Live Home 3D render

Live Home 3D Render, Made Photoreal with AI

Live Home 3D makes it easy to lay out rooms and a whole house, but a plain 3D view still looks like a model, and a good Cycles render takes tuning. Export the 3D view as a picture, or take a screenshot, and upload it. ArchitecturesAI repaints it as a photo-like image with daylight, real-looking materials and planting. It usually keeps your camera and layout but redraws finishes, colours and small items, so check the result against your plan.

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Plain flat-shaded 3D model view of an open-plan living room with white walls and ceiling, a light wood plank floor, a grey three-seat sofa, a white coffee table on a beige rug, a floor lamp in the back corner, a small wooden dining table with two chairs under two windows filled with flat light blue, and a white TV stand with a black TV — Both images are AI-generated with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in made to look like a plain Live Home 3D view; it is not a real Live Home 3D export. Edit prompt used: "Turn this home-design 3D view into a photorealistic daytime interior photograph of the same open-plan living room: soft natural daylight coming in through the same two windows with a green garden visible outside, a light grey linen sofa with a few cushions, an oak coffee table, a natural wool rug, a wide oak plank floor, warm white painted walls and ceiling, the same white TV stand with the black TV, an oak dining table with the same chairs, soft realistic shadows. Keep the exact room shape, window positions, furniture positions and sizes and the camera angle. Do not add furniture. No text." What followed it: the camera, the room shape, both windows, the sofa, the coffee table, the rug, the floor lamp, the dining table with its two visible chairs, and the TV stand and TV stayed in the same places and at about the same sizes; the sofa became a light grey linen-look fabric with two beige throw cushions, the coffee table oak, the walls and ceiling warm white, and a hedge and trees now show through both windows. The wood plank floor, the wooden dining table and chairs and the dish on the table were already in the before image; the floor only came out a little warmer. What did not: the prompt asked for a wool rug and the plain beige rug became a coarse woven rug that looks more like jute or sisal. It also asked for soft light, but bright sun patches fall on the floor and on the wall by the TV stand, from the near right, a direction that does not match the two windows on the back wall. Extra changes the AI made on its own: the black TV screen now shows a reflection of a garden and a chair, and the small black box on the TV stand shelf became a small wooden box.

Photo-like daytime render of the same living room with warm white walls, a light grey linen-look sofa with two beige cushions, an oak coffee table on a coarse woven rug, the same floor lamp, dining table and chairs, a hedge and trees through both windows, sun patches on the floor and wall, and the white TV stand with a TV that reflects a garden — Both images are AI-generated with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in made to look like a plain Live Home 3D view; it is not a real Live Home 3D export. Edit prompt used: "Turn this home-design 3D view into a photorealistic daytime interior photograph of the same open-plan living room: soft natural daylight coming in through the same two windows with a green garden visible outside, a light grey linen sofa with a few cushions, an oak coffee table, a natural wool rug, a wide oak plank floor, warm white painted walls and ceiling, the same white TV stand with the black TV, an oak dining table with the same chairs, soft realistic shadows. Keep the exact room shape, window positions, furniture positions and sizes and the camera angle. Do not add furniture. No text." What followed it: the camera, the room shape, both windows, the sofa, the coffee table, the rug, the floor lamp, the dining table with its two visible chairs, and the TV stand and TV stayed in the same places and at about the same sizes; the sofa became a light grey linen-look fabric with two beige throw cushions, the coffee table oak, the walls and ceiling warm white, and a hedge and trees now show through both windows. The wood plank floor, the wooden dining table and chairs and the dish on the table were already in the before image; the floor only came out a little warmer. What did not: the prompt asked for a wool rug and the plain beige rug became a coarse woven rug that looks more like jute or sisal. It also asked for soft light, but bright sun patches fall on the floor and on the wall by the TV stand, from the near right, a direction that does not match the two windows on the back wall. Extra changes the AI made on its own: the black TV screen now shows a reflection of a garden and a chair, and the small black box on the TV stand shelf became a small wooden box.

How rendering works in Live Home 3D

Live Home 3D is a home design app from BeLight Software for Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad, among other devices. You draw the plan and the app shows a live 3D view of it. That view is quick to use but plain, which is why people search for a better render.

Inside the app, BeLight offers two render engines: Cycles, on Mac and Windows, and AMD Radeon ProRender, on Mac only. Its Cycles guide notes that Cycles can use the graphics card on Mac, while Windows renders on the processor. The same guide says the full set of render settings needs the Pro features unlocked; without them you can still render, at lower resolutions. On its rendering software page, BeLight says the built-in renderer gives free, unlimited renderings.

Getting a Cycles image to look real is mostly about light and materials: samples and noise, environment light for rooms lit by windows, extra lamps, and physically based materials. The tips in BeLight’s own guide make that point, warning that a render with plain materials may look much like a screenshot.

