Show the yard in year three, not year one.
Upload the Vectorworks Landmark or VizTerra plan you already drew, and we film the planting at the size it reaches, not the size it arrives from the nursery.
Three drafts a month before anything costs a creditSign up without a cardReads a Vectorworks, VizTerra, or Realtime Landscaping file, or just the plan
From bed line to sign-off
Upload the planting plan you already drew
A Vectorworks Landmark or VizTerra file, or a plan showing bed lines, specimen trees, and irrigation zones, send whichever one exists.
Check the formats we takeShow us the bed lines as they actually sit today
A few photos of the yard as it stands now means the massing sits against their real fence line, not a generic lawn.
We film the planting at mature size
We build the shot list and show the specimen tree and the mass planting at the canopy size they'll reach, not the size they arrive in on the truck.
How we film the plantingMove a bed line before you break ground
If a mass planting needs to shift, or a specimen tree needs a different spot in frame, request another pass instead of walking the yard again with the client.
Fixing a video after the factApprove the plan on the strength of year three
Play the video and let the client sign off on the yard they'll actually have, not the one they're picturing from bare stock.
See planting videos
What landscape designers actually say
- “The plan shows exactly where everything goes. That should be enough.”
- A plan shows position, not scale over time. A bed that reads full in a July render can look bare by February once the leaves are down, and a client who only saw the summer version feels misled by winter. Showing the bed as it fills in avoids that conversation before it starts.
- “Clients can't picture a plant at the size it'll actually reach.”
- That's the hardest thing to convey in a plan or a still. Plants have to be shown at mature size for the growing zone, not the size they arrive in from the nursery, or beds read sparse for years and then overcrowded once everything fills in. A video can show the canopy at the size it will actually reach.
- “A rendering makes the whole yard look finished on day one, and that sets the wrong expectation.”
- Say what the timeline actually is, on the video and in the conversation. Showing mature canopy size next to an honest note that it takes a few growing seasons to get there reads as expertise, not oversell.
Built from what landscape designers already run
Vectorworks Landmark, VizTerra, or a plan on its own, we work from the file as it exists today.
- Vip3D
- Export
- The 2D plan, and a rendered still or video from the 3D view
- File type
- PNG, PDF, or DXF for the plan; an image or MP4 for the 3D view
Vip3D covers pools, hardscape, planting, and decks in one file, so export the plan and the render as a pair, the plan tells us the layout and the render tells us the finish.
- VizTerra
- Export
- The 2D plan, and a rendered still or video from the 3D view
- File type
- PNG, PDF, or DXF for the plan; an image or MP4 for the 3D view
VizTerra handles decks, hardscape, and planting without pools. Export the plan as PNG, PDF, or DXF and send your best 3D still alongside it.
- SketchUp
- Export
- A 2D graphic of the current scene
- File type
- JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or BMP; or DWG/DXF for a 2D plan
Set the camera to Parallel Projection before you export if the scale needs to hold up. File > Export > 2D Graphic gives you the image.
- Lumion
- Export
- A rendered photo from Photo Mode, or a movie from Movie Mode
- File type
- JPG, PNG, or BMP for a photo; MP4 for a movie
Render uncompressed (PNG or BMP) if you plan to edit the still afterward. For a movie, export at whatever resolution Movie Mode offers, we compress it on our end.
- Vectorworks Landmark
- Export
- A rendered image of the design
- File type
- JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, or PDF
Use Export Image File under File > Export. It re-renders the current view automatically before saving, so pick your render style first.
- Chief Architect
- Export
- A picture of the current view
- File type
- BMP, JPG, or PNG
Render the view first, then File > Export > Export Picture (BMP, JPG, PNG). It saves exactly what's on screen, so frame the shot before exporting.
- Twinmotion
- Export
- A rendered image, panorama, or video of the scene
- File type
- PNG, JPG, or EXR for images; MP4 for video
Free with an Epic Games account, and it imports SketchUp and Vectorworks models directly. Export the video at 2K, MP4 keeps the file small enough to upload straight away.
- Blender
- Export
- A rendered still, or a rendered animation
- File type
- PNG by default for stills; MP4 through the FFmpeg video option
Render stills first and check them before committing to a full animation render, a failed video render means starting over from frame one.
- Enscape
- Export
- A screenshot, or an exported video, from inside your host application
- File type
- PNG, JPG, EXR, or TGA for stills; MP4 for video
Runs inside SketchUp, Revit, or Vectorworks rather than standalone. The Screenshot and Video commands are both in the Enscape toolbar of whichever app you modelled in.
- Realtime Landscaping Architect
- Export
- The plan view, or a captured image of the 3D view
- File type
- JPG, PDF, BMP, TGA, or PNG
Export to File (F5) saves the plan. For the 3D view, use Export Viewport to File and pick the highest pixel size it offers.
- Cedreo
- Export
- The 3D render, or the floor and site plan
- File type
- PNG for plans; PDF for a full plan set; the render downloads as an image file
Download the render from the project sheet's download arrow, then generate a PDF plan separately if you want the layout in the same package.
- AutoCAD
- Export
- The 2D plan
- File type
- PDF or DXF
Export a plotted PDF for us to look at, or a DXF if you also want it opened in Pool Studio, VizTerra, or SketchUp. We treat the plan as the layout reference, not the finished shot.
Not on this list? Export whatever your software gives you, a screenshot, a rendered still, a PDF, a saved image, and upload it. If it shows the design, we can work with it.
See the full software listPlanting shown at maturity
A specimen tree and a mass planting, filmed at the canopy size they'll reach.
Pricing, plainly
Free covers enough to prove it on a real planting plan before you pay for anything.
Free
$0
Try it on a real job before you decide.
- 3 drafts + 1 free 720p output
- Up to 720p output
- 1 seat included
Starter
$50/mo/mo
Or $41.67/mo billed yearly, save $100 a year.
For the builder closing their own jobs.
- 100 credits/mo
- Up to 4K output
- 1 seat included · $20 a month per extra seat
Pro
$149/mo/mo
Or $124.17/mo billed yearly, save $298 a year.
Your name on every video the homeowner shares.
- 350 credits/mo
- Up to 4K output
- Your name on every video
- 3 seats included · $20 a month per extra seat
Pay for a year and get two months free.
Landscape design questions
Do I need a photoreal render, or will my Vectorworks plan work on its own?
The plan on its own works, though a rendered still or a couple of site photos gets you a more accurate film of the actual plant material.
Can the video show a plant at 5-year size instead of what's in the ground on install day?
Yes. Tell us the mature size you designed for and the film reflects that, not the one-gallon size it ships in.
What about seasonal change? Will the video show winter dieback?
The video shows one season based on what's in your source file or photos. Upload a source that reflects winter and we'll build a second version.
Does this work for a full landscape master plan or just a single bed?
Both. A whole-yard plan and a single bed line take the same upload; the only difference is what's in the frame.
How is this different from an AI tool that generates a backyard from a text prompt?
Those tools invent a yard. We film the planting plan you actually drew and priced, in the yard it's going into.
How long before I can show a client the finished video?
Around four minutes for a draft, enough time to have one ready before you've finished writing up the visit notes.
Sell the canopy, not just the caliper.
Upload the plan, add their yard, and show the planting at the size it'll actually reach.