SketchUp screenshot to realistic render and AI edits by Melos Azemi

Melos Azemi is an architecture creator who shares quick, practical design workflows. In this video he takes a SketchUp screenshot of a contemporary house to a set of realistic renders, then shows how far you can push a single image with text edits. He also tries the same tools on a photo of a real brutalist hotel near where he lives. It's a short, hands-on look at using AI rendering to test design options rather than produce one final image.

What you'll see

1. 3D Model to Render on a SketchUp screenshot. He describes a contemporary home with continental vegetation and a sunset mood, sets image strength to keep the structure, adds a reference image for mood, and generates four options.
2. Select and Modify with a polygonal lasso around the ground in front of the house, prompting for an asphalt driveway.
3. The same tool again to add a parked car in the garage, then a brush selection to add a person walking.
4. Inserting a cutout image of a tree with the older insert and modify tool. The tree is blended into the render's lighting and color.
5. Selecting only the solid facade surfaces with the older sketch in context tool and prompting for a ventilated facade. The options include one in wood.
6. A real photo of a brutalist hotel in his city, selected roughly and redesigned as a contemporary building with sustainable materials at sunset.
7. Upscale on a render from another program, adding detail to leather, wood flooring and light bounces.

Takeaways

• He treats the first render as a starting point, not a one-click final. Editing and testing several options is where he sees the value.
• He likes that you don't need pixel-perfect selections. Rough outlines are enough.
• Inserting cutouts saves post-production time because color and light matching is done for you. He notes it works for people and animals, not only plants.
• On the hotel redesign he liked the overall result but didn't care for the glass, which he calls a matter of taste.
• He sees renovation and retrofit studies on real photos as a strong use case.

Try it yourself

Start with 3D Model to Render on a screenshot from your model. Then refine it with Select and Modify. For existing buildings, try Image to Render on a site photo. Finish with Upscale.

Recorded with an earlier version of Rendair, so some screens and app names look different today.