Hey everyone! today I'm sharing how I rendered an exported Sketchup screenshot into an illustrated image + video in just a few minutes using RENDAIR 1️⃣ I started by uploading my Sketchup screenshot into chatGPT with the following prompt: "Render this screenshot image into an illustration style. The image shows the living room of an apartment with a view on the beach of few kilometers aways. The natural light is entering the room. The image shows a person sitting on the couch reading a book, while a toddler is playing on the floor near the tv. On the front right, there is a wood dining table." 2️⃣ Then I asked chatGPT to improve the prompt and use the uploaded screenshot as reference. Here's the more precise prompt it gave me: "Use the uploaded SketchUp screenshot as the composition and geometry reference. Preserve the exact camera angle, proportions, room layout, furniture placement, ceiling details, sliding glass door dimensions, TV location, dining table position, and all architectural elements. Do not alter the floor plan or move any objects. Transform the image into a high-end architectural illustration with a refined hand-painted watercolor and digital concept art aesthetic. Use soft brush textures, subtle ink outlines, delicate shading, and warm natural colors while maintaining crisp architectural accuracy. The illustration should feel like a professional presentation board created by an architectural visualization studio. The scene depicts a contemporary apartment living room overlooking the coastline. Through the large sliding glass doors, reveal a panoramic beach view stretching several kilometers into the distance, with sand dunes, palm trees, gentle ocean waves, and a bright blue horizon under a clear sky. The exterior should feel calm, elegant, and naturally integrated into the composition. Natural morning sunlight enters through the sliding doors from outside, filling the room with warm golden light. Create soft directional shadows across the floor, dining table, coffee table, and seating area. Add realistic ambient bounce light to give the space depth and warmth.

Just generated a quick render for a project, copy my prompt! ORIGINAL PROMPT: "Generate a high quality photorealistic image from this image. It shows a swimming pool in the middle of a housing complexe with white concrete walls, vertical bamboo guardrails, terracotta rooftiles, travertine pavers on the exterior floor. Make the trees realistic and add Mediterranean vegetation. Add people enjoying the pool. Keep the same angle and respect the elements appearing in the existing image." Now here's another more precise and in-depth prompt made with chatGPT from my original prompt. I uploaded my original Sketchup screenshot and asked chatGPT to generate a more precise prompt based on my simple original one. I asked to use the reference image and to make it photorealistic: PROMPT: "Transform the provided architectural sketch/reference image into an ultra-realistic, high-end architectural visualization while preserving the exact camera position, composition, perspective, building massing, pool dimensions, circulation paths, furniture layout, and all architectural elements shown in the reference. The scene depicts a contemporary Mediterranean residential complex organized around a central communal swimming pool. The architecture features crisp white stucco and painted concrete walls, warm vertical bamboo privacy screens and guardrails, natural terracotta roof tiles, dark bronze aluminum window frames, and large-format light beige travertine pavers surrounding the pool. Maintain the exact arrangement of the buildings, balconies, stairs, pool deck, planters, and seating areas visible in the reference image. Replace the sketch-style vegetation with highly realistic Mediterranean landscaping. Add mature olive trees (Olea europaea), Mediterranean cypress trees, small citrus trees, lavender, rosemary, agapanthus, ornamental grasses, and drought-tolerant shrubs. Vegetation should feel lush yet carefully curated, creating a refined resort-like atmosphere. The large trees in the background should become realistic mature specimens with detailed trunks, branches, and natural foliage.

Just generated a fun timelapse of a interior render! Check it out :) Try to do the same thing, I'm curious to see the results you get! Here's how I did it. Click HERE

Hey everyone 👋 I’ve just added a quick SketchUp quiz to the community 🎯 It’s a fast way to test your fundamentals (groups, components, basic tools, etc.) and see where you’re at. Take a few minutes, try it out, and let me know your score 💪 Click HERE!

Check out this post to see the prompt I used to turn a simple Google Maps screenshot into a line drawing, saving me a lot of time! Use it for your own work and share the results with us :)