THE LEARNING CENTER: BECOME A MASTER IN MINUTES

Learn everything you need to get started quickly. Find how-to videos, FAQs and other resources to support your business and team.

THE LEARNING CENTER: BECOME A MASTER IN MINUTES

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The process of uploading an image and designing it is called Masking in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. The Masking process takes place under the “Draw” tab. Before applying products to your clients home, you must mask the image to define various layers of the home. 

Before you get started, keep in mind that the software works in layers – what you mask first will appear as the bottom most layer. After that, each mask will go on top of the previous layer.

This rule applies to everything except doors and windows. They will appear on top of all the layers (except foreground) automatically. We recommend that you plan the order in which you will do the Masking before you get started. Eventually this will become second nature!

It can look something like this:

  • Siding
  • Masonry
  • Roof
  • Trim
  • Windows
  • Doors
  • Foreground

A few things that will be good to know when you start:

  • To mask an area you have to first select the category it fits under
  • To start masking you will have to draw around the perimeter of an area clicking every time you want to change direction and ending where you started to complete a layer
  • Every point you clicked on to change direction is movable, so don’t worry if your lines aren’t straight
Tag: Layers
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Shadows are a default setting and in some cases that need to be turned off. Once such case is when you are applying light siding over a structure with an existing dark wall or siding. In this case you will go under the ‘Advanced’ tab of that product and turn the shadow off. You can also set the shadow to any of these given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect – “off, dark, medium average, soft, light, and auto”

You can also watch this short video to show you exactly what the tool enables:

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Categories: Masking, Siding
Tag: Shadow

The Perspective tool lets the software know the angle of any surface. You need to set perspective for all siding and roofing. Any surface that is sloping or slanting.

The perspective tool is the most important tool while working on any elements with an angle (sloping or slanted). You must ALWAYS set perspective to siding and roofing layers. This tool allows your visualizer to know what angle the element is in and how close or further away it might be from where the photo was taken.

 

To make optimal use of the software, you must keep in mind that layers drawn first will appear the furthest back in an image. Eg. If you mask siding then mask trim, the trim will appear on top of the siding. However, if you masked the trim before the siding, the trim will appear behind the siding.

The best way to correct this is to Delete the trim layer and remask it so it appears on top of the siding. This rule applies to everything except doors, windows and foreground. Doors and windows will always the top most layer even if you mask them last. Foreground sits on top of everything.

 

Categories: Masking, Siding, Trim
Tags: Trim, Layers

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