Virtual Staging

Overview

Virtual home staging is a type of home staging in which an interior design is created in a graphic editor. Virtual staging is especially popular among real estate brokers, photographers, and interior.

In This Article

• What is Virtual Staging?
• Sharing the Panos with a Virtual Staging Company
• Giving a Virtual Stager Direct iGUIDE Access
• Related Articles

What is Virtual Staging?

Any iGUIDE can be virtually staged by downloading a panoramic image from the iGUIDE Portal

The iGUIDE panos can only be replaced up to two weeks following publishing. When a pano is replaced the original is no longer available for download. Consider keeping copies of the original panorama or the original project folder to retain access to the original unedited/unstaged versions.

Sharing the Panos with a Virtual Staging Company

Method #1

Step 1: Create an iGUIDE as you would normally.

Step 2: Once drafting is complete, find your iGUIDE in the My iGUIDEs section of the iGUIDE Portal. 

Step 3: Click the blue Edit button.

Step 4: Click the Replace Pano Images button

Step 6: Download the pano image 

Step 7: Send the image to a company for virtual staging.

Step 8: Upload the new/edited image to the iGUIDE Portal

Step 9: Repeat steps 5-8 for every panorama you would like to replace

Method #2

Step 1: Create an iGUIDE as you would normally.

Step 2: Once drafting is complete, find your iGUIDE in the MyiGUIDEs section of the iGUIDE Portal(manage.youriguide.com).

Step 3: Click the white iGUIDE Report button.

Step 4: Click the Download link next to Photo Spheres.

Step 5: Select the image(s) that you would like virtually staged from what you have downloaded.

Step 6: Send the selected image(s) to the virtual staging company.

Step 7: When you receive the files back from the virtual staging company, find your iGUIDE once again on the iGUIDE Portal (manage.youriguide.com).

Step 8: Click the blue Edit button.

Step 9: Click the Replace Pano Images button (see Figure 3 above).

Step 10: Select the pano you would like to replace on the preview iGUIDE (see Figure 2).

Step 11: Upload the new/edited image to the iGUIDE Portal.

Step 12: Repeat steps 10 and 11 for every panorama you would like to replace.

Giving a Virtual Stager Direct iGUIDE Access

You can give someone access to the iGUIDE by creating a sub-account for them on the iGUIDE Portal and adding them as an Editor so they can download the panoramas, edit them, and then re-upload them. 

Method #3

Step 1: Create an iGUIDE as you would normally.

Step 2: On the Operator Dashboard, create a sub-account for the virtual stager to use, or share the login information for the account if one already exists.

Step 3: Assign the virtual stager as an Editor on the iGUIDE by entering the account into the Editors field in the iGUIDE People section.

Step 4: Have the virtual stager use method 1 or 2 to update the panos, starting at step 2.

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