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Excavator Photo Editor

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Upload one excavator photo and say what to clear out — the mud, the pallets and the flat grey sky.

Used yellow excavator on a gravel lot in harsh sun with stacked pallets and a cardboard box on the ground beside the tracks The same excavator on a clean dry gravel lot under a blue sky, with the pallets and cardboard box no longer in the frame

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"replace the flat grey overcast sky with a bright blue sky with a few soft white clouds, leave everything else in the photo exactly as it is"

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How it works

  1. Upload one excavator photo

    Drop a single photo into EditThisPic. A side or three-quarter shot with the whole boom in frame works best. Shoot the whole machine in frame with a bit of ground and sky around it — that gives the AI room to rebuild the lot and the sky without touching the machine. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 7MB.

    Expect: About 30 seconds per photo. A busy lot with several people or machines behind the subject may take a second pass.
  2. Say what to clean up

    Type the cleanup in plain words — 'replace the grey sky with clear blue, clean the mud and puddles off the ground, and remove the people and pallets in the background'. Add 'keep the machine exactly as photographed, same paint wear, rust and dirt' so the AI cleans the scene around the machine and leaves the machine's real condition alone.

    Tip: Naming the individual items you want gone — 'the oil drum, the pallets, the person on the left' — works better than a general 'tidy this up'.

    Copy one of these to get started:

    Full lot cleanup Replace the sky with a bright blue late-morning sky with a few soft white clouds. Clean the mud, puddles, ruts and debris off the ground so the machine stands on a clean, dry, level gravel lot. Remove every person, background vehicle, other machine, trash pile and pallet. Keep the exact same camera framing and viewpoint, and keep the machine itself exactly as photographed - same paint wear, scratches, dents, rust, tyre wear and dirt on the machine.
    Grey sky only replace the flat grey overcast sky with a bright blue sky with a few soft white clouds, leave everything else in the photo exactly as it is
    Mud and standing water clean the mud, puddles, ruts and tyre tracks off the ground so the machine stands on clean dry level gravel, keep the mud and dirt on the machine itself
    People out of the shot remove every person from the photo and fill the space behind them with the same lot surface, keep the machine and its framing unchanged
    3 more prompts
    Clear the yard behind the machine remove the other machines, parked vehicles, pallets, drums and trash piles behind the subject so there is a plain open lot behind it, keep the machine and the camera angle exactly the same
    Late-afternoon shot with heavy shadows replace the hazy late-afternoon sky with a bright late-morning blue sky and even out the long shadows on the ground, keep the machine's own colour, paint wear and dirt exactly as photographed
    Snow or wet-season lot replace the grey winter sky with clear blue and clean the slush, snow melt and wet patches off the ground so the machine stands on dry gravel, leave the machine as it is
  3. Check the machine before you post it

    Compare the result against the original with the before/after slider. Look specifically at the decals and any lettering on the bodywork — small text can be redrawn. Check that the wear, rust and dents you are selling the machine with are all still there, then download it.

See it in action

Used yellow excavator on a gravel lot in harsh sun with stacked pallets and a cardboard box on the ground beside the tracks
Before
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The same excavator on a clean dry gravel lot under a blue sky, with the pallets and cardboard box no longer in the frame
After

Excavator on a harsh-sun gravel lot

Stacked pallets and a torn cardboard box cleared from beside the tracks, the washed-out midday sky replaced, and the churned ground levelled to dry gravel.

Prompt: Replace the sky with a bright blue late-morning sky with a few soft white clouds. Clean the mud, puddles, ruts and debris off the ground so the machine stands on a clean, dry, level gravel lot. Remove every person, background vehicle, other machine, trash pile and pallet. Keep the exact same camera framing and viewpoint, and keep the machine itself exactly as photographed - same paint wear, scratches, dents, rust, tyre wear and dirt on the machine.
Yellow wheel loader on a muddy lot under a grey sky with a blue portable toilet, a scrap metal pile and a stack of old tyres behind it
Before
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The same wheel loader on dry gravel under a blue sky, with the portable toilet, scrap pile and tyre stack no longer in the frame
After

Wheel loader parked in front of the scrap pile

A portable toilet, a scrap-metal heap and a stack of old tyres cleared from behind the machine, with the overcast sky and muddy puddles replaced.

Prompt: Replace the sky with a bright blue late-morning sky with a few soft white clouds. Clean the mud, puddles, ruts and debris off the ground so the machine stands on a clean, dry, level gravel lot. Remove every person, background vehicle, other machine, trash pile and pallet. Keep the exact same camera framing and viewpoint, and keep the machine itself exactly as photographed - same paint wear, scratches, dents, rust, tyre wear and dirt on the machine.

Quick answers

What does it change on an excavator photo?

The ground, the sky and the background. Mud, puddles, ruts, pallets, drums, trash, people, vehicles and other machines all come out. The excavator is not the target — so say 'keep the excavator exactly as photographed' in the instruction, and then look at the result yourself before it goes on a listing.

Will it clean the mud off the tracks and undercarriage?

It might, which is why the instruction matters. Add 'keep the mud and dirt on the machine' so the cleanup is aimed at the ground rather than the undercarriage, then check that frame specifically — the undercarriage is one of the first things an inspector looks at, and it is the last thing you want quietly tidied up.

Will a whole excavator listing come out looking uniform?

It will not, and you should plan for that. The AI derives the lighting from each individual photo, so a 15-shot listing run through one at a time will not have a matched look across the set. Pick the frames that are actually hurting the listing and fix those.

Should I run a serial plate or data plate close-up through it?

No — keep those out of it. Small lettering is the weak spot of every AI image editor, including this one — characters get redrawn rather than preserved. Photograph the data plate, the hour meter and the serial stamp separately and post those frames exactly as they came off the camera. Use the editor for the full-machine shots.

Can it remove the machine parked right behind the excavator?

Usually yes, if the two do not overlap. A second machine in clear space behind the subject comes out cleanly. If the boom of one crosses the body of the other, the AI has to invent what is hidden and the result is often a fragment left behind — check that area before you post it.

Does it work on a bucket or attachment close-up?

It works, but it is rarely worth it. Attachment close-ups are usually shot close enough that there is no background to clean, and any wear markings or part numbers in the frame are exactly the fine detail an AI editor is worst at preserving. Post those frames as shot.

Is it free?

There is a free edit each week and no account is needed to try it. Full-quality downloads come from credits, which you can buy in packs without a subscription.

Can I use it on a phone at the machine?

Yes, it runs in any mobile browser with no app. Shoot the excavator, clean the frame and post the listing from the yard.

How much does EditThisPic cost?

You get 1 free edit per week — no account needed. After that, one-time credit packs start at $4.99 for 10 edits, valid 12 months, no subscription. Power users who edit daily can pick Studio Membership, a monthly workspace at $49.99/mo for 300 edits. Purchased downloads are clean with no watermark.

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