Locations: barn, ballroom, open air – or your real location
With locations, your setup looks like it's in a real hall: brick and roof truss in the barn, chandeliers in the ballroom, a starry sky in the garden. Light, gobos and the mirror ball land on real walls. Start with a template or rebuild your location from whatever you have: photos, a 360° image, a floor plan or a 3D scan. Everything can be combined.
Step by step
- Open “Location” on the left and click “Choose a location”. The picker opens next to the 3D view.
- Click a template, e.g. “Barn / farm estate” or “Ballroom / banquet hall”. The 3D view shows it right away. Like it? Click “Apply”, otherwise “Back”.
- Under “Make it real”, pick what you have of the location (see below).
- Fine-tune “Room & size”, “Ceiling”, “Walls, floor, ceiling”, “Windows & columns” and “Lights & decor”. Under “Guests”, “Estimate size” suggests a hall size from the guest count. All the details are in Fine-tune a location.
- Under “Look”, choose from “Realistic” to abstract: “Architectural model”, “Blueprint”, “Neon lines” or “Endless black”.
- “Save to My locations” keeps the location. You'll find it in every project under “Choose a location” → “My locations”.
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