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How to Edit Photos in the Mobile App

Crop, rotate, and flip a photo in aListEngine, save your changes, and check that the edited image has synced.

Illustrative cover of cropping a teal drill photo on a phone.
Illustrative cover using sample products.
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Tidy up a photo before creating listings. The mobile photo editor lets you adjust the framing and orientation directly from an import.

1. Open Edit photo

Long press the photo you want to change, then tap Edit photo in Photo options. You can open it from a lot’s first photo or another photo inside the lot.

Photo options with Edit photo at the top.

Choose Edit photo to change the image.

2. Adjust the shot

Mobile photo editor showing a sample drill and Rotate, Crop, and Flip controls.

The editing tools sit below the photo. Swipe across the toolbar to see more tools.

  • Rotate: turn the photo 90 degrees with each tap.
  • Crop: adjust the frame, then tap Done in the crop screen.
  • Flip H / Flip V: mirror the image horizontally or vertically when needed.

3. Review the framing

Photo editor with a landscape sample drill image ready to save.

Example of a landscape preview. Check the whole item before tapping Save.

Keep useful details visible, including labels, edges, and any wear. For an overall shot, leave a little space around the item. Use a separate close-up for details.

4. Save the change

Tap Save. If the photo has already been uploaded, the app asks Replace uploaded image?

Confirmation that saving will replace the uploaded original, with Cancel and Continue buttons.

Choose Continue to save the replacement, or Cancel to stop this save.

The edited image replaces the uploaded original when the change syncs. Keep a separate original copy if you need it later.

5. Check the upload

After saving, you return to the import. An edited photo may show Uploading, with Syncing changes… and a pending count above the grid.

Import showing one pending sync and an Uploading badge on a sample product photo.

This screen shows an upload in progress. The replacement has not finished syncing yet.

Allow the change to sync according to your Automatic or Manual setting. Then check the updated photo in the same organization and import on the web.

Good practice: make edits that help buyers see the item clearly. Keep condition details visible and check the finished photo before continuing with listings.

Product photos in these screenshots are edited examples.

Next: fix photos in the wrong lot or find your photos on the web.

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