Generate an AI render from an image or view

Visualizing your designs with AI in Motif is simple — no prior rendering knowledge or skills required. This article walks you through generating a render and the settings you can adjust before you do.

What can you render?

Renderings in Motif can be made from almost anything placed on your board, as well as Text to Image/Video:

• A saved camera view of a 3D model

• An imported image or photo

• A sketch created in Motif or any other app

• A plain-text prompt from the toolbar

For guidance on each input type, see →📄 AI rendering workflows

Generate a render in one click

1. Click any image or view on the board to open the AI rendering toolbar

2. Press the up arrow on the right side of the toolbar — you don't need to select any presets

Motif fills in the details automatically and produces an architectural visualization, even if the original input has no defined colors or materials yet.

Note: Motif AI renders are fast, but each render still takes a moment to complete.

Adjust settings before you render

When you want more control, set any of these before you press submit:

What to do after you render

• Refine it — adjust materials, windows, or a specific region → 📄 Edit rendered images

• Animate it — turn a render into a short video → 📄 Make videos from images

• Finalize it — upscale to 4K for presentation → 📄 Resolution, upscaling & credits

Text-to-Image/Video prompting

Create an image or video from scratch using the prompt box to describe your vision. Simply type a description of the image you want to generate, and it will create it from scratch.

Next steps

• 📄 Quick Start: Create your first AI render

• 📄 AI rendering workflows

• 📄 Visualization styles