How does room lighting affect a furniture preview?

The preview uses your room photo's lighting as a reference for placing the furniture. The AI reads the light direction, warmth, and shadow quality from the photo and applies those same conditions to the placed piece. A well-lit room photo produces a preview where the new furniture looks like it belongs in the space.

Poor lighting limits what the preview can do. A photo taken at night under warm artificial light produces a preview adapted to warm light, which is accurate for evening but may look different from how the room looks in daylight. A very dark or underexposed photo gives the AI less to work with, producing softer shadows and less accurate color matching on the placed piece.

The best lighting for a preview is natural daylight: open the blinds, turn on existing room lights only if the room is too dark without them, and avoid strong direct sunlight that creates extreme contrast or blows out a window. The photo does not need to be perfect; it just needs enough light that surfaces and shadows are readable.

DecorViz adapts the placed furniture to match your room's specific light conditions. Try it free on your own photo.