sizzledraft

Put your best buildings in motion

Sizzledraft turns an architecture practice website into a short video ad using real renders, drawings and completed-project photography from the page. It captures the site in a browser, builds scenes from its visual identity and renders a finished video with scored, normalised audio.

Opening lines that work here

  • From first sketch to finished building

    It creates a clear visual progression using the drawings, renders and completed-project photographs already on an architect's website.

  • See what this site became

    It invites viewers to connect an architectural concept shown online with the finished space or facade.

  • A 15-second tour of our latest build

    It sets a precise expectation and suits a quick sequence of exterior, interior and detail photographs from one project.

How do I turn my architecture website into a video ad?

Start with the URL of your architecture practice or project page. Sizzledraft opens it in a headless browser, captures real page screenshots and identifies visual material such as the hero render, floor plans, elevations, construction details and photographs of the completed building. It then authors a scene using colours and typography drawn from the site, renders each frame and adds scored audio normalised to -14 LUFS. The first video is cut from the website alone, so the page should lead with the project you most want to promote. Later videos can accept a prompt, letting you request a sequence focused on a new residential build, a competition proposal or the progression from drawing to finished space.

Which architecture website images work best in a short ad?

Use images that explain a project at a glance. A strong sequence might open with the finished facade, move to a plan or early render, then return to an interior or material detail. High-resolution landscape photographs work naturally in a 1920x1080 horizontal video, while 1080x1920 vertical cuts need enough space around the building for a clean crop. Wide elevations and dense presentation boards often become hard to read on a phone, so isolate one drawing or pair it with a close view of the corresponding built feature. Keep captions short and factual, naming the project type, location or design decision instead of repeating a long practice statement from the website.

How should a long architecture website be cut for video?

Choose one visual argument rather than scrolling through the entire practice website. For a project ad, that could be context, concept, key drawing, finished exterior and one interior detail. For a studio ad, select a small group of completed buildings that show a consistent specialism, such as adaptive reuse, private homes or hospitality interiors. Sizzledraft can capture the full page, hero, features and pricing, but a long sequence of services, awards, team biographies and project grids slows the edit. Put the strongest built image first, keep drawings large enough to understand and end with the practice name and a clear next action. A shorter section-led cut gives each render or photograph enough time to register.

What the browser actually gets

The browser can capture a full-page scroll plus the hero, project features and pricing sections, including renders, drawings and finished-build photography displayed on the site. Long architecture marketing pages need careful section selection because showing every studio statement, service and project can make the cut drag.

The common mistake

A common mistake is shrinking an entire presentation board or wide floor plan into a vertical frame, where labels and spatial relationships become unreadable. Fix it by selecting one drawing, cropping to the relevant area and following it with a finished photograph that shows the same architectural decision.

  • Project pages mix renders, plans and finished-build photography, making it difficult to choose a clear visual sequence for a short ad.
  • Wide elevations, floor plans and landscape photography can lose important detail when cropped for a vertical video.
  • Long practice websites bury the strongest completed work between studio profiles, awards, services and lengthy project descriptions.

Questions

Can it use the renders and drawings already on my architecture website?
Yes. The browser captures the images as they appear on the page, including hero renders, plans, elevations, diagrams and completed-project photography. The resulting scenes use real website screenshots rather than invented project visuals, so the video remains tied to work your practice actually presents.
What video formats can an architecture practice export?
Videos can be rendered vertically at 1080x1920 or horizontally at 1920x1080. Both run at 30fps and use H.264. Vertical suits phone feeds and detail-led crops, while horizontal gives wide elevations, site plans and exterior photography more room to remain legible.
Can I ask for a video about one building instead of the whole studio?
The first video is cut from the website alone, so use a focused project URL when possible. Later videos accept a prompt, allowing you to request one building, a drawing-to-completion sequence, an interior-only cut or a selection centred on a specific architectural sector.
How are trending sounds handled in an architecture video ad?
A trending sound is handed over as a link so you can attach it natively when publishing. It is not baked into the exported file, because baked-in audio does not count as using that platform sound. The rendered video's own audio is normalised to -14 LUFS.

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