Well, this really is of serious concern to me, and should perhaps be of general concern to sellers.
I spend a great deal of time taking "studio" style photographs of my custom-made, vintage and antique garments, cropping, cleaning up and otherwise perfecting those pictures and I most definitely do not want eBay monkeying around with them arbitrarily. I certainly don't want eBay "perfecting" my competitors' photos -- let them learn their own lessons.
If it's a stock manufactured item it may be a different story, but I still resent eBay getting its micro-managing fingers into this area.
Something to consider in this regard: Who exactly chooses which picture gets retouched and when? If the picture-fiddling ends up making a difference in whether an item will sell or not, that is direct interference in marketplace competition by eBay. It's even worse if this involves some sort of "bot cleanup", regardless of whether the resulting picture is actually better or not.
For example, it means a seller who regularly takes second-rate pictures will be elevated to the level of someone who takes great care with their item pictures. I'm certainly not saying you personally fall into the former category (I find your item photos very clear and good), but we've all seen the sort of lazy picture-taking that some sellers display in slapping up slightly out of focus, off kilter or poorly composed photos.
Does this mean eBay is experimenting in ultimately trying to make all photos on this site of the same quality? And just how will they choose who is to get this "helping hand" and how often?
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