AI rendering skips that setup. You keep the view you set up, and the AI repaints it in one pass. It does not read your lamps, sun position, materials or furniture models, and it makes its own choices about finishes, as the examples on this page show.

How to render a Live Home 3D view with ArchitecturesAI

In Live Home 3D, set up the view you want (see the tips below). On a Mac, choose File > Export > Export to File…, set Export to 3D View, pick the current view or a saved camera, set the image size, choose PNG or JPEG and save. On Windows, open the main menu, choose Export and then Export 3D View…, set Export to 3D View, set the size and save. On iPhone or iPad, tap the Menu button, choose Export and then Share, select 3D View in the Export popover, set the size and tap Share. A Cycles or ProRender image, or a screenshot of the 3D view, also works.
Click "Render your Live Home 3D view". The Render Architecture tool opens with Interior selected under Architecture Type and Modern under Style. Sign in with Google or email.
Under "Please select an image", click Select Image and upload your PNG or JPEG.
Keep Interior for a room. For the outside of the house, like the second example, choose Residential or Exterior under Architecture Type. Then pick the Style closest to your design, such as Modern, Scandinavian or Minimalist (25 in total).
Free accounts can only use Low quality (Medium and High are marked PRO). Press Generate Architecture and download the result.
To change one thing, such as the cabinet colour or the floor, open Custom Action or Edit Image on the result and describe it in a sentence; each one uses credits. The examples on this page ran directly on our image model, not through this tool, so your result will differ.

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Export tips: getting a good view out of Live Home 3D

The AI only sees your picture and usually keeps your camera, so most of the work is choosing the view before you export it.

Point of view. Move the camera with the Walk Control tools to standing height for a room, or step back into the yard for the house. On a Mac, the field of view is set in the Inspector; a moderate angle looks more like a real photo, and the AI usually keeps the framing you give it.
Save the camera. If you save the view as a camera, you can export exactly the same angle again after you change the design and compare renders side by side.
Image only. Use the Export dialog rather than a screenshot of the whole app window when you can. If you do take a screenshot, crop away toolbars, the plan and any panels, because the AI tries to turn whatever is in the picture into part of the room.
Image size. Pick a landscape size large enough that small objects stay readable. You do not need a long Cycles render first, because the AI redraws the light anyway.
Plain is fine. Default materials and flat colours are a fine starting point; the stand-ins on this page are flat-shaded too. Expect the AI to change colours and finishes, so treat the ones in your model as a starting point rather than a fixed spec.

Plain flat-shaded 3D model view of a generic two-storey L-shaped house with light grey walls, a dark grey roof with two gables, white-framed windows with flat blue glass, a recessed upper window, two brown front doors side by side, two simple low-poly trees, a flat green ground and a plain blue sky — An AI-generated pair made with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a Live Home 3D style exterior view of a generic house; it is not a real Live Home 3D export. Edit prompt used: "Turn this home-design 3D view into a photorealistic daytime exterior photograph of the same two-storey house: red brick walls on the ground floor, warm horizontal timber cladding on the upper floor, a dark grey slate roof, white window frames with real glass and soft reflections, both front doors in natural oak, a landscaped front yard with a green lawn, low shrubs along the walls and a stone path to the doors, real leafy trees in place of the simple model trees, soft natural daylight with realistic shadows, a blue sky with a few soft clouds. Keep the exact house shape, roof shape, window and door positions and the camera angle. Do not add storeys or buildings. No text." What followed it: the camera, the L-shaped two-storey form, both gables and the roof shape, every window including the recessed upper one, and both front doors stayed in place; the ground floor became red brick, the upper floor horizontal timber cladding, the roof dark slate, the glass in the already white window frames real-looking and the doors oak; the flat green ground became a lawn, and shrubs along the walls, a stone path to the doors and clouds in the already blue sky were added, as asked. What did not: the prompt said not to add buildings, yet the grey roof of another building shows through the leaves of the left-hand tree. It asked for real trees in place of the two model trees, and the AI drew more and larger trees, plus tall hedges around the garden. Extra changes the AI made on its own: the dark roof edges became pale timber bargeboards; black gutters and downpipes were added; a wall light appeared between the doors; the right-hand door got two narrow glazed panels and both doors got vertical boards; net curtains appeared in both front ground-floor windows and the upper left window; brick lintels sit over the ground-floor windows and doors; and a small reddish mark appears near the top of the left gable.

