# RenderSplash or a video studio

Updated 2026-09-28.

A video studio costs $1,000 to $5,000 for a 30-second pool flythrough and takes one to three weeks. RenderSplash films the renders you already made and hands back a Walkthrough in about 100 seconds. A studio is the right call for your showroom film. For the bid you wrote on Tuesday, it's too slow and too expensive.

## What a studio gives you

An animator rebuilds the pool from your plans, lights the scene, plans every camera move and renders it frame by frame. You get exactly the shot you asked for, at a quality nothing automatic will match yet.

That's why it costs what it does. A simple flythrough runs $2,000 to $5,000 per finished minute, marketing-grade film runs $8,000 to $18,000 a minute, and it takes one to three weeks. Rush jobs add 25 to 50 percent.

The catch for a sale is the calendar. The homeowner decides this week. The studio delivers in three.

## What RenderSplash gives you

RenderSplash starts from the stills you already exported. It turns each camera angle into a photograph of the finished yard and films them, so the water moves and the light looks real. The design is the one you drew. A Walkthrough at HD is ready in about 100 seconds, and a Story with a family in the yard takes a few minutes.

You get 30 free credits once, when you sign up, no card needed, enough for six Draft Walkthroughs. After that you pay in credits, and [pricing](https://rendersplash.com/pricing) has the numbers.

## A plain comparison

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th></th>
      <th>Video studio</th>
      <th>RenderSplash</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Starting cost</td>
      <td>$1,000 to $5,000 for a 30-second flythrough</td>
      <td>30 free credits once (six Draft Walkthroughs); see <a href="/pricing">pricing</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Turnaround</td>
      <td>1 to 3 weeks; urgent jobs add 25 to 50 percent</td>
      <td>About 100 seconds for a Walkthrough at HD</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>What you provide</td>
      <td>Plans, renders, or a 3D model file</td>
      <td>Rendered still images from your design software</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Output length</td>
      <td>Negotiated; 30 to 90 seconds typical</td>
      <td>10 seconds (Walkthrough); 30 seconds (Story film)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Design fidelity</td>
      <td>Higher; custom modeling and compositing</td>
      <td>Based on your uploaded renders</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Revisions</td>
      <td>Billed separately, add turnaround time</td>
      <td>Re-run with updated renders; no extra timeline</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Volume</td>
      <td>One project at a time per quote</td>
      <td>One video per job, as many jobs as you have credits for</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## When a studio is the better buy

When the film is the product. A developer presenting a commercial aquatic centre, or a builder making the three-minute film that runs on the showroom TV, will get more from a studio than from us. A studio can also start from paper plans if you have no design software at all.

## When RenderSplash is the better buy

When the film has to help close a job. If you write thirty proposals a month, a studio might make sense for one of them. The other twenty-nine already have renders, and each of those homeowners is deciding over the next few evenings.

Studio pricing times thirty jobs is $30,000 or more a month. RenderSplash is a plan and some credits.

## Sources

- NoTriangle Studio, [The Cost of Renderings: 2026 Pricing](https://notrianglestudio.com/blog/cost-of-renderings/): $2,000 to $5,000 per finished minute for a simple flythrough; $8,000 to $18,000 per minute for marketing-grade film.
- Maverick Frame, [3D Walkthrough Animation Cost in 2026](https://maverickframe.com/blog/3d-walkthrough-animation-cost/): $2,000 to $15,000 or more per finished minute; a simple walkthrough takes a couple of weeks, a detailed one several weeks or longer; rush timelines add 25 to 50 percent.