CRS REVEAL®

The proposal, in its real setting

CRS Reveal® is an interactive before-and-after slider. We build the CGI into photography of the real site, so viewers can move between the existing view and the proposed design in a single image.

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Ashurst, Fernhurst. Aerial CGI built into drone photography of the site. Architect: Ian Adam-Smith Architects.

DRAG TO COMPARE

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Built on real site photography

Because each comparison is built from photography of the actual site, viewers judge the proposal in its real context, not in isolation. Scale, proportion and the relationship to neighbouring buildings, streetscape or landscape are all shown directly. This is particularly useful on sensitive sites such as conservation areas, prominent junctions and rural edges.

Where it's used

Early stakeholder conversations, public exhibitions, planning committee presentations, consultation events and property marketing. Residents, councillors and buyers can see what is changing and what is staying the same, at their own pace. It sits alongside drawings, reports and CGI stills rather than replacing them, and is easy to follow for people who don't read technical drawings day to day.

HOW IT WORKS

Photograph the site

Ground-level or drone photography of the site as it stands, verified where the project needs it.

Match the camera

The CGI is rendered from the same position and lens, with the light matched to the photograph.

Combine into one slider

The two images line up exactly, so the proposal appears in place as the slider moves.

Selected projects

Existing aerial photograph of a former garden centre site, with disused polytunnels, glasshouses and empty car parks surrounded by mature trees, between a road junction, a pub and open farmland beside a motorway.

CGI aerial photomontage of a new housing development on the former garden centre site, showing detached brick and dark timber-clad homes with clay-tiled roofs, private gardens and a curving access road, with a landscaped green, a play area and a wildlife pond set within retained woodland.

AERIAL AND DRONE

New Homes on a Former Garden Centre Site

Aerial CGI of a new housing development on a former garden centre site, with detached homes, a landscaped green and a wildlife pond set within retained woodland.

View project

Existing aerial photograph of a site in Dulwich Village, south London, showing a white-rendered house behind green site hoarding, with overgrown garden land and Edwardian red-brick houses on either side.

CGI aerial photomontage of the same Dulwich Village site after conversion into four family houses, shown as two pairs of red-brick Edwardian-style semi-detached homes with clay-tiled roofs, landscaped front gardens with driveways, and long striped rear lawns.

AERIAL AND DRONE

Four Family Houses, Dulwich Village

Aerial CGI of a Dulwich Village site converted into four Edwardian-style family houses, shown in place among the neighbouring red-brick houses.

View project

Existing photograph of the rear of a listed sandstone townhouse in Edinburgh, with an overgrown lawn, mature shrubs and a small white Victorian-style conservatory on the garden elevation.

CGI photomontage of the same listed Edinburgh townhouse after conversion, with a frameless glass rear extension, a walled garden of pleached trees and clipped box hedging, a striped lawn with low-level lighting, and a stone terrace with a round timber dining table.

GROUND LEVEL

Listed Townhouse, Edinburgh

CGI photomontage of a listed sandstone townhouse after conversion, with a frameless glass rear extension and a new walled garden.

View project

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smallbone kitchen nyc apartment after cgi photomontage 1500x1000

INTERIORS

Smallbone Kitchen, New York

The existing kitchen in a New York apartment, shown against a new Smallbone design from the same camera position.

View project

Existing aerial photograph of a village crossroads with the closed Long Arm and Short Arm pub and its empty car park, among brick cottages, a stream and woodland on rising ground.

CGI aerial photomontage of the same village, showing two pairs of new red-brick semi-detached houses with grey tiled roofs and fenced rear gardens on the former pub car park, with the pub building retained alongside.

AERIAL AND DRONE

New Homes on a Former Pub Car Park

Two pairs of semi-detached houses on the car park of the closed Long Arm and Short Arm pub, with the pub building retained alongside.

View project

Existing aerial photograph of the closed Long Arm and Short Arm pub with its boarded-up windows, empty fenced car park and garages, beside a main road and backed by mature woodland.

