Remote Control: Phone as a Studio Camera

Remote Control turns your phone into a wireless camera for your laptop. Mount your phone on a tripod or overhead stand, frame your item, and snap photos straight from your laptop — each shot lands in your laptop's Create screen, ready to become a listing. No cables, no separate camera, no transferring files by hand.

It's built for sellers who photograph a lot of items and want a fixed photo setup that anyone on the team can operate.

Starting a session

1. On your laptop, go to Create Listings and click Remote control — snap photos from your phone.
2. A QR code and a 6-character code appear.
3. On your phone, open the camera or QR scanner and scan the code — or open the link shown and type the 6-character code.
4. Allow camera access when your phone asks. Your phone's live view now appears on your laptop.

You can also use the FLUF mobile app: open it and choose Remote control to enter the code.

Taking photos

• From your laptop: click Snap photo. The shot is captured on the phone and appears in the gallery on the right.
• From your phone: tap the shutter button on screen.

Each photo you take is added to the Captured gallery on your laptop.

Turning photos into listings

1. In the gallery, select all the photos that belong to one item (front, back, label, detail shots).
2. Click Create listing. FLUF creates the listing and fills in the details with AI, just like uploading photos directly.
3. Repeat for your next item — select its photos and create.

Photos already used in a listing are marked Listed so you don't reuse them by mistake.

Tips

• Keep your phone mounted and your lighting consistent for a uniform look across all your listings.
• Use the flip button on the phone to switch between the front and rear cameras.
• The session stays active while the panel is open. If it ever disconnects, start a new session on your laptop and scan the new code.
• The phone and laptop work over the internet, so they don't need to be on the same Wi-Fi — but a strong connection on both gives the smoothest live view.

Troubleshooting

• "That code is not active" — the session on your laptop has ended. Start a new one and use the fresh code.
• No live view on the laptop — make sure you allowed camera access on the phone, and that the phone screen is on.
• Camera permission denied — enable camera access for your browser in your phone's settings, then reload the page and rejoin.