How do you guys clean up pedalboard and guitar photos before sharing them?

Syt

Hey everyone,

Whenever I take photos of my pedalboard or a new guitar setup to share on the forum or socials, the shots always catch annoying background clutter—patch cable mess on the carpet, reflections on glossy guitar finishes, or messy power supplies in the background.

I'm curious what simple tools or workflows you guys use when photographing your rigs. Do you just use phone cropping and basic contrast adjustments, or do you have any quick photo editing tricks?

I recently experimented with a browser-based tool called AI Photo Editor (imgphotoeditor.ai) where you can type instructions to clean up background objects and tweak lighting without needing desktop editing software.

How do you usually polish your guitar and gear showcase photos? Would love to hear how other forum members approach it!

V8

I try and frame the pic decently when taking it. Only when I'm selling stuff do I actually try and "dress up" the image.

Then I'll use Photoscape or Paint.net depending on what I'm trying to do.

AI tool are getting much better - but there's still a learning curve to using them - I saw a pic recently, guy was a selling a guitar and clearly used AI for a 'glory shot' doing exactly what you described...but AI added a floyd rose, fret markers in wierd places and other odd artifacts 🤣