In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest

When you upload a photo, before you can start masking, the software will ask you to ‘Set Scale’. The scale helps the software understand how close or away you were from the house when you took the photo.

To set the scale, indicate the real life height of any given object of the house – for example, a door, window or the height of the house itself.

Do this by clicking on the top part of the object you are measuring (Point A), drawing a vertical line down and click on the bottom (Point B) to complete the measurement. The default scale is set to that of  a door at 6’ 8” however you have the option to adjust  the scale to define the height of whatever object you have selected. Make sure the line you draw is straight.

If you do not set the scale correctly, the products you want to apply to the home will not show correctly.

In order to pan, use the arrow keys on your keyboard after you’ve zoomed in or out with the + and – buttons.

Erase foreground is used when you want to erase a section of a foreground you have masked. Delete foreground is when you want to delete ALL of the foregrounded area you have masked.

The foreground tool is used when something is obstructing the structure you are masking eg. Trees, mail boxes, bushes, fences, light bulbs, flowerpots  etc.. The foreground will act as the topmost layer of the design. The foreground tool allows you to mask anything that your visualizer should keep on top of the image. We suggest zooming into the object you want to mask as foreground so you can really concentrate on the details clicking as many times as you need to change direction to define the shape of the object you are trying to make foreground.

When the colour of a surface does not look right or looks lighter or darker than expected, play around with the shadow tool.

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the shadow too. Find the shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

The primary use of this feature  to allow you to give a realistic look and feel to the image by having shadows as it would in real life (eg. shadows cast by the roof onto the top of the siding below the soffit for example, or the shadow of a tree) You can find the shadow feature under the ‘visualize’ tab under ‘Advanced’ just above the products on the left when you select a masked region. Each part of the structure that have been grouped together will have their own shadow settings.

Take a look at the image below. The structure has white siding.  Here is how the siding will look with and without shadows.

Look at this image, the siding product applied to the 2 walls is the same but appear to be different colours. The wall on the left appears darker because the shadow setting is on “medium”. Whereas the wall on the right seems lighter as the shadow setting is on “light”.

To make minor changes in the Masking, make use of the Snapshot tool. Snapshots enable you to change the masking (Link to what is masking) on a project while keeping the original masking version intact. You can save up to 10 Snapshots under each project in your account. Find the Snapshots (camera button) option under the “Visualize” tab.

Watch this short video about Snapshots and learn how you can best take advantage of this helpful feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7APvVdoJs&index=3&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x

You set perspective to a layer by masking it under the “Draw” tab which will enable a set of new options on the left side of the page once the layer has been drawn. You can change, edit or reset the perspective of any layer at any time by going back to the “Draw” tab and clicking on the layer, you will then see the ‘Set Perspective’ option on the left. 

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.

The Renoworks Pro Visualizer works in layers (link). As a good practice we recommend you follow the layers rule and mask the windows and doors last, however, this rule applies to everything except windows and doors and you can mask them at any point of the masking process.

The Trim library is currently under the ‘Paint’ library in your Renoworks Pro Visualizer. You can read more about overlap of libraries here. Adding trim should be done at the right stage of the Masking process as the software works in layers (link).

The right time to work on Trim is after you have masked the siding and before you mask the windows (Just like you would on a real job!) Using the paint, trim or wall tool follow these steps:

1. Draw a square or rectangle beyond the window to the thickness you would like your trim to be.
2. Cut out the window
3. Go to the ‘Visualize’ tab and you can apply different paint colours to represent the trim.

The window will always apply as the top most layer and all you will see is the colour around the window looking like the trim.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

Masking tools can only trace shapes with corners.However, when Masking unique shapes, draw a large box around the whole window. Select your product to apply and then click Visualize. Note that you may need to adjust the position. To do that, go back to the Draw tab, adjust the box and then go back to the Visualize tab.

The Roof shingles are not applying correctly becasue the Perspective on the layer is most likely wrong. Read about the Perspective tool, also learn when to use the Perspective tool here. Your shingles won’t apply correctly until you fix or set the right perspective. To access the tool for that layer go to the “Draw” tab and click on the layer that the shingles don’t look correct. When you click on the layer, a new set of options will appear on your left and one of them should be ‘Set Perspective’

Shadows are a default setting and in some cases need to be turned off. If the colours do not appear to be right, play around with the Shadow tool. Find the Shadow tool under the ‘Visualize’ tab in the ’Advanced’ settings on the top left corner of the page. You can also set the shadow to any given settings depending on dark or light you want the shadow effect.

You can read more about the Shadow tool and where to find it here. You can also read more about when you might need to use the tool here.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbY_uKnnBY&list=PLWaSi6giXpITL6fNl5w1d-9cCLEbl9_6x&index=2

Use the Perspective tool to apply products on sloping and slanting surfaces. Learn about the Perspective tool and how to use it. To fix this, you will need to look at the perspective(link) of the layer when you come across an issue like this. To fix this,

1. Go back to the draw tab
2. Click on the siding surface you have masked.
3. On the left you will see a “Set Perspective” button. Click on that and make sure you have set the right perspective.

To understand what the perspective tool is, click here. Learn about when to set perspective here. If you are still having trouble,  please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

To remove a product within a masked surface, under the ‘Visualize’ tab, double click on the surface you want to remove and a message box will appear. Click on “Remove Product” and the product will be removed while the masking will still be left there in case you would like to add another product there later.

Anything that is not a part of the house and obstructing the house can be masked using the Foreground tool. Click here to learn more about the Foreground Tool. 

Once you mask an area, there will be a set of new buttons that show up on the left side of the page. This will include:

• “Add to surface”: Each surface can only have one perspective, which means you cannot use the “Add to surface” tool if you have surfaces where the same product will be applied but have different perspectives.
• “Erase from surface”: Erase from surface can be used when you want to erase part of what you masked
• “Delete surface”: Delete from surface is when you want to delete the entire surface you masked.

Areas that have the same Perspective can be drawn as the same layer and hence can be masked using the ‘Add to surface’ button. In all other cases, it’s best to draw areas as separate layers and then later group them under the “Group” tab to apply the same products on the different layers.

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.

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.

Check if it is being covered by another layer. To fix this, delete the layer that is not showing up and mask it again.

If you still can’t seem to figure it out, please contact us! Call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

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

Masking is the process of tracing or defining different surfaces of the house that you will apply your selected product and designs. You can do so under the ‘Draw’ tab. To learn more about Masking, watch this video. Alternatively, you can also book a one – on – one Quickstart Session with your Customer Success Ambassador here. 

. If you want to know more about this, call our support line at +1 877 980 3880, email us at support@renoworks.com, or speak to someone from the  Renoworks Pro Customer Success team on LiveChat.

Your time is a valuable thing. Renoworks offers ‘Design Services’ to help prepare your images, so you can focus on delivering exceptional quality and service to homeowners. To get started, go to www.renoworkspro.com/designrequest