Slideshow
Build a client-ready presentation by capturing key views as slides and presenting them full-screen or exporting to PDF.
A slideshow is an ordered sequence of captured views, each storing the exact camera position, render style (photo, sketch, watercolor, or technical), lighting, and weather at the moment of capture. Clicking a slide in the panel instantly restores that complete scene context so clients always see the intended look. You can annotate each slide with structured text blocks — headings, body paragraphs, captions, and bullet points — then present the whole set full-screen in a meeting or export it as a multi-page PDF or individual image files. Slideshows are saved with the project and can be archived to the Document Center as a deliverable.
Set up the first view
Navigate the camera to the desired viewpoint. Set the render style, time of day, season, and LUT preset you want for this slide. When the scene looks right, click Add Slide.
What each slide stores
Each slide records: camera position and orientation, render style (Photo/Sketch/Watercolor/Technical), time of day, season, and active LUT preset. When you return to a slide, all settings are restored exactly.
Add more slides
Continue navigating the scene and adding slides. Each new slide is added to the end of the list. Name each slide by clicking its title in the panel and typing a descriptive name (e.g. "North garden — summer midday").
Slides captured in 2D mode store the orthographic zoom level alongside the camera, so switching to a 2D slide restores the top-down view at the original zoom. You can mix 2D and 3D slides freely within one slideshow.
Play the slideshow
Click Play to enter full-screen presentation mode. Advance slides with the arrow keys or click. Press Escape to exit. The presentation is useful for live client meetings directly in Gardenly3D.
Export as PDF or video
Click Export in the Slideshow panel:
PDF — each slide is rendered at HQ and exported as one image per page in a PDF file. Ideal for printed or emailed deliverables.
Video — slides are rendered as a video with cross-fade transitions between slides. See Video Export for resolution and codec options.
Reorder slides
Use the up and down arrow buttons on each slide card to change its position in the list. The list order is the playback order, so arrange slides to tell a logical story — for example, overview first, then key areas, then close-up detail shots.
Present full-screen
Click the Play button (triangle icon) at the top of the Slideshow panel to enter full-screen audience mode. Click any slide card in the list to jump directly to that view — the camera transitions to the saved pose using the slide's configured transition duration. This mode is designed for live meetings where you share your screen with the client.
Export as PDF or image sequence
Open the export dialog via the export icon in the panel header and choose PDF (one slide per page) or Images (one file per slide). For PDF, configure paper size, orientation, and resolution before exporting. Each slide's saved camera, render style, and lighting is applied automatically before each frame is captured, so the output exactly matches what you previewed.
Click the Archive button (folder icon) in the panel header to save the current slideshow to the Document Center as a named deliverable. Archiving keeps a snapshot that travels with the project's shared documents even if you later modify or delete individual slides.
Deleting a slide is permanent and cannot be undone. If you want to hide a slide from a presentation without losing it, consider reordering it to the end rather than deleting it.
Frequently Asked Questions
My slide thumbnail is blank or shows a placeholder.
The thumbnail is generated a moment after capture, once the canvas has finished rendering the current frame. Wait a second and it should populate automatically. If it stays blank, recapture the slide while the canvas is fully drawn and no loading indicators are visible.
Can I change the render style of an existing slide?
Yes — click the slide to restore its saved view, change the render style, lighting, or camera to your liking, then use Recapture (or delete the old slide and capture a new one). The slide stores the full scene context at capture time, so you need to recapture to update it.
I clicked a slide and the whole scene changed unexpectedly.
This is expected behavior. Clicking a slide applies its saved camera position, render style, sun settings, and weather so you see exactly what was captured at the time. Editing the title, description, or text blocks does not trigger a scene change — only clicking the slide card itself does.
Can I export the slideshow as a video or animation?
The slideshow export produces a PDF or a set of still images. For a continuous animated flyover, use the Drone Flyover feature, which records a smooth camera path as a video file.
How do I control how long the camera takes to move between slides in full-screen mode?
Each slide has a Transition Duration field visible on its card. Set it to the number of seconds you want the camera to take when moving to that slide during playback. A value of 0 snaps immediately without a transition.