Photo-like daytime render of the same two-storey house with red brick on the ground floor, horizontal timber cladding upstairs, a dark slate roof, white windows, two oak front doors with a wall light between them, a stone path, shrubs along the walls, a lawn, hedges, several large trees and a blue sky with clouds — An AI-generated pair made with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a Live Home 3D style exterior view of a generic house; it is not a real Live Home 3D export. Edit prompt used: "Turn this home-design 3D view into a photorealistic daytime exterior photograph of the same two-storey house: red brick walls on the ground floor, warm horizontal timber cladding on the upper floor, a dark grey slate roof, white window frames with real glass and soft reflections, both front doors in natural oak, a landscaped front yard with a green lawn, low shrubs along the walls and a stone path to the doors, real leafy trees in place of the simple model trees, soft natural daylight with realistic shadows, a blue sky with a few soft clouds. Keep the exact house shape, roof shape, window and door positions and the camera angle. Do not add storeys or buildings. No text." What followed it: the camera, the L-shaped two-storey form, both gables and the roof shape, every window including the recessed upper one, and both front doors stayed in place; the ground floor became red brick, the upper floor horizontal timber cladding, the roof dark slate, the glass in the already white window frames real-looking and the doors oak; the flat green ground became a lawn, and shrubs along the walls, a stone path to the doors and clouds in the already blue sky were added, as asked. What did not: the prompt said not to add buildings, yet the grey roof of another building shows through the leaves of the left-hand tree. It asked for real trees in place of the two model trees, and the AI drew more and larger trees, plus tall hedges around the garden. Extra changes the AI made on its own: the dark roof edges became pale timber bargeboards; black gutters and downpipes were added; a wall light appeared between the doors; the right-hand door got two narrow glazed panels and both doors got vertical boards; net curtains appeared in both front ground-floor windows and the upper left window; brick lintels sit over the ground-floor windows and doors; and a small reddish mark appears near the top of the left gable.

What the AI keeps and what it may change

Use this as a checklist when you compare a result with your plan.

Usually kept: the camera angle, room shape, window and door positions, the positions and rough sizes of large pieces such as sofas, cabinet runs and islands, and outside, the roof shape and the outline of the house. The camera can still move a little, as in the kitchen example.
Often redrawn: wall colour, flooring, cabinet fronts, counters, fabrics, rugs, the view through windows, and the light itself, which may not match where your windows are.
Sometimes invented: cushions, backsplashes, under-cabinet lights, gutters and downpipes, wall lights, curtains, extra trees and hedges, and even a neighbouring roof.
Never produced: a measured or lighting-accurate render. The AI ignores your lamps, sun settings and materials, and the render tool has no time-of-day setting. Check sizes, clearances and light in Live Home 3D itself.

Plain 3D model view of a kitchen with a straight run of white handleless cabinets and two tall cabinets, a grey countertop with a black cooktop and a sink under a window filled with flat blue, a slim black hood, a grey waterfall island with two light wood stools, beige walls, two ceiling light panels and a light grey large-tile floor — Both images come from our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a Live Home 3D style kitchen view; it is not a real Live Home 3D export. Edit prompt used: "Turn this home-design 3D view into a photorealistic daytime kitchen photograph: all cabinet fronts painted in a soft sage green with slim brass handles, white stone countertops with subtle grey veining on the cabinet run and the island, the island in the same white veined stone, the two oak bar stools, a stainless sink and tap, a black induction cooktop, large pale stone floor tiles, matte warm white walls, soft daylight through the same window with natural shadows. Keep the exact cabinet run with the same doors, the tall cabinets, the island position and size, the bar stool positions, the window position and the camera angle. No text." What followed it: the cabinet run with the same tall cabinets, wall cabinets, doors and drawers, the window, the sink and tap, the cooktop, the island position and size and both stools stayed in place; the cabinet fronts became sage green with slim brass handles, the counters and the island top and ends white stone with grey veining, and the walls a warmer white, the stools a darker, warmer oak, and daylight now throws the stool shadows onto the island. The black cooktop, the large floor tiles, the two ceiling light panels, the skirting and the waterfall shape of the island were already in the before image; the tiles changed from light grey to pale cream at the same size. What did not: the prompt asked for the whole island in white veined stone, but the stool side of the island came out sage green. The camera also moved very slightly closer, so the window and the right end of the wall cabinets sit a little further right. Extra changes the AI made on its own: a full-height veined stone backsplash now runs between the counter and the wall cabinets; strip lights glow under the wall cabinets; the black hood strip turned stainless; and faint trees and sky show through the window.

