Visual Designer
Create photo-realistic landscape plans on a real property photo with AI, a plant library, objects, and drawing tools in the SimplyScapes Visual Designer.
The Visual Designer is your main tool for creating landscape designs. It combines your property photos with AI, our plant library, decorative objects, and drawing tools to produce photo-realistic landscape plans.
On a phone, every tool (AI, Plants, Objects, Images, Draw, and Clone) opens from the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen.
In This Section
- What is the Visual Designer?. Overview of the tool and what you can create.
- Designing with AI. Let the AI tab handle the first pass, then refine by hand.
- Getting Around the Canvas. Zoom, frame your design, and select several items at once.
- Working with Plants. Browse, search, filter, and add plants to your design.
- Working with Objects. Add decorative objects like pergolas, firepits, and furniture.
- Working with My Image Library. Upload and manage custom images.
- Working with the Draw Tool. Draw planter beds and ground cover areas.
- Working with the Clone Tool. Copy areas of your canvas as new design elements.
- Moving Items on the Canvas. Move and layer design elements.
- Resizing and Rotating Items. Resize, rotate, and flip elements.
- Copying and Deleting Items. Duplicate or remove design elements.
- Adjusting Item Appearance. Change brightness, blur, contrast, and more.
- Managing Background Images. Replace or remove your background photo.
- Saving and Managing Changes. Undo, redo, and save your work.
- Managing Your Visual Designs. Rename, copy, delete, and find designs.
- Exporting and Sharing Designs. Export as PDF or save as image.
What makes a good background image for my design?
Get realistic results with the right property photo. Tips on lighting, camera angle, resolution, and file format for the best background image in your landscape design.
What is the Visual Designer?
Turn a property photo into a photo-realistic landscape plan with plants, objects, and planter beds, then share it as a PDF with a full plant list.