Make a before/after worth posting.
A restoration or a staged room only lands when people can see both states at once. Drop in the two photos, drag the split to where it tells the story, and download a single image you can put in a post, a listing or a message.
Both photos are opened, cropped and combined inside this tab. Nothing is uploaded, and the file you download never went anywhere.
Which layout to use where
- Split - one image, one subject, half of each. The strongest option when the two photos line up, because the eye compares the same spot on both sides. Put the split where the change is most obvious.
- Side by side - safest when the framing shifted between shots. Nothing is hidden, so nobody wonders what is behind the divider.
- Stacked - 1080 × 1920, for stories and reels. Vertical space is free there and both photos get to be big.
Why both photos get cropped
A restored scan and its original almost never come back at the same aspect ratio, and neither do a staged room and the empty one. Stretching one to match the other is the thing that makes a comparison look manipulated, so both are centre-cropped into one shared frame instead. If that cuts something important, crop deliberately first with the photo cropper.
Keep the comparison honest
A before/after is an argument, and the fastest way to lose it is to be caught stacking the deck - a darker "before", a wider crop, a different time of day. Use the same framing and the same exposure, and let the actual change do the work.
For property photos this is not only etiquette: staged and enhanced images have to be labelled as such on most listing platforms. The staging watermark tool burns in a compliant label, and the disclosure rules cover which wording is expected where.
The comparison is only as good as the "after".
Restoration, staging and product retouching that hold up next to the original - from $6, credits never expire.