Before & after photo maker
Upload two shots, drag the slider, download a clean side-by-side or wipe image. Built for service businesses — pressure washers, cleaners, landscapers, detailers, painters, roofers. Everything runs in your browser; your photos never leave your device.
Why before & after photos matter for your trade
Before/after content is the single most reliable organic growth lever for service businesses. It works for the same reason a weight-loss ad works: the story is told in one glance.
- •Facebook & Instagram: 3–5× the engagement of plain project photos. Side-by-side wins in feed; slider wipes win in Stories and Reels.
- •Google Business Profile: shops with consistent before/after photos see materially more profile views and direction requests than shops with stock photos.
- •Quote follow-ups: attaching a relevant before/after from a past job to a price quote raises close rates more than tweaking the price ever will.
- •Disputes & chargebacks:the same photos, kept as originals with EXIF data, are your best defense against “they never finished the job.”
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Common questions
How do I take a good before and after photo?+
Same angle, same distance, same time of day if you can swing it. Mark your spot on the driveway or floor with a piece of tape before you start so you know where to stand again. Avoid wide-angle lenses — they exaggerate the difference and make the comparison feel staged. Natural light beats overheads.
What's the best free before and after photo maker?+
Any tool that gives you a clean side-by-side or slider output without an account. This one runs entirely in your browser — your photos never leave your device — and exports a high-resolution JPG you can post straight to Facebook, Instagram, or your Google Business Profile. Includes a small afterbefore.app credit in the corner so other service businesses can find it.
Should I post before and after photos on social media?+
Yes. Before/after content gets 3–5× the engagement of generic project shots because the value is instantly legible. The two formats that perform best are side-by-side (best for feed) and the drag-slider (best for Stories / Reels). One post a week from real jobs beats any paid ad budget for trades.
Can I use these photos in an insurance claim or dispute?+
The image itself is fine as supporting evidence, but for disputes you want timestamps, GPS coordinates, and an unbroken chain of who took the photo. A composite image like this is for marketing — the original full-resolution files with EXIF data intact are what you submit to insurers or use to defend chargebacks.
How do I keep before and after photos consistent across jobs?+
Build a one-page photo SOP: same five angles every time (wide, mid, detail × 2, hero), same order, before the work starts and after it's done. Train every crew member on it. The shops that win on photos aren't the ones with better cameras — they're the ones who never forget to take the shot.
What format and size should I save them in?+
JPG at 1600px on the long edge is the sweet spot for social — sharp enough to look professional, small enough to upload fast. Instagram caps feed posts at 1080px wide, but uploading larger lets the platform pick its own compression rather than you guessing. This tool exports JPG at quality 92.
Does this work on mobile?+
Yes. Upload from your phone's camera roll, drag the slider with your finger, and download. The output goes to your Photos app where you can post it from any social app.