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Lesson 7 of 8 · 12 min

Renders, panoramas and video

Render still images up to 4K, make 360° panoramas of any room and record orbit or walkthrough videos, all on your own device.

In this lesson you will

  • Frame a shot and render a still image at the right size and format
  • Render a 360° panorama from the centre of a room and download it
  • Record a walkthrough or orbit video and download it

Renders turn your design into images and video you can send to someone. In Arcvelle they are made by your own browser and graphics card, from the same real-time engine as the 3D view. Nothing is uploaded, and how quickly a render finishes depends on your device. Photoreal path-traced rendering is in development and not available yet.

A still image

  1. Frame the shot first. Use Orbit or Walk in the 3D view, or go to a saved view from the Views panel.
  2. Click Render in the top bar. The window opens on Still image.
  3. Pick a Lighting preset and adjust Finishing effects if you want.
  4. Choose a Resolution: Full HD, 2K, 4K (3840 × 2160), Square or Portrait. Portrait suits social posts; 4K suits print and large screens.
  5. Choose a Format: JPEG for a smaller file or PNG for a lossless one.
  6. Optionally use the Camera angle buttons, Dollhouse, Top or Front.
  7. Click Render image, check the preview, then click Download.

If your device cannot render at a large size, you will see a message; try a smaller resolution.

A 360° panorama

  1. Open the 360° panorama tab.
  2. In Viewpoint, choose Centre of a room.
  3. Click Render panorama. You get a 4096 × 2048 image taken at eye height, 1.6 m.
  4. Drag in the preview to look around, then click Download 360° image.

The file is a standard equirectangular image. It opens in the panorama viewer and in other 360° viewers.

A video

  1. Open the Video walkthrough tab.
  2. In Camera path, choose Orbit around the home or Room-by-room walkthrough.
  3. Choose a Length from 6 to 30 seconds.
  4. Click Record video. A progress bar shows how far it has got, and Cancel stops it. Closing the window also stops the recording.
  5. When it finishes, play the preview and click Download video.

Videos are 1920 × 1080 at 30 frames a second. Frames are rendered one at a time, so the video stays smooth even on a slow computer. You get an MP4 where your browser supports it, otherwise WebM.

Watermark and touch-ups

Add Arcvelle watermark puts a small mark on images and videos; it is off by default. To adjust a still afterwards, open it in the Image lab for exposure, warmth, contrast and named looks.

Try it now

Render a room