The 60-second filming guide
A clean upload is the whole game. Get these six things right and your render will look like your venue — every time.
Empty the room
No people — not even staff. No decor, no leftover tables. Just the bare space. The AI stages what it sees; anything left in frame fights the result.
Film an 8–15 second pan
One slow, smooth pan across the room. Long enough to read the space, short enough to stay steady. 5–30 seconds is accepted; 8–15 is the sweet spot.
16:9 or 9:16, 1080p+
Hold the phone landscape (16:9) for a full-room look, or vertical (9:16) for IG stories. Shoot in at least 1080p — most phones already do.
Bright, even light
Daylight is your friend. Open every blind. Counterintuitively, turning the chandeliers OFF often works best — it removes harsh hotspots the model has to fight.
Show floor, walls and ceiling
Frame the room as a space, not a detail. The model needs to see the floor (where tables land), the walls, and ideally the ceiling (where lighting hangs).
Hold steady at the ends
Use a tripod or gimbal. Pause for two seconds at the start and end of the pan. Don't film while walking — handheld shake is the #1 cause of a soft result.
Do
- Empty room, lights even
- Slow steady pan on a tripod
- Landscape or vertical, 1080p+
- Floor, walls and ceiling in frame
Don't
- Don't film while walking
- Don't include people, even staff
- Don't shoot square or heavily cropped
- Don't film at night unless you have to
- Don't leave clutter or half-set tables in frame