CGI aerial photomontage of new homes on the former pub site, showing two pairs of red-brick semi-detached houses with buff brick banding, grey tiled roofs, white timber porches, gravel driveways and hedged front gardens set against mature woodland.

AERIAL AND DRONE

Former Pub Site, Closer View

The same scheme from a lower viewpoint, showing the new houses’ brick banding, timber porches and hedged front gardens against the woodland.

View project

Existing aerial photograph of a Tudor timber-framed hall house with weathered, peeling limewash, tall brick chimneys and a tile-hung wing, set in a topiary garden with clipped yew and box shapes, a knot garden and a small thatched outbuilding.

CGI photomontage of the same Tudor timber-framed house after restoration, with the timber frame and infill panels refreshed in pale limewash, new handmade clay roof tiles, rebuilt brick chimneys, leaded windows and a repaired stone courtyard, within the existing topiary and knot garden.

AERIAL AND DRONE

Tudor Hall House Restoration

A Tudor timber-framed hall house shown after restoration, with fresh limewash, new clay roof tiles and rebuilt chimneys, within its topiary and knot garden.

View project

Aerial photograph of a countryside housing site under construction, with houses in scaffolding, foundations being laid, spoil heaps, site cabins and building materials, surrounded by woodland and grazing fields.

CGI aerial photomontage of the completed development, showing four detached homes in a mix of stone, brick and black timber cladding with slate roofs, set around a resin-bound courtyard and private driveway, with lawns, terraces, new hedging and a pond.

AERIAL AND DRONE

Four Detached Homes, Countryside Site

Built over a photograph taken during construction, the CGI shows the four finished homes around a shared courtyard, with lawns, new hedging and a pond.

View project

Existing photograph of a former library, a red-brick and sandstone building with gabled bays and stone-mullioned windows, behind temporary site fencing with a skip, sand heaps and an unkempt lawn.

CGI photomontage of the same former library converted to residential use, with the brick and sandstone façade cleaned and restored, new rooflights, a sweeping resin driveway to the entrance, paved parking, wildflower planting, railings and a mature tree.

GROUND LEVEL

The Old Library, Lichfield

A former library converted to residential use, with the brick and sandstone façade restored and a new driveway, parking and planting.

View project

Existing aerial photograph of an overgrown woodland plot in Mistley, Essex, with mature trees and rough meadow in the foreground, and the village’s historic maltings, red-brick streets and the tidal Stour estuary with moored boats beyond.

CGI aerial photomontage of two contemporary eco homes on a woodland plot in Mistley, Essex, finished in timber cladding with planted green roofs and rooftop solar panels, set among retained trees above the Stour estuary.

AERIAL AND DRONE

Eco Homes, Mistley

Two timber-clad eco homes with planted green roofs and solar panels, shown on a woodland plot above the Stour estuary in Essex.

View project

Existing aerial photograph of The Crimea on the Great Tew Estate, Oxfordshire, showing derelict stone barns with slate roofs, a tall brick chimney and a cleared building site with rubble and spoil heaps, set in parkland.

CGI aerial photomontage of The Crimea barn conversion on the Great Tew Estate, showing the restored stone barns with new glazing and slate roofs, the retained brick chimney, formal gardens with clipped hedges and lavender beds, an orchard, and a gravel courtyard with parking.

AERIAL AND DRONE

The Crimea, Great Tew Estate

Aerial CGI of a barn conversion at The Crimea on the Great Tew Estate in Oxfordshire, built into drone photography of the derelict stone barns.

View project

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lymington house remodel garden design the solent front entrance court aerial after cgi photomontage 2 1500x1000

AERIAL AND DRONE

House Remodel, Lymington

Aerial CGI of a remodelled house and new garden in Lymington, looking across the front entrance court towards the Solent.

View project

Have a site that needs to be seen before and after? Send us the drawings and a few photographs and we'll advise on the best viewpoints.

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BEHIND THE SLIDER

From drone photograph to finished CGI

A short breakdown of the Ashurst aerials, showing each stage from the original drone photography through to the finished image.

Read the Ashurst case study