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# Photo Editing and Management
Good photos sell items. Nifty gives you free editing tools plus an **AI Studio** — background removal in any color, ghost mannequin, flat lay, shadows, and AI models — so your listings stand out without leaving Nifty.
### Where to find it
Go to the [**Inventory Manager**](/inventory-management/inventory-manager.md) and open an item in the **Listing form** (see [Creating and Editing Items](/crosslisting/creating-and-editing-items.md)). Click any photo to open the **Edit photos** dialog.
The dialog has two modes, switched with the toggle at the top:
* **Free Tools** — free, manual tools (crop, filter, and more).
* **AI Studio** — AI-powered edits like background removal and virtual models. These edits use [**Smart Credits**](/crosslisting/smart-credits.md).
### Free Tools
Manual editing tools are available at no cost and don't use [**Smart Credits**](/crosslisting/smart-credits.md):
| Tool | What it does |
| -------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Crop | Trim edges or reframe the shot |
| Filter | Apply preset adjustments |
| Finetune | Adjust brightness, contrast, and more |
| Annotate | Overlay with arrows, shapes, or text |
| Frame | Add a border around the edges |
| Redact | Blur sensitive information |
| Rotate | Fix orientation |
| Flip | Produce a mirror image |
Free edits apply to one photo at a time.
### AI Studio
Switch to **AI Studio** to apply AI edits powered by [Photoroom](https://www.photoroom.com/). Select one photo or several at once, choose your edits, then click **Apply edit** — Studio processes every selected photo together.
AI Studio edits are grouped into **Basic** and **Advanced**.
#### Basic: Remove background
Removes the cluttered background and replaces it with a clean, solid color.
1. Turn on **Remove background**.
2. Pick a background color — **White** (default) or a custom color.
3. Click **Apply edit**.
**Cost:** 1 **Smart Credit** per photo.
#### Advanced: AI edits
Advanced edits use generative AI to restyle your product shot. They include background removal automatically, and you can combine several at once for a single flat rate.
| Edit | What it does |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| **Ghost mannequin** | Invisible mannequin effect for worn apparel |
| **Flat lay** | A styled, shot-from-above layout |
| **Shadow** | Casts a natural shadow under the item |
| **Virtual model** | Shows the item worn by an AI-generated model |
**Cost:** a flat **5 Smart Credits** per photo, no matter how many Advanced edits you combine.
A few rules keep results looking right:
* **Background removal is automatically applied** with any Advanced edit, so you don't pay the Basic credit on top.
* **Ghost mannequin** and **Flat lay** can't be used together — pick one.
* **Virtual model** generates a full scene with its own AI background, so it can't be combined with any other edit (including background removal).
#### Virtual model: Model, Scene, and Pose
When you turn on **Virtual model**, three options appear so you can steer the generated photo. Each defaults to **Auto** (or **Random**), letting the AI choose — but setting the model in particular will help ensure you're happy with the result.
| Option | What it controls |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Model** | Which AI model wears the item — pick to match the intended look (for example women's vs. men's). |
| **Scene** | The background and setting, from a plain studio to a beach, street, café, and more. |
| **Pose** | How the model stands — standing, walking, seated, over-the-shoulder, and others. |
{% hint style="warning" %}
**AI results aren't refundable.** As soon as you click **Apply edit**, your photos are sent to Photoroom and the credits are spent immediately — the credit is not refunded even if you revert to the original. If an edit fails, the credits for those failed photos are automatically refunded.
{% endhint %}
### Per-marketplace photo selection
You can choose different photos or a different photo order for each marketplace.
#### When creating a listing
1. Add your photos at the top of the form as normal.
2. For each marketplace, click **Select photos** to update the selection or order.
3. When you publish, Nifty respects the per-marketplace choices.
This is useful when:
* One marketplace has a photo limit (Depop allows fewer than eBay)
* A certain photo works better as the cover on one platform
* You want to exclude a photo from a specific marketplace
{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** If you don't customize photos per marketplace, Nifty will take as many as we can for the marketplace. For example, for Depop we'll take the first 8 photos, as only 8 are allowed.
{% endhint %}
#### When editing an existing listing
When you reopen the **Edit item** form, Nifty does not preserve the per-marketplace view. Instead, you'll see a representative collection of photos at the top.
**Important behavior:**
* If you don't change the photos while editing, your listing photos stay exactly as they were on each marketplace.
* If you do make changes, you'll see a green **Changes detected** indicator.
When you see the **Changes detected** indicator, you may want to reselect photos per marketplace before saving — otherwise your changes apply uniformly.
### What you can't do
| Limitation | Details |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bulk free edits | AI Studio edits can be applied to multiple photos at once; Free Tools work one photo at a time |
| Edit the AI result | You can't manually adjust what the AI kept, removed, or generated |
| Refund after revert | Reverting an AI Studio edit doesn't refund the credit — processing already occurred |
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