Photo-like daytime render of the same kitchen with sage green cabinets and brass handles, white veined stone counters and backsplash, a white veined stone waterfall island with a sage green front panel and two oak stools, under-cabinet lights, a stainless hood, warm white walls and a pale cream tile floor — Both images come from our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a Live Home 3D style kitchen view; it is not a real Live Home 3D export. Edit prompt used: "Turn this home-design 3D view into a photorealistic daytime kitchen photograph: all cabinet fronts painted in a soft sage green with slim brass handles, white stone countertops with subtle grey veining on the cabinet run and the island, the island in the same white veined stone, the two oak bar stools, a stainless sink and tap, a black induction cooktop, large pale stone floor tiles, matte warm white walls, soft daylight through the same window with natural shadows. Keep the exact cabinet run with the same doors, the tall cabinets, the island position and size, the bar stool positions, the window position and the camera angle. No text." What followed it: the cabinet run with the same tall cabinets, wall cabinets, doors and drawers, the window, the sink and tap, the cooktop, the island position and size and both stools stayed in place; the cabinet fronts became sage green with slim brass handles, the counters and the island top and ends white stone with grey veining, and the walls a warmer white, the stools a darker, warmer oak, and daylight now throws the stool shadows onto the island. The black cooktop, the large floor tiles, the two ceiling light panels, the skirting and the waterfall shape of the island were already in the before image; the tiles changed from light grey to pale cream at the same size. What did not: the prompt asked for the whole island in white veined stone, but the stool side of the island came out sage green. The camera also moved very slightly closer, so the window and the right end of the wall cabinets sit a little further right. Extra changes the AI made on its own: a full-height veined stone backsplash now runs between the counter and the wall cabinets; strip lights glow under the wall cabinets; the black hood strip turned stainless; and faint trees and sky show through the window.

Cycles, ProRender, other renderers, or AI?

Cycles or ProRender inside Live Home 3D. Faithful to every object, material and light you placed, and BeLight says its built-in Cycles renderer gives free, unlimited renderings. Expect to tune light and settings, and the higher resolutions need the Pro features.
Other render software. BeLight’s rendering software article lists V-Ray, LumenRT, SketchFab, Twinmotion, RenderNow and Maxwell among rendering tools and services. Each is a separate product with its own setup to learn.
AI render on ArchitecturesAI. No setup: upload a picture and get a photo-like image. It is not faithful to your exact furniture or finishes and is not a lighting study. Use it for mood images, early client ideas and quick comparisons of finishes.

Who uses it

Homeowners planning a renovation, extension or move who want to see how their Live Home 3D rooms could feel.
Interior design and architecture students who need a presentable image of a layout for class or a portfolio.
Small builders, kitchen fitters and decorators who plan in Live Home 3D and want a quick picture for a client.

Free tier and plans

You need a free account to render. New accounts get 2 free renders, and free renders carry a watermark. In India this site does not include free renders, so a paid plan is needed there. Weekly, monthly and yearly plans for more renders without the watermark are on the pricing page.

ArchitecturesAI is an independent web tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by BeLight Software. Live Home 3D is a trademark of its owner, used here only to describe the images people export from it. The "before" images on this page are AI-drawn stand-ins, not Live Home 3D screenshots.

Frequently asked questions

How do I make Live Home 3D renders look more realistic?

Inside the app, render with Cycles and work on light and materials. The tips in BeLight’s Cycles guide suggest adding light sources that are out of shot, setting the time of day to morning for longer shadows, and using physically based materials. For a quick photo-like image without that setup, export the 3D view and upload it here.

What render engines does Live Home 3D have?

BeLight’s Cycles guide names two built-in engines: Cycles on Mac and Windows, and AMD Radeon ProRender on Mac only. The same guide says Cycles can use the graphics card on Mac, while on Windows it renders on the processor.

Do I need Live Home 3D Pro to render?

BeLight’s Cycles guide says the full set of features it describes needs the Pro features unlocked, and that without them you can still render images at lower resolutions. ArchitecturesAI only needs an exported image or a screenshot, whichever version you use.

Can I use other render software?

BeLight’s rendering software article lists V-Ray, LumenRT, SketchFab, Twinmotion, RenderNow and Maxwell among rendering tools and services; it does not describe sending a Live Home 3D project to them. ArchitecturesAI is a different kind of tool: it repaints a picture of your view rather than rendering your model.

What should I upload?

A PNG or JPEG of the 3D view, saved with the Export dialog (on a Mac, File > Export > Export to File… with 3D View selected) or a cropped screenshot with no toolbars or panels. A Cycles render also works. For a room, use a standing-height view with the main furniture fully in frame.

Will the AI keep my furniture and layout?

It usually keeps the camera, room shape, windows, doors and where large furniture stands, at roughly the same size. It often changes colours and finishes, and can add details such as cushions, a backsplash, gutters or extra trees. Compare the result with your plan.

Is this a Live Home 3D plugin?

No. ArchitecturesAI is a web tool. You upload a JPG or PNG in the browser and download the result. Nothing is installed in Live Home 3D and nothing reads your project file.

Is it free to try?

Yes. After you sign in, a new account gets 2 free renders with a watermark. In India this site does not include free renders. Paid weekly, monthly and yearly plans are listed on the pricing page.

Turn your next Live Home 3D view into a photo-like render

Export your Live Home 3D view or take a clean screenshot, upload it, choose Interior (or Residential for the house) and a style, and download the result. Your first 2 renders on a free account are on us.

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