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Upload a sketch, render it with a Modify block and export the result.
A pencil line sketch of a cordless drill connected to a Modify block with the prompt: visualize this sketch with cool tones, lime green accents, plastic while respecting the form of the hand drill design, white background. Aspect Ratio Original, Mode Standard, Resolution 1K. Two grey and lime-green drill renders sit to the right.

What you'll make: a sketch, a Modify block and two renders.

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Before you start

  • A sketch or product photo as a PNG or JPG. Clean lines on a plain background work best.
  • A computer or tablet browser. Vizcom doesn’t run on phone-sized screens.

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Make your first render

1

Sign in

Go to app.vizcom.com and choose Continue with Google, Continue with SSO or Continue with email.First time? Enter your name, then join your company’s workspace or click Create a new workspace. Invites and SSO: Join your workspace.
2

Create a file

Click Create new file, type a name and click Start in Workbench. Files save automatically.
Closing the welcome window opens Studio instead. Press Shift + W to get to the Workbench.
3

Add your sketch

Drag the image onto the canvas, or click Insert (+) and choose Upload a file (I).For a paper sketch, choose Upload from phone and scan the QR code.
The Insert (+) menu open below the top toolbar, with Insert marked 1 and the upload rows at the top marked 2. Below them are tiles for Sketch, Instant Render, Make 3D, Animate, Modify, Variate, Extract, Try on and the legacy Style, Mix and Render blocks.

Insert (+) (1) opens the menu; the upload options are at the top (2).

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Add a Modify block

Select the image and press Q. A connected Modify block opens, ready for your prompt.
A drill line sketch, marked 1, connected to a Modify block. The prompt, marked 2, reads: Render this sketch as a cordless drill in cool grey plastic with lime green accents, white background. Keep the form unchanged. The generate arrow is marked 3. Below it are Aspect Ratio Original, Mode Standard and Resolution 1K.

Select the sketch (1), press Q, type the prompt (2) and click the arrow (3).

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Describe the render and generate

Say what it should look like and what must stay the same:
“Render this sketch as a cordless drill in cool grey plastic with lime green accents, white background, soft studio lighting. Keep the form unchanged.”
Leave the settings at their defaults and press Enter.
A Modify block with a drill sketch connected as image 1. The prompt, marked 1, reads: Render this sketch as a cordless drill in cool grey plastic with lime green accents, white background. Keep the form unchanged. The Improve prompt and microphone buttons are marked 2, and the Aspect Ratio (Original), Mode (Standard) and Resolution (1K) rows are marked 3.

The prompt box (1), Improve prompt and voice input (2), and the output settings (3).

On paid plans, Instant Render renders a sketch without a prompt.
6

Review the result

The render appears to the right of the block. Run the block again for another take.
7

Change one thing at a time

Select a result and press Q, then ask for one change: “Make the handle walnut. Keep everything else the same.”Double-click a result to draw or mask in Studio.
8

Export

Select the image, click Export, choose PNG or JPEG and click Export 1 asset. With nothing selected, every image and video in the file is exported.
The top right of the Workbench with the 95% zoom menu, Export marked 1 and Share marked 2.

Export (1) and Share (2) are at the top right of every file.

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Get better results

  • Say what must stay the same: “Keep the silhouette and proportions.”
  • Ask for one or two changes per run. More changes let Modify alter things you didn’t ask about.
  • Clean up stray lines and notes first. See Better inputs.
More in Write prompts that work. Stuck? See Troubleshooting.

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Next steps

Workbench and Studio

The two editors and when to use each.

Get around the canvas

Pan, zoom, add and connect blocks.

Turn a sketch into a render

Render a sketch and keep your lines.

Write prompts that work

Prompt patterns and examples.