Depix — FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The essentials on Depix Design Intelligence — what it is, why it matters, and how it compares.

Sketch to Render

How do I turn a hand sketch into a photorealistic render?

Drop your sketch into Depix and it renders a photoreal image in a single pass — no eighty-prompt trial-and-error to get one usable frame. Because Depix treats your drawing as a locked reference, the render keeps your proportions, surfacing and design intent instead of inventing a generic car. You go from marker sketch to presentation-ready visual in seconds.

Your sketch
Your sketch
Depix render
Depix render

The same car, start to finish — Depix rendered this from the sketch on the left.

2D to 3D

How do I take a 2D concept to 3D without the design falling apart?

The usual problem with AI is that wheels, packaging and proportions drift the moment you change the view. Depix pins your concept as a reference so the vehicle's proportions and detailing stay true as you move around it — the design holds together instead of morphing into something you couldn't actually build.

Consistency · The Depix difference

How do I keep the same car consistent across multiple shots?

This is exactly what Depix is built for. Point it at one reference of your car and every shot — front, rear, three-quarter, interior, on location — comes back as the identical vehicle: same body, same wheels, same badge, same paint. Generic AI hands you a slightly different car every time; Depix locks one car across the entire set, which is what makes a real campaign possible.

Shot 1 — front
Shot 1 — front
Shot 2 — rear
Shot 2 — rear

One reference. Two independent generations. The same car — down to the badge and wheels.

Choosing a tool

What's the best AI tool for car design? Is there a Vizcom or Midjourney alternative?

Most AI image tools are great at a one-off hero image but fall apart when you need the same vehicle again, or a moving film. Depix is purpose-built for automotive: reference-pinned consistency across stills and video, so it picks up exactly where general image generators and single-render tools stop. If you've hit the wall where your car won't stay the same shot to shot, that's the gap Depix fills.

Brand DNA

Can AI actually respect my brand's design language?

Yes — as long as it's working from your references, not a text prompt. Depix anchors every generation to your real design cues rather than a model's generic idea of a car, so the output stays on-brand instead of the over-exaggerated, same-everywhere look that floods social feeds. Your design DNA leads; the AI follows.

Render to Film

Can I turn a render into a finished car advert?

Yes. Depix takes your consistent renders through to cinematic film — the same car held identical across every frame and every cut — so you can go from a single sketch to a finished commercial without the vehicle ever changing between shots.

The big question

Will AI replace car designers?

No — it removes the grind, not the designer. You keep the vision, the taste and the decisions; Depix handles the repetitive iteration and shot-to-shot consistency that used to eat your day. It's a tool that makes one designer far faster — not a stand-in for one.

Design Intelligence

What is Design Intelligence?

Design Intelligence is Business Intelligence for the design studio. Depix turns the earliest stage of design, including sketches, references and competitive moves, into photorealistic renders, CAD-ready 3D geometry and clear market insight.

Why would I want Design Intelligence?

The pre-CAD stage is where time and money leak. Depix collapses days of iteration into minutes, so studios explore more directions and commit engineering resources only to the winners, with design decisions backed by evidence rather than instinct.

Where does Design Intelligence get applied?

It is applied in automotive and product design studios at the concept phase, before CAD and before tooling. Core uses include sketch-to-render, turning 2D concepts into 3D, evidence-based design reviews, and competitive design tracking across the global OEM landscape.

How is Depix different from a 3D rendering tool?

A rendering tool makes one picture look good. Design Intelligence runs the whole early loop, from visualize to explore to benchmark to decide, and adds a market-awareness layer that point tools do not have.

Who is Depix Design Intelligence for?

It is for design chiefs and design operations leaders who own speed at the front of the pipeline, and for the designers doing day-to-day concept exploration.

Depix vs Vizcom

Depix and Vizcom both turn sketches into renders, but Vizcom is a broad product-design tool while Depix is automotive-specialized and adds a competitive design-intelligence layer that Vizcom does not have.

Comparison of Depix and Vizcom across focus, output, design intelligence, workflow fit, best-fit buyer, and pricing.
Depix Vizcom
Focus Automotive-specialized, built for OEM design studios Broad product design: footwear, furniture, consumer electronics, packaging, automotive
Output Photorealistic renders plus CAD-ready 3D geometry Photorealistic renders plus 3D visualization, with 3D generation oriented to presentation rather than engineering
Design intelligence layer Tracks competitive design activity across the global OEM landscape Not offered; a sketch-to-render and visualization tool only
Where it fits Pre-CAD concept and exploration phase, feeding cleaner direction into engineering Early-stage ideation and client communication, ahead of detailed CAD
Best-fit buyer Automotive design chiefs and design-ops leaders who own front-of-pipeline speed Product designers and studios across many physical-product categories
Pricing Contact sales Free tier, Professional at $49/month, Enterprise on request