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Auto detailing

Vertical video ads for auto detailing shops

Detailing is the most satisfying thing on a phone screen — if it's cut right. Send the dirty-to-clean clips and get a vertical ad built around the reveal.

What you send

  • The car as it arrived, walked around slowly
  • Close-ups of the worst panels, seats and wheels
  • The process: foam, extraction, polishing, steam
  • The finished car in good light
Get the free auto detailing shot list

What the editor does

  • Before/after reveal built as the hook in the first two seconds
  • Speed ramps on the long process shots so nothing drags
  • Wipe and match-cut transitions on the same framing
  • Captions with the service name and your booking call to action

Common problems

What usually goes wrong with the raw clips

Every order is checked by a quality reviewer before it reaches you, so these get caught.

The before and after don't line up

The reveal only lands when both shots share framing. Editors match them, or reframe so the cut still reads.

The process footage is far too long

Ten minutes of polishing becomes a few seconds of speed-ramped motion that still shows the work.

Shot in a dark unit

Workshop lighting goes orange and noisy on phones. We correct the white balance so the paint reads properly.

Questions

Auto detailing questions

More answers on the FAQ page.

Other industries

We edit for these too

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Fixed price, one finished 9:16 vertical ad, edited by a vetted human and reviewed before you see it.

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