Interior AI tool

TV screen blackout

Whatever was playing, whoever was reflected — replaced with a clean, matte black screen.

A Studio tool, metered per use. The cost is shown on the tool before it runs.

A glowing TV screen developing into a clean, matte-black face

What it does

What Blackout TV Screens does.

TVs are a triple hazard in listing photos: the screen reflects the photographer and the flash, glows a distracting blue, or freezes on whatever happened to be playing — none of which belongs in a listing.

Screen blackout replaces every TV and monitor face with a uniform, softly matte black that reads as 'off', keeps the reflection of the room out, and removes the copyright question of broadcast content in your marketing. It runs automatically on HDR Merge orders.

The same living-room frame with the TV playing content, then blacked out to a clean matte face — after
The same living-room frame with the TV playing content, then blacked out to a clean matte face — before
BeforeAfter

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Studio — Blackout TV Screens

Watch the edit happen.

A living-room TV playing content, resolving to a clean matte-black screen in the same frame
The screen reads as genuinely off — a matte face, not a mirror of the room and not a blue glow.
Nothing else in the room moves — the same wall, the same floor, the same view through the glass.
Screen liveMatte black

The planned passes

  • Upload your shoot
  • Screens go matte black
  • Back with your merge

The case

Why it’s worth it.

81%

of recent buyers who searched online rated listing photos “very useful”, the highest of any website feature.

NAR, Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends (2026)
78%

of sellers are more likely to hire an agent who offers high-resolution photography.

Zillow, Consumer Housing Trends Report for Agents (2025)

No accidental photographer cameos

The most common reflection in a living-room shot is the person taking it. Blacked-out screens end that.

No distracting content

News chyrons, paused games, and screensavers pull the eye — a matte screen returns it to the room.

Consistent across the gallery

Every screen in the shoot gets the same treatment, so the set looks deliberate.

Automatic with HDR

Runs as part of every HDR Merge order — no separate line item to remember.

How it works

From upload to delivered.

  1. 1

    Upload your shoot

    No flagging needed — screens are detected in frame.

  2. 2

    Screens go matte black

    TVs and monitors get a uniform, natural 'off' state.

  3. 3

    Back with your merge

    Delivered as part of the HDR Merge order — no separate line item.

The Studio pipeline

Questions

Good questions.

Why not just turn the TV off before shooting?

Even off, a glossy screen mirrors the room, the windows, and often the photographer. Blackout replaces the glass reflection with a clean matte face that photographs the way an off TV looks in person.

Does it work on computer monitors and projector screens?

Yes — any screen face in frame gets the same treatment.

Is it really included?

Yes — screen blackout runs automatically on HDR Merge orders at no extra charge.

Run Blackout TV Screenson your own listing.

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