Choosing an AI Renderer

[JB Sties]

Hello,

I'm curious which third-party AI rendering software other users likes to work with. My goal is to create semi-photo realistic exterior images of my high-end residential models.

Thank you,

JB

Apple Studio / M3 / 96 GB / Apple Studio Display / 2 TB

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon Tahoe 26.3.1

[CosminF]

Hi,

With a good enough prompt I got pretty decent results with ChatGPT and/or Google Gemini. The more accurate you describe the building and environment, the better the results.  However be wary, they tend to add stuff or approximate and they might "freestyle" things you designed. And some post-processing might be necessary.

If I see it tends to hallucinate, I usually open a new chat, so it ignores previous input. And start all-over. 

You can try both for free at first to get a feel for what they are capable of.

[JB Sties]

Thank you for the response.

[Patrick M · Accepted solution]

I was playing around with Visoid. I'm not a rendering guy; and I know the AI style is defintiely a thing; but the results I got were passably decent, with little effort... at least it wasn't putting rogue swimming pools everywhere, or changing my doors to cabinets...

[Mahmoud Qenawi]

I use MyArchitectAI, it’s based on Nanobanana pro.

https://www.myarchitectai.com/

Powerful & precise without a prompt, moreover you can use prompt if you need more control.

[jl_lt]

Twinmotion was a game changer, as Chat gpt has been so far. It gets more than acceptable results, but always starting with a 3d model (either full or half baked) or hand drawings. Gets the desired result after 5 to 10 iterations.

[JB Sties]

Guys, thank you for the responses and examples. 

[Rick Thompson]

This has been an important find for me. I am a bit unusual in that I have had a web site since the 90's selling "stock" plans. I am not focusing on high end, but the opposite actually... infill lots and small plans.  Often for the affordable market. For years I used the vector AC engine and added trees etc after. Last year I realized I needed to step it up a big notch, which means generating about 600 renderings.  I primarily sell via 3rd party sites, and they like photo renderings. I started using Cinerenderings last fall, and was very happy, for the most part. I saw some AI renderings of my plans a 3rd party site did and was blown away. I looked around and now use MyArchitectAI, as someone else mentioned. Now I am saving a lot of time because I can generate the Cinerendering using the lowest settings, and not getting as carried away with textures/colors. I still try and get close though. No grass grown at all.

If you look at my web site the ones starting in the 1300's are with the AI tool.  Smaller than that are Cine. I'll attach what I now upload, and the result. I do still need a few prompts, sometimes, but not always. What I really like about MyArchitectAI is the developer. They (a couple basically) remind me of Graphisoft in the early days.  They respond to questions, and provide a roadmap of the intended development. They don't yet have what some other AI rendering tool apps do, but what they now have it what I need, and a bit cheaper, but mainly, I like their attitude.

 

 

 

 

 

[JB Sties]

After trying some free trial versions of different AI packages, I bought a month subscription to Visoid. I played around with my model a bit, uploaded it to Visoid, gave it some basic prompts, and here's the result. Thanks to everyone for their input. 

 

[Patrick M]

My sister gets great results out of gemini. I can't.
I've tried the Archicad built in ai image generator... too many swimming pools and chimneys, and turning doors and windows into cabinets and furniture for my taste