped to fit the booth. If the original was shot from a low angle, the booth is built around a low angle. The outline of the car is its real outline.
The yard goes
A clean, consistent wall behind every car.
Background
Whatever was behind the car in the original photo, a car park, a street, a showroom, other stock, is replaced with the wall of the studio booth you chose. The car is separated from its surroundings along its real outline, including the gaps in the wheels and under the mirrors.
The ground becomes a studio floor
A floor with a reflection that fits the shot.
Floor
Tarmac, gravel, cobbles or a wet forecourt are replaced with the booth's floor. The car is given a soft reflection in it, matched to the angle the photo was taken from, so it stands on the floor rather than floating above it.
The surroundings come off the paint and glass
Paint and glass as they would look in a studio.
Reflections
Trees, buildings and sky mirrored in the panels are replaced with the even reflections the car would have in a studio. The glass is cleared so it reads as glass rather than as a mirror of the street.
The light is made even
The same light on every car, whatever the day.
Light
Harsh sun, deep shadow and the colour cast of a grey day are replaced with the soft, even light of the booth. The colour of the paint is kept; only the light falling on it changes.
Drag the slider. The original was shot in a car park with other cars behind it. In the booth the car has a studio wall and floor. Look at the paint, the wheels, the badges and any marks: they are exactly where they were, because nothing on the car has been repainted, smoothed or removed.
Check it on a 911
The reason for the line is simple. A buyer who arrives and finds the car matches the photo trusts the dealer from the first minute. A buyer who finds it does not match has already decided what kind of dealer they are dealing with. We would rather help you sell the car you have.
What the booth never touches
What the booth changes