The Pros and Cons to editing a vehicle's background? Helpful or waste of time?

[CarGuy2011]

Hello everyone,

My boss came across an advertisement for a company that will take your dealership vehicle images and replace the background with a different background scene; such as, a waterfront, in the woods, at the jobsite, or many more.....



Does anyone use such a service? What do your customers think of it? Anyone thinking about using it?

What are some drawbacks to using a service like this?

Thanks!

 

[Alex Snyder]

They all look really fake to me. As a consumer, I wouldn't be fooled and I could not trust your images. By the way, I look at images over everything else to determine whether the car has the things I'm after and to assess the condition. If you're a photoshopper, how can I trust you?

 

[Billfred]

They all look really fake to me. As a consumer, I wouldn't be fooled and I could not trust your images. By the way, I look at images over everything else to determine whether the car has the things I'm after and to assess the condition. If you're a photoshopper, how can I trust you?

This. As far as I'm concerned, if you're doing more than a watermark, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Matt DoCampo]

I'm not into it personally.

 

[Jeff Kershner]

Too fake looking and what for really?

Find a nice staging area, get yourself a nice branding overlay and be done with it.

 

[flosho]

The camaro picture is funny.. Nothing like a bright sign reflecting off the window right next to the water/cliffs/etc..

 

[Eley Duke]

Agree, looks way to fake, and cheesy. A vehicle needs to be in a natural setting. People are not interested in the background, they want to see the features of the vehicle. No one is going to believe that Camaro is really on a beach! Don't waste your money, stick to a great background on your lot!

 

[Walt Kustra]

Very tacky. I agree with Alex when he says customers are inspecting those photos to see if the car has the equipment they want on it etc.

 

[rightimageplus]

Hi guys.

Yes I do admit that some images can look terrible.

However, there is a little company in the UK that does this properly.

You can take a little peak if you like, type rightimageplus.com into google.

If you want to try a free trial you can.

Hope to speak soon.

Craig.

 

[RobertVu]

Here's what Inteliphoto looks like.