What our photo editing does
You shoot. We turn those photos into listing-ready ones. Here's what happens in between.
You take one photo per shot
The app tells you what to shoot and helps you hold the camera level. Each shot is a single photo, taken the normal iPhone way. Your iPhone already blends several exposures into that one photo.
The app works on iPhone 11 or newer, or iPhone SE (2nd gen or newer), on iOS 26 or later.
Our AI editing finishes it
When you send your photos, they're edited with AI. It does the kind of editing a real-estate photographer would do:
- Balances the light (HDR). Bright windows and dark corners are evened out, so both look right.
- Corrects lens distortion, so walls and lines don't bow.
- May replace a dull sky on outside photos with a blue one. California and some MLSs count a new sky as an edit, so check how your MLS wants it labelled. If your MLS needs the unedited version, email support within 7 days of the shoot.
Your finished photos come back at the same size your phone took them.
The first time you send photos, the app asks you to agree. Only the photos go out for editing, never your name, email, or the property name or address. Your privacy has the details.
How long it takes
Photos are usually ready in about 6 hours. While you wait, the website shows "Processing — ready in ~6 hrs". We'll email you when they're ready.
What you see first
On the website, you first see watermarked previews. They're smaller than the real photos, but big enough to judge the result. Unlocking removes the watermark and gives you the full-size photos. See What unlocking a property gets you.
Twilight (optional)
Twilight turns a daytime photo into a dusk shot, also made with AI. It's the only extra edit right now. It costs 1 token per photo and works on photos you've unlocked. It's usually ready within a few hours, at most a day, and we'll email you when it's ready.
The first time you ask for a twilight, the website asks you to allow sending that photo to Google Gemini. You say yes once for your account, on every device. Only the photo goes, never your name, email or the property's address.
On the website, a twilight shows an "AI-edited" note over the picture. The note is only on the screen, never in the photo you download. California, Wisconsin and many MLSs require you to label AI-edited listing photos and link or upload the unedited original, which is in your download. Twilight images also carry Google's invisible AI marker, and some MLSs scan uploads for edits, so label them as your MLS requires.
Your original photos
Once your photos are accepted for editing, the app clears them from your phone. We keep each original for 7 days after the shoot is sent, so we can redo a bad result. Then it's deleted.
If a photo can't be finished, we keep its original until you delete the property. On the website, the property may show "Needs attention". Email support@cove.media and we'll re-send it for you.