Automotive Photo Studio & Media Automation Platform

About This Project

Dealermade is a specialized automotive imaging and media automation platform built for dealerships and dealer groups. The solution includes four product lines (Carousel Photo Studio, Drive-Thru Photo Studio, Photo Booth, and Photo Car) that automate capture workflows for exterior and interior vehicle media. The system is designed for high consistency and throughput, with options ranging from compact space-constrained setups to high-volume drive-thru production environments. Dealermade also includes post-production automation such as AI cropping, automated sequencing/storybook templates, background replacement, GIF generation, duplicate VIN handling, and integrations for inventory syndication. Interactive outputs like 360 spins and interior panoramas are published to dealership websites and third-party marketplaces, improving engagement and conversion performance.

Challenges

• •Delivering consistent, reflection-controlled vehicle media across different dealership environments
• •Supporting both high-volume throughput and high-quality capture standards
• •Automating post-production tasks that traditionally consume 25% to 50% of imaging time
• •Coordinating image workflows from in-studio capture to website and third-party export
• •Designing no-touch operation to reduce human error and improve repeatability
• •Supporting flexible deployment options for limited-space dealerships and large dealer groups

Solutions

• •Implemented productized capture systems for Carousel, Drive-Thru, Booth, and Photo Car workflows
• •Built no-touch automated session flow for exterior and interior media capture
• •Added post-production automation including AI crop, storybook sequencing, overlays, and background replacement
• •Developed interactive media outputs such as 360 exterior spin and interior panorama viewer assets
• •Integrated import/export pipelines with dealership inventory systems and third-party listing channels
• •Enabled duplicate inventory handling to reuse media sessions efficiently across matching vehicles
• •Implemented pre-sale and post-sale animated GIF generation for CRM and social campaigns
• •Added operational reporting and admin controls for quality review and production monitoring

Results

• •Improved dealership media consistency and visual quality across full inventory catalogs
• •Reduced manual imaging effort through capture and post-production automation
• •Increased listing engagement via interactive 360 and interior panorama experiences
• •Enabled faster lot-to-listing turnaround for high-volume inventory operations
• •Improved marketing ROI by producing higher quality media that drives more listing clicks
• •Standardized repeatable imaging workflows across single rooftops and dealer groups