Bracket blending & HDR
Multiple exposures combined into one natural frame that holds both the window and the shadow side of the room.
Editing
Real estate photo editing that stays attached to the job.
Bracket blending, window pulls, color correction and the extras a listing actually needs — produced against your style, inside the workflow that already holds the property, the client and the delivery.
Why photographers outsource it
Editing is the tax on volume.
The shoot is billable. The evening spent blending it is not.
A twenty-five image interior set is a couple of hours of careful work if you do it yourself, and the work gets worse as the night goes on. That is the real reason photographers hand editing off: not because they cannot do it, but because doing it caps how many listings a week they can take, and because consistency slips when the same person shoots at 4pm and blends at 11pm.
What usually goes wrong with outsourcing is the disconnection. Files go out to an inbox, the brief lives in a message, the returned set has to be matched back to the right listing, and the style drifts between editors. That gap is the thing RELMX is designed to close — production runs on the same job record as the booking, the upload and the delivery.
The work
What gets done to a listing set.
Window pulls
The view outside recovered so a listing photo shows the yard, the water or the skyline instead of a white rectangle.
Color & vertical correction
Mixed tungsten, daylight and LED cleaned to one neutral base, with verticals straightened and lens distortion corrected.
Decluttering & object removal
Bins, cords, cars and the odd stray toy removed so the room reads clean without looking retouched.
Twilight & sky work
Day-to-dusk conversions and sky replacement for exteriors shot in flat or unhelpful light.
Virtual staging
Empty rooms furnished to suit the space, so a vacant listing still gives buyers something to picture.
Proof
Same frame, before and after.
Drag each slider. Every pair below is the same photograph before and after the specific edit described under it.
Techniques
Bracketed capture, finished by hand.
HDR is the workflow most real estate photographers build their sets around, and it is the production path RELMX runs today.
How it runs
From upload to delivered set.
- Step 01
Upload brackets
Full sets upload to the job — resumable, built for large files.
- Step 02
Editor assigned
The work goes to an editor with your brief and style notes attached.
- Step 03
Production
Blending, correction and the extras ordered on that listing.
- Step 04
Revisions
Notes written against the job, answered with a new pass.
- Step 05
You approve
You see the set before the client does.
- Step 06
Client delivery
Approved media goes out attached to the property.
FAQ
Real estate photo editing questions
What does real estate photo editing include?
For a standard interior set it means merging or blending exposures, pulling the windows back to a natural view, correcting color casts from mixed lighting, straightening verticals, cleaning obvious distractions and finishing to a consistent look across the whole listing. Extras like twilight conversion, lawn repair, decluttering and virtual staging are ordered per image on top of that.
What does it cost?
HDR photo editing is $0.99 per image on RELMX. Alterations on images you already have start at $0.50 in X Credits. Video edits are priced per listing. Full detail is on the pricing page.
What should I send?
Send the full bracket set for each frame, unedited, plus any flash or ambient frames you shot for the room. Sending only one exposure removes the highlight and shadow information the blend depends on.
Can I get my own consistent style?
Yes — your style notes are recorded against the work rather than re-explained on every job, which is the whole point of keeping editing attached to your account instead of an anonymous inbox.
How do revisions work?
Revision notes are written against the job, so the request, the version and the returned files stay in one place. You approve the set before the client sees it.
Do I have to use the rest of the platform?
No. You can use editing on its own. The advantage of keeping it connected is that the edit belongs to a job with a property, a client and a delivery attached — but that is your choice to make.
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Send one listing and judge the set.
Upload a full bracket set, tell us the look you want, and see how it comes back.