Render

From a SketchUp view, CAD export or photo to a finished render

Render turns a view of your design — a SketchUp or Revit screenshot, a CAD export, a sketch or a photo — into a photorealistic image. A standard render costs 3 tokens and takes about a minute.

Open Render

Step by step

  1. 1

    Upload your design

    JPG or PNG up to 20 MB. Drag it onto the canvas or click to choose a file.

  2. 2

    Choose the scene type

    Interior or Exterior. The options below change with it.

  3. 3

    Choose how to render

    Interior: Customize (keep your room and tune it with menus) or Signature styles (apply one of our curated looks). Exterior: Customize (restyle the facade with menus) or Reference image (apply the look of a photo you upload).

  4. 4

    Add a prompt (optional)

    Anything specific the menus don’t cover, in plain words — e.g. “warm evening light, oak floors”.

  5. 5

    Render

    Press Render (3 tokens). It takes about a minute. Your render appears on the canvas and in your history, and is saved to My Renders.

Interior options

Customize

Your walls, layout and geometry are kept; the menus only tune the look:

  • Render Style — e.g. ultra-realistic, or artistic looks such as black & white (Color Palette is disabled for black & white).
  • Lighting, Furniture and Color Palette.
  • People / Persona — keep the current people, choose how many men and women (seated or standing), or describe them in the prompt.
  • Decor Elements — pick items such as wall art, vases, a mirror, fireplace, rug, curtains, plants or decorative lighting.

Every menu also has Keep current (that aspect is left untouched) and From prompt (your typed prompt wins for that aspect — e.g. a blue sofa in the prompt over the red sofa in the image).

Signature styles

Pick one of the curated interior looks. The Loose match ↔ Strict match slider sets how strongly the style is applied; each style starts at its recommended strength.

Exterior options

Customize

Your building is kept; the menus restyle it:

  • Architecture Style and Building Type.
  • Main, Secondary and Third Material — choose a material, then its colour.
  • Glass Type (disabled when Lighting is Night — reflections aren’t visible then).
  • Landscape, Sky and Lighting.
  • People — how many men and women to add.

Reference image

Upload a photo whose look you want, and use the Loose match ↔ Strict match slider to set how closely it is followed.

After the render

  • Compare — drag the divider to see your original against the render.
  • Undo / Redo — step between versions in this session.
  • 4K — upscale the current image (2 tokens). See Upscale.
  • Download — save the image.
  • Change image — start again with a new upload.
  • Your renders also appear in the history column, and all of them are kept in My Renders on your account page.

Tips for the best result

  1. Export a clean view: hide axes, guides, section planes and selection highlights before taking the screenshot.
  2. Use the largest image you can (within the size limit) — detail in, detail out.
  3. Start with Keep current everywhere, render once, then change one menu at a time.
  4. Keep prompts short and concrete; say what you want, not what you don’t want.
  5. If a render isn’t quite right, try again — each render is slightly different.

Frequently asked questions

+What files can I upload?

JPG or PNG up to 20 MB — a CAD export from SketchUp, Revit, ArchiCAD or any tool, a sketch, or simply a photo of a real space.

+How many tokens does a render cost?

A standard render costs 3 tokens. If a render fails, no tokens are charged.

+How long does a render take?

About a minute.

+What do “Keep current” and “From prompt” mean?

“Keep current” leaves that aspect of the image untouched. “From prompt” makes your typed prompt win for that aspect.

+Are my prompts checked?

Yes. Prompts are checked against our Acceptable Use Policy (no NSFW content, real people’s faces or identities, or harmful content). A blocked prompt is not charged — just rephrase it.

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